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withdrawn overseer of death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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