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Greek Mythology
Creation
In the beginning there was …
Chaos
From Chaos came Gaia
And the two darknessess
Erebos Darkness under the earth
•NightNight Darkness over the earthDarkness over the earth
The First Romance
Night mated with Erebos and..
Light was Born
Light was born
Light was BornTwo types of light Aither: light of heavenDay: light of earth
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T h e fa m ily tree
E ro b u s
3 fu rie s
G a ia n ig h t
G a ia(m o th e r ea rth )
3 g ia n ts 3 cyc lo ps
o lym p ia ns
R h ea C ro n us
1 2 tita ns
G a ia(e a rth)
A p h ro d ite
U ra n us(sky )
E ro s
a ith er(lig h t o f h e aven
d ay(lig h t o f ea rth )
lig h t
C H A O S
Uranus not happy with 3 Giants
Locks them up in Gaia’s womb(OUCH!)Gaia asks sons for help….
Cronus to the rescue Cuts off his father’s genitals From his blood sprung the furies
The 3 furies: aka the Erinyes or Eumenides were female personifications of vengeance.
AlectoTisiphoneMegara
Aphrodite was also born from The blood of Uranus
Prophecy of Uranus A son of Cronus’s will klll him And so as the Olympians were
born guess what Dad did? A) He sent them to boarding
school? B) He tied them up and made them
listen to Frank Sinatra music C) He…..
ATE THEM! But when Zeus was born,
his mother Rhea sent him to Crete where he was raised by his Aunt.
Rhea then gave her husband a rock wrapped in swaddling clothes, which he ate for dinner thinking it was another son.
The Return
When he was older Zeus returned to the palace disguised as a cup bearer. He gave his father a special drink known as….
The Barf Cocktail Take a little Mustard Mix with salt Sweeten with honey
Serve with a sly smile and move out of the way…
The stone that Cronus spits up becomes part of the oracle at Delphi
The Battle Begins Zeus released giants with
100 hands 7 Titans aligned with
Zeus against Cronus But his brother Atlas was
the general for Cronus Battle lasted 10 years
Zeus wins The giants with 100 hands give
him the ligntning bolt for releasing them from the earth.
Hades is given helmet of invisibility Poseidon receives the trident
Atlas (brother of Prometheus and Epimetheus) was punished by Zeus
He was given the task of holding up the sky and the earth
Cronus and the rest of the Titans were banished to Tartarus (underworld). In some stories Cronus escapes to
Italy
After the battle, Zeus’s Grandmother, Gaia, turns against him and unleases Typhon.
Zeus imprisoned him under volcano.
Typhon Early science:
Typhon imprisoned under Mt. Etna
Zeus on Mt. Olympus Zeus becomes the
ruler of the world He marries his sister
Hera Their children were
Hebe, Ares and Haephastus
Oy what a headache Zeus, ruler of the gods on
Mount Olympus. It is told that he swallowed his pregnant first wife, Metis, meaning wisdom, so that she would not bear a child stronger than he. In some versions of the story, Athena's birth was assisted by the blacksmith, Hephaestus, who opened Zeus's head with a stroke of his axe.
The Olympian Gods on Mt. Olympus
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Family Tree of Gods
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Genealogy Simplified
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Ouranus (Uranus)
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Gaia—Earth goddess
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Titans—Atlas & Prometheus
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Rhea—Mother of Gods, Goddess of Fertility
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Kronos (Saturn) & Rhea with child
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Saturn (Kronos)Devouring his Children by Goya
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Zeus(Jupiter) King of the Gods
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Zeus
ZEUS = Jupiter Father of the heroes Perseus and
Heracles
Zeus Cronus = Saturn = father of
Zeus Zeus = youngest son of Cronus
and Rhea. Cronus swallows all children (-)
Zeus: Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter and Hera.
Rhea hid Zeus Gaea & Zeus caused Cronus
to vomit up his children All overthrew Titans
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Hera (Juno) Queen of the Gods Hera and Zeus
Rembrandt’s Juno
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Hera Hera = Juno = the goddess
of marriage. The sister and wife of Zeus Queen of the Olympians.
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Poseidon (Neptune) God of the Ocean
Neptune & Amphrite
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Poseidon Poseidon bro of Zeus &
Hades1. Zeus (Jupiter) = sky2. Hades (Pluto) = Hell3. Poseidon (Neptune) = sea
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Demeter (Ceres)Goddess of Agriculture
Demeter. Hades and Persephone
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DEMETER = Ceres (e.g., cereal) ; goddess of agriculture. mother of Persephone. Περσεφόνη http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persephone
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Dionysus
DIONYSUS = Bacchus
the god of wine. son of Zeus and the
mortal Semele.
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Apollo, the Sun God and Artemis, the Moon Goddess
Apollo with Muse
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Phoebus Apollo APOLLO = Apollo god of prophesy, music and
healing. A twin of Artemis. Phoebus means the sun.
Apollo As god of music, Apollo is
often depicted playing the lyre.
He did not invent this instrument, but was given it by Hermes in compensation for cattle theft.
