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Greek Mythology
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Creation
In the beginning there
was …
Chaos
From Chaos came Gaia
And the two
darknessess
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Erebos
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Darkness under the earth
•Night
Darkness over the earth
The First Romance
Night mated with Erebos and..
Light was Born
Light was born
Light was Born
Two types of light
Aither: light of
heaven
Day: light of earth
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The family tree
CHAOS
Gaia
night
Gaia
(mother earth)
Gaia
(earth)
3 giants
Rhea
olympians
3 cyclops
12 titans
Cronus
Eros
light
aither
(light of heaven
Uranus
(sky)
Aphrodite
Erobus
3 furies
day
(light of earth)
Uranus not happy with
Giants
Locks them up in Gaia’s womb
(OUCH!)
Gaia asks sons for help….
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Cronus to the rescue
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Cuts off his father’s genitals
From his blood sprung the furies
The 3 furies: aka the Erinyes or
Eumenides were female
personifications of vengeance.
Alecto
Tisiphone
Megara
Aphrodite was also born
from The blood of
Uranus
Prophecy of Uranus
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A son of Cronus’s will klll him
And so as the Olympians were
born guess what Dad did?
A) He sent them to boarding
school?
B) He tied them up and made them
listen to Frank Sinatra music
C) He…..
ATE THEM!
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But when Zeus was born,
his mother Rhea sent him
to Crete where he was
raised by his Aunt.
Rhea then gave her
husband a rock wrapped
in swaddling clothes,
which he ate for dinner
thinking it was another
son.
The Return
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When he was older Zeus returned to the palace
disguised as a cup bearer. He gave his father a
special drink known as….
The Barf Cocktail
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Take a little Mustard
Mix with salt
Sweeten with honey
Serve with a sly smile and move
out of the way…
The stone that Cronus spits up
becomes part of the oracle at
Delphi
The Battle Begins
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Zeus released giants with
100 hands
7 Titans aligned with
Zeus against Cronus
But his brother Atlas was
the general for Cronus
Battle lasted 10 years
Zeus wins
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The giants with 100 hands give
him the ligntning bolt for releasing
them from the earth.
Hades is given helmet of invisibility
Poseidon receives the trident
Atlas (brother of Prometheus and
Epimetheus) was punished by Zeus
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He was given the
task of holding up
the sky and the
earth
Cronus and the rest of the Titans
were banished to Tartarus
(underworld).
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In some stories Cronus escapes to
Italy
After the battle, Zeus’s
Grandmother, Gaia, turns against
him and unleases Typhon.
Zeus imprisoned him under
volcano.
Typhon
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Early science:
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Typhon imprisoned
under Mt. Etna
Zeus on Mt. Olympus
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Zeus becomes the
ruler of the world
He marries his sister
Hera
Their children were
Hebe, Ares and
Haephastus
Oy what a headache
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Zeus, ruler of the gods on
Mount Olympus. It is told
that he swallowed his
pregnant first wife, Metis,
meaning wisdom, so that
she would not bear a
child stronger than he. In
some versions of the
story, Athena's birth was
assisted by the
blacksmith, Hephaestus,
who opened Zeus's head
with a stroke of his axe.
The Olympian Gods on Mt.
Olympus
Family Tree of Gods
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Genealogy Simplified
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Ouranus (Uranus)
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Gaia—Earth goddess
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Titans—Atlas & Prometheus
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Rhea—Mother of Gods, Goddess of Fertility
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Kronos (Saturn) & Rhea with child
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Saturn (Kronos)Devouring his Children by Goya
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Zeus(Jupiter) King of the Gods
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Zeus
ZEUS = Jupiter
 Father of the heroes
 Perseus and
Heracles
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Zeus
Cronus = Saturn = father of
Zeus
 Zeus = youngest son of Cronus
and Rhea.
 Cronus swallows all children (-)
Zeus: Poseidon, Hades, Hestia,
Demeter and Hera.
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Rhea hid Zeus
 Gaea & Zeus caused Cronus
to vomit up his children
 All overthrew Titans
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Hera (Juno) Queen of the Gods
Hera and Zeus
Rembrandt’s Juno
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Hera
Hera = Juno = the goddess
of marriage.
 The sister and wife of Zeus
 Queen of the Olympians.
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Poseidon (Neptune) God of the Ocean
Neptune & Amphrite
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Poseidon
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Poseidon bro of Zeus &
Hades
Zeus (Jupiter) = sky
Hades (Pluto) = Hell
Poseidon (Neptune) = sea
Demeter (Ceres)Goddess of Agriculture
Demeter. Hades and Persephone
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DEMETER = Ceres
(e.g., cereal) ; goddess
of agriculture.
mother of
Persephone. Περσεφόνη
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pers
ephone
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Dionysus
DIONYSUS =
Bacchus
 the god of wine.
 son of Zeus and the
mortal Semele.
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Apollo, the Sun God and
Artemis, the Moon Goddess
Apollo with Muse
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Phoebus Apollo
APOLLO = Apollo
 god of prophesy, music and
healing.
 A twin of Artemis.
 Phoebus means the sun.
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Apollo
As god of music, Apollo is
often depicted playing the
lyre.
