1. Greek Mythology

2. Creation
In the beginning there was …
Chaos

3. From Chaos came Gaia

4. And the two darknessess
Erebos
Darkness under the earth
Night
Darkness over the earth

5. The First Romance
Night mated with Erebos and..

6. Light was Born
Light was born

7. Light was Born Two types of light Aither: light of heaven
Day: light of earth

9. Uranus not happy with 3 Giants
Locks them up in Gaia’s womb
(OUCH!)
Gaia asks sons for help….

10. Cronus to the rescue Cuts off his father’s genitals
From his blood sprung the furies

11. The 3 furies: aka the Erinyes or Eumenides were female personifications of vengeance.
Alecto
Tisiphone
Megara

12. Aphrodite was also born from The blood of Uranus

13. Prophecy of Uranus A son of Cronus’s will klll him
And so as the Olympians were born guess what Dad did?
A) He sent them to boarding school?
B) He tied them up and made them listen to Frank Sinatra music
C) He…..

14. ATE THEM!
But when Zeus was born, his mother Rhea sent him to Crete where he was raised by his Aunt.
Rhea then gave her husband a rock wrapped in swaddling clothes, which he ate for dinner thinking it was another son.

15. The Return
When he was older Zeus returned to the palace disguised as a cup bearer. He gave his father a special drink known as….

16. The Barf Cocktail Take a little Mustard Mix with salt
Sweeten with honey
Serve with a sly smile and move out of the way…

17. The stone that Cronus spits up becomes part of the oracle at Delphi

18. The Battle Begins Zeus released giants with 100 hands
7 Titans aligned with Zeus against Cronus
But his brother Atlas was the general for Cronus
Battle lasted 10 years

19. Zeus wins
The giants with 100 hands give him the ligntning bolt for releasing them from the earth.
Hades is given helmet of invisibility
Poseidon receives the trident

20. Atlas (brother of Prometheus and Epimetheus) was punished by Zeus
He was given the task of holding up the sky and the earth

21. Cronus and the rest of the Titans were banished to Tartarus (underworld).
In some stories Cronus escapes to Italy
After the battle, Zeus’s Grandmother, Gaia, turns against him and unleases Typhon.
Zeus imprisoned him under volcano.

22. Typhon
Early science:
Typhon imprisoned under Mt. Etna

23. Zeus on Mt. Olympus Zeus becomes the ruler of the world
He marries his sister Hera
Their children were Hebe, Ares and Haephastus

24. Oy what a headache
Zeus, ruler of the gods on Mount Olympus. It is told that he swallowed his pregnant first wife, Metis, meaning wisdom, so that she would not bear a child stronger than he. In some versions of the story, Athena's birth was assisted by the blacksmith, Hephaestus, who opened Zeus's head with a stroke of his axe.

25. The Olympian Gods on Mt. Olympus

26. Family Tree of Gods

27. Genealogy Simplified

28. Ouranus (Uranus)

29. Gaia—Earth goddess

30. Titans—Atlas & Prometheus

31. Rhea—Mother of Gods, Goddess of Fertility

32. Kronos (Saturn) & Rhea with child

33. Saturn (Kronos)Devouring his Children by Goya

34. Zeus(Jupiter) King of the Gods

36. Zeus
ZEUS = Jupiter
Father of the heroes
Perseus and Heracles

37. Zeus Cronus = Saturn = father of Zeus
Zeus = youngest son of Cronus and Rhea.
Cronus swallows all children (-) Zeus: Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter and Hera.

38. Rhea hid Zeus
Gaea & Zeus caused Cronus to vomit up his children
All overthrew Titans

39. Hera (Juno) Queen of the Gods
Hera and Zeus
Rembrandt’s Juno

41. Hera Hera = Juno = the goddess of marriage.
The sister and wife of Zeus
Queen of the Olympians.

42. Poseidon (Neptune) God of the Ocean
Neptune & Amphrite

44. Poseidon Poseidon bro of Zeus & Hades Zeus (Jupiter) = sky
Hades (Pluto) = Hell
Poseidon (Neptune) = sea

45. Demeter (Ceres)Goddess of Agriculture
Demeter. Hades and Persephone

47. DEMETER = Ceres (e.g., cereal) ; goddess of agriculture.
mother of Persephone. Περσεφόνη

49. Dionysus DIONYSUS = Bacchus the god of wine.
son of Zeus and the mortal Semele.

50. Apollo, the Sun God and Artemis, the Moon Goddess
Apollo with Muse

52. Phoebus Apollo APOLLO = Apollo god of prophesy, music and healing.
A twin of Artemis.
Phoebus means the sun.

53. Apollo As god of music, Apollo is often depicted playing the lyre.
He did not invent this instrument, but was given it by Hermes in compensation for cattle theft.

55. ARTEMIS
Artemis = Diana; goddess of the hunt.
women in childbirth
Swift judgement
twin brother Apollo
children of Zeus and Leto.
‘the moon’ as Apollo was ‘the sun’.
All wild animals sacred to her, especially the deer.

