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The Greek
Gods
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Chaos Uranus Gaea

Iapetus
Themis
Oceanus Tethys
Coeus Pheobe
Cronus Rhea
Zeus
Hera
Demeter
Hestia
Poseidon
Hades
Hephestus Ares
Aphrodite
Apollo Artemis
Hermes
Athena
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THE BEGINNING, CHAOS

• In the beginning, there was Chaos (shapeless
  nothingness). Everything was in confusion and
  darkness.
• Out of Chaos, there appeared
• Night (darkness)
• Death (Erebus).

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• From the union of these two elements came Eros,
  which was Love and the most significant figure to
  appear thus far.
• To the Greeks, Eros represented a principle of
  order. They believed that it was Eros, which was
  capable of bringing an ordered universe out of
  Chaos. In its role as a principle of order, Eros
  performed the first marriage by bringing together
  Uranus, the sky (father), and Gaea, the earth
  (mother).

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Uranus Gaea

• Gaea was both sister wife to Uranus and bore
  him monsters
• the Hundred-handed children w/ 50 heads
• 3 huge one-eyed giants called Cyclops
• 12 huge giants called Titans.

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• Uranus was jealous and afraid of his children and
  feared they might try to take his power.
• To solve this possible problem, he buried them
  alive in the earth.
• Naturally, Gaea was very unhappy plotted with
  Cronus, the youngest of the Titans, to overthrow
  Uranus.

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• Cronus, with his mothers help, wounded Uranus
  with a long, curved knife and became supreme
  ruler.

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Cronus Rhea

• The youngest of 12 Titans, Cronus had 5 brothers
  6 sisters. However, his other brother
  sisters (the Cyclops Hundred-armed monsters)
  were still buried in the earth, breaking a
  promise to his mother that he would free them.
• One of his sisters, Rhea, he married.
• Together, they had 12 children.

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• However, Cronus worried that he might be
  overthrown just as his father was, so he
  swallowed every child soon after it was born with
  the exception of Zeus.
• With the help of Gaea (still holding a grudge
  about the broken promise), Rhea saved Zeus by
  giving Cronus a wrapped up stone to swallow
  instead of baby Zeus.
• Zeus was raised in secret on an island, when he
  was ready, he conquered Cronus freed his 11
  brothers sisters.

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Zeus

• Zeus was raised by nymphs on the island of Crete.

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• Zeus had many wives, but ruled Mount Olympus with
  his sister wife Hera.
• He was the ruler of the heavens other gods.
• Zeus divided the world among his brothers after
  conquering his father Cronus.
• Zeus is the most powerful of all the gods.

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Oceanus Tethys

• Oceanus was the Titan of the Ocean, with
  Tethys, his sister Titaness that he married, they
  had daughters that were nymphs known as the
  Oceanids.
• All the gods of all the streams rivers on earth
  were their sons.
• After Zeus the Olympians overthrew the Titans,
  Poseidon became ruler of the ocean.

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Poseidon

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Coeus Phoebe

• Coeus, one of the Titans, married his sister
  Titaness, Phoebe.
• Coeus was the Titan of intelligence, Phoebe was
  said to be the Titaness of the moon.
• Together, they had 2 children.

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Iapetus

• One of the Titans born to Gaea Uranus.
• He had 3 sons Atlas (punished by Zeus to carry
  the earth on his shoulders for eternity),
• Epimetheus, Prometheus
• (punished by Zeus later saved by
• Hercules).

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Themis

• A Titaness born to Gaea Uranus.
• She was the goddess of order, justice, law.
  She is represented carrying a cornucopia a pair
  of scales.
• She was the first to make
• prophecies started the
• oracle at Delphi. She later
• gave it to Apollo as a
• birthday present.

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Hera

• Sister wife to Zeus, she was the most jealous
  goddess in all of Greece persecuted many of
  Zeus mistresses.
• She was the goddess of childbirth, marriage
  children.
• There are many stories of
• fighting between Zeus
• Hera because of his affairs.

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Demeter

• Goddess of corn, grain the harvest.
• Hades abducted her daughter, Persephone,
  because of the arrangement between Zeus Hades,
  Demeter was able to see her daughter for part of
  the year the other half was spent with Hades.

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Hestia

• Quiet goddess of hearth home.
• Most gentle of all the Olympians, she gave up the
  throne for Dionysus. Hestia tended the sacred
  fire in the hall of Mount Olympus.

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Apollo

• God of prophecy, reason, music, light, healing.
• Born the twin to Artemis, he is the son of Zeus
  and Leto (daughter of Coeus Phoebe).
• The oracle of Delphi was given to him.
• He is the father of many heroes such as Orpheus
  Asclepius.

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Artemis

• Goddess of the hunt, all newborn creatures
  chastity.
• She is the twin to Apollo.
• When she was young, Zeus promised her that she
  would never have to marry.

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Aphrodite

• Goddess of love beauty.
• She was the only Olympian to have no parents.
• She was born of the oceans foam was led to
  Mount Olympus by the three Graces.
• Because of her great beauty, she was given in
  marriage to Hephaestus, the god of fire.

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The 3 Graces

• Aglaia (Splendor).
• Euphrosyne (Mirth).
• Thalia (Good Cheer).

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Hephaestus
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Hephaestus

• Hephaestus was the god of fire an expert
  metal-smith.
• He was the son to Zeus Hera.
• Hephaestus was born lame deformed, but married
  Aphrodite to prevent other gods from fighting
  over her.

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• However, she was not very faithful had many
  affairs, including one with Ares, the god of war.

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Ares

• Ares was the god of war.
• He was the son of Hera Zeus.
• Ares loved the sounds of war bloodshed.
• None of the gods on Mount Olympus liked him much
  due to his bloodthirsty nature.
• Aphrodite liked him only for his good looks.

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Hermes

• Hermes was messenger to the gods.
• He was the son of Zeus.
• He was brought to Mount Olympus after Apollo
  discovered his talents for making things.
• He was the patron of liars, thieves, gamblers.

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Poseidon

• Poseidon was god of the sea.
• He was the brother of Zeus.
• When moody, he could create violent storms at sea
  wreck ships flood lands.
• However, when he was in a good mood, he could
  raise up new lands out of the sea.

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Hades

• Hades was god of the underworld, that all mortals
  feared.
• Though he lived in the underworld, Hades was
  still considered an Olympian.
• He lived a gloomy existence with his wife
  Persephone, whom he abducted.

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Athena

• Athena was the goddess of war, wisdom, the
  liberal arts.
• She was born fully grown from the head of Zeus.
• Athena was the patron to Athens also aided many
  heroes Perseus, Argus, Heracles, Odysseus.