1. According to the Greeks
Creation
According to the Greeks

2. In the beginning…
…there was nothing.
This was called
Chaos.

3. Out of this void
appeared
Erebus and Night.

4. bringing the start of order
Somehow Love was born
bringing the start of order
to the universe.
From Love came Light and Day.

5. Once there was light and day, Gaea, the earth, appeared.

6. Then Erebus slept with Night, who gave birth to the
Ether, the heavenly light, and to Day, the earthly light.

7. Night alone produced
Doom,
Fate,
Death,
Sleep,
and Dreams

8. Meanwhile, Gaea
alone gave birth to
Uranus, the heavens.
They became mates
and produced three
Cyclopes…
...and
The 50 headed-
100-hundred hand
Monsters…

9. … and twelve Titans,
named:
Oceanus, Thethys,
Coeos, Phoebe,
Hyperion, Thea,
Creos, Themis,
Iapetos, Clymene...
...and finally,
Cronos and Rhea.

10. Uranus hated his children...
All of her Gaea's were gone or eaten by Uranus...
…Gaea plotted against him...
…except for Cronus!

11. Cronus defeated Uranus.
Through trickery,
Cronus defeated Uranus.

12. Cronos now marries his sister, Rhea.
It is prophesied that he would be overthrown by his children...
...so he swallowed ALL of the them but Zeus

13. They had six children.
Hestia, goddess of
the hearth…

14. Demeter, goddess of
grain and fertility…

15. Hera, goddess of
women and marriage…

16. Hades, god of death
and souls and the
underworld…

17. Poseidon, god of
the sea and
earthquakes.

18. Zeus, ruler of all the gods.

19. Zeus grew up to be handsome and strong...
All seemed well…
Zeus grew up to be handsome and strong...
He consulted with Metis on how to defeat Cronus!!
A drink was was made...
...to make him throw up his brothers and sisters!

20. It appeared that Cronus was going to win.
Titans Fought to Retain their Power

21. Might Zeus Threw His THUNDERBOLTS!!!!
The Battle Raged On...
Might Zeus Threw His THUNDERBOLTS!!!!
Zeus Defeats Cronus!!!!