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4 OLYMPIAN GODS Represented the raw - of love, desire violence and untamed acts and beauty. that occurred in wartime, in contrast to , who was  Had a magical girdle that a symbol of tactical strategy compelled everyone to desire and military planning. her. - Goddess of chastity, Two accounts of her birth: virginity, the hunt, the , and the natural environment. - She was the daughter of and , the mother goddess  Daughter of Zeus and , worshipped at the Oracls of twin sister of . .  Born on the island of - She arose from the sea on a (), where Leto had scallop, after found shelter after being castrated and tossed his hunted by the lawful wife of severed genitals into the sea. Zeus. Aphrodite then walked to the  was also a hunting shore of Cyprus. companion of Artemis and  Married to ; the only person to have won however, she had an affair with her heart. her brother , of war.  Athena- Greek virgin  Aphrodite represented sex, goddess of reason, affection, and the attraction intelligent activity, arts and that binds people together. literature.  Daughter of Zeus APOLLO- God of music. Also known as  Her birth is unique in that she the Archer, far shooting with a silver did not have a mother. Instead, bow; the god of healing, giving the she sprang full grown and clad science of medicine to man; the god of in armour from Zeus' forehead. light; and the god of truth. - brother of Zeus and .  Son of Zeus and Leto.  Twin brother of Artemis  Lord of the underworld and ruler  Born on Delos, where his of the dead. mother Leto seeked refuge.  decided to give him another name, Plouton, ARES- . deriving from the Greek word  Son of Zeus and . for wealth, He also became the god of  The union of Ares and Aphrodite  resulted in the birth of eight wealth. children, including , god of love. 4

HEPHAESTUS- Greek god of shake, causing earthquakes, blacksmiths, sculptors, metallurgy, fire and shatter any object. and volcanoes. ZEUS- god of the and ruler of the  Symbolized with a hammer, an Olympian gods. anvil and a pair of tongs.  He overthrew his father, Cronus.  Son of Zeus and Hera.  His weapon was a  Married to Aphrodite; after he which he hurled at those who learned his wife had an affair displeased or defied him, with her brother, Ares, he especially liars and devised a plan with which he oathbreakers. humiliated both lovers to the  Married to Hera but often tested other gods. her patience, as he was HERA- Zeus' wife and sister, and was infamous for his many affairs. raised by the and  The presiding of the . universe, ruler of the and the , was regarded by the  Supreme goddess, patron of Greeks as the god of all natural marriage and childbirth, having phenomena on the sky; the a special interest in protecting of the laws of married women. nature; the ruler of the state; - Greek god of commerce, and finally, the father of gods son of Zeus and . and .

 Protector of travelers, thieves and athletes. - Goddess of the hearth, family, and domestic life.

 She was Zeus' sister, but although initially she was included in the Olympian gods, she was later replaced by . POSEIDON- God of the sea and protector of all aquatic features.

 Brother of Zeus and Hades.  He married , one of the granddaughters of the Oceanus.  He was second to Zeus in power amongst the gods.  His weapon was a , with TITAN which he could make the earth S 4

ASTERIA- Goddess of nocturnal Also represented one of the four and shooting stars. pillars that hold the heavens and the earth apart.  Daughter of the Titans and and sister of Leto. He was the pillar of the ,  Married to the Titan , and while the other three pillars had a daughter, . were personified by his brothers , and . - God of the dusk and the . CRIUS- Crius was considered one of Son of the Titans Crius and  the four pillars that hold the heavens . and the earth apart. He represented  Married to , goddess of the the pillar of the south, while the other , and created numerous three pillars were personified by his children, including the four brothers Iapetus, Coeus and Hyperion. (winds) and the five Astra Planeta (wandering stars  Son of Uranus and Gaea. or ).  Married Eurybia, daughter of and Gaea, and had three - God of and children, Astraios, and navigation. Perses.  Son of Iapetus and .  His grandchildren were:  Brother of ,  From the marriage of Astraios and . (god of dusk) and Eos (goddess  Married to his sister, Phoebe. of dawn): the four Anemoi  He had numerous children, (Winds - Boreas, Notus, Eurus, including the , the Zephyrus), and the five Astra , , the Pleiades, Planeta (Wandering Stars, , Dione and . meaning planets - Phainon, , Puroeis, Eosphoros, CLYMENE- Goddess of renown, fame, ). and infamy. From the marriage of Pallas (god of warcraft) and (goddess Daughter of the Titans Oceanus  of the homonymous river): and Tethys. (glory), (victory),  Married to the Titan Iapetus, (power), Via (force), and they had four sons, Atlas, , Fontes (), and Epimetheus, Prometheus and Lacus (lakes). Menoetius. CRONUS- The ruling Titan who came COEUS- Titan of inquisitive minds and to power by castrating his father intellect. Uranus. Son of Uranus and .  His wife was , while their offspring were the first of the Olympians. 4

 To ensure his safety, Cronus ate EURYBIA- representing the mastery of each of the children as they the seas. were born.  Daughter of the Titans Pontus DIONE- daughter of Oceanus and and Gaea. Tethys.  Married to the Titan Crius.  Her children were Astraeus,  According to some sources, she Perses and Pallas. was the first wife of Zeus, with whom she had a daughter, the - she had the three goddess Aphrodite. , of grace.

