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Gates of Mt. Olympus were guarded by
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4 Goddesses (The Season)
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No can ever visit Mt. Olympus but Gods also visited earth
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Mortal(Human)
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Zeus
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King of the Greek Gods; Lord of thesky;and god of thunder and lightning
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Hera
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Wife of Zeus and Queen; Goddess of marriage and protector of women.
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Poseidon
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God of the Sea
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Hades
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God of the underworld and dead; God of wealth(owned all the precious metals and stones under the earth).
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Demeter
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Goddess of Harvest (had a daughter named Persephane who was married to Hades).
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Hestia
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Goddess of Hearth and Home.
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What does Zeus receive?
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Thunderbolts
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Hades receives
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Helmet of Darkness (invisibility)
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Poseidon receives the
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Trident
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As a punishment for the Titans, they are Except for Atlas, whose punshment is to
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chained in Tartaurus
hold up sky and earth for all eternity. |
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Prometheus and Epimetheus are because they helped Zeus.
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not punished
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Mother earth gave birth to one more child( )
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a hideous creature named Typhon who has one hundred eyes with fire spurting out of each eye.
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Zeus strikes down Typhon with his thunderbolts and there is
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peace on earth.
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Zeus becomes
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Lord of Heaven, Ruler of all gods.
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Poseidon becomes
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God of the Sea
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Hades becomes
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God of Underworld
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The Ancient Greeks believed in
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many gods and goddesses(polythesum) and these gods and goddesses controlled the universe.
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Ancient Greeks believed these gods and goddesses
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were a family.
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was home to many of these gods and goddesses.
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Mount Olympus
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Gods were considered ( ) can not die and Greek Humans were considered (can die)
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1. immortal
2. Mortal |
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In the beggining of this world, there was nothing but
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Chaos
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Mother Earth (named ) was born out of
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Gaea
Chaos |
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Gaea gave birth to a son ( ) named Uranus
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Father Heaven
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Gaea also gave birth to 6 monstrous sons( )
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3:50 Monstrous Sons 50 Headed /100 Handed Monsters
3 one eyed Cyclops |
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Gaea also gave birth to 6 gods/ titans(_Sons/_Daughters)
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6
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Father Heaven feared these 6 monstrous sons and threw them into a dark hole under the earth. ( )
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Tartaurus
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On Gaea's request, Cronus .
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released the monstrous sons anddreadfully wounds father heaven.
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Cronus becomes ruler of and becomes his queen.
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Heaven and Earth
Rhea |
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Rhea gives birth to _ children( )
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5
Gods (Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon) |
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Cronus all 5 children in fear that one would over throw him
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swallows
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Rhea gives birth to a 6th child ( ) and gives him to Mother Earth who hides him on the island of and Cronus swallows a rock.
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Zeus
Crete |
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Zeus grows up and eventually sisters and brothers from Cronuses Belly. That began a with the Titans.
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Saves
10 Year War |
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leads the war with the Titans because is too old.
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Atlas
Cronus |
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The named switch sides and join Zeus to make sides more even.
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Titans
Prometheus and Epimetheus |
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On the advice of , Zeus and the other Gods finally defeat the Titans with the help of the . The Cyclopses give gifts to help the god's win the war.
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Gaea
6 monstrous sons |
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Hermes
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Messenger God for Zeus. Also, God of the shepards, merchants and theives. (He was mischievous). His more solemn role was that he was responsible for guiding the souls of the dead to the underworld.
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Ares
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God of war and curse of the dead.
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Dinosys
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God of wine and born out of Zeus's leg. Youngest son of Zeus.
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Hebe
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Goddess of Eternal Youth and cup bearer of the Gods.
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Apollo
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God of light, music and poetry; also god of medicine and healing. He had an Oracle located in Delphi that predicted the future for the Greeks.
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Artemis
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Goddess of Hunting and Unmarried Girls. Often fierce, but tender at times and took care of mothers and their children.
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Athena
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Goddess of Wisdom; arts and crafts; and protector of Heroes and Battles. She watched over the city of Athens and was Zeus's favorite daughter - she sprung from his head fully grown and Clothed.
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Haphaestus
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God of fire and Craftsmen. He was the only ugly god but was peace loving and popular. His wife was Aphrodite.
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Aphrodite
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Not an actual child of Zeus - she came from the foam of the sea. Goddess of love and beauty.
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