The Beginning Flashcards
What is the meaning of the word Theogony and what is it?
Genesis, it’s a poem found in Hesiod
First there was ______. From this came Earth(_____) who created Heaven (_______).
Chaos
Gaia
Uranos
Uranos impregnates Gaia. He prevents the birth of their offspring by ____________________.
Having constant intercourse
How does Cronos escape Gaia’s womb?
Using a pruning hook given to him by Gaia, he castrates Uranos and is born
Cronos and his siblings were collectively called ______
Titans
Summarise who Cronos is and give his Roman name.
AKA Saturn Son of Gaia and Uranos Married to sister Rhea Zeus' Dad May be the origins of Father Time
What causes Cronos to eat his children?
A prophecy that the children he has with Rhea will overthrow him. He later regurgitates them unharmed.
How is Zeus spared from being eaten by Cronos?
His mother, Rhea, gives Cronos a stone in cloth to eat instead
He is then sent off to be raised in Crete
Zeus frees the ___________ and _________, who were both Cronos’ siblings. They were locked away because they were seen as __________
Hundred-Handers and Cyclopes
Dangerous
What do the Cyclopes give Zeus for freeing them?
Because they were blacksmiths they forge him a lightning bolt
What was the Titanomachy?
- The war of the Gods with the Titans
- Zeus, his sibilings, the Cyclopes and Hundred-Handers take on the titans and win
- Because the titans are immortal they are imprisoned in Tartarus
What was the Gigantomachy?
- The war of the Gods and Giants
- Giants came from the blood of Uranos’ penis and Gaia
- Prophecy said that they needed Heracles to beat the Giants
- Giants were killed or buried under mountains
What was the Typhonomachy?
- The battle betwen Typhon/Typhoeus
- Typhon was the offspring of Gaia and Tartarus, part giant and snake
- Hit by Zeus’ lightning and imprisoned in Tartarus
