Greek mythology: The Gods
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GREEK MYTHOLOGY:THE GODS
MS. CARROLL
16 SEPT. 2013
CHAOSIN THE BEGINNING: DARKNESS AND NOTHING
GAEA• Mother Earth
• Born out of Chaos
• Mother of Uranus, the three Cyclopes, the three 100-handed ones, and the six Titans
URANUS• Father Sky
• Married to Gaea, his mother
• Locked up the Cyclopes, and the 100-handed ones
• Wounded by his son, Cronus
CYCLOPS
HUNDRED-HANDED ONES
THE TITANS:RHEA AND CRONUS• Daughter and son of Gaea and
Uranus
• Parents to the first Gods
• Cronus swallowed his children whole
• Rhea fed him a rock wrapped as a baby to save her son, Zeus
ZEUS• King of the Gods
• Slayed his father, Cronus, to free his brothers and sisters
HADES• God of the Underworld
POSEIDON• God of the Sea
ATHENA• Daughter of Zeus
• Goddess of Wisdom
HERMES• Son of Zeus
• The messenger God
WORKS CITED
• http://mrdfourth90.com/all_class_sites/2012/mythology/media/Gaea.jpg
• http://skydoginstitute.com/category/uranus/
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Redon.cyclops.jpg
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Polyphemus.gif
• http://www.dandrabkin.com/images/illustrations/hundred_handed.gif
• http://elfinspell.com/images/CronusA.jpg
• http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/12/124288/2391284-zeus.jpg
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hades-et-Cerberus-III.jpg
• http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Hades
• http://www.maicar.com/GML/000Images/aim/athena1001.jpg
• http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110516213655/olympians/images/3/3f/Hermes.jpg