greek and roman gods: titans
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Greek and Roman Gods: Titans. Mr. Upchurch’s Mythology 101 Lectures 8. Also known as Classical Mythology. Greek Gods. Gaea and Uranus (Earth and Heaven) Titans Ruled before the Olympians overthrew them. Olympians Other Minor/Non-ruling gods. Original Creators (from Choas). The Titans. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Greek and Roman Gods: Titans
Mr. Upchurch’s Mythology 101
Lectures 8
Also known as Classical
Mythology
Greek Gods•Gaea and Uranus –(Earth and Heaven)
• Titans–Ruled before the
Olympians overthrew them.
•Olympians–Other Minor/Non-ruling
gods
Original Creators (from Choas)
The Titans
The Olympians
Greek Creation•Many versions…
•…Chaos (nothingness)
• Out of Chaos–Either Earth (Gaea) alone or
with Night, Darkness, and Love (Eros) (sometimes just
with Love)
Gaea
• Gaea (Earth) gives birth to Uranus (Heaven) to cover herself and be a home to
the gods
• Together they produced three kinds of children
–Three monsters with 100 hands and 50 heads (Hecatoncheires)–Three Cyclopes–The Titans
•Watch Quick Overview of the Greek Creation
Account (FactsOnFile: Zeus: King of the Gods)
The First Overthrow• Gaea is a good mom, but
Uranus hates his kids–Tries to have Gaea take them back into her womb. He was afraid they would
overthrow him.
• Gaea gives her youngest child, Chronos (Saturn) a
sickle to kill his father with
Reign of the Titans
Chronos (Cronus, Saturn)
•Ruling Titan•His reign is referred to as “the golden age”—he though he was a jealous
ruler like his father Uranus.
Rhea•Wife/Sister of Chronos•Mother of the gods• Titan goddess of
motherhood, fertility and generation•Cunning
Coeus• Titan of Intelligence.
• Father of Leto.–Titan Mother of Apollo
and Artemis
Phoebe• Titan of the Moon•Mother of Leto
Oceanus & Tethys•Oceanus is the unending
stream of water encircling the world.
• Together they produced all the rivers and 1,000 ocean nymphs (minor
nature goddesses)
Leto•Daughter of Coeus &
Phoebe•Bride of Zeus
•Goddess of Motherhood•A protector of youth (along with her twins: Apollo and Artemis)
Iapetus• father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Atlas.• Titan god of mortality
Prometheus•Wisest Titan–Name means “forethought”
–He could foretell the future
• Fought with Zeus against the other Titans
•Sometimes credited with creating man…
(continued)
• Always known as the benefactor and protector of
man-kind• Gave man gifts
– Fire(possibly stolen from Zeus) and the best portion of the
sacrifices• Punished by Zeus
– Horrible Eagle Eating Liver Punishment (until he told paranoid Zeus which kid
would betray him)
– Rescued by Hercules
Epimetheus•Unintelligent Titan
–Name means “afterthought”
• Father of excuses•Receives Pandora (from
Zeus) as his bride and, effectively, introduces
evil into the human world
Atlas• Unlike his brothers, he fought
with the other Titans against Zeus
• Because Chronos was old, Atlas led the Titan army
• Because of this Zeus gave him the special punishment of holding the world on his back
The Fall of the Titans• Chronos is no better than Uranus
– Afraid that his children would overthrow him, he swallows them.
• Rhea sneaks Zeus (her youngest away)
– Tricking Chronos into swallowing a stone instead
– Zeus then frees the swallowed Olympians by killing his father.
•Watch Quick Overview Zeus Conquering
Chronos (FactsOnFile: Zeus: King of the Gods)