1. The creation of the earthThe creation of the earth
and mankindand mankind

2. CharactersCharacters
Chaos
Night and
Darkness
Dreams Light
Love
GaiaHeaven
Giants Titans GorgonsCyclops
Cronus Rhea
Olympians
Prometheus
Epimetheu
s
Atlas

3. The titansThe titans
 Cronus- the youngest and theCronus- the youngest and the
one who overpowered theirone who overpowered their
father, heavenfather, heaven
 Rhea-sister and wife of CronusRhea-sister and wife of Cronus
 Prometheus-the wise titan whoPrometheus-the wise titan who
helped Zeus overthrow hishelped Zeus overthrow his
father, Cronusfather, Cronus
 Epimetheus-brother ofEpimetheus-brother of
PrometheusPrometheus
 Atlas-the titan who carried theAtlas-the titan who carried the
world on his shoulderworld on his shoulder

4. Other CharactersOther Characters
 The 12 greatThe 12 great
Olympians, led byOlympians, led by
Zeus who overthrewZeus who overthrew
the titansthe titans
 The gorgons, giantsThe gorgons, giants
and cyclops-theand cyclops-the
monstrous offspringmonstrous offspring
of heaven and earthof heaven and earth

5. PlotPlot
 At the beginning thereAt the beginning there
was chaos and fromwas chaos and from
chaos, the night,chaos, the night,
darkness and sleepdarkness and sleep
were created.were created.
 From there, love wasFrom there, love was
formed and from loveformed and from love
Gaia was born andGaia was born and
Gaia gave birth toGaia gave birth to
heaven who alsoheaven who also
became her husbandbecame her husband

6.  Gaia and heavenGaia and heaven
gave birth togave birth to
monstrous creaturesmonstrous creatures
that were sent to thethat were sent to the
ends of the earthends of the earth
 Cronus was theCronus was the
youngest titan whoyoungest titan who
led the uprisingled the uprising
against his father andagainst his father and
won the warwon the war

7.  Cronus became theCronus became the
leader but due to theleader but due to the
oracle that his sonoracle that his son
would overthrow himwould overthrow him
so he eats hisso he eats his
offspringoffspring
 Rhea hid herRhea hid her
youngest, Zeus whoyoungest, Zeus who
grew up and led thegrew up and led the
uprising against hisuprising against his
own fatherown father

8.  Prometheus was thePrometheus was the
titan who helped Zeustitan who helped Zeus
win the war againstwin the war against
his father andhis father and
became the ruler ofbecame the ruler of
the universe.the universe.

9. The Creation of ManThe Creation of Man
 There was the beliefThere was the belief
that men were madethat men were made
of metalsof metals
 Another was the storyAnother was the story
of how Prometheusof how Prometheus
created men in thecreated men in the
image of the godsimage of the gods
and stole fire to helpand stole fire to help
the humansthe humans

10. The Creation of WomanThe Creation of Woman
 Pandora was created byPandora was created by
Zeus as a revenge forZeus as a revenge for
what Prometheus’ trick.what Prometheus’ trick.
 Pandora was given a boxPandora was given a box
that she must not openthat she must not open
but out of curiosity, shebut out of curiosity, she
opened it thus settingopened it thus setting
every bad thing free, theevery bad thing free, the
only thing left was hope.only thing left was hope.

11. SettingsSettings
 The entire universe and GreeceThe entire universe and Greece

12. ThemeTheme
 Uprising is inevitableUprising is inevitable
in a world ruled byin a world ruled by
tyrantstyrants
 The belief in oraclesThe belief in oracles
 Incest and crueltyIncest and cruelty