Titans Flashcards
Titan of the east, lord of light, Kronos lite
Hyperion
Sweetest and most beautiful of the titan women, name means flow/ease Titan of fertlity
Rhea
Titan of the south
Krios
Oracle of Delphi, Name brings bright, married Krios
Phoebe
Titan of salt water
Oceanus
Rivers springs abd fresh water was her thing, married oceanus
tethys
Titan of the west, in charge of mortal life
Iapetus
Oldest titan, loved shiny things and scenic views, titan of clear sight, married hyperion
theia
Titan of the north, called polis, first titan to have gift of prophecy, his name means question
koios
remembers everything, invented letters and writing, titan of memory
mnemosyne
youngest titan, god of time and universe, name means time, affects weather and harvest
kronos
cosmonogy
the first creation story
cosmonogy order
chaos eros primordial gods gaea and ouranous titans cronos and rhea olympian gods promethus humans
two other creatures that tried to defeat zeus
typhon and giants
promethus meaning
forethought
epimethus
afterthought
races in order
gold race silver race brass or bronze age race of heroes iron race
titan that married pandora, name means afterthought
epimethus
deepest and darkest pit of the cosmos and lowest level of the underworld
tartarus
created to punish mankind
pandora
embodiment of father sky
ouranos
children of gaea and ouranos
titans
the birth of the universe is called
cosmonogy
in the beginning there was only
chaos
Ouranos put what children in tartarus
cyclops and 100 handers
who was dismemebered by kronos
ouranos
his sperm and sea form went into the ocean and created
aphrodite
kronos did what to his kids?
swallowed them
Rhea put zeus on what island?
crete
zeus made pandora and all women ______ so that she would eventually open up the box which he told her not to
curious
promethus gave humans
fire, ability to stand on two feet, and how to hunt/eat animals
how many races of mankind were there?
5
supernatural creatures/events, explains something in nature
myth
very well known, based on real life historical events but exaggerated
legend
has normal people, usually a tale of someone chasing a dream or journey
folk tale
magical elements, has a happy ending
fairy tale
purpose of myth?
religion, it explained natural things like a science
what was unique about the gods of ancient greece?
olympian gods were very human like, they looked like humans and had human traits so they were more relatable
ancient greek poet who wrote illiad and odyssey?
homer
according to their view of the world, what was the center of the world and literally means “middle earth”
mediterranean
what surrounded the entire world?
water
what was left in pandoras box?
hope
what else cane from ouranos?
gigantes
who gave lightening bolt and thunder to zeus?
hundred handers
who was mother of artemis and apollo?
leto
athenas mom
metis
women that exact revenge and justice on sinners that cane from the blood of ouranos and live in tartarus?
furies
ferryman of underworld
charon
guardian of the underworld
cerberus
greek god of love, troublemaker, blindfolded because love is blind
eros
goddess of youth, daughter of zeus and hera, served nectar and ambrosia to olympians, martied heracles
hebe
goddess of rainbow and messenger of gods
iris
trumpeter of the sea, son of poseidon and amphitrite, messenger of the sea
triton
foretold the future and changes shape at will, said to be posiedons son or attendent
proteus
50 lovely daughters of nereus and doris
thetis was one (mother of achilles)
nereids and oceanids
tisiphone, megaera, alecto
furies
how many muses are there
9
hermes som who is a satyr, he plays a reed, always rejected because hes ugly, panic came from him
pan
dyrades/oreiades
nymphs of the trees, woods, mountains
brothers who live half on earth and on mount olympus
castor-human
pollux-son of zeus
regent of winds, lived on aeolia
aeolus
fates
clotho- spun thread of life
lachesis- disposer if lots
atropos- cut thread of death
greek god of love, troublemaker, blindfolded because love is blind
eros
goddess of youth, daughter of zeus and hera, served nectar and ambrosia to olympians, martied heracles
hebe
goddess of rainbow and messenger of gods
iris
trumpeter of the sea, son of poseidon and amphitrite, messenger of the sea
triton
foretold the future and changes shape at will, said to be posiedons son or attendent
proteus
50 lovely daughters of nereus and doris
thetis was one (mother of achilles)
nereids and oceanids
tisiphone, megaera, alecto
furies
how many muses are there
9
hermes som who is a satyr, he plays a reed, always rejected because hes ugly, panic came from him
pan
dyrades/oreiades
nymphs of the trees, woods, mountains
brothers who live half on earth and on mount olympus
castor-human
pollux-son of zeus
regent of winds, lived on aeolia
aeolus
fates
clotho- spun thread of life
lachesis- disposer if lots
atropos- cut thread of death
greek god of love, troublemaker, blindfolded because love is blind
eros
goddess of youth, daughter of zeus and hera, served nectar and ambrosia to olympians, martied heracles
hebe
goddess of rainbow and messenger of gods
iris
trumpeter of the sea, son of poseidon and amphitrite, messenger of the sea
triton
foretold the future and changes shape at will, said to be posiedons son or attendent
proteus
50 lovely daughters of nereus and doris
thetis was one (mother of achilles)
nereids and oceanids
tisiphone, megaera, alecto
furies
how many muses are there
9
hermes som who is a satyr, he plays a reed, always rejected because hes ugly, panic came from him
pan
dyrades/oreiades
nymphs of the trees, woods, mountains
brothers who live half on earth and on mount olympus
castor-human
pollux-son of zeus
regent of winds, lived on aeolia
aeolus
fates
clotho- spun thread of life
lachesis- disposer if lots
atropos- cut thread of death
greek god of love, troublemaker, blindfolded because love is blind
eros
goddess of youth, daughter of zeus and hera, served nectar and ambrosia to olympians, martied heracles
hebe
goddess of rainbow and messenger of gods
iris
trumpeter of the sea, son of poseidon and amphitrite, messenger of the sea
triton
foretold the future and changes shape at will, said to be posiedons son or attendent
proteus
50 lovely daughters of nereus and doris
thetis was one (mother of achilles)
nereids and oceanids
tisiphone, megaera, alecto
furies
how many muses are there
9
hermes som who is a satyr, he plays a reed, always rejected because hes ugly, panic came from him
pan
dyrades/oreiades
nymphs of the trees, woods, mountains
brothers who live half on earth and on mount olympus
castor-human
pollux-son of zeus
regent of winds, lived on aeolia
aeolus
fates
clotho- spun thread of life
lachesis- disposer if lots
atropos- cut thread of death
greek god of love, troublemaker, blindfolded because love is blind
eros
goddess of youth, daughter of zeus and hera, served nectar and ambrosia to olympians, martied heracles
hebe
goddess of rainbow and messenger of gods
iris
trumpeter of the sea, son of poseidon and amphitrite, messenger of the sea
triton
foretold the future and changes shape at will, said to be posiedons son or attendent
proteus
50 lovely daughters of nereus and doris
thetis was one (mother of achilles)
nereids and oceanids
tisiphone, megaera, alecto
furies