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Theogonic Poetry?

Enuma Elish Ancient Poem from Babylon Apsu and Tiamat: male and female water which mingle

1-115 Hymn and Invocation to the Muses

Muses Children of Zeus and Mnemosyne Calliope - Epic Poetry Clio - History/Lyre Playing Euterpe - Lyric poetry/Flute Playing Melpomene - Tragedy/Lyre Playing Terpsichore - Choral Dancing/Flute Playing Erato - Love Poetry Polyhymnia - Sacred Music/Dancing Urania - Astronomy Thalia - Comedy Theogony pg.5 and M&L pp

The first created beings: Chaos, Gaia, Tartaros, Eros (Chasm, Earth, Tartarus, Love)

Second Generation Children of Chaos and Gaia. **Gaia (Earth) gives birth to Kronos and other Titans, with her son Uranos (Sky)**

First Succession Myth Kronos cuts of the genitals of Uranos

Second and Third Generation Children and Grandchildren of Nyx and Pontos.

The Grandchildren of the Titans The Succession of the Olympians

Birth of Olympians Succession of the Olympians - Zeus rules as the supreme god. See Theogony pg.16

Prometheus’ Disobedience Origin of Women

Battle of the Titans - Zeus is victorious with the help of the Hundred-Handers, Gyges, Briareos and Kottos pp.21ff.

Typhoeus; the final challenge to Zeus Zeus confirms his supremecy

Marriages of Zeus

930 - End Other unions of gods; with other gods and mortals

ZEUS (Jupiter or Jove)

HERA (Juno)

DEMETER (Ceres)

POSEIDON (Neptune)

HEPHAISTOS (Vulcan)

ARES (Mars)

ATHENA (Minerva)

APOLLO (Apollo)

ARTEMIS (Diana)

APHRODITE (Venus)

DIONYSUS (Bacchus)

HERMES (Mercury)

*HADES* (Pluto)

*HESTIA* (Vesta)

Hurrian/Hittite Myths of Creation Alalu defeated by the Sky God Anu. Anu reigns for 9 years before fighting Kumarbi.Realizing he will be defeated Anu flees up to heaven, but Kumarbi catches him, bites off his genitals and swallows them. Kumarbi has actually swallowed gods, whom he tries to spit out, but the weather god remains inside of him. He swallows something which appears to be a stone, and after much groaning the weather god emerges.