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Greek Gods and Monsters
Seen in The Odyssey
AssumptionsThese stories are from a long time ago
prior to scientific understanding. People needed to make sense of things.
Oral tradition of storytelling creates the contradictory nature.
These stories take some maturity.
Complexities
The Beginning
Oranos Father of the sky
An original king of gods
Married to Gaia
Oranos and Gaia’s Children
Cronos and Rhea
Married
Cronos
King and a
TitanRhea
Goddess of Earth
Cronos
Cronos kills his father and dismembers him.
Cronos and Rhea
Have six children
The first five: Hera, Demeter, Hestia,
Poseidon and Hades
Cronos and Rhea’s children
Cronos swallows his children for fear of them dethroning him.
Rhea is fed up.
She tricks him when she has Zeus.
Zeus and Rhea ban together
Give Cronos a mustanrd potion to make him vomit. He vomits up the five children (and the boulder.)
Fight Cronos and win.
Zeus kills his father and the prophecy comes true.
Zeus
Zeus becomes the new king.
Zeus is fairer.
Zeus draws lots with his brothers to see
who rules what.
Who wins?
ZeusHe takes the sky
God of the sky
Poseidon wins next
He takes the sea
God of the sea
Hades
He takes what is left, the underworld
God of the underworld
Children of Cronos
Zeus HeraDemeter Hestia Poseidon
Hades
Demeter
Goddess of the harvest and the moon
Has a daughter with Zeus named Persephone
Children of Cronos
Zeus HeraDemeter Hestia Poseidon
Hades
Poseidon
Chooses Amphitrite, a sea nymph, to marry.
She doesn’t want to marry him and goes to hide.
Amphitrite marries
Poseidon sends a dolphin to retrieve Amphitrite.
The dolphin is successful.
Marriage
PoseidonAmphitrite
Goddess of the sea
Poseidon’s Children
Poseidon
Polyphemus
Charybdis
Aeolus
Polyphemus
A Cyclops
Polyphemus
Charybdis
Sea Monster
Ticked off Zeus and he turned her into a monster.
Charybdis
A big blob with a mouth.
Aeolus
god of the wind
Cronus and Rhea’s Children
Zeus Hera DemeterHestia Poseidon
Hades
Hades
Hades falls in love
Hades spies Persephone
Hades kidnaps Persephone
The problem:
Persephone is Demeter’s daughter
Remember who Demeter is?
Zeus HeraDemeter
HestiaPoseidon Hades
So what does Demeter do?
• She combs the Earth looking for her daughter, unaware her brother kidnapped her.
• While she is looking, everything dies off.
• Finally she finds Persephone, but Hades refuses to give her back.
• She implores Zeus to help, but he won’t.
So what does Demeter do?
• She gets her revenge by making all things die on Earth.
• What happens to people if all things die?
• The people implore Zeus to intervene.
• Persephone has eaten some pomegranate seeds. Anyone who eats in the underworld must stay.
What’s the deal?
Zeus makes a deal with Hades: for the number of seeds she eats, that is the number of months she must reside with Hades.
Persephone returns
When Persephone is on Earth with her mother all things grow. When she is with her husband, all things die. What does that explain?
Marriage
HadesPersephone
Cronos and Rhea’s Children
Zeus HeraDemeter
Hestia Poseidon Hades
Hestia
Goddess of the hearth
Never married or had children
Cronos and Rhea’s Children
Zeus HeraDemeter
Hestia Poseidon Hades
Hera
Goddess of women and marriage.
Known to be vengeful
Marriage!
ZeusHera
Zeus and Hera’s Kids
Hera
Eris Ares Hepahestus
Zeus
Eris
•goddess of discord and troublemaking
•Started the events of the Trojan War
Ares
god of war and manly courage
Hephaestus
• Hephaestus was not wanted by Zeus.
• Somehow he got thrown down a mountain.
• He became disfigured and disabled.
Hepahestus
Smithgod and god of forging weapons
Aphrodite
Born of the blood of Oranos and the foam of the sea
goddess of love and beauty
What’s the problem?
Aphrodite is so beautiful and was having many affairs.
Women hate her.
At the same time…
•Hera is trapped in a box by her son Hephaestus.
•Zeus implores Hephaestus to let his mother free.
Zeus makes a deal.
For letting Hera out, Hephaestus gets a prize: Aphrodite.
What’s the problem with that?
oAphrodite is repulsed by Hephaestus and wants her old life back.
oSo, she continues to have affairs, most notably Ares.
Remember who Ares is?
Hera
Eris Ares Hepahestus
Zeus
Hephaestus’s revenge
Hephaestus makes a net and catches Aphrodite and Ares together and publically ridicules them.
Eros
god of love
AresAphrodite
Zeus had a wandering eye…
Zeus is known for having many affairs and numerous children.
Artemis
Apollo
Athena
Hermes
The Twins
Artemis
goddess of the chase or hunt
Apollo
god of sun, music, poetry and archery
Athena (Athene)
goddess of wisdom and battle (strategic warfare)
born of Zeus’s head
Hermes
Messenger god
Delivers messages between gods and mortals
Cunning, known for sometimes making trouble
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