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chaos

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yawning void

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erebus

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is the gloomy darkness of tartarus

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writer, fitfth century philosofer

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empedocles

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the titans

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oceanus, coeus, crius, hyperion, lapetus, theia, rhea, themis, mnemosyne,thebe, tethys and cronus.

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the cyclopes children of gaia and uranus

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orb-eyed brothes-thunder ateropes-lightning arges-bright

only one eye in the forehed

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sons of violent, hecatonchires

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cottus, briareus, geys

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the mother of gods

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Gaia

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godess of the moon and endymion

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selene dauthger of hyperion and theia

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cronus

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saturn

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Euhemerism

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rationalization of myth, explains myths as disguised history

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Allegory

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myth is an attempt to explain one thing by means of something else (allegoresis), i.e. stories that are in fact about natural process, or moral truths.

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Etiology

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Greek word for cause, aitia) explains myths in terms of customs/facts

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The labyrinth,

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The labyrinth, like
the mandala,
expresses the
complex totality of
the Self
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THE OLYMPIAN PANTHEON

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  • Poseidon (Neptune)
  • Hades (Pluto)
  • Hephaestus (Vulcan)
  • Ares (Mars)
  • Apollo
  • Hermes (Mercury)
  • Dionysus (Bacchus)
Aphrodite	(Venus)
• Hestia	(Vesta)
• Artemis	(Diana)	
• Demeter	(Ceres)
• Athena	(Minerva)
• Hera	(Juno)
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OTHER CHILDREN OF ZEUS:

THE NINE MUSES

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• Mnemosyne (“memory”): Patrons of literature and the arts,
Pieria/Mt. Helicon
• Calliope (epic)
• Clio (history or lyre playing)
• Euterpe (lyric or tragedy and flute playing)
• Melpomene (tragedy or lyre playing)
• Terpsichore (choral dancing or flute playing)
• Erato (love poetry or hymns to gods and lyre playing)
• Polyhymnia (sacred music or dancing)
• Urania (astronomy)
• Thalia (comedy)

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OTHER CHILDREN OF ZEUS:

THE THREE FATES

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Children	of	Zeus	and	Themis
• Moirai (Greek)	or	Parcae (Latin)
• 1.	Clotho	(“spinner”)
• 2.	Lachesis	(“apportioner”)
• 3.	Atropos	(“inflexible”)
• Luck	or	Fortune	(Tyche)
• Necessity	(Ananke)
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godessess of season and time

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Carpo,	Auxo,	and	Thallo.	
the	three	goddesses	of	
the	seasons	and	time.	
• Carpo was	the	goddess	
of	autumn,	ripening,	
and	harvesting.	
• Auxo was	the	goddess	of	
summer;	vegetation,	
growth	and	fertility.	
• Thallo was	the	goddess	
of	spring,	buds,	blooms,	
and	youth

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