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Flashcards by Francesca Wittmann, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Francesca Wittmann
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Zeus' responsibilities | king, sky, weather, law, order, justice, fate, hospitality, oaths |
| Zeus' appearance | Dark beard, lighting bolt, throne, eagle, sceptre, athena coming out of head |
| Hera's responsibilites | Queen, marriage, weddings, women |
| Hera's appearance | crown, peacock, cuckoo, veil, staff, throne |
| Demeter's responsibilites | fertility, crops, agriculture |
| Demeter's appearance | crops, cornucopia, mature woman, plough, sheaves of grain |
| Poseidon's responsibilities | Sea, rivers, floods, drought, earthquakes, horses, bulls |
| Poseidon's appearance | dark beard, male looking, dolphins and fish, trident. |
| Hephaistos' responsibilities | Blacksmith, thunderbolts, metal working, fire, volcanoes |
| Hephaistos' appearance | chariot, lame foot, sitting down, tools, jewellery, hammer, anvil |
| Apollo's responsibilities | sun, music, poetry, archery, arts, medicine, disease, healing, prophecy, oracles, education. |
| Apollo's appearance | Feminine, pretty, young, holding a lyre or a quiver of arrows, wearing a laurel wreath. |
| Artemis' responsibilities | moon, hunting, childhood, childbirth, virginity. |
| Artemis' appearance | bow and arrows, wild animals beside her, often with deer. Has a short hunting skirt sometimes (unusual for other female greek gods) |
| Athens' responsibilities | Strategic warfare, wisdom, craft, weaving, sewing, also a virgin goddess |
| Athena's appearance | owl, aegis (goat skin cloak with snakes and a gorgon on it), wearing a helmet and sometimes armour |
| Aphrodite's responsibilities | Love (sexual/lust) and beauty |
| Aphrodite's appearance | very beautiful, pictured wearing little clothing, with eros (cupid), sometimes has a mirror of some sort, often seen coming out of the sea (due to myth about her birth), surrounded by lusty men. |
| Ares' responsibilities | bloody war, battlefield, combat |
| Ares' appearance | solider appearance, armour, manly and aggressive, has many weapons |
| Dionysos' responsibilities | wine, partying, grapes, festivities, drama, fertility, elation and freedom of spirit |
| Maenads' appearance | often not dressed properly, little or no clothing, dressed in forest garments, dancing wildly, carrying branches. |
| Satyrs' appearance | usually with Dionysos, drinking, dancing, partying, cushy tails, snub noses, pointed ears, large phalluses. |
| Hermes' responsibilities | messenger for the gods, god of trickery, thieves, travellers and business. |
| Hermes' appearance | wears a travellers hat, winged sandals and a staff with a symbol of an infinity sign. |
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