Final Exam Study Guide Greek Heroes Heroines and Nymphs Nymphs Pausanias Heroines Iodama Ino Leukothea Libyan Heroines A mortal woman who receives worship after she dies Starts off as An author from the 2nd century CE who wrote a travel guide to Greece The local goddesses of Libya Appeared in the desert near the Female heroes Started off as a normal woman living in Greece and was a priestess of Athena She saw Athena in her true form then turned into a stone and died Includes the local folklore and mythology of every region Ino and then is given the name Leukothea after she becomes a heroine Argonauts with elements of the landscape of Hesperides Nymphs associated with different kinds of trees Nymphs associated with mountains Nymphs associated with springs Daughters of River gods Nymphs associated with oceans Daughters of Nereus Dryads Oreads Naiads Nereids Hylas Voyage of the Argonauts Hesperidean Nymphs Heracles boyfriend that was taken by the Naiads The quest for the Golden Fleece Liminal figures that are in between goddesses and mortals Associated Three sisters that guard the tree of magic apples in the Island Course Library Pausanias Iodama was a priestess of Athena One day she saw Athena in her true form which is something that usually does not happen The idea is that you should not look at a God in their true form because it can kill you When Iodama sees Athena she turns to stone and dies She doesn t technically completely die though because she becomes a heroine and becomes the subject of hero cult and gets her own sanctuary People go to her sanctuary and perform specific rituals to worship her by repeating the phrase Iodama lives She still has powers in the locality around her remains Reader I 9 Hymn to Aphrodite The myth begins by speaking of Aphrodite and how she is the goddess of love and sex The story says there are 3 hearts she cannot get to feel desire The first is Ares and this is because she delights in wars and preparing famous crafts The second is Artemis and this is because she loves archery and the slaying of wild beasts in the mountains The last one is Hestia and this is because she swore an oath that she would be a maiden for all of her days Zeus tells Aphrodite that he wants her to marry a mortal man and be happy He tells her to marry Anchises who at the time was tending cattle and in shape was like the immortal gods When Aphrodite saw him she loved him and wanted him She then went back to Cyprus where she bathed herself in heavenly oil put on all of her finest gold jewelry and filled herself with fragrances She then headed for Troy where on the way several different animals came to her so that she could help mate them She finally reached where Anchises lived and once he saw her he fell in love with her as well Aphrodite lies and tells him she is a mortal woman and not a god He then finds out she is a goddess and is mad that she has lied to him She tells him she wants a son but he is worried that something bad will happen to him if he does so They eventually sleep together and have a son named Aeneas She tells him as soon as the child sees light of the sun the deep breasted mountain Nymphs shall bring him up She says the nymphs will keep her son and as soon as he reaches boyhood the goddesses will bring him back to see Anchises But Aphrodite says that on the 5th year she will bring him his child She says to never tell someone he mated with a goddess but to say his offspring is of the flower like nymphs who inhabit the forest clad hill She tells him if he reveals anything that Zeus will hit him with his thunderbolt She then leaves towards heaven Reader I 10 Argonautica The poem starts off by all the Gods wanting Heracles to lead them on an expedition He tells them he wants Jason to lead the group instead So Jason led a group of all of the greatest Greek heroes on a sea voyage towards the kingdom of Colchis which was located on the black sea They were in search for The Golden Fleece which one time belonged to a ram that could talk and fly and was sacrificed so his skin was hung up as an offering to the Gods Jason believed the magical sheepskin would bring prosperity and good fortune to Greece which is similar to the idea of why you should get the bones from heroes and bring them back to your city The greatest heroes all rode in a boat called the Argo which is why they were named the Argonauts Suddenly a storm pushed them off the course and they landed in the Libyan Desert where they were all very thirsty Heracles had brought his boyfriend along with him Hylas Before they got to Colchis they stopped at a place for the night and Hylas goes off onto the woods to get some water At the spring he finds these beings called Naiads These specific type of nymphs fell in love with Hylas because he was so attractive and decided to make him their husband It is not clear if he dies or is made immortal but he becomes stuck under the spring This is why Heracles does not finish the expedition because he is so grief stricken that he takes off running into the wilderness searching for Hylas and never comes back The Argonauts continued on with their voyage while Heracles did this Jason lead them towards caucus and they eventually came to a sacred plain where Ladon the serpent of the land kept watch over the golden apples in the garden of Atlas When they got closer they saw that Heracles had already killed this serpent and that he stomped so hard on rocks that it formed a spring and the Argonauts were able to live because of this Jason flirts with Medea who is the princess of Caucus and she helps him retrieve the Golden Fleece She was able to do this because she is like a witch and gave him magical spells which allowed Jason to get the magical fleece After she helps Jason she leaves with the Argonauts and goes back home with him Reader I 11 Library Heracles Heracles went through the country of the Dyopes where he met Thiodamas driving a pair of bullocks so he slaughtered one of them and feasted upon it When he arrived at Cyex he was received by Trachis and conquered all of Dryopes After that happened he was heading out of there where he fought as an ally of Aegimius king of the Dorians He fought this war over a dispute about the boundaries of the country The Lapiths who were commended by Coronus were the ones fighting against Aegimus and Heracles Heracles ended up slewing Laogoras the king Cycnus and king Amyntor …
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