Universe
Titans
Gods
Titans
Titans
Cronus
Olympus and Underworld
• Olympus
• Underworld
Gods and Godesses
• Zeus was the Supreme God in Ancient Greece,
father of the Olympian gods and ruler of
mankind.
• Zeus was carefree and loved to laugh out loud. He
possessed the perfect knowledge and was just,
merciful and prudent.
• Zeus was strong and imposing, with long,
oftentimes curly hair.
• The main symbol of Zeus was the thunderbolt,
which was as a gift from the Cyclopes because he
liberated them. His sacred animal was the eagle.
Hera
• The mature goddess of the family.
• Hera was born by the Titans Cronus and Rhea and was one of the three sisters of
Zeus and later on became his wife .
• Hera was in conflict with the semi-god and hero Heracles, since he happened to be
the son of her husband Zeus and a mortal woman. According to a myth, Zeus once
brought the infant to Hera so she can breastfeed him while she was asleep, but
she suddenly woke up and pushed him away. The drops of the spurting milk
became the Milky Way.
• Hera's symbol was the pomegranate, a symbol of fertility, and her sacred animal
was the peacock.
Poseidon
• Poseidon was the God of the Seas,
the horses and the earthquakes
• Poseidon, the Greek god of the Seas,
was born by the major Titans Cronus
and Rhea. He was an older brother of
Zeus, the King of the gods.
• Poseidon was considered to be the
bad-tempered, moody and greedy
god among the Olympians.
• Poseidon was imposing and strong
with long, blue hair.
• His symbol was the trident and his
sacred animals were the dolphin and
the horse. According to a tradition,
he was the one who breathed life
into the first horse on earth.
Phoebus Apollo
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Apollo was the Olympian God of the Sun,
the Light, the Music and the Prophecy
Apollo was born by the King of the Gods
Zeus and the mortal Leto in the divine
Greek island of Delos. He was the younger
twin of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt.
He invented the lute, but most popular
he was for his playing the lyre, which was
invented by Hermes, the messenger of
the gods.
Apollo excelled in important music
contests, competing against Greek god
Hermes and the Satyr Pan as well as other
deities.
Apollo was a handsome, strong and
youthful god with impressive golden hair
His symbols were the lyre, the tripod, the
laurel tree and the navelstone.
Pallas Athena
Hades
• Hades was the God and Ruler of the Underworld.
• Greek god Hades was a son of the titans Cronus and
Rhea.
• Hades' wife was Persephone, he abducted from her
divine mother Demeter and took with him down to
the Underworld.
• Hades had gloomy features. He had a beard and dark
hair falling over his brow .
• His sacred symbol was the helmet, which helped
him stay invisible
Artemis
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Artemis was the Greek goddess of the Hunt and the Moon and
protector of expectant women and the young.
She was Zeus’s daughter and Apollo’s sister.
Artemis was usually armed with bow and arrows and was
wearing a knee-high chiton
Her symbol was the bow and her sacred animals were the
snake and the deer.
Artemis was both a killer of wild animals and their protector
Aphrodite
• Aphrodite was the goddess of love and
beautiful.
• She was always depicted as a beautiful
young women.
• Daughter of Zeus and Dione.
• She was known to be born from the foam
of the sea.
• Most men married or not were in love
with her and wanted her as his wife.
• She punished and didn’t protect people
who didn’t believe in her power and didn’t
think she was strong enough to be a god.
• After taking a lot of men from ther
relationships Zeus decided to make her get
married to a mortal named Anchises and
had to children Aeneas and Lyrus.
Hermes
• Hermes was the child of Zeus and Maia.
• When he was first born he escaped from his
craddle and stole from Apollo.
• One of his characteristics was being a theif
and very sneaky.
• To prevent from being caught Hermes
started wearing sandals to hide his footsteps
so noone knew it was him stealing.
• He was asigned to be a messager because
he was so sneaky he can get from Olympus to
the Underworld with no problem.
• He is known to be the one who invented
the alphabet, numbers, ect.
• He believed he can give people incredible
dreams that would have a big impact on their
lives and it was simple for him to take it
away.
Gods and Goddesses
Ares (Mars)
• Ares was the god of was.
• He was the son of Zeus and
Hera.
• Ares was a very strong man
who was always ready for a
fight and to protect at any cost.
• Who ever tried to be with
Aphrodite was killed shortly by
Ares cause he wanted her to
himself.
Hephaestus
• Hephaestus was the god
of fire.
• He was also the son of
Zeus and Hera.
•He didn’t like his mother
cause she didn’t find him fit
to be part her family and
dropped him from Olympus.
Hestia(Vesta)
• Goddess of the hearth.
• Daughter of Cronus and
Rhea.
• Apollo and Posiden
wasnted her hand in
marriage.
• Promised on the head of
Zeus that she will always
remain a virgin.
Gods and Godesses
• Eros was the god of love.
• Son of Aphrodite and also can be the son of Ares.
• He brought harmony and peace everywhere he went
to stop all the chaos.
• Is known to be the creator of greek poets.
• Was liked by mostly everyone and would help anybody
in need.
Eros
• Hebes was the daughter of Zeus and Hera.
• She was the minsters of all gods.
• Was married to Heracles.
• She acted as a mother to her brothers and everyone who
needed a to be treated with love.
• She was a very respected women.
Hebes
Two Great Gods
Demeter
• Demeter was the daughter of
Kronos and Rhea.
• She was the sister of Hestia, Hera,
Aides, Posiedon, and Zeus.
• She was the goddess of
agriculture.
• Demeter had a daughter named
Persephone who was traded of to
Pluto by Zeus.
• She searched for her daughter for
9 years.
• She never forgave Zeus and never
returned to Olympus.
Dionysus
• Dionysus was the god of
wine and festivity.
• He was the son of Zeus
and Semele.
• After being born Zeus
gave Dionysus to Hermes
to protect him from Hera.
• Zeus later had to turn him
into a ram so he can carry
him to mount Nysa without
any question.
• When Dionysus grew up
Hera found him and drove
him into a state of
madness and let him
wonder earth till someone
came to save him.