1. The Greek mythology document outlines the origins and key figures in Greek mythology. It describes how Gaia (Earth) and Ouranos (Sky) created the Titans like Cronus and Rhea, who then gave birth to the Olympian gods like Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, and others. 2. It then provides details on the major Olympian gods, describing their domains, symbols, family relationships, and key stories associated with each god like Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Athena, Demeter, and others. 3. The document concludes by summarizing some of the weapons created by the Cyclops for the gods like Zeus' lightning bolt and how the gods

1. Greek Mythology

2. The Beginning
Let’s start off with how this all started. This is the way I heard it.
There was just one being or god. His name was Chaos. Some of his
matter collected and solidified into the earth which developed a
living personality. She called herself Gaea, the Earth Mother. She was
the actual earth, but she could also take a humanlike form. After a
while Gaea got lonely, so she created Ouranos. He is the primordial
god of the sky. They fell in love and had a batch of twelve kids. They
were a mix of six daughters and six sons. They were called the Titans.

3. The Titans Daughters
The Titans as you know had six girls. The first daughter was
named Theia. She was the titan of clear sight. The second
daughter was Themis. She became the titan of natural law
and fairness. The third daughter was Tethys. She was the
titan of water. The fourth daughter was Pheobe. She was the
titan of bright prophecies. The fifth daughter was
Mnemosyne. She was the titan of memory. The sixth and
final daughter is Rhea. She was the titan of motherhood.

4. The Titan Sons
Along with the six daughters there were six sons. The first son
was Oceanus. He was the titan of the ocean. The second son
was Hyperion. He was the titan of the east and light. The third
son was Iapetus. He was the titan of the west. The fourth son
was Krios. He was the titan of the south. The fifth son was
Koios. He was the titan of the north. The sixth son and
youngest child was Cronus. He was the titan of time.

5. The Cyclops
After a few years being married, Ouranos and Gaea’s
relationship started to go sour. He had twelve kids, and there
were triplets on the way. When they were born, Ouranos
said,” They can’t be my children, they are too ugly.” They were
the Cyclops. They had one eye in the middle of their forehead,
and were strong. Thinking they were too ugly Ouranos told
Gaea to take them away. After Gaea said no he took chains
made of darkness, captured them, and threw them into
Tartarus. Gaea screamed and wailed, but there was nothing
she could do.

6. The Hecatonchires ( Hundred Handed Ones)
After a while passed Ouranos decided to rekindle his
relationship with Gaea. After a few months Ouranos learned
that Gaea was going to give birth to another set of triplets.
When they were born, again Ouranos thought, “They can’t be
my children, they are to ugly.” They were the Hecatonchires,
or Hundred Handed Ones. They had one-hundred hands, and
fifty heads. Each head held a different expression. Again
Ouranos told Gaea to take them back. After she said no,
Ouranos wrapped them in chains of darkness, and threw them
into Tartarus. Again Gaea wailed and caused earthquakes, but
there was nothing she could do.

7. The Death Of Ouranos
After Ouranos threw the kids into Tartarus, he went back to the
sky. Gaea wanted revenge, so she told the titans to kill their father.
Only one came forward. His name was Cronus. The fact that he
was the youngest meant that his parents paid no attention to him.
He said “ I will kill Ouranos. But I need four people to hold him
down. After I kill Ouranos, I will reward these four with the corners
of the Earth, North, South, East, and West. ” These four were
Hyperion, Krios, Koios, and Iapetus. Cronus told Gaea to invite
Ouranos to Earth, and then the four would hold him down as
Cronus killed him. It worked, and after the death Cronus freed the
Cyclops and the Hecatonchires. Sadly Cronus had started to
become annoyed with them, so he threw all of them back to
Tartarus.

