Titans often called the Elder

Gods
They are supreme in the
universe
They were enormous size
and of incredible strength
There are many of them
but only a few appear in
the stories of
mythology.
Cronus (latin) Saturn Father
of Zeus
He ruled over the other
titans until his son Zeus
dethroned him and seized
the power for himself
Zeus (Jupiter)- Son of Cronus
-King of all Gods
Other Notable titans:
Ocean His wife is Tethys
Hyperion The father of the Sun
Mnemosyne which means memory
Themis translated by Justice and
Iapetus
- His sons named Atlas - (who bore
the world on his shoulder and
Prometheus - who was the savior of
mankind
The Twelve Great Olympians
were supreme among the Gods
who succeeded to the Titans.
Mt. Olympus in Thessaly in
the northeast of Greece
- It was held to be a mountain
top, identified Highest Greece
mountain.
The Twelve Olympians Made up a
Divine Family
Zeus (Jupiter) the Chief and
His two brothers
Poseidon (Neptune)
Hades (Pluto)
Their sister
Hestia (Vesta)
Hera (Juno) Zeuss Wife
Ares (Mars) Their son
Zeuss Children:
Athena (Minerva)
Apollo
Aprhodite (Venus)
Hermes (Mercury)
Artemis (Diana)
Hephaestus (Vulcan) Heras Son
Zeus (Jupiter) He was the lord
of the Sky
- The Rain-god and t the awful he
Cloud-gatherer, Who wielded
the awful thunderbolt.
- His power was greater than that
all the other divinities.
- His breastplate was the aegis,
awful to behold
- His bird was eagle
- His tree is the oak
- His oracle was Dodona
Poseidon (Neptune) He was the
ruler of the sea.
Zeuss brother and second only to
him in eminence
- His wife is Amphitrite a
granddaughter of the Titan
Ocean.
- He was commonly called as the
Earth-Shaker and always shown
carrying his Trident a three
prolonged spear.
- He has a connection to the bulls
and horses.
Hades (Pluto) he was the third
brother among the Olympians.
- He was King of the Dead whom
the Greeks called Thanathos
and the roman Orcus.
- The God of Wealth of the
precious metal hidden in the
earth
His wife was Persephone
(Proserpine) whom he carried
away from the earth and made
the Queen of the Lower World
Hestia (Vesta) The Goddess of
hearth and home.
Hera (Juno) She was Zeus wife
and Sister- She was the
protector of marriage and
married woman were her
peculiar care.
- Cow and peacock were sacred
to her and Argos was her
favorite City.
Ares (Mars) The son of Zeus
and Hera
- known as the God of War
Enyo (Bellona) the goddess of
war beside him with are her
- Trembling and Panic as they
moved the voices groaning
arises behind them and the
earth streams with blood.

- His bird was the vulture.

- The dog was wronged by being
chosen as his animal.
Pallas Athena (Minerva) She
was the daughter of Zeus alone.
-She was pre-eminently the
Goddess of the City, the
protector of civilized life of
handicrafts and agriculture.
She is fierce and ruthless
battle-goddess, but she is
warlike only to defend the
State and the home from
outside enemies.
Oftenest to describe her as
grey-eyed or flashing-
eyed
- In later poet, she is embodient of
wisdom, reason, and purity
- Athens was her special city
- The olive created by her was her
tree
- The owl her bird
Phoebus Apollo Son of Zues
and Leto (latona)
- Was called Delian From Delos
- Another name Lycian
- He has been called the most
greek of all the gods.
 He is the master of musician
who delight Olympus as he
plays the golden lyre
Archer-God
The healer
The God of light
The God of Truth
- The laurel was his tree
- Many creatures were sacred to him,
chief among them the dolphin and
the crow
Aphrodite (Venus) The Goddess of
Love and Beauty, who beguild all
gods and men alike
- The irresistible goddess who stole
away even the wits of the wise.
- She is the daughter of Zeus and
Dione in the iliad
- Aprhos is foam in Greek
-The myrtle was her tree
- The dove her bird, sometimes the
sparrow and the swan too
Hermes (Mercury) The son of
Zeus and Maias which is the
daugther of Atlas
- He was Zeuss messenger who
flies as feet as thought to do his
bidding
- He was shrewdest and most
cunning, in fact he was the
Master Thief
Artemis (Diana) the moon (luna)
Apollos twin sister
- She was the three maiden
goddesses of Olympus
- Lover of woods and wild chase over
the mountains
- The protectress of dewy youth
everywere
In later Poets : Artemis Identified
with Hecate.
- She is the goddess with three
forms
1. Selene in the sky
2. Artemis on earth
3. Hecate in the lower world, was the
goddessof the Dark of the Moon
Hephaestus (Vulcan and
Mulciber) the god of fire
- Son of Zeus and Hera alone.
Who bore him in retaliation for
Zeus having brought forth
athena.
- His forge is often said to be
under this or that volcano that
causes eruption
- He is the protector of smiths as
she of the weavers
- The god of ceremony
 The Lesser God of Olympus
Eros - God of Love (Cupid in Latin)
he is oftenest a beautiful serious
youth who gives good gifts to men.
- He was often represented as a
blindfolded because love is often
blind
Anteros sometimes the avenger of
sligthed love
- Sometime the who oppose love
Himeros Longing
Hymen The god of wedding feast
Hebe The Goddess Of the youth,
daughter of Zeus & Hera
- Sometimes she appears as
cupbearer to the gods
- There is no stories about her except
that her marriage to Hercules
Iris the goddess of the rainbow and
a messenger of the gods
- In the iliad the only messenger
Hermes appears first in the
odyssey but he does not take iris
place
 2 Bands of Lovely Sisters
1. The Muses 2. The Graces
Eurynome a child of the Titan,
Ocean
The Graces a triple incarnation of
grace and beauty.
- They give life its bloom
 3 Graces (Daughters of Zeus &
Eurynome)
1. Aglaia (Splendor) marries
hephaestus
2. Euphrosyne (Mirth)
3. Thalia (Good Cheer)
The Muses The daughters of Zeus
and Mnemosyne (Memory)
- They were the queens of song and
no banquet without them could
please.
- Were nine (9) in numbers
1. Clio Muse of History
2. Urania of astronomy
3. Melpomene of tragedy
4. Thalia of comedy
5. Terpsichore of the dance
6. Calliope of epic poetry
7. Erato of love poetry
8. Polyhymnia of songs to the gods
9. Euterpe of lyric poetry
Hesoid one of the muses that live near
Helicon
-They were companions of Apollo ( the
god of truth) as well as of the graces
Nemesis- usually translated as Righteuos
Anger
Aidos (among the greeks) It means
reverance and the shame that holds
men back from wrongdoing