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Theogony Flashcards

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Choas

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In the beginning, this was all that there was, the abyss

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Who were the first five primordial Gods?

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Gaia, Tartarus, Eros, Nyx, and Erebos

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Gaia

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Earth Goddess

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Tartarus

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God of the underworld

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Eros

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God of love and procreation

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Nyx

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Goddess of the night

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Erebos

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God of absolute darkness, is married to and brother of Nyx

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Aether

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The upper sky God and son of Nyx and Erebos

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Ouranos

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God of the vast sky and son of Gaia who eventually marries Gaia

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Ourea

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God of the mountains

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Pontus

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God of the sea

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The Titans

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12 children of Gaia and Ouranos

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Kronos

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Youngest titian of Gaia and Ouranos who hated his father and was the one who castrated Ouranos

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Cyclopses

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Children of Gaia and Ouranos who later forged weapons for the Olympians, such as Zeus’s thunderbolt

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Hecatoncheires

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3 sons of Gaia and Ouranos who had 100 arms and 100 heads

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Why did Gaia plot against Ouranos?

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Horrified of his cyclops and hecatoncheires offspring, Ouranos banished them down to Tartarus which angered Gaia

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Who was born from Ouranos’s penis and blood?

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Erinyes, the Gigantes, and the Meliads were born from Ouranos’s blood

Aphrodite was born from Ouranos’s penis after it was thrown to sea

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Erinyes

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Goddess of vengence

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Gigantes

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Giants with armor and spears

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Meliads

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Tree nymphs

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Aphrodite

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Goddess of sex and beauty, naturally becoming the companion of Eros

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Rhea

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Goddess of fertility and married to Kronus

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Poseidon

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God of the sea

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Demeter

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Goddess of harvest

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Zeus

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Overthrows Kronos, becoming the king of Gods and is the God of the sky and thunder.

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Hera

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Queen of Gods, married to Zeus, and Goddess of women

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Hades

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New God of the underworld

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Hestia

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Virgin Goddess of health

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Six children of Kronus and Rhea

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Poseidon, Demeter, Zeus, Hera, Hades, and Hestia are the six Olympian Gods

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Children of Iapetus and Klymene

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Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius

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Atlas

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God forced to hold up the universe

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Prometheus

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God of foresight, creator of man.

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Epimetheus

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God of hindsight, married the first human woman, Pandora. He assigned all the attributes for the animals

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Menoetius

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Killed by Zeus

35
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Hephaestus

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Son of only Hera, God of fire. He made the first woman Pandora

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Athena

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Child of Zeus and Metis, goddess of wisdom

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Persephone

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Daughter of Zeus and Demeter, wife of Hades.

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Helios

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Titian, the personification of the sun. The one who heard Persephone scream and told Demeter

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Calliope

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the Muse who presides over epic poetry

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