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ARTEMIS •Artemis = Diana; goddess of the hunt. •women in childbirth •Swift judgement•twin brother Apollo•children of Zeus and Leto. •‘the moon’ as Apollo was ‘the sun’. •All wild animals sacred to her, especially the deer.
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Hermes (Mercury), the Messenger God
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Hermes•HERMES = Mercury•messenger of the gods•guide of dead souls to the Hades. •prankster and inventive genius•son Zeus and a mountain nymph.
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Athena, Goddess of Wisdom & Intelligent Warfare
Birth of Athena from Head of Zeus
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Athena ATHENA = Minerva goddess of crafts and the
domestic arts; the crafts of war.
patron goddess of Athens. goddess of
wisdom/intellect
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Ares (Mars) God of War with Aphrodite
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ARES = Mars; god of war; the son of Zeus and Hera. Beat by Heracles in battle
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Aphrodite (Venus), Goddess of Love and Beauty
Botecceli Birth of Venus Venus de Milo
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APHRODITE = Venus
goddess of love,
beauty and fertility.
Aphrodite was born from sea-foam.
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Hephaestus, the Blacksmith God
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Hephaestus HEPHAESTUS (he-FEE-stus
or he-FESS-tus; = Vulcan) lame god of fire + crafts =
blacksmiths. Hephaestus son of Zeus and
Hera Aphrodite’s husband
The following gods and goddess are sometimes mentioned amongst the twelve Olympians.
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Hades (Pluto) God of the Underworld
Persephone and Hades
Hades = Pluto
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Hestia
Hestia = Vestia grew tired of the
godly bickering gave her place to
Dionysus.
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Eros = Cupid; love & son of Aphrodite.
At the bidding of Aphrodite, he shot Hades making him fall in love with Persephone.
Cupid and Psyche
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Pan god of shepherds and
flocks. son of Hermes and a nymph. born with the legs and horns
of a goat his own mother spurned
him.
Pan Pan was considered to
be the cause of the sudden fear that sometimes comes for no reason, especially in lonely places. That's why it's called "panic".
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Persephone, daughter of Demeter and wife of Hades
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Abduction of Persephone by Hades
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Close to the Olympians
Assembly of twenty gods, predominantly the Twelve Olympians, as they receive Psyche (Loggia di Psiche, 1518–19, by Raphael and his school, at the Villa Farnesina)The following gods, goddesses, and demigods were not usually counted as Olympians, although they had close ties to them.
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Close to the Olympians The following gods, goddesses, and demigods were not usually counted as Olympians, although they had close ties to them. Aeolus - King of the winds, keeper of the Anemoi, master of the seasonal winds. Amphitrite - Queen of the Sea, wife of Poseidon.
Anemoi – Wind gods consisting of Boreas (north), Notus (south), Zephyrus (west), and Eurus (east).
Aura - Goddess of cool breezes and fresh air. Bia – Personification of violence. Circe - minor goddess of magic, not to be
confused with Hecate.
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Deimos - God of terror, brother of Phobos. Dione – Oceanid; Mother of Aphrodite by
Zeus in Homer's version. Eileithyia – Goddess of childbirth; daughter
of Hera and Zeus.
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Enyo - A goddess of warfare, companion of Ares. She was also the sister of Ares in some cases. In those cases, her parents are Zeus and Hera.
Eos – Personification of dawn. Eris – Goddess of discord and strife.
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Ganymede – Cupbearer of the gods' palace at Olympus.
Graces - Goddesses of beauty and attendants of Aphrodite and Hera.
Harmonia - Goddess of concord and harmony, opposite of Eris, daughter of Aphrodite.
Hecate - Goddess associated with magic, witches and crossroads.
Helios - Titan; personification of the sun.
Horae – Wardens of Olympus.
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Hypnos - God of sleep, father of Morpheus and son of Nyx.
Iris – Personification of the Rainbow, also the messenger of Olympus along with Hermes.
Kratos – Personification of power. Leto – Titaness of the unseen; the mother of
Apollo and Artemis. Moirai - Goddesses of destiny and alotters of fate,
more powerful than Zeus. Momus - God of satire, mockery, satires, and
poets.
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Morpheus – God of dreams. Muses – Nine goddesses of science and arts.
Their names are Calliope, Urania, Clio, Polyhymnia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Thalia, Euterpe, and Erato.
Nemesis – Greek goddess of retribution and revenge.
Nike – Goddess of victory. Nyx - Goddess of night. Paean – Physician of the gods.
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Perseus – Son of Zeus, slayer of Medusa, the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty.
Phobos - God of fear, brother of Deimos. Selene – Titaness; personification of the moon. Styx - Goddess of the River Styx, the river where
gods swear oaths on.
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Thanatos - God of Death, sometimes a personification of Death.
Theseus - Son of Poseidon, first Hero of Athens and slayer of the Minotaur.
Triton - Messenger of the Seas, son of Poseidon and Amphitrite. He holds a twisted conch shell.
Tyche - Goddess of Luck. Zelus – Personification of Emulation.
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