8. The Birth Of The Gods
As Cronus held Ouranos down, Ouranos told Cronus that he
would in turn be overthrown by his own son. After the death,
thinking that Ouranos was lying, Cronus married his sister Rhea,
the titan of motherhood. A few months later, they had their first
child. Cronus thought, I don’t care if it is a little titan boy or girl, I
will be a proud father. When the baby was born they saw it was a
baby girl. Rhea gave him to Cronus to hold and his face lit up with
joy. The baby was perfect. In fact she was a little too perfect. In
fact, it wasn’t even a titan. It was a goddess. Her name was Hestia.
Cronus’ proud papa smile faded, and thinking this could be the
child that overthrows him, he opened his mouth as wide and he
swallowed her. He did this to his next four kids, who were
Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon but when the sixth child was
born, Rhea took him to Crete and raised him there, and gave
Cronus a rock which he swallowed.

9. As Zeus grew up on Crete, his mother told him plenty of
stories about his father, Cronus. She told him to rescue his five
siblings. When Zeus was about twenty, or what was twenty at
that time, he went to Cronus’ palace to get a job as a
cupbearer. One day when Cronus was dining with his best
warriors, Zeus mixed up a potion to make people sleepy and
dizzy, and he also mixed up a potion that made him disgorge
the five children in his stomach. As they flew away, Zeus took
them to Crete, where they were protected from Cronus, who
had wanted to kill them.
The Release Of The Gods

10. The Weapons
Zeus and the other gods had gone down to Tartarus to get
weapons from the Cyclops and Hecatonchires, but when they got
there they saw that a hideous monster named Kampe was
guarding them. She had snakes as hair and bat wings. But the
scariest thing about her was that there were living heads of several
animals in her waist. With that, she also wielded to daggers dipped
in poison. The Hecatonchires saw the gods, and started building
weapons for the gods. The first weapon they built was finished,
and they tossed to Zeus. It was a cylinder capped with things that
were like rocket grenades at the end. It was a lightning bolt. Zeus
pointed it at a boulder, and a bolt of white energy shot out, and it
blew it up. Next they made the trident, which Poseidon caught,
and Hades was given the Helm of Darkness. Kampe turned around
and saw the gods, so Zeus blasted her with a flash of lightning.

11. The Battle With The Titans
Now that they had weapons, the gods raced to fight Cronus.
According to most philosophers, the battle took ten years. The
refuge for the titans was on mount Othrys. This was the tallest
mountain in Greece at the time. So the gods took refuge on
mount Olympus, the closest mountain to Othrys. They had
successfully taken hold of Othrys, and killed Cronus. They
threw everyone who supported Cronus into Tartarus, but his
best warriors got special punishments. Atlas had to hold up
the sky on a mountain top. Cronus’ punishment was confusing
to philosophers. Some said Zeus made him the lord of
Elysium. Others say he was chopped by Zeus. But whatever
the punishment he was out of the way.

12. Zeus
Zeus was the god of law and order, the god
of the sky, and the king of the gods. He was
married to his sister Hera. Sometimes to
make sure the humans were behaving, Zeus
would show up to their house as a
wanderer to see if they would invite him in
and give if food. If you didn’t, than Zeus
would be back with his lightning bolts. Once
he even killed everyone. He sent down a
flood. Though some of the gods had favorite
mortals so the sent them a message. These
people were able to repopulate the earth.

13. Poseidon
Poseidon is one of the most feared and
favored gods. If you do something to make
him mad, well than don’t be surprised if a
hurricane is coming your way. He is married
to the sea Nereid Amphitrite, and they had
three kids together. One of the most
popular stories about him is his fight for
patronage for the capital city of Attica with
Athena. They were each supposed to
present gifts to help the city. Poseidon’s gift
were horses, and Athena’s gift was olive
trees. The city elders liked Athena’s gift the
best, so she became the patron, and the city
was named after her.

14. Hades
Hades is the lord of the underworld, and
the god of the dead. He is one of the most
feared gods, because if you do something
bad, than when you die, he could send you
to the fields of punishment. But if you do
something really horrible, he would come
up with new ways to torture you. He is
married to Persephone, the daughter of
Demeter. He is the eldest son born of Gaea
and Ouranos. Hades had also improved
Erebus, which is the name of the
underworld. He has control over winged
demons called the Furies.

