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Her symbols are the owl and the olive branch.

Athena - Greek goddess of wisdom, defense, and war.

His symbols include winged sandals and the caduceus (which is a staff with two snakes wrapped around it). Hermes is also the messenger of the gods. Her symbols include the moon, the bow and arrow, and the deer.

Artemis - Goddess of the hunt, archery, and animals.

His symbols include the sun, the bow and arrow, and the lyre.

Apollo - Greek god of archery, music, light, and prophecy.

He is the son of Zeus and the youngest Olympian.

Dionysus - Lord of wine and celebrations.

Poseidon - God of the ocean, earthquakes, and horses.

Her symbols are the peacock, pomegranate, lion, and cow. She is the goddess of marriage and family.

Hera - Queen of the gods and married to Zeus.

Zeus - Leader of the Olympians and god of the sky and lightning.

The twelve Olympian gods were the major gods of the Greeks and lived on Mount Olympus. They were overthrown by their children, led by Zeus. They ruled during what was called the golden age. There were twelve of them including the parents of Zeus, Cronus and Rhea. Click on the god or goddess to learn more about their individual myths and stories. It is also the religion of Ancient Greece as the Greeks built temples and offered sacrifices to their major gods.īelow are some of the major Greek gods. Greek mythology consists of all the stories and tales about the Greek gods, goddesses, and heroes. he prays to Apollo and a plague falls on the achaeans.The Greeks had numerous gods and many stories and myths that surrounded them. High priest of Apollo, begs for the return of his daughters but they dont give them back. He created terrible monsoonsĪchilles' war prize.

huge destrucitve force that zeus had to battle back down to the tartaros. Personification of erotic love, normally thought to be a bad kind of love, lustful love Rhea replaces Zeus with a boulder tricking Kronos and so Zeus overthrows Cronos with the help of the Cyclops and thousand hand menġ) zeus 2)hera 3)poseidon 4)ares 5)athena 6)apollo 7)aphrodite 8)demeter 9)artemis 10)dionysus 11)hermes 12)hephaistos (sometimes hestia and hades are included) He too hears a prophecy that one of his children will overthrow him so he eats his children every time one is born. Marries Rhea and they have Hera, Zeus, Demeter, Poseidon, Hades, and Hestia. She loves Paris and protects him in the Iliad In the myth of the Iliad, Paris picks her as the loveliest goddess so she wins the golden apple and in return, she has Helen fall in love with him. Cheats on him with Ares in a myth told in the Odyssey. Born from the sea foam that came from Ouranos' genitals. Aphrodite is born from his genitals when they land in the ocean He hears a prophecy that one of his children will overthrow him so he shoves all of his children back into Gaia, who then makes a sickle (first weapon) and gives it to Cronos who castrates him and overthrows him. She helps her son Kronos overthrow Ouranos Marries Ouranos and creates the Titans, hundred hand beings, and Cyclops. One of the first beings to come out of chaos. One's glorious endeavors become preserved through art and become immortal live is precious since everyone dies and therefore, if you do something great that threatens your life, you win glory. Shared, passed on from generation to generationĭeath, glory, art, immortality. 4th century, king philip takes over all of Greece then his son Alexander the Great takes over. 431, Sparta begins war with Athens to end its power and they win bringing Greece back to separate powers of different cities. (479-323) rise of Athens b/c of their naval force which grew during the Persian wars. (750-479 BC) rise in prosperity of Greek cities. Learn writing at the end of the era and begin to write poetry They discovered the use of iron which is cheaper than bronze, used it in agriculture, became wealthier.

(1050-750 BC) Called dark age since there was no writing, no very little. Eventually take over Crete, Civilization falls and writing is lost with it Warrior class dominated, had many riches. Heavily influenced by the near by Cretan (Crete) people, they taught them to write (linear b tablets). Ppl came in from the north, speaking what is now Greek, and conquered the indigenous people. (1550-1050 BC) Called this b/c many heroes of the time from Mycenae. Order of the six ancient periods of Greece Was a center of the arts and home to Plato, Sophocles, and Euripides Not a very important city in terms of myths but it is where we get many of our texts on myth. he looked back at the last second and she went back to the underworld

his voice was so beautiful that they allowed him to on the condition that he walk in front of her and not look back.

Most beautiful singer, his wife died by a snake bite and he went to the underworld to convince hades and persephone to take her back.