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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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