15. Athena
Athena is the daughter of Zeus and Metis.
She is the goddess of wisdom and warfare.
One of the most popular stories about her is
her fight with Arachne. Arachne was a
weaver who claimed she was better than
Athena who created weaving. So they had a
competition and Athena won. For revenge
Athena turned Arachne into a spider, so that
she could weave for all eternity.

16. Demeter
Demeter is the goddess of harvest and
agriculture. Her symbols are the cornucopia,
wheat, torch, bread. She has nine children
who are Persephone, Despoina, Arion,
Plutus, Philomelus, Eubuleus, Chrysothemis,
and Amphitheus I. But don’t underestimate.
If you think she is just a little grain goddess,
well you would be surprised. She once let
the entire world starve because her
daughter Persephone was kidnapped.
Persephone was the light of her life, her
everything.

17. Hera
Hera was the goddess of marriage, family
life, childbirth, and women. She is also the
queen of the gods, and the wife of Zeus. Her
symbols are the pomegranate, peacock
feather, diadem, cow, lily, lotus, cuckoo,
panther, scepter, throne, lion. She has seven
children who are Angelos, Ares, Eileithyia,
Enyo, Eris, Hebe, Hephaestus. She is often
known for torturing women who Zeus had
an affair with.

18. Aphrodite
Aphrodite is the goddess of love, and
beauty. She is married to Hephaestus,
though she had an affair with Ares. She is
the finial child of Ouranos. She was born
when his blood mixed with salt water. Her
symbols are the dolphin, rose, scallop shell,
myrtle, dove, sparrow, girdle, mirror, and
swan. She has children who are Eros,
Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia, Pothos,
Anteros, Himeros, Hermaphroditus, Rhodos,
Eryx, Peitho, Eunomia, The Graces, Priapus,
Aeneas.

19. Artemis
Artemis is the goddess of hunters, forests and
hills, the moon, and archery. She is the leader
of the Hunt, which is a band of immortal
teenage girls, who hunt,, and live, though they
have to swear off of men, just like the goddess
Artemis did. She is the daughter of Zeus and
Leto. She is also the twin brother to Apollo. Her
symbols are the bow, arrows, stags, hunting
dog, and moon. Her mother Leto had suffered
to give birth to her. Hera had issued a curse
that said, “ Any piece of land with roots in the
ground will be cursed if they let Leto give birth
there. So Leto went to Delos, a floating island,
and gave birth there.

20. Apollo
Apollo is the god of music, poetry, art,
oracles, archery, plague, medicine, sun, light
and knowledge. His symbols are the lyre,
laurel wreath, python, raven, swan, bow
and arrows. He has four children who are
Asclepius, Troilus, Aristaeus, Orpheus. He is
twin to the goddess Artemis. His parents are
Zeus and Leto. His lucky number is seven,
because he was born on the seventh day of
the seventh month with his mother Leto
seven months into pregnancy.

21. Ares
If bullies worshipped a god, it would be
Ares. Ares was the god of war. He had an
affair with Aphrodite, and had nine children
who are Erotes, Phobos, Deimos, Phlegyas,
Harmonia, Enyalios, Thrax, Oenomaus and
Adrestia. His symbols are the sword, spear,
shield, helmet, chariot, flaming torch, dog,
boar, vulture. He was considered as the
patron of Sparta, and sometimes human
sacrifices were made to him.

22. Hephaestus
Hephaestus is the god of fire, metalworking,
stone masonry, forges, the art of sculpture,
and blacksmiths. He is married to
Aphrodite, and has six children who are
Thalia, Eucleia, Eupheme, Philophrosyne,
Cabeiri and Euthenia. It is said that his
mother thought he was so ugly when he
was born, that she threw him off of the side
of mount Olympus in fear of
embarrassment. His symbols are the
hammer, anvil, tongs, and volcano.

23. The End