Greek Creation Flashcards
State of nothing in the beginning of the world
Chaos
Primordial being first to spring from Chaos
Gaia ( Gaea ) known as Mother Earth Mothered Ouranus whom she married and mothered: The Titans The Cyclopes The Hekatonkheires
Son and later husband of Gaia
Ouranus ( Uranus ).
Conceived through Parthenogenesis ( Parthenos is the greek for virgin )
How many children came from Chaos?
Gaia (Earth) Tartarus (Underworld) Eros (Love) Erebus (Darkness) Nyx ( Night)
Who are the Titans?
Children of Ouranus and Gaia
There were 12 Titans, the most important being Kronos and Rhea
What were the names of the 12 Titans?
Male Titans: Oceanus Coeus Crius Hyperion Lapetus Cronus
Female Titans: Theia Rhea Themis Mnemosyne Phoebe Tethys
What was the relationship between Ouranus and his son Kronos?
Ouranus threw his siblings The Cyclopes and Hekatoncheires into the Tartarus.
Gaia took revenge by getting Kronos to cut off Ouranus’ genitals and threw him in the ocean.
Aphrodite - the goddess of love and beauty - came from the blood of the genitals
Who are the first generation Olympians?
The children of Kronos and Rhea
How many Olympians or Gods were sired by Rhea and Kronos?
6 First generation Olympians
Demeter ( Goddess of the harvest, fertility, agriculture)
Hestia ( Goddess of the hearth, family, home )
Hera ( Goddess of marriage, childbirth, family )
Hades ( not normally considered an Olympian due to the underworld being far from Olympus )
Poseidon ( God of the seas, water, storms, earthquakes)
Zeus ( God of the sky, lightning, thunder, law, order, justice )
What was the period called in which Kronos rules?
The Golden Age
What happened to the first 5 Olympians prior to Zeus being born?
They were eaten by Kronos as it was prophesied he would be overcome by his own sons
How did Zeus survive being eaten by Kronos?
Rhea substituted a stone wrapped up in swaddling clothes.
Zeus was kept hidden in a cave
What happened to the Olympians eaten by Kronos?
Once grown up, Zeus forced Kronos to disgorge the contents of his stomache.
What was the eventual fate of Kronos?
Zeus freed the Cyclopes and Hekatoncheires and along with the other Olympians overthrew Kronus and the other Titans.
Zeus cut Kronos into pieces and all were confined to Tartarus
What happened after Kronos was cut to pieces by Zeus?
Zeus became leader of the gods.
Poseidon took over the oceans
Hades took over the underworld
Zeus married Hera
Demeter became goddess of harvest and agriculture
Hestia became goddess of the hearth, family and home
