PPT-The Olympians Cronus and Rhea

The Olympians Cronus and Rhea CronusSaturn ruled the Titans the second generation of gods He had overthrown his father Ouranos Uranus He and his sisterwife Rhea were the parents of the Olympians. Mount Olympus. Tallest mountain in Greece.. Said to be the home of the gods and goddesses of Olympus. Namely, the 12 principal gods and goddesses of the Greek World. . Zeus. God of: . The sky, weather, thunder, law, order and fate. Mythology. By: Me!!! Of Course. Mrs. Langston. What is Greek Mythology?. Greek Mythology is a collection of . myths and . legends that Greeks used to . explain their world, and how something came to be.. Greek Mythology. Mrs. Lux. Out of . CHAOS. (confusion). Emerged 2 beings. GAEA. (Mother Earth) & . URANUS. (Heavens). Children of Gaea & Uranus. 12 titans. , including. Oceanus & Tethys (ruled sea). 284 ISSN 0103-8478 Ci The new god of the gods.. The ruler of man. How did . Cronus. become the ruler of heaven and earth? . Killed his father Uranus with a sickle.. Why did he do this?. His father had sent him and his siblings to the underworld. . herm. Zeus + Maia .  Hermes. invention of cithara. theft of Apollo’s cattle. first meat sacrifice. invention of Pan-pipes. Hermes . Epichthonios. rhabdos. Hermes . epeiselelythei. :. "Hermes has passed . In the beginning, all was nothingness. Some say the nothingness was noisy chaos,. and others suggest that all was silent. Although no one could say how or when, the. nothingness became light, and day was followed by night. Then came love. With love,. ZEUS. Ruler of Mount Olympus. god of heaven and earth. Roman name Jupiter. Symbol – lightening bolt. Married to Hera. ZEUS’ parents = . Cronus. & Rhea. MYTH:. Defeated and overthrew his father . Cronus/Saturn ruled the Titans, the second generation of gods.. He had overthrown his father . Ouranos. /Uranus. He and his . sister/wife. , Rhea, were the parents of the Olympians.. Cronus’s Plot & Fall. Cronus/Saturn ruled the Titans, the second generation of gods.. He had overthrown his father . Ouranos. /Uranus. He and his . sister/wife. , Rhea, were the parents of the Olympians.. Cronus’s Plot & Fall. ZEUS. REALM:. Ruler of Mount Olympus. god of heaven and earth. Roman name :. Jupiter. Symbol . – lightening bolt. Married to Hera. ZEUS’ parents = . Cronus. & Rhea. MYTH. : Defeated and overthrew his father Cronus to become omnipotent ruler. I am very relationship-oriented and spend much of my time driving off Zeus's innumerable nymphs, mistresses, and other dalliances. I am Zeus- God of Sky and Thunder, King of the Gods & Ruler of Mt. As we have seen Zeus was the son of Cronos and Rhea.. He led the uprising against Cronos. . He was king of the gods.. God of the sky. He married his sister Hera.. Poseidon: God of the Sea. Poseidon was the god of the Sea and storms.. Who thought it up?. What did they believe?. How . many Gods & Goddesses? . Sources. Information on the Greek belief system comes from many sources. Unlike followers of religions such as Christianity, Judaism, & Islam, the Greeks did not have a single sacred text, such as the Bible or Koran from which their beliefs and religious practices derived. Instead, they generally used oral traditions, passed on by word of mouth, to relate sacred stories. Priest and priestesses to various gods would also guide people in worship in various temples across Greece. We know something about these beliefs because Greek poets such as Homer, Hesiod and Pindar, and Greek dramatists such as Euripides, Aristophanes & Sophocles mention the myths in their various works. .