-Created by Zeus:She is the first Woman
-Sent to Earth w/ a jar containing ALL that is evil/told not to open/ and she does.
Dionysus
-(Bacchus)God of the grape/wine, madness, music, ecstasy
-Son of Zeus and Semele (born from Zeus's leg)
-Associated w/ grapes/vines/leopards, masks
-Married to Ariadne/ Holds a kantharos
Maenads
-Followers of Dionysus who hunt and nurse small animals
-Brings Hepthesus back to Mt. olympus
Titanomachy
-WAR: Zeus VS. the Titans
(Gaia wants control)
-Battle where Zeus and the Olympians defeat Cronus and the Titans
Giantomachy
-War: Zeus and the Olympians VS. the Giants
(Giants created by Gaia)
Aphrodite
-(Venus) Goddess of Love, Sex & Procreation, beauty and passion 'Fertility Goddess'
-Marries Hephaestus but falls in love w/ Ares
-In Art: Naked, washing herself, and seen w/ 3 Graces & Horae
Eris
-Goddess of Strike/Discord
-Child of Nyx(night)
Titaness Mnemosyne
-Goddess of Memory
-1st girlfriend of Zeus
-Bears Zeus 9 children: 'The Nine Muses'
Hestia
-(Vesta) Goddess of Fire and Hearth
-Daughter of Cronus and Rhea
-Zeus's Sister
Thesmophoria
-Ritual for married women
Day 1- throw pigs and penises into fire pit
Day 2- Mock one another
day 3- Retrieve burnt pigs and penises, give to men to fertilize fields
