2.  Greeks did not believe the gods created the universe but it is the other way around the universe created the gods

3.  Titans “Elder Gods”- untold ages of the supreme in the universe  Titans were “Ocean”  Most important: Cronus – Saturn in Latin.  Cronus ruled over the other Titans  Cronus was dethroned by his son Zeus

4.  12 Great Olympians - called Olympians because Olympus was their home.  Poseidon - ruled the sea  Hades - ruled the dead  Zeus - ruled the heavens  Olympus - over all three  12 Olympians -  -Zeus (Jupiter)- the chief  -Zeus two brothers- Poseidon (Neptune)  -Hades (Pluto)  -Hestia (Vesta)- their sister  -Hera (Juno)- Zeus’s wife  -Ares (Mars)- their son  -Zeus children- Athena (Minerva)  -Apollo  -Aphrodite (Venus)  -Hermes (Mercury)  -Artemis (Diana)  -Hera’s son- Hephatestus (Vulcan)

5.  Zeus “Jupiter”- Supreme ruler  Lord of the sky, the Rain-god and the Cloud-gatherer  “ I am mightiest of all. Make trial that you may know. Fasten a rope of gold to heaven and lay hold, every god and goddess. You could not drag down Zeus, but if I wished to drag you down, then I would. The rope I would bind to a pinnacle of Olympus and all would hang in air, yes, the very earth and the sea too.”  Scholars say Zeus has been made of combining gods  “Zeus, most glorious, most great, God of the storm-cloud, thou that dwellest in the heavens.”  Breastplate-aegis (awful to behold)  Bird-eagle  Tree-oak  Oracle-Dodona in the land of the oak trees

6.  Zeus’s wife and sister  Protector of marriage, and married women were her peculiar care  Quest of the Golden Fleece- gracious protector of heroes and the inspirer of heroic deeds  Other: goddess married women turned to for help (Ilithyia)-helped women n childbirth was her daughter  Cow and peacock were sacred to her  Agros was her favorite city

7.  Ruler of the sea  Wife = Amphitrite › Granddaughter of Titan, Ocean  Gave first horse to man and was honored as much for the one as for the other  Storm and calm were under his control  “Earth-shaker” commonly called.

8.  Hyperion : father of sun, the moon, and the dawn  Mnemosyne means memory  Themis usually translated by Justice  Atlas – bore the world on his shoulders  Prometheus –savior of mankind