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GRST Exam 2 Questions And 100% Correct AnswersShould Greek gods be idolized? - ANWER No, they should be worshiped and
reverenced.
Do the personalities of the Greek gods stay constant over time and space? - ANSWER
No, they are different. There are many stories told in different ways.
Did Zeus have many lovers or just his wife Hera? - ANSWER He had many lovers and
many children with his different lovers. These sexual relationships created conflict with
his wife.
What is Zeus god of? - ANSWER Justice and virtue.
Can Zeus' power be vulnerable? If so to who? - ANSWER Yes, to Aphrodite.
What are Zeus 4 main attributes? - ANSWER 1. Thunder and lightening
2. Bearded-meaning he is a middle aged man
3. Wears aegis-animal skin/shield made of goat-when he was hidden from Kronos a goat
gave him milk and another god gave him shield )
4. Eagle and oak tree
How was Zeus represented in Theogony? - ANSWER - represented as a man with many
marriages at the end of Hesoids theogony. He has daughters from Themis "established
custom"
What was the name of Zeus' daughters that he had with Themis? ANSWER Seasons
- Eunomia (lawfulness)
, - Dike (justice)
- Eirene (peace)
Was Zeus considered the father of gods and mortals? Why or why not? ANSWER Not
really because he is not to the gods, and only to some of the mortals. He is referred to as
a father figure because he has so much power in a patriarchal society.
What does theogony refer to when talking of Zeus, Cosmic order: thunder and
lightening? - ANSWER - he is the bringer of order in dieties
- Zeus means "the bright one" - he comes from the sky gods - he is connected with
daylight and to the brightness show when lightening occurs, representing weapons and
control of celestial phenomena
- he produces the rain and the storms. Greeks sacrificed to him for agrarian purposes
-to get the rain.
Between whom, according to Homer, does the fight in the Iliad take place, and over
what? What was the result? - ANSWER In the Iliad: the fight between brothers Hades
[unterworld), Zeus سky) and Poseidonسcean) over control of different realms. They
each get a different realm in the universe, which explains how Zeus got the sky where
thunder and lightening secure his dominance over his brothers.
What does Zeus judge? - ANSWER Man. If you do something you will pay.
In the Theogony, and in the Works and Days, how does Hesiod depict Zeus? - ANSWER
As the weather god who oversees human actions and justice.
In Athens, what did they think of Zeus and why? - ANSWER They called him "the mild
one" because:
Being able to be aspecting like a snake to the earth and a sky god through his relation to
rain, he also was able to be connected to crops' fertility.
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