HUM 338 Greek Mythology Study Guide 2.doc.pdf - Greek Mythology Study Guide 2 Chapter 6: pg 160-166 1. Poseidon a. Roman- Neptune b. Posis- "husband" or

Greek Mythology Study Guide 2 Chapter 6: pg 160-166 1.Poseidon a.Roman-Neptune b.Posis- “husband” or “lord” c.Ruled the sea and lacked good will towards humans d.Homer calls him “shaker of earth” i.Produces earthquakes ii.God of the roaring thunder of horses’ hooves beating over the plain e.De-metermeans “wheat” so he could mean “wheat husband” i.Poseidon pursuedDemeteracross the plains of Arcadia ii.To escape she changed herself into a mare, but he became a stallion and possessed her anyway iii.Story is etiological in that it explains a horse-headed statue of Demeter in the Peloponnesus, almost the only Greek example of a common Egyptian way of representing a deity iv.Their offspring= mighty horseArion f.First mentioned on Linear B Tablets g.Wherever he struck histrident, a spring burst forth i.Tried to win allegiance ofAthensthis way ii.However they choseAthenabc she gave them the olive tree iii.He was pissed and flooded the Attic plain h.Married toAmphitrite i.A Nereid ii.Child =Triton 1.Half-human and half-fish 2.When he blew his conch shell, the seas were calmed i.Traveled across the sea in a chariot drawn by horses or sea-monsters j.Horses may be associated with earthquake bc the pounding of a herd of horses reminded early Greeks of earthquakes 2.Hades a.King of the dead b.Name means “theinvisible” i.Appropriate as the embodiment of the unseen dead who are hidden beneath the ground, though they may be dimly glimpsed on earth as wandering and treacherous ghosts c.shared governance of the Universe but did not live in Olympus d.Pluto– people afraid to actually say Hades i.“enricher” – from the agricultural riches that spring from the earth and from the precious metals buried there e.Cyclopes gave him a magical helmet that made him invisible i.Other gods even mortal heroes borrowed it sometimes f.Married toPersephone

i.Had no children g.Never willingly allowed any who came to him to return to the land of the living 3.Anthropomorphism a.Greeks portrayed their gods as being in the shape of men and women who act and think like human beings, honor kings, live in families, marry, procreate, have sexual liaisons, etc b.Have bodies and eat but haveichorin their veins instead of blood Chapter 7 pg 167-186 1.Apollo a.Unknown meaning of his name b.Sometimes called the son-god c.Represented as an archer-god, though he isn’t a god of hunters i.Arrows are the shafts of disease, emerging from the spirit world, irresistible, unseen, striking down the luckless d.Delphiwas his special oracle center e.Mother wasLeto i.Had twins, Apollo and Artemis ii.Zeus got Leto pregnant> Hera pissed iii.Hera decreed that no land that sees the light of day could receive Leto’s children iv.Leto looked all over> could only find islandDelos 1.“clear, bright” 2.floating island, sometimes bobbing beneath surface thus not seeing the light of day 3.Leto made a promise to Delos that if he allowed the birth of Apollo that Apollo’s first temple will be built there a.It was> lots of success 4.In labor for 9 days>