Mythology

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Mythology

• Creation
• How the world began

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At firstthere was only Chaos
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Chaos gave birth to

• Erebus
• (Darkness)

The dwelling of Death an of Night
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Night, alone, produced Doom, Fate, Death,
Sleep, Dreams and Nemesis. Then

• Eros or Love
• was born

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Through Eros, Erebus and Night gave birth to

• Heavenly Light,
• The DayAnd The Light

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Day and Light had two children

• Gaea or the Earth

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And

• Gaea alone bore the
• Heavens
• Called Uranus

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The first children ofGaea and Uranuswere
monsters-- 3 had 100 hands, 50 heads (The
Hecatoncheires) 3 were Cyclops wheel-
eyed 12 were Titans
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The 12 Titans

• Cronus
• Oceanus
• Iapetus
• Hyperion
• Crius
• Coeus

• Rhea
• Thetis
• Dione
• Mnemosyne
• Themis
• Phoebe

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A Bad Father

• Uranus- the Heavens, hated his children
• He imprisoned the monsters as soon as they were
  born
• Gaea was upset and asked for help
• Her son Cronus wounded his father terribly.
  From his blood other monsters were born the
  Furies, Ashtree Nymphs, Giants and
  Aphrodite/Venus.

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Cronus and Rhea married.

• But Cronus feared a child would overthrow him as
  king,
• So he ate his first five children!!!

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One Child was Saved!

• Before Cronus could eat the last baby
• Rhea hid the baby and
• Gave Cronus a Rock to eat instead!

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When the baby grew up

• He came back and with the help of his grandmother
  forced his father to disgorge his siblings

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This was Zeus

• Called Jupiter by Romans
• He became King of the gods

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Source

• There are many versions of creation in Greek
  mythology. The source for this show was Edith
  Hamilton in her book Mythology.