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Titans

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Giant entities
Savage, barbaric
Gave birth to the gods

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Gaea

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Mother of all Titans
mother Earth
mother of Kronos

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Chaos

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nothingness

and the original darkness

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Kronos

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Chief of all Titans
married Rhea his sister
swallowed five of his children alive at birth
defeated by sixth child

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Rhea

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gave birth to five Olympians
tricked Kronos to eat a rock instead of sixth baby
raised sixth baby named Zeus in secret

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Zeus

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defeated Kronos in epic battle between Olympians and Titans
became ruler of the world on Mt. Olympus
god of thunder and lighting

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Poseidon

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brother of Zeus
god of the sea and horses
domain: any source of water
known as The Earth Shaker
symbol=trident
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Prometheus

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Wisest of the Titans
brought fire to Earth
punished for bringing fire from eternal flame-chained to a rock in Hades, eagle would feast on organs every day

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Epimetheus

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the stupid Titan

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Atlas

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lead a battle against the Olympians
son of a Titan
punished by Zeus to bear the weight of the world

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Themis

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Titaness of wisdom, honesty, and justice

Zeus’s aunt

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Mnemosyne

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Titaness of memory

gave birth to the nine Muses

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Hestia

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goddess of the Hearth

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Hades

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god of the underworld/dead
symbol: Helm of Darkness
kidnapped Persephone and tricked her to eat a pomegrate

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Apollo

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sun god
son of Zeus
twin of Artemis
pulls sun up in the morning and down at night

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Artemis

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goddess of the moon and the hunt

Roman=Diana

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Athena

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goddess of wisdom
Zeus's fave daughter
symbol: owl
protects Athens Greece
was born from Zeus's head
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Ares

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bully god of war
son of Zeus
coward, mean, and trouble-maker
symbol=vultures
disliked by both parents
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Hermes

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clever and tricky
god of sleep, wealth, and luck
the messenger god

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Dionysus

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god of wine
born twice
son of Zeus

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