The document provides an overview of the major gods and figures in Greek mythology. It describes the Titans, an earlier generation of gods led by Cronus, who were overthrown by Zeus and the twelve Olympians. These included Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter, Ares, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, and Hermes. Each were described with their domains and significance. Additionally, many other minor gods and figures were outlined, such as the water gods, underworld gods, nature gods, and others integral to Greek mythical stories and traditions.

1. GREEK MYTHOLOGY

2. THE TITANS AND THE TWELVE
GREAT OLYMPIANS

3. TITANS (or the
Elder Gods) –
were for untold
ages supreme in
the universe.
– were of
enormous size and
of incredible
strength.
– there were
many of them, but
only a few appear
in the stories of
mythology.

4. CRONUS (SATURN)
 the most important Titan.
 he ruled over the other
Titans
 his wife is his sister,
Rhea.
 The father of Zeus,
Poseidon, Hades, Hera,
Hestia, and Demeter

5. OTHERNOTABLETITANS:
 OCEAN (the river
that was supposed
to encircle the
earth.
 TETHYS
(Ocean’s wife)
 HYPERION (the
father of the sun,
moon and dawn)
 MNEMOSYNE
(Memory)
 THEMIS (usually
translated by
Justice)
 IAPETUS
 ATLAS (who bore
the world on his
shoulders)
 PROMETHEUS
(the saviour of
mankind)

6. THE TWELEVE GREAT OLYMPIANS
• Zeus (Jupiter)
• Poseidon (Neptune)
• Hades (Pluto)
• Hestia (Vesta)
• Hera (Juno)
• Ares (Mars)
• Pallas Athena (Minerva)
• Phoebus Apollo
• Aphrodite (Venus)
• Hermes (Mercury)
• Artemis (Diana)
• Hephaestus (Vulcan)

8. ZEUS (JUPITER)
 The supreme leader.
 Lord of the Sky, Rain-god and
the Cloud-gatherer, who
wielded the awful thunderbolt.
 His wife was Hera.
 He is represented as falling in
love with one woman after
another and descending to all
manner of tricks to hide his
infidelity from his wife.
 His breastplate was the aegis.
 His bird was the eagle, his tree
is the oak.

10. HERA (JUNO)
 Zeu’s wife and sister.
 The protector of marriage, and
married women were her
peculiar care.
 The cow and the peacock
were her sacred animals.
 Argos was her favorite city.

12. POSEIDON (NEPTUNE)
 Ruler of the Sea
 Zeus’s brother and second
only to him in eminence.
 His wife was Amphitrite (a
granddaughter of the Titan,
Ocean).
 He was commonly called
Earth-shaker and was always
shown carrying his trident.
 He had some connection with
bulls as well as horses.

14. HADES (PLUTO)
 The third brother among the
Olympians.
 Ruler of the Underworld and over the
dead.
 The God of Wealth
 He had far-famed cap or helmet which
made whoever wore it invisible.
 He was not a welcome visitor.
 He was unpitying, inexorable, but just;
a terrible, not an evil god.
 His wife was Persephone
(Proserpine), Queen of the Lower
World.
 He had three-headed dogs or
hellhounds, Cerberus.
 King of the Dead – not Death himself,
whom the Greeks called Thanatos
(Orcus).

16. PALLAS ATHENA (MINERVA)
 The daughter of Zeus (alone!).
 She is a fierce and ruthless battle goddess,
but elsewhere she is warlike only to defend
the State and the home from outside enemies.
 She was the pre-eminently the Goddess of
the City, the protector of civilized life, of
handicrafts and agriculture; the inventor of
the bridle, who first tamed horses for men to
use.
 She was her father’s favorite child.
 The word oftenest to describe her is gray-
eyed or, as it sometimes translated, flashing-
eyed.
 Chief of the virgin goddess and was called
Maiden, Parthenos, and her temple was the
Parthenon.
 She was the embodiment of wisdom, reason,
purity.
 Athens, her special city; the olive created by
her was her tree; the owl, her bird.

18. PHOEBUS APOLLO
 The son of Zeus and Leto (Latona),
born in the little island of Delos.
 He has been called the most Greek
of all gods.
 The master musician who delights
Olympus as he plays on his golden
lyre; the lord too of the silver bow,
the Archer-god, far-shooting; the
Healer.
 The God of Light and Truth.
 Phoebus means brilliant or shining.
 The laurel was his tree.
 Many creatures were sacred to him,
chief among them are the dolphin
and the crow.

