Transcript Greek Mythology Part II

Greek Mythology Part II
The Olympians
Aphrodite / Venus
Embodies the overwhelming
power of human sexual
attraction, married to
Hephaestus.
Concern:
Attributes:
“The Birth of Venus”
Botticelli, 1485-1486
Athena / Minerva
Virgin patron Goddess of
Athens, represented reason’s
control over elemental force.
Concern:
Attributes:
“Minerva Victorious Over
Ignorance” Spronger, 1591
Demeter / Ceres
Mother-goddess who oversaw the
fruitfulness of agriculture.
Wherever wheat was grown, her
religion was strong.
Concern:
Attributes:
“Demeter Gives Grain to
Triptolemos”
Ares / Mars
God of war and battle, the
personification of blood lust
and the warrior’s desire to
kill.
Concern:
Attributes:
“Ares”
Leagros Group, 515-500 BCE
Artemis / Diana
Virgin goddess of the hunt, protector
of all things virgin and pure in nature.
Concern:
Attributes:
“Diana”
Renoir, 1867
Apollo
Oral poet of the Gods, bearer
of traditional male aristocratic
Greek culture.
Concern:
Attributes:
“Apollo and Artemis”