Transcript GREEK MYTHOLOGY

GREEK MYTHOLOGY
CHAOS-A SHAPELESS NOTHING
NIGHT
EREBUS (DWELLING OF DEAD)
 THEN CAME LOVE
 LIGHT (DAY)
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MOTHER EARTH (GAEA) = FATHER HEA VENS (URANUS)
TITANS
UGLY MONSTERS
(100 HANDS/50 HEADS)
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HID ALL MONSTERS EXCEPT CYCLOPS
GAEA WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE
TREATMENT OF CHILDREN SO CRONUS
HELPED MOTHER.
CRONUS WOUNDED FATHER AND THEN
TAKES OVER THE UNIVERSE.
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CRONUS MARRIED RHEA
CRONUS WAS TOLD BY ORACLE THAT
ONE OF HIS CHILDREN WOULD
DETHRONE SO HE SWALLOWED ALL OF
HIS CHILDREN AS THEY WERE BORN.
RHEA WAS UPSET ABOUT THE
TREATMENT OF HER CHILDREN
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RHEA DECIDED THAT WHEN HER SIXTH
CHILD WAS BORN (ZEUS) THAT SHE
WOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
SHE TOOK ZEUS TO CRETE TO BE
RAISED. RHEA GAVE A ROCK RAPPED IN
CLOTH. WHEN ZEUS GREW UP HE
RETURNED TO FREE HIS SIBLINGS.
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ZEUS MADE HIS FATHER THROW UP HIS SIBLINGS
THAT HAD BEEN SWALLOWED WHOLE, AND A WAR
BETWEEN CRONUS AND HIS CHILDREN.
CRONUS HAD HELP FROM THE TITANS, AND ZEUS HAD
HELP FROM THE MONSTERS AND PROMETHEUS.
ZEUS WON, BUT ALMOST WRECKED THE UNIVERSE.
ZEUS PUNISHED THE TITANS THAT HELPED CRONUS.
ATLAS WAS FORCED TO BEAR THE WEIGHT OF THE
WORLD ON HIS SHOULDERS.
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ZEUS AND HIS BROTHERS POSEIDON
AND HADES DIVIDED THE WORLD
AMONG EACH OF THEM.
ZEUS, SINCE HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
FREEING THE OTHERS, GOT THE
HEAVENS. POSEIDON TOOK THE SEAS,
AND HADES GOT THE UNDERWORLD.