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Who: Athene Parthenos (Athene the virgin)
What:The Doric temple to Athene
Where: built atop the Athenian Acropolis
When: in the fifth century B.C.
Significance: Was used as the treasury |
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Who: Athena
What: Dominant Greek city-state
When: fifth century B.C.,
What: center of the intellectual and artistic develpoments that created the historical Golden Age.
Significance: Capital of Greece, cultural center. |
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Who: Hesoid "Theogony"
What: Race of giant gods whom Gaea and Uranus begot
Where: Othrys (their home)
When:Archaic period
Significance:Titans murdered and devoured Dionysus so Zeus killed them w/ a thunderbolt. From the smouldering ashes, mankind was created. |
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Who: Hesiod
What: well ordered (universe)
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Significance: Hesiod says it was formed out of darkness. Chaos, Gaea (mother earth), Tartus(prime evil force, worst part of the underworld, Eros (force of love both good and bad) |
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