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Get to Know the Greek GodsGet to Know the Greek Gods
With Noah Donten
Contents Gaea Ouranos Cronus Rhea Zeus Poseidon Hades Hera Demeter Hestia Aphrodite Hephaestus Hebe Heracles Ares Persephone
Apollo Artemis Dionysus Athena Hermes Driope Theseus Triton Pan Amphitrite Aethra Maia Metis Semele Leto Dione
Gaea: The grandma of the gods The personification of the earth No siblings Married to Ouranos Children:
Titans (The larger, more powerful precedents to the gods) Rhea Cronus
(There were many more Titans, but only Rhea and Cronus gave birth to true gods.)
Ouranos: The grandpa of the gods The personification of the sky No siblings Married to Gaea Children:
Titans (The larger, more powerful precedents to the gods)RheaCronus
(There were many more, but only Rhea and Cronus gave birth to true gods.)
Cronus: The father of the gods The cruel leader of the Titans The son of Gaea and Ouranos Siblings: Rhea and the other
Titans Married to Rhea Children: 6 original gods
Zeus Poseidon Hades Hera Demeter Hestia
Rhea: The mother of the gods The quiet, passive female Titan The daughter of Gaea and Ouranos Siblings: Cronus and the other
Titans Married to Cronus Children: 6 original gods
Zeus Poseidon Hades Hera Demeter Hestia
Zeus: The god of the sky The bold leader of the Gods The son of Cronus and Rhea Siblings: Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, Hades,
and Demeter Married to Hera Children:
Hephaestus, Hebe, and Ares (with Hera) Aphrodite (with Dione) Persephone (with Demeter) Apollo and Artemis (with Leto) Dionysus (with Semele) Athena (with Metis) Hermes (with Maia)
Poseidon: The god of the sea
The brave and courageous ruler of the oceans
The son of Cronus and Rhea Siblings: Hera, Hestia, Zeus, Hades
, and Demeter Children:
Theseus (with Aethra) Triton (with Amphitrite)
Hades: The god of the UnderworldThe gloomy and
withdrawn overseer of death
The son of Cronus and Rhea
Siblings: Hera, Hestia, Zeus, Poseidon, and Demeter
Married to Persephone
Hera: The goddess of marriage The brash, opinionated head
goddess The daughter of Cronus and
Rhea Siblings: Zeus, Hestia, Poseidon
, Hades, and Demeter Married to Zeus Children:
Hephaestus, Hebe, and Ares (with Zeus)
Demeter: The goddess of agriculture
The quiet and respectful overseer of the harvest
The daughter of Cronus and Rhea
Siblings: Zeus, Hestia, Poseidon, Hades, and Hera
Children: Persephone (with Zeus)
Hestia: The goddess of the hearth
The sensible, responsible eldest goddess
The daughter of Cronus and Rhea
Siblings: Zeus, Demeter, Poseidon, Hades, and Hera
Aphrodite: The goddess of love Daughter of Zeus and Dione Married to Hephaestus Half-siblings (on Zeus’
side): Hephaestus Hebe Ares Persephone Apollo Artemis Dionysus Athena Hermes
Hephaestus: The god of fire Son of Zeus and Hera Married to Aphrodite Siblings: Ares, Hebe Half-siblings (on Zeus’
side): Aphrodite Persephone Apollo Artemis Dionysus Athena Hermes
Hebe: The goddess of youth Daughter of Zeus and Hera Siblings: Ares, Hephaestus Married to Heracles Half-siblings (on Zeus’
side): Aphrodite Persephone Apollo Artemis Dionysus Athena Hermes
Heracles: The god of heroes
Married to Hebe Best known myths:
The slaying of the Nemean lion
Cleaning the Augean stables
Capturing the Cretan bull
Catching Cerberus
Ares: The god of war Son of Zeus and Hera Siblings: Hephaestus,
Hebe Half-siblings (on
Zeus’ side) Aphrodite Persephone Apollo Artemis Dionysus Athena Hermes
Persephone: The goddess of spring Daughter of Zeus and
Demeter Married to Hades Half-siblings (on Zeus’
side) Aphrodite Hephaestus Hebe Apollo Artemis Dionysus Athena Hermes
Apollo: The god of knowledge Son of Zeus and Leto Brother of Artemis Half-siblings (on Zeus’
side) Aphrodite Hephaestus Hebe Persephone Dionysus Athena Hermes
Artemis: The goddess of the hunt Daughter of Zeus and
Leto Sister of Apollo Half-siblings (on Zeus’
side) Aphrodite Hephaestus Hebe Persephone Dionysus Athena Hermes
Dionysus: The god of wine
Son of Zeus and Semele Half-siblings (on Zeus’
side) Aphrodite Hephaestus Hebe Persephone Apollo Artemis Athena Hermes
Athena: The goddess of wisdom
Daughter of Zeus and Metis
Half-siblings (on Zeus’ side) Aphrodite Hephaestus Hebe Persephone Apollo Artemis Dionysus Hermes
Hermes: The god of commerce
Messenger of the gods, guide to the Underworld
Father of Pan (with Driope) Son of Zeus and Maia Half-siblings (on Zeus’ side)
Aphrodite Hephaestus Hebe Persephone Apollo Artemis Dionysus Athena
Driope: A nymph of the forest
Mother of Pan (with Hermes)
Theseus: Slayer of the minotaur Son of Aethra and Poseidon Theseus and the minotaur:
King Minos of Crete wins war against Athens
Demands 7 boys and 7 girls to use as food for minotaur every 7 years
Theseus goes as one of the boys, wins heart of king’s daughter
Uses string and the king’s daughter’s help to find minotaur in labyrinth, slay it, and escape
After losing popularity in Athens, Theseus was thrown off a cliff and died
Triton: Messenger of the sea
Son of Amphitrite and Poseidon
Herald in Poseidon’s royal court
Carries conch shell that can be used to control the waves
Usually takes the appearance of a merman (upper body of a man, fish tail)
Pan: The god of nature
Son of Hermes and Driope
Half man, half goat
Amphitrite: The goddess of the sea
Lives in underwater castle with Poseidon, reigns as his queen
Married to Poseidon Mother of Triton
(with Poseidon)
Aethra: The princess of Troezen
Mother of Theseus (with Poseidon)
Maia: The goddess of growth
Mother of Hermes (with Zeus)
Metis: The goddess of deep thought
Of the titan generationMother of Athena
(with Zeus)
Semele: A mortal lover of Zeus
Mother of Dionysus (with Zeus)
Leto: The cursed goddess
Cursed by Hera to not be able to set foot on land
Mother of Apollo and Artemis (with Zeus)
Dione: The “Mother” goddess
Mother of Aphrodite (with Zeus)
BibliographyBibliography
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