2. Well, according to a book called The God and Goddess of Olympus by Aliki, in the
beginning of time, Gaea, the Mother Earth was born in a dark space called Chaos.
There she gave birth to Uranus the sky. They had 12 Titans, 3 Cyclops and 3
Hecatoncheires as their children but Cyclopes and Hecatoncheires were thrown into
Tartarus for Uranus hated them because they were ugly. Gaea was furious for the
fact that she loved all her children equally and urged the Titans to overthrow their
father and save their brothers. Cronus, the youngest, was up for the job. He
overthrew his father and made himself the Lord of the Universe but he did not save
his brothers. Cronus married his sister and they had 6 Children, the gods and
goddesses. He was anxious that one of his children will overthrow him like he
overthrew his own father so he swallowed every one of his children except Zeus. He
was taken cared by the nymphs until grown up. When he was grown up, Rhea
wanted him to get rid of him but Zeus’s wife Metis said he needed help for Cronus
had the Titans in his side. Rhea got her sons and daughter out of Cronus’s belly and
they got ready for the battle of their lives. They rescued their uncles and they build
weapons such as thunder bolt for Zeus, trident for Poseidon, and Helm of Darkness
for Hades. At the end they won the battle and threw Titans into the Tartarus. Then
Zeus declared himself as the King of the Gods and Gods of heaven and Earth.
Poseidon became the God of the Sea and Hades became God of the Underworld.
3. Zeus
King of the Gods
God of Heaven and Earth
Son of Cronus and Rhea
Weapon: Thunder bolt
Animal: Eagle
SHORT DISCRIPSION OF ALL THE 12 GODS AND HADES AND HESTIA
Poseidon
God of the Sea and Earthquake
Son of Cronus and Rhea
Weapon: Trident
Animal: Horse
Hades
God of the Underworld
Son of Cronus and Rhea
Weapon: Helm of Darkness
Hera
Goddess of Marriage and Childbirth
Daughter of Cronus and Rhea
Animal: Peacock
Hephaestus
God of Fire and Blacksmiths
Son of Zeus and Hera
Aphrodite
Goddess of Love and Beauty
Animal: Dove, Swan and Sparrow
Ares
God of War
Son of Zeus and Hera
Weapon: Anything
Animal: Dog
Athena
Goddess of Wisdom, War, and Arts and Crafts
Daughter of Zeus and Metis
Weapon: Her brain
Animal: Owl
Hermes
Messenger of Zeus
Herald of the Gods
Son of Zeus and nymph Maia
Artemis
Goddess of the Moon, Wildlife, Hunting and Chastity
Daughter of Zeus and the Goddess Leto
Twin sister of Apollo
Weapon :Bows and arrows
Apollo
God of the sun, Music Archery, Healing, and Prophecy
Son of Zeus and goddess Leto
Twin brother of Artemis
Weapon :Bows and arrows
Animal: Dolphin and Crow
Demester
Goddess of the Harvest, Grain, and Fertility
Daughter of Cronus and Rhea
Mother of Persephone
Dionysus
God of Wine and Vegetations
Son of Zeus and mortal
princess Semele
Hestia
Goddess of the Hearth
Daughter of Cronus and Rhea
4. Cronus
King of the Titans
Slayer of Uranus
Son of Gaea and Uranus
Father of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demester, Hera
Rhea
Wife of Cronus
Daughter of Gaea and Uranus
Mother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demester, Hera
Oceanus
Titan of the sea
Hyperion
Titan of light, sun, moon , dawn
Mnemosyne
Titan of memory
Themis
Titan of justice and order
Coeus
Titan of intelligence
Phoebe
Titan of the Moon
Metis
Titan of Wisdom
Mother of Athena
Atlas
Known for holding the earth on his back
Prometheus
Known for giving mankind fire
6. Cronus Rhea
Poseidon
Zeus Demeter Hades Hestia
Ares
Hephaestus
Zeus
Zeus
Zeus
Persephone
Aphrodite
Married
Married
Leto
Apollo
Artemis
Maia
Hera
Hermes
Metis
Athena
Zeus Semele
Dionysus
7. Athena’s Birth
Well, if you remember the Family tree, you will
recognize that Athena’s mom was Metis, but Metis
did not give birth to Athena. Here is how the story
goes.
Well, Zeus and Metis got married then Zeus got the
news that he will be overthrown by Metis’ son.
Geae told him that her first ild will be a girl and
but the second child will be a boy. After hearing
this horrific news, Zeus calmed Metis down and
then swallowed her.
Soon a horrible headache hit Zeus. Hephastus was
ordered to cut through Zeus’ skull and there
Athena came out.
Perseus and Medusa
Well to begin the story, Perseus is Zeus and
Danae’s son. Medusa is a monster who was once
Poseidon’s girlfriend but was turned into a
monster by Athena. If anybody looked at them
directly, they would be turned into stone.
Perseus was a strong man and was challenged to
bring Medusa’s head for a wedding present. He
accepted the challenge. With the present from
Athena, which was a shield which should be
used to ‘see’ Medusa, and Hermes, a winged
shoes used to travel quickly and the sickle to kill
Medusa.
With a few help from Graeae, three people who
had to share 1 eye, he located the gorden and
went inside it. Afterwards, he cut Medusa’s head
and used that to petrify everyone in the wedding
except his friends.
Story of Hermes
Hermes is probably known for this story. Just few se
conds after Hermes’ birth, Hermes killed a tortoise a
nd made a lute out of it. Then, Hermes stole all of his
half brother, Apollo,’s cows and hid him. After Apollo
figured out that Hermes stole his cows, he was going
to punish him for his misdeeds. Because Hermes kno
w Apollo’s love with music, he gave his
lute in trade for his cows. Apollo gave him all hi
s cows and more and left happily with the lute.
Then he lured Zeus to give him a throne then h
e will not trick people a lot and then he was th
e messenger of the gods.
8. God Picture God Picture
Zeus Demester
Hera Apollo
Poseidon Artemis
Athena Aphrodites
Hermes Dionysus
Ares Hephaestus