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