Gaia, Ouranos, and Zeus Flashcards
Primordial Greek Earth Goddess
Gaia
Gaia’s son with Aether with whom she bore the sea goddesses
Pontus
Gaia’s children, the gods of the mountains
Ourea
Gaia’s children, the gods of the islands
Nesoi
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.
Tityos (Tityus)
Culture hero who discovered many arts such as bee-keeping who Gaia made immortal.
Aristaeus
Infant fruit gods who often appear among Gaia in mosaics
Karpoi (Carpi)
Legendary early ruler of Athens, born from the Earth (Gaia) when Hephaestus’s stuff fell on it.
Erichthonius
5 Gods born from Chaos (the original god). These were the gods of the earth, the night, darkness, the underworld, and love.
Erebus, Nyx, Gaia, Tartarus, Eros
Roman equivalent to Uranus
Caelus
Greek Age during which Cronus ruled
Golden Age
Tree nymphs that are the children of Uranus (from when Uranus’s blood fell on Gaia) along with the Furies
Meliae
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
The Isles of the Blessed, Some sources say he actually ruled all of Elysium
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.
Zeus
Greek harvest festival named after Cronus that is equivalent to Roman Saturnalia
Kronia
