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Greek gods Flashcards

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Gaia

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The earth

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Ouranos

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Sky

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1st generation story

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The Sky (Ouranos) wouldn’t get off the Earth (Gaia) until an unborn son Kronos castrated him

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Kronos

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Time

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Rehea

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Kronos’s wife

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2nd generation story

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Kronos kept eating Rehea’s children, until she gives him a Stone instead of Zuse. Zuse overthrows this father

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Metis

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wisdom

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3rd generation story

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Zuse, with Gaia’s help, Swallows Metis to gain the supreme kingship and avoid the fate of Kronos and Ouranos. Also gives birth to Athena

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athena

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Goddess of wisdom and war

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How does Zuse repay Gaia?

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there are too many humans humans burdening her and Zuse cause the Trojan war to thin the human population

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