Week 3 Apollo & Artemis Demeter, Persephone & Hades
Dionysus & Hermes Slide 2 The Twins Children of ZEUS and LETO
Born on the island of DELOS Both experts at archery Together killed
the 7 sons and daughters of NIOBE Slide 3 Who? Tried to seduce
Artemis The goddess produced a scorpion that killed him Saw Artemis
in her bath Was transformed into a stag His dogs tore him to pieces
Slide 4 Who co-stars the following episodes of the story of
Callisto? 1.Rape 2.Rejection 3.Giving birth 4.Becoming a bear
5.Near death as bear 6.Being promoted to a constellation Slide 5
CHARACTERISTICS OF ARTEMIS Vehement virgin with characteristics of
a fertility goddess Moon-goddess linked with the lunar cycle and
menstrual period Goddess of nature itself personifying its pristine
purity Slide 6 Whose statue? Slide 7 SANCTUARY OF APOLLO AT DELPHI
Apollo chose a place under Mt. PARNASSUS for his oracle and temple.
He slew a dragon named PYTHO Apollo given the epithet PYTHIAN, his
prophetess, PYTHIA Slide 8 Apollo sitting on the Omphalos Silver
tetradrachm from 3rd BCE Slide 9 APOLLO'S LOVES
SybilCyreneCoronisDaphneCassandra Priestess of Cumae Lion wrestler
Loved a man Devoted to Art. Princess of Troy
RejectionLoveBetrayalRejectionPerjury Eternal life without youth
City of her name Death by arrow Turned into laurel Her prophecies
disbelieved Aristaeus keeper of bees Asclepius god of medicine
Slide 10 HYACINTHUS Slide 11 APOLLOS MUSICAL CONTESTS Picked up the
flute invented by Athena. Challenged Apollo to a contest Apollo won
and he decided to flay him alive Dared to engage in a contest with
Apollo TMOLUS the god of the mountain was the judge He declared
Apollo the victor Slide 12 THE NATURE OF APOLLO God of shepherds,
associated with music God of medicine God of the sun PHOEBUS Apollo
"bright." Symbol of classical restraint: "Know thyself" Slide 13
Demeter and the abduction of Persephone by Hades 1.Persephone:
daughter of Demeter and Zeus kidnapped by Hades 2.Demeters grief
3.Demeter in Eleusis, nurse of Demophoon, is interrupted when
trying to make him immortal 4.Demeters anger 5.Zeus request that P.
must return to her mother 6.Final compromise Slide 14 The Final
Message of the Hymn Happy is the one of mortals on earth who has
seen these things. But those who are uninitiated into the holy
rites never are destined to a similar joy when they are dead in the
gloomy realm below. Slide 15 The Eleusinian Procession Ritual
cleansing Torches Fasting and vigil Hymns and obscene jests Slide
16 The Sacred Rites KYKEON the sacred drink Dramatic performance
The revelation of the hiera, "sacred objects" Slide 17 HADES Roman
names: DIS, PLUTO (both names mean wealth) ORCUS by the Romans God
of death and agricultural plenty Slide 18 Slide 19 Identify Slide
20 Three Judges MINOS RHADAMANTHUS, and AEACUS Pass sentence on the
just and unjust souls. Slide 21 Identify Slide 22 Hermes
Psychopompus Hermes Psychopompus. Hermes as "leader of the soul"
takes our souls, after death, to Charon Slide 23 Poussin: Midas and
Bacchus Slide 24 THE BIRTH of Dionysus Zeus loved SEMELE, daughter
of CADMUS Hera convinced Semele to trick Zeus into revealing
himself Semele was burned, but their unborn child was saved by Zeus
Dionysus was born from Zeus thigh and brought up by nymphs and
Semele's sister Ino on a mountain named Nysa Slide 25 THE BACCHAE
OF EURIPIDES Dionysus comes to Thebes where his religion is
repudiated The women of Thebes become possessed by frenzy Deceived
by Dionysus, King Pentheus participates in the rites disguised as a
woman He is discovered and torn to pieces by the Bacchae led by his
mother AGAVE Slide 26 THE NATURE OF DIONYSUS God of vegetation God
of wine Represents the irrational in human beings Dionysiac
ecstasy, MANIA, combines the bestial and the sublime Slide 27
DIONYSIAC LEXICON SATYRMAENAD BACCHA THYRSUSOMO- PHAGY THIASUS part
man and part animal, pleasure- loving follower of D. a) nymph from
the retinue of D. b) woman worshiping D. a pole wreathed with ivy
or vine leaves eating raw flesh of the sacrificial animal
congregati on that engaged in omophagy Slide 28 DIONYSUS FOLLOWERS
Slide 29 DIONYSUS-ZAGREUS Son of Zeus and Persephone At Heras
request the Titans dismembered and devoured the child His heart was
saved Dionysus was born again through Semele People were created
from the ashes of the Titans Slide 30 THE HOMERIC HYMN TO HERMES
Son of Zeus and MAIA Invented the lyre Stole Apollos cattle Made
the first sacrifice to the 12 Olympians Reconciled with Apollo
Slide 31 Hermes and Apollos Cattle Slide 32 Hermaphroditus Slide 33
THE NATURE OF HERMES God of shepherds Patron of thieves and
business people Master of persuasion Psychopompus Messenger of the
gods Archetypal trickster Slide 34 ATTRIBUTES OF HERMES Slide 35
Identify
