The Clash of the Gods — Zeus

Zeus was responsible for _________ both to gods and mortals

Dispensing justice

Zeus, aka commander of skies, has the power of:

Nature

The powerful symbol of Zeus

Lightning bolt

Puts faces on the forces that shape the world

Mythology

Greeks used mythology to figure out why

The world operates the way that it does

They associated the natural world with the divine - events were the _______ of the gods’ power used to punish people who didn't worship them properly

Symptoms

Greece's most feared god

Zeus

HeSiod's theogany, written circa 700 BC, is the ancient

Greek story of creation

Theogany

An attempt to make sense of the world and bring order to it

Titans

Older order of Greek gods… rough around the edges, not too bright, and not well civilized

Incest

shows up a lot in mythology. Aristocratic concept of “no one else is good enough for our family except our family”

Olympians

they must fight for the earth

Common theme - fear of ________

losing your power to the next generation

Cronus _______ all his offspring but one 

swallowed 

Greek authors give voice to their fears through mythology - if they project these fears onto the gods it becomes a safe space to explore _________

consequences

Zeus - born on ________ dwelled in a cave

the island of Crete

Clanging _______ were used to muffle the cries of Zeus when he was a baby so Cronus couldn’t hear

shields

Zeus’ destiny

to challenge his father and the Titans 

Tatarus - lowest level _______ - ancient Greek equivalent of Hell where the damned went and the bad sent

of Hades

Mount Olympus - the towering home of _________

the gods

Zeus calls on his strongest allies - 

his 5 siblings, the olympians

The Temple of Delphi - there lays an egg-shaped stone and is the home ______

of the Oracle

help Zeus overthrow Cronus

the Cyclops and the hundred handers

most devastatingly powerful force

lightning

Thessaly - ______ of Titans and Olympians

battleground

3600 years ago - on island of Santorini - most devastating explosion ever. The explosion was the power of _______

50,000 hiroshima bombs

The survivors thought it could only be the ______ of the gods

wrath

Typhon - powerful monster who _______

challenges Zeus himself

Zeus becomes the king of the gods - the absolute ____________

ruler of the universe

In 2003, at the base of _________, a lost Temple that dates back to the 5 century was discovered.

Mount Olympus 

city built at base of Mt. Olympus

Dion

Eagle

divine symbol of Zeus

Headless statue of “Zeus the Highest” could be proof that the Greeks were _________

embracing the idea of one god of their own

Zeus’ fatal flaw -

uncontrollable sex drive

Metis - 1st Wife - known for _________ - she will bear him child who will seize this throne so he swallows his wife alive

practical wisdom

Hera - 2nd wife - most powerful goddess known as the Queen of Goddesses - She was beautiful and _______

exceedingly jealous

Athens, Thebes, Magnesia, and Macedonia - named after ________

children of Zeus

Hera gathers Olympians for revolution - They rise up and ___________

tie Zeus up in chains

come to Zeus’ rescue

the hundred handers

Hera - sentenced to __________

hang from the sky by golden chains

Poseidon and Apollo - condemned to _________

hard labor

Natural catastrophes were sent by Zeus to _______ 

punish evil men 

When Zeus sees humans engaging in the act of cannibalism he vows to __________

destroy the human race

Only two humans survive by __________

building an ark

_________ story dethroned Greece’s prominent God 

Jesus Christ 

______ was more powerful than Zeus - he couldn’t overturn it

Fate