Recap: Chronos VS. Uranus –Uranus prevented birth (?) of offspring. Didn’t want to pass on power. Prevented Gaia from birthing them. She creates special new material and makes a sickle from it. When Uranus comes to her, Chronos ambushes and castrates him. –From blood borne: ERINYES – furies GIANTS ASH TREE NYMPHS AND APHRODITE

Children of the Titans (aside from Chronos). –Theia + Hyperion  Helius (the sun), Eos (the dawn) and Selene (the moon) –Phoebe + Coeus  Leto & Asteria –Oceanus + Tethys  all the 3,000 rivers, each with a (normaly male) god, and 3,000 female Oceanids.

Rule of the Titans Chronos – became 1st king of the world Wife = sister Rhea Told by parents would be overthrown by one of his own children Swallowed them whole as they emerged from womb. These would be the original Olympians: –Hestia –Demeter –Hera –Hades –Poseidon –Zeus

Rhea not happy Final pregnancy - Zeus –Advice from Gaea and Uranus – –Send her to Crete to give birth –Hides him in cave –Brought up by nymphs on milk from goat AMALTHEA or AMALTHEIA and honey from bee MELISSA, crying drowned out by clashing cymbals OR spears banged on shields of CORYBANTES ‘whirlers’(?)also called CURETES ‘young men’ or warriors. –Rhea returned with stone wrapped in swaddling clothes, which Chronos swallowed.

The Return of Zeus Hesiod – Zeus eventually returned and forced chronos to vomit up other children (and the stone). –Version1: emetic prepared by Rhea and delivered by Zeus in the guise of a cup-bearer. –Some versions: Oceanid METIS ‘cleverness’ prepared and delivered the emetic. –Sacred stone displayed at Apollo’s shrine in Delphi. Conical + covered with carvings. The OMPHALOS, ‘navel.’ Believed to be original ‘Zeus-stone’ vomited up by Chronos. Zeus became the king of the gods, took up abode on Mt. Olympus

TITANOMACHY

ATLAS

TYPHOEUS - TYPHONOMACHY GAEA + TARTARUS  TYPHOEUS also called TYPHON HERMES

Zeus & METIS – birth of ATHENA

GIGANTOMACHY