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Greek and Roman Gods: Titans Mr. Upchurch’s Mythology 101 Lectures 8 Also known as Classical Mythology Greek Gods • Gaea and Uranus –(Earth and Heaven) • Titans –Ruled before the Olympians overthrew them. • Olympians –Other Minor/Non-ruling gods Original Creators (from Choas) The Titans The Olympians Greek Creation • Many versions… • …Chaos (nothingness) • Out of Chaos –Either Earth (Gaea) alone or with Night, Darkness, and Love (Eros) (sometimes just with Love) Gaea • Gaea (Earth) gives birth to Uranus (Heaven) to cover herself and be a home to the gods • Together they produced three kinds of children –Three monsters with 100 hands and 50 heads (Hecatoncheires) –Three Cyclopes –The Titans • Watch Quick Overview of the Greek Creation Account (FactsOnFile: Zeus: King of the Gods) The First Overthrow • Gaea is a good mom, but Uranus hates his kids –Tries to have Gaea take them back into her womb. He was afraid they would overthrow him. • Gaea gives her youngest child, Chronos (Saturn) a sickle to kill his father with Reign of the Titans Chronos (Cronus, Saturn) • Ruling Titan • His reign is referred to as “the golden age”—he though he was a jealous ruler like his father Uranus. Rhea • Wife/Sister of Chronos • Mother of the gods • Titan goddess of motherhood, fertility and generation • Cunning Coeus • Titan of Intelligence. • Father of Leto. –Titan Mother of Apollo and Artemis Phoebe • Titan of the Moon • Mother of Leto Oceanus & Tethys • Oceanus is the unending stream of water encircling the world. • Together they produced all the rivers and 1,000 ocean nymphs (minor nature goddesses) Leto • Daughter of Coeus & Phoebe • Bride of Zeus • Goddess of Motherhood • A protector of youth (along with her twins: Apollo and Artemis) Iapetus • father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Atlas. • Titan god of mortality Prometheus • Wisest Titan –Name means “forethought” –He could foretell the future • Fought with Zeus against the other Titans • Sometimes credited with creating man…(continued) • Always known as the benefactor and protector of man-kind • Gave man gifts –Fire(possibly stolen from Zeus) and the best portion of the sacrifices • Punished by Zeus –Horrible Eagle Eating Liver Punishment (until he told paranoid Zeus which kid would betray him) –Rescued by Hercules Epimetheus • Unintelligent Titan –Name means “afterthought” • Father of excuses • Receives Pandora (from Zeus) as his bride and, effectively, introduces evil into the human world Atlas • Unlike his brothers, he fought with the other Titans against Zeus • Because Chronos was old, Atlas led the Titan army • Because of this Zeus gave him the special punishment of holding the world on his back The Fall of the Titans • Chronos is no better than Uranus –Afraid that his children would overthrow him, he swallows them. • Rhea sneaks Zeus (her youngest away) –Tricking Chronos into swallowing a stone instead –Zeus then frees the swallowed Olympians by killing his father. • Watch Quick Overview Zeus Conquering Chronos (FactsOnFile: Zeus: King of the Gods)