1. THE GODS The Titans and the 12 Olympians The Lesser Gods of Olympus The Deities of the Waters The Deities of Earth

2. THE TITANS UranusGaea CronusRhea OceanusTethys HyperionPrometheus AtlasEpimetheus

3. URANUS Father: No father Mother: Gaea Children: Titans, Cyclopes  Personification of heaven and the sky.  Decided to banish the Cyclopes into Tartarus. Gaea was extremely upset and had their son Cronus stand up to him.  Using a sickle, Cronus mutilated Uranus, creating the Furies, Giants, and Aphrodite.

4. GAEA (GAIA) Father: Chaos Children: Uranus, Titans, Cyclopes  Gaea was best known as "mother earth."  Later mated with her first born child Uranus, and produced her other horrific offspring (e.g. Cyclopes).  She was depicted as a very large woman.

5. CRONUS (SATURN) Father: Uranus Mother: Gaea Wife: Rhea Children: Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, Zeus  The ruler of the Titans; overthrew his own father.  Swallowed his children for fear of being dethroned.  Rhea hid Zeus away; later he dethroned Cronus.

6. RHEA Father: Uranus Mother: Gaea Husband: Cronus Children: Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, Zeus  Mother of the gods of Olympus  Gave her children to Cronus as soon as they were born; Cronus swallowed them  She hid Zeus away from Cronus

7. OCEANUS Father: Uranus Mother: Gaea Wife: Tethys Children: Oceanid Nymphs, 3000 rivers, Seas  A serpent-like being that encircles the Earth.  Replaced by the god Poseidon came to power as the god of the oceans, rivers, and water.  He was the only titan that was not against Zeus in the war.

8. TETHYS (SALACIA) Father: Uranus Mother: Gaea Husband: Oceanus Children: Oceanids, Styx

9. HYPERION Father: Uranus Mother: Gaea Wife: Thea Children: Helios, Selene  Hyperion is sometimes classified as a god of the sun. However, other stories actually use his name to represent the Sun itself.

10. ATLAS Father: Iapetus Mother: Clymene  A leader in the battle between the Titans and the Olympians.  The Titans were defeated in this war and were placed in Tartarus as punishment.  Atlas was not granted this punishment and was instead forced to carry the entire weight of the sky and the Earth on his shoulders.  Relieved of his duty once by Hercules, but was later tricked into resuming his burden.

11. PROMETHEUS Father: Iapetus Mother: Clymene  Name meaning “fore-thought”  Teacher of astronomy, medicine, navigation, metalwork, architecture, and writing  Took part in the creation of mankind  Stole fire from Mount Olympus and gave it to mankind  Chained to a rock on Caucasus Mountains, everyday a vulture would come and devour his liver, which grew back every night

12. EPIMETHEUS Father: Iapetus Mother: Clymene Wife: Pandora  Name meaning “after-thought”  Created animals, gave most of the good qualities (strength, thick furs, etc) to animals, nothing left for humans  Took Pandora as his wife, they opened the box of evils together