20. ARTEMIS (DIANA)
 Apollo’s twin sister, daughter of
Zeus and Leto.
 One of the three maiden goddess
of Olympus.
 She was the Lady of wild Things,
Huntsman-in-chief to the gods,
an odd office for a woman.
 The protectress of dewy youth.
 As Phoebus was the Sun, she was
the Moon, called Phoebe and
Selene (Luna).
 The cypress was sacred to her;
and all wild animals, but
especially the deer.

22. APHRODITE (VENUS)
 The Goddess of Love and
Beauty.
 She is the daughter of Zeus
and Dione.
 Beautiful, golden goddess.
 She was the wife of
Hephaestus.
 The myrtle was her tree; the
dove her bird – sometimes, too
the sparrow and the swan.

24. HERMES (MERCURY)
 The son of Zeus and Maia (daughter of
the Titan, Atlas)
 He was graceful and swift of motion.
 He had winged sandals; winged low-
crowned hat; and winged magic wand,
the Caduceus.
 Zeus’s Messenger.
 He was the shrewdest and most
cunning.
 He was the Master Thief.
 The God of Commerce and the Market,
protector of traders.
 In odd contrast to this idea of him, he
was the also the solemn guide of the
dead, the Divine Herald who led the
souls down to their last home.

26. ARES (MARS)
 The God of War.
 Son of Zeus and Hera.
 His bird was the vulture.

28. HEPHAESTUS (VULCAN)
 The God of Fire.
 Son of Hera (alone!).
 The lame and ugly god of
the forge.
 He is highly honored in
Olympus, the workman of
the immortals.
 He was kindly, peace-loving
god, popular on earth as in
heaven.

30. HESTIA (VESTA)
 Zeus’s sister.
 One of the virgin or maiden
goddess.
 She has no distinct personality
and she plays no parts in the
myths.
 The Goddess of Hearth, the
symbol of the home, around
which the newborn child must be
carried before it could be
received into the family.
 In Rome her fire was cared for by
six virgin priestesses, called
Vestals.

31. THE TWO GREAT GODS OF
EARTH

33. DEMETER (CERES)
 The Goddess of Corn
 Daughter of Cronus and Rhea,
sister of Zeus.
 Her daughter was Persephone.

35. DIONYSUS (BACCHUS)
 God of the Vine.
 Son of Zeus and a Theban
princess, Semele.

36. THE LESSER GODS OF OLYMPUS

37. EROS(CUPID)
God of Love.
Fairest of the
deathless gods.
He is oftenest a
beautiful
serious youth
who gives good
gifts to men.
He was often
represented as
blindfolded,
because love is
often blind.

38. HEBE
The Goddess of
Youth.
Daughter of
Zeus and Hera.
She appears as
cupbearer to the
gods.
Her husband
was Hercules.

39. IRIS
She was the
Goddess of the
Rainbow and a
messenger of
the gods.

40. OLYMPUS TWO BANDS OF
LOVELY SISTERS
 The queens of song  Aglaia (Splendor)
 Euphrosyne (Mirth)
 Thalia (Good Cheer)
 Dancers
 Give life to its bloom
The Muses The Graces

41. THE GODS OF THE WATERS

42. PONTUS
Which means
the Deep Sea
Son of Mother
Earth and the
father of
Nereus, a sea-
god far more
important than
he himself was.

43. NEREUS
Called the Old
Man of the
Sea.
His wife was
Doris, a
daughter of
Ocean.

44. TRITON
Was the
trumpeter of the
Sea.
His trumpet was
a great shell.
The son of
Poseidon and
Amphitrite.

45. PROTEUS
Sometimes said
to be Poseidon’s
son, sometimes
his attendant.
He had the
power both of
foretelling the
future and of
changing his
shape at will.

46. THENAIADS
Water Nymphs
They dwelt in
brooks and
springs and
fountains.

47. LEUCOTHEA
PALAEMON
GLAUCUS
ONCE MORTALS,
BECAME
DIVINITIES OF
THE SEA, BUT
WERE
UNIMPORTANT.

48. THE UNDERWORLD

49. PERSEPHONE

50. THANATOS

51. CERBERUS

52. THEERINYES(FURIES)

53. THE LESSER GODS OF EARTH

54. PAN

55. SILENUS

56. THESILENI

57. THESATYRS

58. THEEARTH
NYMPHS:OREADS&
DRYADS

59. AEOLUS

60. THECENTAURS

61. THEGORGONS

62. THEGRAIAE

63. THESIRENS

64. THEFATES

65. THE END