In the beginning…
…THERE WAS CHAOS
And out of chaos….
Gaea, Mother Earth, was created
And Gaea gave birth to
Uranus, the sky
Uranus rained down on
Gaea…
And plants, animals, and rivers appeared
Gaea and Uranus had many children…..
Their first born were the twelve Giant Titans, six boys
and six girls.
Later more children were
born…..
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Three were the mighty Cyclops, one-eyed giants
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And three were the Hecatoncheires, monsters with
a hundred arms and fifty heads
Uranus hated the Cyclops and the
Hecatoncheires, because they
were ugly
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And he threw them into Tartarus – the deepest pit of the
underworld.
Gaea was furious. She urged
the Titans to overthrow their
father and rescue their
brothers in Tartarus.
Only Cronus, the youngest ,
was brave enough.
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He attacked Uranus with a sickle and banished him from
earth.
Cronus replaced his father as Lord of the Universe. But he was
cruel and did not free his brothers from Tartarus.
Cronus married his sister, Rhea, and they had many children.
Cronus was afraid that one of
his own children might
overthrow him just as he had
overthrown his father.
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So as each child was born, he swallowed
it whole. (Remember he was a giant Titan
and his children were much smaller. )
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Also the children were gods (immortals)
so they could not die. They remained
alive and grew inside his stomach.
Rhea was horrified and finally she
tricked Cronus by feeding him a
rock wrapped in a blanket.
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Zeus was raised on the island of Crete by gentle woodland nymphs
who fed him honeyed milk. When the baby would cry, the Curettes –
Zeus’s guards – clashed their weapons to hide the sound from
Cronus.
Zeus grew into one of the strongest
gods and Rhea, his mother, wanted him to
overthrow Cronus.
Rhea gave Cronus a drink that made him
throw up the stone and his unharmed
children – among those were: Hestia,
Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon.
The children were all reunited
and gratefully joined their
brother.
Zeus freed their uncles (the
monsters) from Tartarus, and
together they prepared to
fight the Titans.
The cyclops made weapons.
They armed Zeus with a
thunderbolt that shook the
universe.
They made Poseidon a trident
that could split the seas.
They gave Hades a helmet of
darkness that made him
invisible to his enemies.
For ten years a war raged between
the old gods (Titans) and the new gods
(Olympians).
At last Cronus and the Titans were
defeated and thrown into Tartarus to
be guarded by their own hundredarmed brother.
Mother-Earth , Gaea, was finally at
peace.
The universe was divided among the
three brothers.
1.- Zeus was King of the gods, heaven and
earth.
2.- Poseidon became god of the seas.
3.- Hades became god of the underworld.
The Cyclops (children of the Titans, Cronus
and Rhea) built the “Olympians” a palace
on Mt. Olympus.
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Zeus lived there with his brothers, sisters, six of his
children, and Aphrodite (goddess of love) forever.
The gods dined on nectar and ambrosia, the food
and drink of the gods and they could change
shape or form to mingle and control the mortals on
earth.
Mt. Olympus
THE MAGICAL KINGDOM OF
ALL OF THE GODS AND
GODDESS. RULED BY ZEUS!
King and Queen of Mt.
Olympus
Greek
Name
Zeus
Roman
Name
Jupiter
Description
Hera
Juno
Queen of the Gods
Goddess of family
(Jealous)
King of the Gods
(Player)
Zeus, Jupiter
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King of the
gods
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Women loved
him and he
loved them.
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Symbol:
Lightning bolt
Hera, Juno
Hera, queen of the gods
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Queen of the gods
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Goddess of the
family
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Symbol:
pomegranate
(symbol of fertility)
Brothers of Zeus
Greek
Name
Roman
Name
Description
Poseidon Neptune
Ruler of the seas, brother
of Zeus
Hades
Brother of Zeus, ruler of
the Underworld.
Pluto
Poseidon,
Neptune
• Ruler of the sea
• Responsible for
natural and
supernatural
events
• Symbol:
Trident
Hades,
Pluto
• Supreme ruler
of the
underworld
• God of the
dead
• Symbol: Helmet
(helped him
stay invincible)
Greek Name
Roman Name
Description
Aphrodite
Venus
Goddess of love, romance, and beauty
Apollo
Apollo
God of sun, music, and poetry. Twin of
Artemis
Ares
Artemis
Mars
Diana
God of War
Athena
Demeter
Hephaestus
Hermes
Hestia
Minerva
Ceres
Vulcan
Mercury
Vesta
Goddess of wisdom and war
Dyonysus
Bacchus
Joyful god of wine
Goddess of the hunt and moon. Twin of
Apollo
Goddess of agriculture
God of fire and forge
Messenger of the gods
Calm goddess of home and homelife.
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Aphrodite,
Venus
Goddess of
love and beauty
Mother of Eros
Wife of
Hephaestus
Lover to Ares
Symbol: Dove
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Apollo,
Apollo
God of sun,
music, poetry
Twin to Artemis
Gift of
prophecy
Symbol: Lyre
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Ares, Mars
God of War
Not well liked
by the other
gods
Ares and
Aphrodite had
a daughter-Harmony
Symbol: Spear
and dogs
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Artemis,
Diana
Goddess of
moon and hunt
Twin to Apollo
Absolute power
over nature
Symbol: Bow
Athena,
Minerva
• Goddess of
wisdom and
war
• Approached
war in terms of
Justice
• Symbol: Staff
and Owl
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Demeter,
Ceres
Goddess of
agriculture (grain)
Mother of
Persephone
Taught mortals
harvest
Symbol: Wheat
Dionysus,
Bacchus
• Goddess of
wine and
festivities
• Party Guy
• Symbol: Grapes
Hephaestus,
Vulcan
• God of metal
working
• Only physically
ugly god
• Husband to
Aphrodite
– She played him
• Symbol: Fire, ax,
and hammer
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Hermes,
Mercury
Messenger God
Fastest because of
his winged shoes
Only god who
could visit heaven,
earth, and
underworld
Symbol: Wings
Hestia, Vesta
• Goddess of the
hearth
• Kind and
forgiving
• Symbol: Flame
Name
Description
Persephone
Queen of the Underworld; Daughter of
Demeter
Cerberus
Three headed dog off the Underworld.
Eros
God of love; son of Aphrodite
The Fates
Three fates: spin measure, and cut life
The Muses
Nine beautiful deities
Persephone
• Hades loved her
and stole her from
her mother,
Demeter
• She spends 6
months with Mom
and 6 months with
husband
Cerberus
• Watch dog of
the underworld
• Prevent the
dead from
exiting
• Three heads,
very scary
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Eros, Cupid
We will read the
story.
Son of Aphrodite
Falls in love with
beautiful, mortal
Psyche
Convinces Zeus to
make her
immortal
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The Fates
Clotho-spins the
thread of destiny
Lacesis- measures
Atropos-cuts
Determined every
mortal’s life
No other god could
alter their decision
Muses
• 9 beautiful, intelligent deities
• Each Muse was in charge over an
intelligence
• Required to praise them in epic poetry