EOS- goddess of the dawn.  Daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys.  Daughter of the Titans Hyperion  She was the third wife of Zeus. and .  Had two siblings; , god of HYPERION- represented light, the ; and , goddess of and watchfulness. the moon.  She was married to Astraeus,  He was the father of the sun, god of the dusk and together, the moon, and the dawn. they had numerous children  Son of Uranus and Gaia. that represented everything  Hyperion was married to his that occurred during the union sister, Theia, and they had three of the dusk and the dawn, i.e. children, Helios (the sun), the twilight. Among her children Selene (the moon) and Eos (the were the four Anemoi (winds), dawn). as well as Eosphorus (the Iapetus- god of craftsmanship, Morning Star) and the Astra although other sources site him as the Planeta (wandering stars or god of mortality. planets).  Son of Uranus and Gaea. EPIMETHEUS- His name is derived  Father of Atlas, Prometheus, from the Greek word meaning Epimetheus and Menoetius. 'afterthought', appeared as a foolish character. - Titan of air, hunter's skill of stalking prey, and the unseen.  son of Iapetus and Clymene.  Brother of Prometheus, Atlas  Son of the Titans Coeus and and Menoetius. Phoebe.  Received as a gift from  Brother of Leto and . the gods; a human created by  Husband of Periboa, and had a the gods specifically to punish daughter, . the humans.  The marriage of Epimetheus and Pandora is not explicit in MENOETIUS- Titan of violent anger, any source, but only implied; rash action, and human mortality. from their union, Pyrrha, their daughter, was born. 4

 Son of Titans Iapetus and  During the , Pallas Clymene. was killed by the goddess  Brother of Atlas, Prometheus Athena. and Epimetheus. PERSES- represented destruction and - goddess of wisdom, peace. and deep thought.  Son of the Titans Crius and  Daughter of Oceanus and Eurybia. Tethys.  Married to the Titan goddess  First wife of Zeus. Asteria, with whom he had one daughter, Hecate; she was the - goddess of memory. goddess of wilderness,  Daughter of Uranus and Gaea. witchcraft and magic.  She was the oracular goddess of PHOEBE- associated with the moon the underground of and the Oracle of , and was Trophonios in the region of considered to be the goddess of . prophecy.

OCEANUS- an god.  Daughter of Uranus and Gaea.  According to one version, he  Married to her brother Coeus, was born by the union of the with whom she had Asteria (the primal gods and Gaea, starry one) and Leto. sanctified by god Eros. PROMETHEUS- presented to be the  Another version has it that he protector and benefactor of mankind. was one of the twelve Titans, thus a son of Gaea and Uranus.  Son of Iapetus (also a Titan) and  Married to his sister, Tethys, Clymene, an Oceanid. with whom he had numerous  His brothers were Epimetheus, children, called . Atlas and Menoetius. - was an elder Titan god in RHEA- considered the "mother of , who was the ruler of gods" the Earth along with his wife  Daughter of Uranus and Gaea. Eurynome. The couple was later She was the sister and wife of overthrown by Cronus and Rhea.  Cronus, also a Titan. PALLAS- Titan of warcraft.  Rhea and Cronus had six children; Hestia, Hades, Son of the Titans Crius and  , Poseidon, Hera and Eurybia. Zeus.  He had two brothers, Astraeus and Perses. SELENE- goddess of the moon, which  He was married to Styx, with she drove every night across the skies. whom he had a number of  daughter of the Titans Hyperion children; Zelus, Nike, Kratos, and Theia. , Scylla, Fontes and Lacus. 4

 She had two siblings, Helios and three thousand water Eos. goddesses, called Oceanids.  She had an affair with a mortal  During the Titanomachy, she named . raised Hera as her stepchild,  Selene was one of Zeus' lovers brought to her by Rhea. and they had a number of THEA- goddess of light and was children; , she who is all- thought to be of considerable beauty. bright; , the dew; , the of the eponymous  Daughter of Uranus and Gaea. place; and Dionysus.  Married to her brother Hyperion, giving birth to Helios (the Sun), STYX- Daughter of the Titans Oceanus Selene (the Moon), and Eos (the and Tethys. Dawn).  Married to Pallas, with whom - goddess that created the she had four children; Zelus, divine laws that govern everything Nike, Kratos, and Bia. and are even above gods themselves. TETHYS- daughter of Uranus and  Daughter of Uranus and Gaea. Gaea.  According to , she was  She was married to her brother the second wife of Zeus, a Oceanus. marriage that helped the  Gave birth to the river gods, supreme Olympian to stabilise who lived in the rivers that were his power over all gods and then known to the Greeks, such humans. as the and ; and to  She was the human-like representation of the natural and moral order.