Traditional stories of gods, kings, and heroes

Show the relations between gods and people

was a form of early science to Greeks because it helped explain the unexplainable.

seek to explain all those unexplainable or unknowable aspects of life.

are generally considered the earliest Greek poets whose work has survived.

homer

hesiod

is inevitable and final, so the goal was to become a legend through great deeds.

were tough, restless, ambitious, hard-living, and imaginative.

was extremely important, and the Greeks were very vengeful if wronged.

mirrored human feelings and physical form.

flaws

vast and unorganized space from which all other things originated.

gave birth to gaea

gaea, the earth, and night which gave birth to

Gaea and Uranus (the sky) gave birth to

greek gods were divided into 3 categories

ruled before the gods of olympus

were the children of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth)

parents of the gods of olympus

were overthrowed by Olympians

mutilated his father and overthrew him

chronus and rhea married and produced the Olympians

swallowed the olympians to keep from being overthrown

when ___ was born, Rhea gave ger husband a rock to swallow

overthrew his father cronus and forced him to disgorge the other olympiansw

a group of 12 gods who rules after the overthrow of the titans

related in some way

the Olympia were named after their dwelling place

the olympian gods

Zeus roman name

Jupiter

zeus realm

zeus symbols

Married to Hera; had many affairs and many children, some of whom were gods and goddesses because as the Greeks conquered territories, they took on the new goddesses and “married” them to ___

The spiritual father of gods and men

hera roman name

juno

hera realm

hera symbols

married to zeus

jealous of Zeus' affairs

Because of this, asked a 100-eyed giant to watch him. When Hermes put the giant to sleep, she turned him into a peacock, an animal with eyes on its tail feathers.

hestia roman name

vesta

hestia realm

hestia symbols

zeus's sister

six priestesses

vestal

Six priestesses called Vestal virgins attended her temple and protected the fire; shrines were built to her by the fireplace in homes

poseidon roman name

Neptune

poseidon realm

poseidon symbol

zeus's brother

Controlled earthquakes, hurricanes, rough seas, tidal waves

Gave the horse to mankind

hades roman name

pluto

Also called Dis, the rich one (because he owned all the minerals in the earth)

hades realm

hades symbol

rarely visited Earth

not friendly, but not evil either

who rowed people across the river styx

the 3-headed dog who guarded the Underwood

ares roman name

mars

ares realm

ares symbols

son of zeus and hera

very unpopular

no myths written about him

artemis roman name

diana

artemis realm

artemis symbols

Apollo's twin sister

avoided men

She turned Acteon, a hunter, into a stag (deer) and set his own dogs on him because he watched her bathe.

aphrodite roman name

venus

aphrodite realm

aphrodite symbols

married to Hephaestus

son was Eros (Cupid)

born of the foam when Cronus' genitals hit the ocean

hephaestus roman name

Vulcan

Hephaestus realm

Hephaestus symbols

son of zeus and hera

zeus threw him out of heaven for siding with his mother (hera)

husband of Aphrodite, who aas constantly unfaithful to him

demeter roman name

ceres

demeter realm

demeter symbols