Mythology v mythos latin story v Stories that

Mythology v mythos (latin)- story v Stories that: v Involve religion of some sort v explain occurrences in nature v explain origins of earth and people v. Explain customs or traditions

Where do we start? v Uranus and Gaia v father sky and mother Earth v First 12 children…the Titans v 100 armed beings (Hecatoncheires and one-eyed giants (Cyclopes) v Young Cronus v The sickle and the ambush v the curse

Cronus and Rhea Hestia Demeter Hera Hades Poseidon Zeus

How to hide Zeus? Ø Rhea heads to Crete Ø Cronus hungry…. grrrrrrr Ø Stories of Zeus’ upbringing Ø Raised by a goat with dancers Ø Raised by a nymph and a tree Ø Raised by Grandma Gaia Ø Zeus takes on his old man

Poseidon Sea Zeus King of the Gods Heaven & Earth Hades (w/ Cerberus) Underworld

Hestia • Daughter of Cronus & Rhea (Oldest & youngest) • Goddess of hearth & ordering of the Family • Tend to the fire • Vow on Zeus

• Daughter of Cronus & Rhea • Goddess of grain and agriculture • Mother of Persephone

v Goddess of Spring, fertility, and the Underworld v Daughter of Zeus & Demeter v No time for courting v Zeus relents v Pomegranate seeds v The seasons

v God of war, blood lust, and violence v Son of Zeus and Hera v Mommy and Daddy issues

“Then looking at him darkly Zeus who gathers the clouds spoke to him: 'Do not sit beside me and whine, you double-faced liar. To me you are the most hateful of all gods who hold Olympus. Forever quarrelling is dear to your heart, wars and battles. And yet I will not long endure to see you in pain, since you are my child, and it was to me that your mother bore you. But were you born of some other god and proved so ruinous long since you would have been dropped beneath the gods of the bright sky. "

Dionysus • God of wine and ecstasy • Son of Zeus and Semele (mortal) • Hera interjects • Twice-born • His brother’s keeper • He’s got a thing for Dolphins

ü son of Zeus and Hera ü God of technology, craftsmen, and fire ü smith’s hammer, tongs, and an anvil ü Fall from Olympus ü Hermes’ helmet and sandals, Aphrodite’s girdle, and thrones ü Aphrodite & Ares

• Daughter of Zeus and Metis (Titan) • Another weird birth story • Goddess of strategic warfare, wisdom, and heroic endeavor • Helper of heroes • the Aegis • The Parthenon • Family competition

HERACLES Ø Son of Zeus and Alcmene (mortal) Ø Kind of twin Iphicles Ø Hera’s hatred Ø Braining Linus Ø Poor Megara Ø 12 deeds (glorious gift of Hera)

Here Comes Herc ü 12 deeds ü Nemean Lion ü Lernean 9 headed Hydra ü help from his nephew ü The stables ü The Golden Apples ü Helps out Prometheus ü Poor Atlas ü Cerberus

ü 3 rd wife Deianeira ü Nessus the centaur ü Herc and the bloody arrows ü Nessus has a warning ü The death of Heracles