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Greek Gods - Essay

Greek Gods

Cronus-the supreme god until Zeus dethroned him; son of Uranus and Gaea in ancient Greek mythology; identified with Roman Saturn
Ocean- A titan and grand father of Amphirite. He was the lord of the river Ocean, the great river encircling the world, his wife was Tethys. All daughters were river nymphs and sons were gods of the great river.
Tethys- wife of Ocean and mother to river nymphys and river gods
Hyperion- father of the sun god- helios
Mnemosyne- wife of Zeus and mother of the muses

Themis- Titan of justice

Atlas- Son of the Titan Iapetus, punished to bear the weight of the world

Prometheus- Son of Iapetus, helped kill Cronus ,punished by Zeus
to be chained to a mountain ...

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the newborn in a cave on Mount Dicte in Crete. (To this day, the guides at the "cave of Zeus" use their flashlights to cast shadow puppets in the cave, creating images of baby Zeus from the myth.)
When he had grown up, Zeus caused Cronus to vomit up his sisters and brothers, and these gods joined him in fighting to wrest control of the universe from the Titans and Cronus, their king. Having deposed his father and the other Titans, Zeus imprisoned most of them in the underworld of Tartarus.
Then he and his brothers Poseidon and Hades divided creation between them. Poseidon received the sea as his domain, Hades got the Underworld and Zeus took the sky. Zeus also was accorded supreme authority on earth and on Mount Olympus.
Poseidon- was the god of the sea, earthquakes and horses. Although he was officially one of the supreme gods of Mount Olympus, he spent most of his time in his watery domain.
Hades- brother of Zeus and ruler of the underworld, he owned and invisible hat, and ...

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Added: 12/10/2006 08:27:20 AM
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