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Uranus“Father Sky”
Gaia“Mother Earth”
Descendants of Gaia and Uranus
The Mutilation of Uranus: fresco by Giorgio
Vasari and Cristofano Gherardi, c. 1560
Cronus overthrows
Uranus
Cronus Pictured With Sickle
Understandably
PARANOIDPeter Paul Reubens, Cronus Devours Poseidon
Zeus,
Poseidon
Hades
defeat Cronus and the Titans
War of the Titans
The Moirai: the three Fates who control the
mother thread of life of every mortal form birth
to death.
Zeus (Jupiter)
Poseidon (Neptune)
Apollo
Hermes (Mercury)
Ares (Mars)
Hephaestus (Vulcan)
Hera (Juno)
Athena (Minerva)
Aphrodite (Venus)
Artemis (Diana)
Demeter (Ceres)
Hestia (Vesta)
Hades (Pluto)
King of the Gods
Known for his many romantic escapades
Lord of Sky and Thunder
Women and Marriage
Sister AND Wife of Zeus
Often very jealous of her husband’s infidelity
Case ex: Hercules
Queen of the Gods
Ambrogio Figino, Io and Zeus
HIGH MAINTENANCE
Causes earthquakes, storms, and shipwrecks when ignored
Lord of the Sea
Hades with his 3 headed hell hound, Cerberus, guardian of the gates of the Underworld
Lord of the Underworld
Trickster figure
Associated with the kerykeion, a winged staff with two snakes (one of his symbols) wrapped around it
Also a guide to the underworld
God of Trade, Merchants and
Sports
God of the Sun, Prophecy, Music, Poetry, etc.
Goddess Hunting, Wild Animals and the Wilderness
Twins!
Both were supporters of Troy during the Trojan War – Apollo was patron of the city
Greeks would visit Apollo’s Oracle seeking prophecies about the future.
Photo Credit: Luarvick
The Parthenon (Athens)
Patroness of Athens
Wisdom &
Warfare
Athena springs forth
from the head of
Zeus.
love, beauty, pleasure and procreation
Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, 1482-1486
Patron of Mankind
Prometheus watches Athena endow his creation with reason (painting by Christian Griepenkerl, 1877)
Patron of Mankind
Prometheus tricked Zeus twice on behalf of humanity.
Prometheus Tricks Zeus
The Theft of Fire
The Theft of Fire, Christian Griepenkerl
Atlas and Prometheus facing their respective punishments from Zeus
Prometheus Being Rescued by Hercules, by Christian Griepenkerl
Prometheus by Theodoor Rombouts (1597–1637)