Western Civ day 22

• The gods interaction with the humans is unique 

• Poseidon- (god of the sea) interfered with Odysseus trying to return home to make his look bad

• Brother of Zeus 

• Aphrodite- (goddess of love) had lovers of both gods and men 

• Archises was a mortal who fathered her baby 

• Dionysus- (god of wine) was a son of Zeus and of Semele (a human princess)

• Zeus- ruler of heaven and Earth; father of Athena; god of sky, weather, law, order, thunder, lightning, and justice

• Zeus had a temper and was known to hurl thunderbolts 

• Athena- goddess of wisdom, skill, warfare, peace, intelligence, battle strategy and handicrafts

• Athena was born from Zeus's head fully formed (adult) and armored

• She was a patron of Athens (city named after her)

• Apollo- god of music, arts, knowledge, and healing 

• Zeus was his father

• Artemis was his twin

• Associated with the sun and his sister was associated with the moon

• Demeter- goddess of grain, harvest, and agriculture

• Zeus's sister