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

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

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

4. Chaos
an empty void
the first god

5. Tartarus
the region beneath the earth
Tartarus IS the underworld

6. Eros
god of love
known as Cupid in Roman mythology

7. Erebos
Erebos IS the darkness of the underworld

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

9. Aither
Aither IS the brightness of the heavens

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

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

12. 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

13. Pontus
IS the water on Earth

14. Mountains
IS the land of Earth

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

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

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

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

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

22. Hestia
goddess of the hearth and home
no symbols

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

24. 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

25. 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

26. Statue of Zeus

27. Zeus, Hera, and the Olympians

29. 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?