Gods, Titans, Muses Flashcards
Calliope
Epic poetry
Euterpe
Lyric poetry
Erato
Love (poetry)
Polyhymnia
Sacred song
Urania
Astronomy
Terpsichore
Sacred Dance
Melpomene
Tragedy
Clio
History
Thalia
Comedy
Chaos children
Had Gaia (earth) Eros (desire) Tartarus (the underworld) Erebos (the dark gloom of the underworld) and Nyx (night)
Gaia children with herself
Ouranos(sky) mountains and Pontus (sea)
Erebos and Nyx had
Day and Air
Gaia and Ouranos had
Cyclopes, Hecatonchires, and the Titans Cronos Rhea Hyperion Oceanus Iapetus and Mnemosyne
Metis
Athenas mother
Mnemosyne
Mother of the muses with Zeus
Sons of Iapetus
Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus,
Atlas
Sided with the Titans and was punished by holding up the earth
Prometheus
Sided with Zeus and taught humans different arts. He taught how to sacrifice and tried to trick Zeus. He was punished with Pandora who released all the evils into the world. He stole fire and gave it to humans. His punishment was being chained to a mountain where an eagle would come an pick out his liver.
Hyperion children
Helios (sun) Selene (moon) Eos (dawn)
Phaethon son of Helios
Asked to drive the sun chariot as a sign of his fathers love but crashed it almost setting the world ablaze but Zeus struck him down
Maia
Most beautiful daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes