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| What is red pottery? | The background and outlines are painted black and the figures are the red colour of the pottery. It is much more detailed then black pottery. |
| How can you tell the difference between a god or goddess and a mortal. | Gods and goddesses have straight noses without any curve. |
| What are the symbols of Zeus? | Lightning bolt, eagle, oak tree, and mountain tops. The mountains perhaps because he was born on the mountain Ida on Crete. |
| How is Zeus usually dressed | Robes slightly shorter then that of women |
| What was found in the caves under mount Ida? Why was it important? | They found votive samples which are used in special sacred candles like those lit in a church when a person dedicates an object to a god in exchange for a prayer. |
| Zeus was sometimes shown with a shallow bowl. Why this important? | People would first offer the wine they were drinking to the gods by pouring some onto the floor or into a bowl like the one Zeus sometimes has. |
| Zeus can change his shape. He appeared to a girl as a bull. What happened? | Presents himself as a bull to the women Europa. She had three sons Minos the future king of Crete, sarpedon a Trojan warrior that died in battle, and rhadamanthys who became a judge in the underworld. |
| He appeared to a women as a swan. What happened? | She was queen Leda of Sparta. She gave birth to twins one of which was Helen of Troy. The legend says Leda layer two eggs instead of normal birth |
| He appeared to a women as gold. What happened? | He appeared to Danae as a gold shower. She gave birth to the hero percius. |
| Homosexuality was acceptable. Who was an important man to Zeus. What became of him? | Ganymede was a lover of Zeus. He became a wine bearer for Zeus on olympus. |
| Why was Ganymede always shown as nude. What were the rules about homosexuality. | Ganymede was always nude to show his lower status. Relations were only acceptable if it was between a young and a much old man. |
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