in the beginning… …there was chaos. and out of chaos…. gaea, mother earth, was created
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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…..
• Three were the mighty Cyclops, one-eyed giants
• And three were the Hecatoncheires, monsters with a hundred arms and fifty heads
Uranus hated the Cyclops and the Hecatoncheires, because they
were ugly
• 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.
• 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.
• So as each child was born, he swallowed it whole. (Remember he was a giant Titan and his children were much smaller. )
• Also the children were gods (immortals) so they could not die. They remained alive and grew inside his stomach. (Imagine the indigestion.)
• Rhea was horrified. She finally tricked Cronus by feeding him a rock wrapped in a blanket instead of the next child. This baby was Zeus.
• 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
hundred-armed brother.
Mother-Earth , Gaea, was finally at peace.
The universe was divided among the three brothers.
Zeus was King of the gods and heaven and earth.
Poseidon became god of the seas.Hades became god of the
underworld.
The Cyclops (children of the Titans, Cronus and Rhea) built the
“Olympians” a palace on Mt. Olympus.
• 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.
Each god and goddess has special powers.
First, these are the gods and goddesses
that live on Mount Olympus.
The magical kingdom of all of The magical kingdom of all of the Gods and Goddess. the Gods and Goddess.
Ruled by Zeus!Ruled by Zeus!
Mt. OlympusMt. Olympus
King and Queen of Mt. Olympus
Greek Greek NameName
Roman NameRoman Name DescriptionDescription
Zeus Jupiter King of the Gods(Player)
Hera Juno Queen of the GodsGoddess of family(Jealous)
Zeus, Jupiter• King of the
gods• Women
loved him and he loved them.
• Symbol:Symbol: Lightning bolt
Hera, Juno• Queen of the
gods• Goddess of
the family• Symbol: Symbol:
pomegranate (symbol of fertility)
Hera, queen of the gods
Brothers of Zeus
Greek Greek NameName
Roman NameRoman Name DescriptionDescription
Poseidon
Neptune Ruler of the seas, brother of Zeus
Hades Pluto Brother of Zeus, ruler of the Underworld.
Poseidon, Neptune
• Ruler of the sea
• Responsible for natural and supernatural events
• Symbol: Symbol: TridentTrident
Hades, Pluto• Supreme ruler
of the underworld
• God of the dead
• Symbol: Symbol: Helmet Helmet (helped him (helped him stay stay invincible)invincible)
Greek NameGreek Name Roman NameRoman Name DescriptionDescription
Aphrodite Venus Goddess of love, romance, and beauty
Apollo Apollo God of sun, music, and poetry. Twin of Artemis
Ares Mars God of War
Artemis Diana Goddess of the hunt and moon. Twin of Apollo
Athena Minerva Goddess of wisdom and war
Demeter Ceres Goddess of agriculture
Hephaestus
Vulcan God of fire and forge
Hermes Mercury Messenger of the gods
Hestia Vesta Calm goddess of home and homelife.
Dyonysus Bacchus Joyful god of wine
Aphrodite, Venus
• Goddess of love and beauty
• Mother of Eros• Wife of
Hephaestus• Lover to Ares • Symbol: Dove Symbol: Dove
Apollo, Apollo• God of sun,
music, poetry• Twin to
Artemis• Gift of
prophecy• Symbol: Lyre Symbol: Lyre
Artemis, Diana
• Goddess of moon and hunt
• Twin to Apollo• Absolute
power over nature
• Symbol: BowSymbol: Bow
Ares, Mars• God of War• Not well liked
by the other gods
• Ares and Aphrodite had a daughter--Harmony
• Symbol: Spear Symbol: Spear and dogs and dogs
Athena, Minerva
• Goddess of wisdom and war
• Approached war in terms of Justice
• Symbol: Staff Symbol: Staff and Owl and Owl
Demeter, Ceres• Goddess of
agriculture (grain)
• Mother of Persephone
• Taught mortals harvest
• Symbol: WheatSymbol: Wheat
Dionysus, Bacchus
• God of wine and festivities
• Spreads joy
• Symbol: Symbol: Grapes Grapes
Hephaestus, Vulcan
• God of metal working
• Only physically ugly god
• Husband to Aphrodite– She played
him
• Symbol: Fire, Symbol: Fire, ax, and ax, and hammerhammer
Hermes, Mercury
• Messenger God• Fastest because
of his winged shoes
• Only god who could visit heaven, earth, and underworld
• Symbol: WingsSymbol: Wings
Hestia, Vesta• Goddess of
the hearth• Kind and
forgiving
• Symbol: Symbol: FlameFlame
NameName DescriptionDescription
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
PersephonePersephone• Hades loved her Hades loved her
and stole her and stole her from her mother, from her mother, DemeterDemeter
• She spends 6 She spends 6 months with months with Mom and 6 Mom and 6 months with months with husbandhusband
Cerberus
• Watch dog of the underworld
• Prevent the dead from exiting
• Three heads, very scary
Eros, CupidEros, Cupid• Son of AphroditeSon of Aphrodite• Falls in love with Falls in love with
beautiful, mortal beautiful, mortal PsychePsyche
• Convinces Zeus Convinces Zeus to make her to make her immortalimmortal
The Fates• Clotho-spins the
thread of destiny• Lacesis-
measures• Atropos-cuts• Determined
every mortal’s life
• No other god could alter their decision
MusesMuses• 9 beautiful, intelligent deities9 beautiful, intelligent deities• Each Muse was in charge over an Each Muse was in charge over an
intelligenceintelligence• Required to praise them in epic Required to praise them in epic
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