HOW THE WORLD WAS CREATED…ACCORDING
TO GREEK MYTHOLOGY!!
OUT OF CHAOS(CONFUSION)
EMERGED 2 BEING
GAEA
MOTHER EARTH
URANUS
HEAVENS
WHOSE CHILDREN WERE
12 TITANS
INCLDUING THESE 8
OCENAUS TETHYS HYPERION THEA RHEA THEMIS MNEMOSYNE CRONUS
RULED THE SEA
SUN
MOON GREAT LAW& MEMORY
YOUNG
MOTHER JUSTICE
STRONG
AND MONSTERS
HECATONCHIRES-HUNDRED HANDS
3 CYCLOPES-ONE-EYED
THE STORY:
URANUS HATED ALL OF HIS CHILDREN…BUT PARTICUALRY THE
MONSTERS..AND HE SENT HE SENT THEM TO TARTARUS (THE
UNDERWORLD)
Gaea asked the Titans to rescue the monsters…but
only Cronus agreed to help…. AND HE OVERTHREW HIS FATHER…
FROM URANUS’ BLOOD CAME GIANTS AND
ERINYES
FURIES
MORE LIKE MEN THAN GODS
WITH HAIR OF
WRITHING SERPENTS
FIERECE FIGHTERS
THEY WERE WINGED
ALL OF THIS LED TO….
RULER
OF EARTH
CRONUS AND RHEA GET MARRIED
HAVE 6 CHILDREN
3 DAUGHTERS
HESTIA DEMETER HERA
3 SONS
HADES POSEIDON
ZEUS
YES…THERE IS STILL MORE TO THIS….
CRONUS FEARED HIS KIDS WOULD DESTROY HIM **REMEMBER** HE
OVERTHREW HIS FATHER** SO….CRONUS SWALLOWED ALL OF HIS
KIDS….EXCEPT….ZEUS..WHO ESCAPES!!
WHEN ZEUS GREW UP, HE AND RHEA WAGES WAR ON CRORNUS….
A LONG BATTLE
…….CRONUS DISGORGED HIS KIDS.
THE MONSTERS HELPED ZEUS AND GAVE HIMS WEAPONS….CRONUS
WAS ASISTED BY SOME OF THE TITANS…THEN DEFEATED…..
HADES- IN CHARGE OF THE UNDERWOLRD
POSEIDON- IN CHARGE OF OCEANS, HORSES AND EARTHQUAKES
ZEUS-IN CHARGE OF GODS AND MEN FROM MT. OLYMPUS
HESTIA- GODDESS OF HEARTH AND HOME
DEMETER- GODDESS OF AGRICULTURE
HERA-GUARDIAN OVER MARRIAGE
MEANWHILE….THERE ARE 4 AGES OF MAN THAT WILL PASS BY…
1. “GOLDEN AGE”- UNDER CRONUS THERE WAS A GRADEN OF EDEN
EXISITENCE…ETERNAL SPRING, NO WORK, MEN HAPPY AND
GOOD, NO FIGHTING, NO POVERTY.
2. “SILVER AGE”- UNDER ZEUS WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE
“FALL” SEASONS…..MAKING WORK NECESSARY, HUNGER AND
COLD, SHELTERS NEEDED, MEN COURAGEOUS, BUT
OVERBEARING.
3. “BRONZE AGE”-MEN LEARN TO USE ARMS AND GO TO WAR..
4. “IRON AGE” – PERIOD OF CRIME AND DISHONOR, GIFTS OF
GODS ABUSED, MAN SINKS INTO DEGRADATION.
ZEUS- HAD 12 WIVES
MAIA, ALCMENE, THEMIS, LETO, DEMETER, MNEMOSYNE, EURYNOME,
SEMELE, DIONE, HERA, EUROPA, METIS
(ONE WAS IS SISTER AND ANOTHER, HIS AUNT)
THEY ALL LIVE ON MT. OLYMPUS….10 00 FEET BETWEEN MACEDONIA AND THESSALY..ITS TOP
IS ALWAYS COVERED IN SNOW…
THE WIVES AND THEIR KIDS…
MAIA-MOTHER OF HERMES( GOD’S MESSANGER)
ALCMENE-MOTHER OF HERCALES, THE HERO
LETO-MOHTER OF APOLLO(GOD OF SUN, SONG, MUSIC) AND
ARTEMIS(GODDESS OF THE MOON, HEALING)
DEMETER- MOTHER OF PERSEPONE (GODDESS OF SPRINGTIME)
MNEMOSYNE-MOTHER OF THE MUSES- (9)
1.CLIO-HISTORY 2. EUTERPE-LYRIC POETRY, MUSIC 3. THALIA-COMEDY
4.MELPOMENE-TRAGEDY 5.TERPSICHORE-DANCING AND CHOURS 6.POLYHYMNIARELIGIOUS POETRY 7.ERATO-LOVE POETRY 8. URANIA-ASTRONOMY 9.
CALLIOPE-EPIC POETRY
SEMELE-MOTHER OF DIONYSUS(GOD OF WINE, FERTILITY, DRAMA)
DIONE-MOTHER OF APRHORODITE(GODDESS OF BEAUTY)…SHE THEN
IS THE MOTHER OF EROS(GOD OF LOVE)
HERA- MOTHER OF HEBE(GODDESS OF YOUTH) ARES(GOD OF WAR)
ILITHYIA, HEPHAESTUS(IN CHARGE OF FIRE)
METIS-MOTHER OF ATHENA(GODDESS OF WISDOM,
PATRONESS OF FINE ARTS, BORN FROM ZEUS’ HEAD)
ZEUS, HEPHAESTUS, ARTEMIS, HERMES, APHRODITE, DEMETER, HERA, ATHENA,
ARES, APOLLO, HESTIA, POSEIDON, HADES
THEIR MENU: NECTAR AND AMBROSIA
OTHERS WHO ARE IMPORTANT!!!
SCYLLA- MONSTER WHO EATS SAILORS
CHARYBDIS-MONSTER WHO SWALLOWS THE SEA
SIRENS- HALF BIRD, HALF WOMAN WHO LURES SAILORS TO THEIR
DEATH
NIKE- GODDESS OF VICTORY
AEOLUS-KING OF THE FOUR WINDS
HADES-RULER OF THE UNDERWORLD
HECATE-QUEEN OF THE UNDERWORLD
CERBERUS-3 HEADED DOG TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THE UNDERWORLD
**MYTHS MAY BE RACIAL, TRIBAL OR LOCAL..BUT STILL SHOW
SIMILARITES…MANY DEAL WITH THE SAME TOPICS…CRETION FO
THE WORLD
BEGININGS OF MAN
MAN’S SINFUL STATE
MAN’S GLORIES\
ROMAN GODS AND GREEK GODS ARE THE SAME, JUST HAVE
DIFFERENT NAMES!!