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The Gods, The Creation, And The Earliest Heroes Notes

The Gods, The Creation, And The Earliest Heroes Notes. By VanKevia Garner, Reagan Adams, Brett Walker. Introduction. Greeks did not believe the gods created the universe but it is the other way around the universe created the gods. Titans.

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The Gods, The Creation, And The Earliest Heroes Notes

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  1. The Gods, The Creation, And The Earliest Heroes Notes By VanKevia Garner, Reagan Adams, Brett Walker

  2. Introduction • Greeks did not believe the gods created the universe but it is the other way around the universe created the gods

  3. Titans • Titans “Elder Gods”- untold ages of the supreme in the universe • Titans were “Ocean” • Most important: Cronus– Saturn in Latin. • Cronusruled over the other Titans • Cronus was dethroned by his son Zeus

  4. Olympians • 12 Great Olympians- called Olympians because Olympus was their home. • Poseidon- ruled the sea • Hades- ruled the dead • Zeus- ruled the heavens • Olympus- over all three • 12 Olympians- • -Zeus (Jupiter)- the chief • -Zeus two brothers- Poseidon (Neptune) • -Hades (Pluto) • -Hestia (Vesta)- their sister • -Hera (Juno)- Zeus’s wife • -Ares (Mars)- their son • -Zeus children- Athena (Minerva) • -Apollo • -Aphrodite (Venus) • -Hermes (Mercury) • -Artemis (Diana) • -Hera’s son- Hephatestus (Vulcan)

  5. Zeus • Zeus “Jupiter”- Supreme ruler • Lord of the sky, the Rain-god and the Cloud-gatherer • “ I am mightiest of all. Make trial that you may know. Fasten a rope of gold to heaven and lay hold, every god and goddess. You could not drag down Zeus, but if I wished to drag you down, then I would. The rope I would bind to a pinnacle of Olympus and all would hang in air, yes, the very earth and the sea too.” • Scholars say Zeus has been made of combining gods • “Zeus, most glorious, most great, God of the storm-cloud, thou that dwellest in the heavens.” • Breastplate-aegis (awful to behold) • Bird-eagle • Tree-oak • Oracle-Dodona in the land of the oak trees

  6. Hera • Zeus’s wife and sister • Protector of marriage, and married women were her peculiar care • Quest of the Golden Fleece- gracious protector of heroes and the inspirer of heroic deeds • Other: goddess married women turned to for help (Ilithyia)-helped women n childbirth was her daughter • Cow and peacock were sacred to her • Agros was her favorite city

  7. Poseidon • Ruler of the sea • Wife = Amphitrite • Granddaughter of Titan, Ocean • Gave first horse to man and was honored as much for the one as for the other • Storm and calm were under his control • “Earth-shaker” commonly called.

  8. Other Gods • Hyperion: father of sun, the moon, and the dawn • Mnemosyne means memory • Themis usually translated by Justice • Atlas – bore the world on his shoulders • Prometheus –savior of mankind

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