He is then killed by hunting dogs.Īthena: goddess of wisdom. Artemis turned Actaeon into a stag, for watching her bathing. His sons Fear (Phobos) and Terror (Deimos) accompany him on his war chariot.Īrtemis: goddess of hunting. He is a son of Zeus and Leto and therefore brother of Artemis (the Leotides). Anchises was a mortal lover of the goddess Aphrodite.Īpollo: god of music and arts. Paris awarded the golden apple to Aphrodite, incurring the wrath of Zeus and Hera. Aphrodite landed on Cythera after her birth from the sea. Aphrodite was married to her brother Hephaestus, and fell in love with Adonis. Some lists include Dionysius and others include Hestia.Īphrodite: goddess of love. Twelve “Olympians” (to match the 12 Titans) She lay with Zeus for nine nights and gave birth to the nine Muses (see below). Mnemosyne: goddess of memory, daughter of Gaia and Uranus. Themis: the personification of divine order, law, natural law and custom.Ĭhildren of Themis and Zeus: Natura and the Horae (hours) Sons of Crius (with Eurybia): Astraeus, Pallas, Perses. Prometheus was punished for stealing fire, Zeus chained him in unbreakable fetters and set an eagle over him to eat his liver each day. As punishment he was condemned to hold up the pillars separating heaven and earth Sons of Iapetus (with Asia): Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius.Ītlas was involved in the revolt of the Titans against the gods of Olympus. Phoebe: "radiant, bright, prophetic" - prophetic wisdom.Ĭoeus: represented rational intelligence.Ĭhildren of Coeus and Phoebe: Lelantos, Leto, Asteria. Hyperion: god of the sun and Titan of the east.Ĭhildren of Hyperion and Theia: Helios (Sun), Selene (Moon) and Eos (Dawn – described as “rosy fingered” in The Illiad).Įos: kidnapped Ganymede and Tithonus, both from the royal house of Troy, to be her lovers. Oceanus: Titan of Water, Seas, Lakes, Rivers, Oceans, Streams and Ponds.Ĭhildren of Oceanus and Tethys: Oceanids (3,000 daughters (ocean nymphs) inc Metis, Calypso, Clymene, Asia), Potamoi (3,000 sons (rivers)). Cronus was in turn overthrown by his own son, Zeus.Ĭhildren of Cronos and Rhea: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter, Chiron. Typhon was known as the Father of all monsters his wife Echidna (half-woman, half-snake) was likewise the Mother of all monsters.Ĭronos: the youngest Titan, he is usually depicted with the harpe, a sickle which was the instrument he used to castrate and depose his father Uranus. Typhon attempts to destroy Zeus at the will of Gaia, because Zeus had imprisoned the Titans. He was the most deadly monster of Greek mythology. Typhon: the final son of Gaia, fathered by Tartarus. Cronos ruled the other Titans and married Rhea. Following this Gaia persuaded Cronos to castrate Uranus. Other children of Gaia and Uranus were the one-eyed Cyclopes and the hundred-handed Hecatonchires but these were both thrown into Tartarus by Uranus. Gaia gave birth to Uranus (Sky) and from their union emerged the Titans (list from Hesiod’s “Theogony”): Gaia (Earth), Eros (Love), Tartarus (Abyss) and Erebus (Darkness) emerged from Chaos (Nothingness).
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