56. Hermes (Mercury), the Messenger God

58. Hermes HERMES = Mercury messenger of the gods
guide of dead souls to the Hades.
prankster and inventive genius
son Zeus and a mountain nymph.

59. Athena, Goddess of Wisdom & Intelligent Warfare
Birth of Athena from Head of Zeus

61. Athena ATHENA = Minerva
goddess of crafts and the domestic arts; the crafts of war.
patron goddess of Athens.
goddess of wisdom/intellect

62. Ares (Mars) God of War with Aphrodite

64. ARES = Mars; god of war; the son of Zeus and Hera
ARES = Mars; god of war; the son of Zeus and Hera. Beat by Heracles in battle

65. Aphrodite (Venus), Goddess of Love and Beauty
Botecceli Birth of Venus
Venus de Milo

67. APHRODITE = Venus goddess of love, beauty and fertility
APHRODITE = Venus goddess of love, beauty and fertility. Aphrodite was born from sea-foam.

68. Hephaestus, the Blacksmith God

70. Hephaestus HEPHAESTUS (he-FEE-stus or he-FESS-tus; = Vulcan)
lame god of fire + crafts = blacksmiths.
Hephaestus son of Zeus and Hera
Aphrodite’s husband

71. The following gods and goddess are sometimes mentioned amongst the twelve Olympians.

72. Hades (Pluto) God of the Underworld
Persephone and Hades

73. Hades = Pluto

75. Hestia Hestia = Vestia grew tired of the godly bickering
gave her place to Dionysus.

78. Cupid and Psyche Eros = Cupid; love & son of Aphrodite.
At the bidding of Aphrodite, he shot Hades making him fall in love with Persephone.
Cupid and Psyche

82. Pan god of shepherds and flocks. son of Hermes and a nymph.
born with the legs and horns of a goat
his own mother spurned him.

83. Pan
Pan was considered to be the cause of the sudden fear that sometimes comes for no reason, especially in lonely places. That's why it's called "panic".

84. Persephone, daughter of Demeter and wife of Hades

86. Abduction of Persephone by Hades

87. Close to the Olympians
Assembly of twenty gods, predominantly the Twelve Olympians, as they receive Psyche (Loggia di Psiche, 1518–19, by Raphael and his school, at the Villa Farnesina)
The following gods, goddesses, and demigods were not usually counted as Olympians, although they had close ties to them.

88. Close to the Olympians
The following gods, goddesses, and demigods were not usually counted as Olympians, although they had close ties to them.
Aeolus - King of the winds, keeper of the Anemoi, master of the seasonal winds.
Amphitrite - Queen of the Sea, wife of Poseidon.

89. Anemoi – Wind gods consisting of Boreas (north), Notus (south), Zephyrus (west), and Eurus (east).
Aura - Goddess of cool breezes and fresh air.
Bia – Personification of violence.
Circe - minor goddess of magic, not to be confused with Hecate.

90. Deimos - God of terror, brother of Phobos.
Dione – Oceanid; Mother of Aphrodite by Zeus in Homer's version.
Eileithyia – Goddess of childbirth; daughter of Hera and Zeus.

91. Enyo - A goddess of warfare, companion of Ares
Enyo - A goddess of warfare, companion of Ares. She was also the sister of Ares in some cases. In those cases, her parents are Zeus and Hera.
Eos – Personification of dawn.
Eris – Goddess of discord and strife.

92. Ganymede – Cupbearer of the gods' palace at Olympus.
Graces - Goddesses of beauty and attendants of Aphrodite and Hera.
Harmonia - Goddess of concord and harmony, opposite of Eris, daughter of Aphrodite.
Hecate - Goddess associated with magic, witches and crossroads.
Helios - Titan; personification of the sun.
Horae – Wardens of Olympus.

93. Hypnos - God of sleep, father of Morpheus and son of Nyx.
Iris – Personification of the Rainbow, also the messenger of Olympus along with Hermes.
Kratos – Personification of power.
Leto – Titaness of the unseen; the mother of Apollo and Artemis.
Moirai - Goddesses of destiny and alotters of fate, more powerful than Zeus.
Momus - God of satire, mockery, satires, and poets.

94. Morpheus – God of dreams.
Muses – Nine goddesses of science and arts. Their names are Calliope, Urania, Clio, Polyhymnia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Thalia, Euterpe, and Erato.
Nemesis – Greek goddess of retribution and revenge.
Nike – Goddess of victory.
Nyx - Goddess of night.
Paean – Physician of the gods.

95. Perseus – Son of Zeus, slayer of Medusa, the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty.
Phobos - God of fear, brother of Deimos.
Selene – Titaness; personification of the moon.
Styx - Goddess of the River Styx, the river where gods swear oaths on.

96. Thanatos - God of Death, sometimes a personification of Death.
Theseus - Son of Poseidon, first Hero of Athens and slayer of the Minotaur.
Triton - Messenger of the Seas, son of Poseidon and Amphitrite. He holds a twisted conch shell.
Tyche - Goddess of Luck.
Zelus – Personification of Emulation.