The Creation of the Titans and the Gods

Gaea and Uranus I.Creation, according to the Greeks, moves from a mother-dominated society to a father-dominated society. II.Gaea (Mother Earth) and Uranus (Father Sky) A.Gaea gave birth to Uranus without a partner 1. She made him her equal and they got married

Giants and Cyclopes B. The three Hundred-Handed Giants 1. First of their immortal children 2. Had fifty heads and fifty arms extending from each shoulder C. The three Cyclopes 1.Second of their immortal children 2.Only had one eye that was set in the middle of their foreheads 3.Expert craftsmen a)Built Mount Olympus

The Titans D. The 13 Titans 1. Third of their immortal children E. Uranus feared the strength of his first six children, so he hurled them deep into the Earth 1. Each child fell for 9 days and 9 nights until they eventually landed in the region Tartarus 2. Cronus was the only Titan that was willing to take revenge and was able to overthrow his selfish father.

Cronus III. Cronus A. Left all of his brothers in Tartarus because he, too, feared them B. Married his sister, Rhea 1. They had six children together

Cronus Cont. a) Cronus also feared being overthrown, so when his children were born, he would swallow them whole (1) Cannibalism is not unusual in history (2) Primitive people believed that they could acquire desirable characteristics—such as courage, strength, wisdom, and skill—by eating the important organs of another creature who possessed those characteristics

Cronus Cont. b) Rhea went to Gaea for help when she was pregnant with her sixth child and devised a plan to trick Cronus (1) She gave birth to Zeus in a cave in Crete where she left him with Gaea to hide (2) Rhea gave Cronus a rock wrapped in a blanket, which he also swallowed thinking it was his sixth child 2. After Rhea and Zeus (a strange to him at this time) fed him a drink that made him sick, Cronus threw up his other five children

The War A.Cronus said that Zeus and his siblings would have to battle him and the Titans for the throne 1. Both armies were so evenly matched that they battled for 10 years 2. Finally, Gaea informed Zeus of the Hundred-Handed Giant and the Cyclopes

The War Cont. a.) They immediately took Zeus’ side and as a token of his gratitude, Poseidon gave him the gift of thunder and lightning in the form of a thunderbolt b.) Once Zeus unleashed his thunderbolt, the Titans fled beneath the Earth into Tartarus, where the Hundred-Handed Giants placed them in chains and guarded them for eternity (1) Because of his size, the Titan Atlas was forced to hold up the sky upon his shoulders

Zeus A.Maintained peace and order among all of the immortal beings in the world B.Taught humans to be just in their treatment of one another 1. Those who did not respect the deathless gods and other mortals were severely punished C.Married his sister Hera D.The rule of the Titans had ended and the rule of the gods had begun

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Epics and Epic Heroes Notes

Epic Poetry a long story in poem form an epic has a hero the epic is the story of the hero's travels and his fights with monsters

Characteristics of an Epic a hero a quest or a journey epic similes invocation of the muse combat visit to the Underworld intervention from the supernatural in many epics, the hero is a demigod born to one human parent and one divine parent

The Epic Hero hero is of imposing stature hero and/or his style is grand, yet simple hero has superhuman strength or courage hero faces supernatural forces is a natural leader of men often stands alone in battle setting is vast

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