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Cronus/Saturn ruled the Titans, the second generation of gods.
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He had overthrown his father Ouranos/Uranus
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He and his sister/wife, Rhea, were the parents of the Olympians.

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Won’t be overthrown
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Om nom nom!
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Zeus’s secret birth
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Omphalos
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Titanomachy

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Home of the gods after the Titanomachy

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King of the Gods
Mightier than all others put together
Ruler of the sky, rain and clouds
“bright shining light of heaven”

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Lightning, storms
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Eagle
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Bull
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Oak tree
Women:
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Hera
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Metis
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Leto
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Semele
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Dozens of others
Sacred site: Olympia

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Sister and wife of Zeus; Queen of the Gods
Goddess of marriage and married women
Jealous and vengeful
Had 4 Children with Zeus
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Hephaestus, Ares, Hebe, Eileithyia
Symbols: peacock, cow
Sacred city: Argos
Messenger was Iris

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God of the sea, horses, and earthquakes
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Drew lots at a Council of the Gods
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Symbols: trident, horse, dolphin
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Wife was Amphitrite, son Triton

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God of the underworld & wealth
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Drew the short stick
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Not a bad guy
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The Underworld
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5 Rivers & 3 Judges
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Cerberus & Charon
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Elysian Fields
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Tartarus
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Fields of Mourning
Symbol: bident

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Goddess of grain, fruit, agriculture in general and a goddess of fertility. Usually on a chariot drawn by dragons.
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Daughter with Zeus was Persephone, queen of the underworld
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Kidnapping & search
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Origin of the seasons

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Twin children of Zeus and Leto
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Artemis: Goddess of the moon, forest, hunt, childbirth, children, woodland critters
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Apollo: God of the sun, music/poetry, medicine, knowledge, prophecy – all things
Greeky
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Artemis born on Ortygia, helps deliver Apollo on Delos

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One of 3 virgin goddesses
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Actaeon the hunter – wrong place, wrong time
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Orion the hunter
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Apollo’s plot to keep her a virgin
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Symbols: bow and arrows, moon, woodland critters dead or alive

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Oracle at Delphi
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Python
Pythia
Symbol: Lyre, bow
Niobe’s Pride

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Goddess of wisdom, skill, defensive/strategic warfare
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Daughter of Zeus and Metis
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Popped out of Zeus’s head fully clothed and armored
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Symbols: war helmet, the
Aegis, owls, olive trees, snakes, and spears

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King Cecrops needed a patron god for his new city
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Poseidon struck the ground to make a spring – salt water
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Athena struck the ground and planted the first olive tree
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The city chose her and named itself
Athens

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Messenger and herald of the gods
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God of thieves, travelers, crossing boundaries in general
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Hermes Psychopompos
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Son of Zeus and Maia
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First-day mischief
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Stole Apollo’s cattle
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Invented lyre
Symbols: winged sandals, cap, caduceus

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Goddess of love, beauty, and naughtiness
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Born from sea-foam near Cyprus
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Symbols: doves, swans, seashells
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Wife of Hephaestus
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Judgment of Paris
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Mother of Aeneas

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God of War – physical aspect of it
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Son of Zeus and Hera
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Very violent and had a horrible temper
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Other gods and goddesses couldn’t stand him
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Not too important to Greeks – very important to Romans
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Symbols: vultures, weapons and shields

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Son of Zeus and Hera
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God of fire and the gods’ chief workman
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He was lame and deformed so his parents were ashamed of him; cast from Olympus and landed on Lemnos
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Forge under Mt. Aetna
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Caught Aphrodite and Ares in a net

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Son of Zeus and Semele, a mortal
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Hera makes her doubt the paternity
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Zeus reveals himself; bacon sizzle
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Dionysus saved
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God of wine, partying, theater
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Maenads/Bacchants
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Symbols: grapes, thyrsus, vines, drinks

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Goddess of the hearth (fireplace)
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Public fires
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Colonies
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Vestal Virgins
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6 priestesses
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30 years

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13 gods and 12 Olympians – sometimes
Hades or Dionysus is excluded as an
Olympian
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Hades has his own place
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Dionysus a late entry