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Clash Of The Gods: Zeus Study Guide

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This deck covers key concepts and questions from the Clash Of The Gods video study guide, focusing on the episode about Zeus. It explores Greek mythology, Zeus's role, and the myths surrounding him.

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What is Zeus's most powerful symbol? Why is it so powerful?

The lightning bolt. It shows his command over sky and nature.
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Definition
What is Zeus's most powerful symbol? Why is it so powerful?
The lightning bolt. It shows his command over sky and nature.
What role does Mythology have in Greek Society?
It helped them explain what happens in the natural world.
Who is Zeus's father? What type of god?
Kronos - He was a Titan
Why does incest take such a role in Greek Mythology?
There were no other options to marry.
Why is Kronos Worried about having children?
He was worried they would overthrow him and he would lose his power.
How does Kronos solve this Problem?
He swallows all his children.
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Clash Of The Gods: Zeus Study Guide
TermDefinition
What is Zeus's most powerful symbol? Why is it so powerful?
The lightning bolt. It shows his command over sky and nature.
What role does Mythology have in Greek Society?
It helped them explain what happens in the natural world.
Who is Zeus's father? What type of god?
Kronos - He was a Titan
Why does incest take such a role in Greek Mythology?
There were no other options to marry.
Why is Kronos Worried about having children?
He was worried they would overthrow him and he would lose his power.
How does Kronos solve this Problem?
He swallows all his children.
How does Rhea trick Kronos into thinking he has swallowed Zeus?
She gives him stones to swallow instead.
What island is Zeus born on?
Crete
What significance do the shields they found in the caves on the island of Crete have to the myth of Zeus?
They were used to bang together to make noise to disguise Zeus's crying.
What is Tartarus?
The lowest level of Hades, the Greek equivalent to hell.
How is Zeus able to free his siblings, the Olympians?
He gives Kronos a potion to drink causing him to throw up his siblings.
The rock Kronos was given by Rhea instead of Zeus is believed to be where?
The cornerstone of the temple of Delphi.
Who does Zeus get to fight on his side with the other Olympians? What does Zeus have to do to get them on his side?
The Cyclopes and the Hundred Handers. He went to Tartarus to free them.
What do the Cyclopes give Zeus?
Lightning
Where does the battle of the Titans and Olympians take place?
The plain of Thessaly, near Mount Olympus.
What is historically accurate about the battle between the Titans and Olympians?
The volcanic eruption in San Torinni over 3600 years ago.
What beast do the titans call out of Tartarus to fight on their side?
Typhon
What happens to the Titans after they lose the battle?
They are sent to Tartarus for an eternity.
Where do the Greeks believe the entrance to Tartarus is?
The volcano in Sicily.
What is the name of the city temple dedicated to Zeus?
Dion
What is the symbol of Zeus?
Eagles
The Greek Gods have Flaws, like humans. What is Zeus's?
He loves women.
Who is Zeus' first wife?
Metis
Why does Zeus begin to fear his children with Metis?
He doesn't want one of them to overthrow him.
When Zeus swallows Metis, what changes happened to Zeus?
He becomes more intelligent.
Who is Zeus' second wife?
Hera
How do ancient Greeks connect themselves with Zeus?
They claim one of their ancestors is one of Zeus's children.
How does Hera get revenge on Zeus for his affairs?
She plans a revolt with the Olympians to overthrow him.
Who helps Zeus on the revolt with the Gods?
The Hundred Handers
What is Hera's punishment?
She is hung in the sky with golden chains.
What are Apollo and Poseidon's Punishment?
They had to build the walls of Troy.
Why did it make sense to the Ancient Greeks that the walls of Troy were built by the Gods?
They could not possibly have been built by humans.
Why does Zeus decide to punish mankind?
Because he observed them performing acts of cannibalisms.
How does Zeus punish all of mankind?
With a great flood.
How do two humans survive the flood?
They built an arc.
What is the connection with this punishment and Christianity?
They both have Floods (the Flood of Noah)
What evidence is there that the flood?
(The ice age) The Floodings caused by the melting Glaciers
Who or what eventually de-thrones Zeus as the most prominent God?
Jesus Christ
What is the one thing more powerful than Zeus in the ancient world?
Fate
Why are these myths so powerful?
They show us our own thoughts and relate them to our psyche.