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In the beginning...

was Chaos (shapeless nothingness)

Chaos had two children:

Night (darkness)

Erebus (death)

All was black, empty, silent, endless.

Mysteriously, Love was born ofdarkness and death.

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And then...

When Love was born, order and beautybegan to flourish.

Love created Light and Day.

Earth was created.

She was the solid ground, but also a

personality.

The Earth bore Heaven to cover herand be a home for the gods.

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The First Parents

Mother Earth = Gaea (Gaia)

Father Heaven = Ouranos (Uranus)

They had three kinds of children:

Three monsters with 100 hands and 50heads

Three cyclopes

The titans These were the first characters that had the appearance of life,

although it was unlike any life known to man.

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The Titans (The Elder Gods)

There were many of them.

Enormous size, incredible strength

Cronos (Saturn): Ruler of the titans

Rhea: Wife of Cronos

Ocean: River that encircled the world Iapetus: Father of Prometheus,

Epimetheus, and Atlas (also titans)

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The Olympians

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Zeus

Roman Name:Jupiter (also Jove)

Supreme god of theOlympians.

Fathered many

characters inmythology

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Zeus

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Hera

Roman Name:Juno

Zeuss sisterand wife

Jealous

protector ofmarriage

Punished thewomen Zeus fell

in love with

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Poseidon

Roman Name:Neptune

God of the Seasand Waters

The

Earthshaker

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Hades

Roman Name:Pluto

God of theUnderworld/Dead

KidnappedPersephone

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Hestia

Roman Name:Vesta

Goddess ofHome

Powerful

Protector

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Demeter

RomanName: Ceres

Goddess ofthe Harvest

A Goddess of

the Earth

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Athena

Roman Name:Minerva

Goddess ofWisdom andWar

Sprang fromZeuss head

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Ares

Roman Name:Mars

God of War

Son of Zeus andHera

Bloodthirsty andmerciless

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Apollo

RomanName: Apollo

God ofLight/Sun andMusic

Brother ofArtemis

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Artemis

RomanName: Diana

Goddess ofthe Moon/Hunt

Sister toApollo

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Hermes

Roman Name:Mercury

Messenger ofthe Gods

Appears in

more mythsthan any othercharacter

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Aphrodite

Roman Name:Venus

Goddess ofLove andBeauty

Sprang fromthe oceanfoam

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Dionysus

Roman Name:Bacchus

God of Wine

Patron god ofthe Greek stage

A God of theEarth

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Persephone

Roman Name:Proserpina

Goddess of theUnderworld

Daughter of Zeusand Demeter

Abducted byHades

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Hebe

Roman Name:Juventas

Goddess ofYouth

Cupbearer to theGods

Restored youthto the aged

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Eros

Roman Name:Cupid

Young God ofLove

Son of

Aphrodite andHephaestus

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Iris

Goddess of theRainbow

Messenger forZeus and Hera

Daughter of thetitan Thaumusand the nymphElectra

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The Muses

Nine daughters ofZeus and

Mnemosyne Inspired artists of all

kinds

Goddesses whopresided over thearts and sciences

He is happy whomthe muses love.

Clio, Urania, Thalia, Melpomene, Erato, Calliope, Euterpe, Terpsichore, Polyhymnia

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The Graces

Three Goddesses ofGrace and Beauty

They give life itsbloom.

Aglaia (Splendor)

Euphrosyne (Mirth)

Thalia (GoodCheer)

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The Erinnyes (The Furies)

Roman Name: Furiaeor Dirae (The Furies)

Three Goddesses ofVengeance

Tisiphone

Alecto Megaera

They punish

evildoers.

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The Fates

Roman Name: Parcae, Moirae

Three sisters

Clotho (The Spinner)

Lachesis (The disposer of lots)

Atropos (The cutter)

They weave, measure, and cut thethread of life for humans.

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The Satyrs

Gods of the woodsand mountains

Shepherd gods

Goat men (like Pan)

Companions of

Dionysus

They like to drink,dance, and chase

nymphs.

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The Gorgons

Three snake-haired monsters

Medusa is mostwell-known

Their look turns

men to stone.

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The Centaurs

Half man, halfhorse

Savagecreatures(except Chiron)

Followers ofDionysus

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Sources

Graphics in this presentation were taken fromthe following web sites: http://www.bulfinch.org/fables/search.html

http://www.pantheon.org/

http://www.messagenet.com/myths/

http://mythman.com/

http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/index.html

http://www.paleothea.com/

http://www.entrenet.com/%7Egroedmed/greekm/myth.html

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