 He did not invent this
instrument, but was given it
by Hermes in compensation
for cattle theft.
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ARTEMIS
•Artemis = Diana; goddess of the hunt.
•women in childbirth
•Swift judgement
•twin brother Apollo
•children of Zeus and Leto.
•‘the moon’ as Apollo was ‘the sun’.
•All wild animals sacred to her, especially the deer.
Hermes (Mercury), the Messenger God
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Hermes
•HERMES = Mercury
•messenger of the gods
•guide of dead souls to the Hades.
•prankster and inventive genius
•son Zeus and a mountain nymph.
Athena, Goddess of Wisdom & Intelligent Warfare
Birth of Athena from
Head of Zeus
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Athena
ATHENA = Minerva
 goddess of crafts
and the domestic
arts; the crafts of
war.
 patron goddess of
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Ares (Mars) God of War with Aphrodite
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ARES = Mars; god of war;
the son of Zeus and Hera.
Beat by Heracles in battle
Aphrodite (Venus), Goddess of Love and
Beauty
Botecceli Birth of Venus
Venus de Milo
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APHRODITE = Venus
goddess of love,
beauty and fertility.
Aphrodite was born from sea-foam.
Hephaestus, the Blacksmith God
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Hephaestus
HEPHAESTUS (he-FEE-stus
or he-FESS-tus; = Vulcan)
 lame god of fire + crafts =
blacksmiths.
 Hephaestus son of Zeus and
Hera
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Aphrodite’s husband
The following gods and goddess
are sometimes mentioned amongst
the twelve Olympians.
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Hades (Pluto) God of the Underworld
Persephone and Hades
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Hades = Pluto
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Hestia
Hestia = Vestia
 grew tired of the
godly bickering
 gave her place to
Dionysus.
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Cupid and Psyche
Eros = Cupid; love & son
of Aphrodite.
At the bidding of
Aphrodite, he shot
Hades making him fall in
love with Persephone.
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Pan
god of shepherds and
flocks.
 son of Hermes and a
nymph.
 born with the legs and
horns of a goat
 his own mother
spurned him.
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Pan
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Pan was considered
to be the cause of
the sudden fear that
sometimes comes
for no reason,
especially in lonely
places. That's why
it's called "panic".
Persephone, daughter of Demeter and wife of Hades
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Abduction of Persephone by Hades
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Assembly of twenty gods, predominantly the Twelve
The following gods, goddesses, and demigods were not usually counted as Olympians, although they had close ties to them.
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Close to the Olympians
The following gods, goddesses, and
demigods were not usually counted as
Olympians, although they had close
ties to them.
Aeolus - King of the winds, keeper of
the Anemoi, master of the seasonal
winds.
Amphitrite - Queen of the Sea, wife of
Poseidon.
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Anemoi – Wind gods consisting of Boreas
(north), Notus (south), Zephyrus (west), and
Eurus (east).
Aura - Goddess of cool breezes and fresh air.
Bia – Personification of violence.
Circe - minor goddess of magic, not to be
confused with Hecate.
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Deimos - God of terror, brother of Phobos.
Dione – Oceanid; Mother of Aphrodite by
Zeus in Homer's version.
Eileithyia – Goddess of childbirth; daughter
of Hera and Zeus.
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Enyo - A goddess of warfare, companion of
Ares. She was also the sister of Ares in some
cases. In those cases, her parents are Zeus
and Hera.
Eos – Personification of dawn.
Eris – Goddess of discord and strife.
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Ganymede – Cupbearer of the gods'
palace at Olympus.
Graces - Goddesses of beauty and
attendants of Aphrodite and Hera.
Harmonia - Goddess of concord and
harmony, opposite of Eris, daughter of
Aphrodite.
Hecate - Goddess associated with
magic, witches and crossroads.
Helios - Titan; personification of the
sun.
Horae – Wardens of Olympus.
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Hypnos - God of sleep, father of Morpheus and
son of Nyx.
Iris – Personification of the Rainbow, also the
messenger of Olympus along with Hermes.
Kratos – Personification of power.
Leto – Titaness of the unseen; the mother of
Apollo and Artemis.
Moirai - Goddesses of destiny and alotters of
fate, more powerful than Zeus.
Momus - God of satire, mockery, satires, and
poets.
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Morpheus – God of dreams.
Muses – Nine goddesses of science and arts.
Their names are Calliope, Urania, Clio,
Polyhymnia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Thalia,
Euterpe, and Erato.
Nemesis – Greek goddess of retribution and
revenge.
Nike – Goddess of victory.
Nyx - Goddess of night.
Paean – Physician of the gods.
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Perseus – Son of Zeus, slayer of Medusa, the
legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid
dynasty.
Phobos - God of fear, brother of Deimos.
Selene – Titaness; personification of the moon.
Styx - Goddess of the River Styx, the river where
gods swear oaths on.
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Thanatos - God of Death, sometimes a
personification of Death.
Theseus - Son of Poseidon, first Hero of Athens
and slayer of the Minotaur.
Triton - Messenger of the Seas, son of Poseidon
and Amphitrite. He holds a twisted conch shell.
Tyche - Goddess of Luck.
Zelus – Personification of Emulation.
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