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Classics 102 - Zeus
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- 1What is red pottery?The background and outlines are painted black and the figures are the red colour of the pottery. It is much more detailed then black pottery.
- 2How can you tell the difference between a god or goddess and a mortal.Gods and goddesses have straight noses without any curve.
- 3What are the symbols of Zeus?Lightning bolt, eagle, oak tree, and mountain tops. The mountains perhaps because he was born on the mountain Ida on Crete.
- 4How is Zeus usually dressedRobes slightly shorter then that of women
- 5What was found in the caves under mount Ida? Why was it important?They found votive samples which are used in special sacred candles like those lit in a church when a person dedicates an object to a god in exchange for a prayer.
- 6Zeus was sometimes shown with a shallow bowl. Why this important?People would first offer the wine they were drinking to the gods by pouring some onto the floor or into a bowl like the one Zeus sometimes has.
- 7Zeus can change his shape. He appeared to a girl as a bull. What happened?Presents himself as a bull to the women Europa. She had three sons Minos the future king of Crete, sarpedon a Trojan warrior that died in battle, and rhadamanthys who became a judge in the underworld.
- 8He appeared to a women as a swan. What happened?She was queen Leda of Sparta. She gave birth to twins one of which was Helen of Troy. The legend says Leda layer two eggs instead of normal birth
- 9He appeared to a women as gold. What happened?He appeared to Danae as a gold shower. She gave birth to the hero percius.
- 10Homosexuality was acceptable. Who was an important man to Zeus. What became of him?Ganymede was a lover of Zeus. He became a wine bearer for Zeus on olympus.
- 11Why was Ganymede always shown as nude. What were the rules about homosexuality.Ganymede was always nude to show his lower status. Relations were only acceptable if it was between a young and a much old man.
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