THE GODS
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The Titans and the 12 Olympians
The Lesser Gods of Olympus
The Deities of the Waters
The Deities of Earth
THE TITANS
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Uranus
Cronus
Oceanus
Hyperion
Atlas
Gaea
Rhea
Tethys
Prometheus
Epimetheus
URANUS
• Father: No father
• Mother: Gaea
• Children: Titans, Cyclopes
Personification of heaven and the sky.
 Decided to banish the Cyclopes into Tartarus.
Gaea was extremely upset and had their son
Cronus stand up to him.
 Using a sickle, Cronus mutilated Uranus,
creating the Furies, Giants, and Aphrodite.
GAEA (GAIA)
• Father: Chaos
• Children: Uranus, Titans, Cyclopes
Gaea was best known as "mother earth."
Later mated with her first born child Uranus, and
produced her other horrific offspring (e.g.
Cyclopes).
She was depicted as a very large woman.
CRONUS (SATURN)
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Father: Uranus
Mother: Gaea
Wife: Rhea
Children: Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Hades,
Poseidon, Zeus
The ruler of the Titans; overthrew his own father.
Swallowed his children for fear of being
dethroned.
Rhea hid Zeus away; later he dethroned Cronus.
RHEA
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Father: Uranus
Mother: Gaea
Husband: Cronus
Children: Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia,
Poseidon, Zeus
 Mother of the gods of Olympus
 Gave her children to Cronus as soon as they
were born; Cronus swallowed them
She hid Zeus away from Cronus
OCEANUS
• Father: Uranus
• Mother: Gaea
• Wife: Tethys
• Children: Oceanid Nymphs, 3000 rivers, Seas
A serpent-like being that encircles the Earth.
Replaced by the god Poseidon came to power as
the god of the oceans, rivers, and water.
He was the only titan that was not against Zeus
in the war.
TETHYS (SALACIA)
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Father: Uranus
Mother: Gaea
Husband: Oceanus
Children: Oceanids, Styx
HYPERION
• Father: Uranus
• Mother: Gaea
• Wife: Thea
• Children: Helios, Selene
Hyperion is sometimes classified as a god
of the sun. However, other stories actually
use his name to represent the Sun itself.
ATLAS
• Father: Iapetus
• Mother: Clymene
A leader in the battle between the Titans and the
Olympians.
The Titans were defeated in this war and were
placed in Tartarus as punishment.
Atlas was not granted this punishment and was
instead forced to carry the entire weight of the
sky and the Earth on his shoulders.
Relieved of his duty once by Hercules, but was
later tricked into resuming his burden.
PROMETHEUS
• Father: Iapetus
• Mother: Clymene
Name meaning “fore-thought”
Teacher of astronomy, medicine, navigation,
metalwork, architecture, and writing
 Took part in the creation of mankind
Stole fire from Mount Olympus and gave it to
mankind
Chained to a rock on Caucasus Mountains,
everyday a vulture would come and devour his
liver, which grew back every night
EPIMETHEUS
• Father: Iapetus
• Mother: Clymene
• Wife: Pandora
Name meaning “after-thought”
Created animals, gave most of the good
qualities (strength, thick furs, etc) to
animals, nothing left for humans
Took Pandora as his wife, they opened the
box of evils together