Gaia, Ouranos, and Zeus Flashcards

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Primordial Greek Earth Goddess

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Gaia

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Gaia’s son with Aether with whom she bore the sea goddesses

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Pontus

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3
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Gaia’s children, the gods of the mountains

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Ourea

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4
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Gaia’s children, the gods of the islands

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Nesoi

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5
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Child of Zeus and Elara who is sometimes said to be a child of Gaia since Elara was hid in the Earth when he was born.

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Tityos (Tityus)

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6
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Culture hero who discovered many arts such as bee-keeping who Gaia made immortal.

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Aristaeus

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7
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Infant fruit gods who often appear among Gaia in mosaics

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Karpoi (Carpi)

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Legendary early ruler of Athens, born from the Earth (Gaia) when Hephaestus’s stuff fell on it.

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Erichthonius

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9
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5 Gods born from Chaos (the original god). These were the gods of the earth, the night, darkness, the underworld, and love.

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Erebus, Nyx, Gaia, Tartarus, Eros

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10
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Roman equivalent to Uranus

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Caelus

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11
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Greek Age during which Cronus ruled

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Golden Age

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12
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Tree nymphs that are the children of Uranus (from when Uranus’s blood fell on Gaia) along with the Furies

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Meliae

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13
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According to Works and Days, Cronus ruled this part of the underworld where people who were reincarnated three times (and each time gained access to Elysium) went

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The Isles of the Blessed, Some sources say he actually ruled all of Elysium

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14
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According to Hyginus, this god hung himself from a tree so he wouldn’t be in the land, sea, or heavens, all places where his father Cronus had jurisdiction.

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Zeus

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15
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Greek harvest festival named after Cronus that is equivalent to Roman Saturnalia

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Kronia

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16
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Stone at the center of the world which Cronus ate thinking it was Zeus

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Omphalos

17
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Goat which raised Zeus on Mount Ida

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Amaltheia

18
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First wife of Zeus who Zeus swallowed because of a prophecy

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Metis

19
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What animal did Zeus disguise as to seduce Hera?

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Cuckoo

20
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Two humans who survived Zeus’s great flood

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Deucalion and Pyrrha

21
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Aetolian princess and Spartan queen who Zeus seduced in the form of a swan

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Leda

22
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Argive Phoenician princess who Zeus seduced in the form of a bull

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Europa

23
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Tyrant who fed Zeus human flesh, causing Zeus to turn him into a wolf in a rage

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Lycaon (origin of Lycanthrope)