Drill: You have two minutes to work with classmates to list a minimum of ten mythological characters.

The Creation Myth and An Introduction to the Main Characters Mythology The Creation Myth and An Introduction to the Main Characters

Questions What is a pantheon? According to Greek mythology, who was the first god?

Chaos an empty void the first god

Tartarus the region beneath the earth Tartarus IS the underworld

Eros god of love known as Cupid in Roman mythology

Erebos Erebos IS the darkness of the underworld

Night Night IS the darkness of the Earth also known as Nyx

Aither Aither IS the brightness of the heavens

Day Day IS the brightness of the Earth also known as Eos

Gaea known as Mother Earth, IS the earth her first child is Uranus

Uranus known as Father Heaven, IS the sky had three sets of children with his mother, Gaea: 3 Cyclopes 3 Hecatonchires 12 Titans dreadfully wounded by his children

Pontus IS the water on Earth

Mountains IS the land of Earth

Cyclopes sons of Gaea and Uranus three of them – their Greek names mean Thunder, Lightning, and Flash of Light each Cyclops had one eye in the middle of his forehead thrown into a dark hole under the earth

Hecatonchires sons of Gaea and Uranus gods of storms and hurricanes three of them each had 100 hands and 50 heads also thrown into a dark hole under the Earth

Cronus the strongest and the bravest of the Titans ruler of all the Titans, of heaven, and of earth wounded Uranus swallowed his children to keep them from taking his power eventually became god of time – this is where we get the word chronology

Rhea Cronus’ sister Cronus’ wife queen of the Titans Zeus’ mother

Hades first child of Cronus and Rhea god of the underworld brother of Zeus and Poseidon

Poseidon second son of Cronus and Rhea god of the sea brother of Zeus and Hades symbol: trident

Demeter first daughter of Cronus and Rhea goddess of agriculture symbols: halo, torch, and boar

Hestia goddess of the hearth and home no symbols

Hera sister of Zeus wife of Zeus queen of the gods and goddesses symbols: peacock, cow

Zeus last child of Cronus and Rhea hidden by his mother so Cronus could not swallow him overthrew Cronus and released his siblings from the underworld king of the gods and ruler of mankind symbols: eagle, thunderbolt

Family Tree Chaos Gaea Tartarus Eros Erebus Night Gaea Uranus Pontus Mountains Aither Day 3 Cyclopes 3 Hecatonchires 12 Titans (Cronus Rhea) Hades Poseidon Demeter Hestia Hera Zeus

Statue of Zeus

Zeus, Hera, and the Olympians

Three Questions: Who was the first god in the Greek pantheon? List the first five gods created by Chaos. Where does Zeus fit into the Greek Pantheon?