Uranus“Father Sky”

Gaia“Mother Earth”

Descendants of Gaia and Uranus

The Mutilation of Uranus: fresco by Giorgio

Vasari and Cristofano Gherardi, c. 1560

Cronus overthrows

Uranus

Cronus Pictured With Sickle

Understandably

PARANOIDPeter Paul Reubens, Cronus Devours Poseidon

Zeus,

Poseidon

Hades

defeat Cronus and the Titans

War of the Titans

The Moirai: the three Fates who control the

mother thread of life of every mortal form birth

to death.

Zeus (Jupiter)

Poseidon (Neptune)

Apollo

Hermes (Mercury)

Ares (Mars)

Hephaestus (Vulcan)

Hera (Juno)

Athena (Minerva)

Aphrodite (Venus)

Artemis (Diana)

Demeter (Ceres)

Hestia (Vesta)

Hades (Pluto)

King of the Gods

Known for his many romantic escapades

Lord of Sky and Thunder

Women and Marriage

Sister AND Wife of Zeus

Often very jealous of her husband’s infidelity

Case ex: Hercules

Queen of the Gods

Ambrogio Figino, Io and Zeus

HIGH MAINTENANCE

Causes earthquakes, storms, and shipwrecks when ignored

Lord of the Sea

Hades with his 3 headed hell hound, Cerberus, guardian of the gates of the Underworld

Lord of the Underworld

Trickster figure

Associated with the kerykeion, a winged staff with two snakes (one of his symbols) wrapped around it

Also a guide to the underworld

God of Trade, Merchants and

Sports

God of the Sun, Prophecy, Music, Poetry, etc.

Goddess Hunting, Wild Animals and the Wilderness

Twins!

Both were supporters of Troy during the Trojan War – Apollo was patron of the city

Greeks would visit Apollo’s Oracle seeking prophecies about the future.

Photo Credit: Luarvick

The Parthenon (Athens)

Patroness of Athens

Wisdom &

Warfare

Parthenos = Virgin

Photo Credit: Steve Swayne

Athena springs forth

from the head of

Zeus.

love, beauty, pleasure and procreation

Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, 1482-1486

Patron of Mankind

Prometheus watches Athena endow his creation with reason (painting by Christian Griepenkerl, 1877)

Patron of Mankind

Prometheus tricked Zeus twice on behalf of humanity.

Prometheus Tricks Zeus

The Theft of Fire

The Theft of Fire, Christian Griepenkerl

Atlas and Prometheus facing their respective punishments from Zeus

Prometheus Being Rescued by Hercules, by Christian Griepenkerl

Prometheus by Theodoor Rombouts (1597–1637)