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Who was in there in the very beginning?
Chaos
Who did Chaos birth?
Night and Erebus
What is Erebus?
A division of the underworld; the innermost dreariest region where the worst sinners went- furies live here
Who does Night give birth to?
Sleep, doom, fate, nemesis, death, and dreams
Who mate and have a child from a wind born egg?
Love and Day
Who is born from the wind born egg?
Light
Who is Mother Earth?
Gaea
Who did she give birth to?
Father Heaven and Typhon
Who is Father Heaven?
Uranus
Who is Typhon?
A volcanic monster with 100 heads
Gaea and Uranus birth who?
Hecatoncheires, cyclops, and Titans?
How many Hecatoncheires are there?
3
Where are their two main characteristics?
100 hands and 50 heads
How big are the Hecatoncheires?
Giant
What are the Hcatoncheires called?
100-handed ones
How many cyclops are there?
3
What is their main feature?
One eye
How many Titans were there?
12
Who is the most important Titan?
Cronus
What does Cronus do to Uranus?
He fights his father for the throne and cuts of his genitals with a sickle
What two things come from Uranus' blood?
Giants and Furies
What are the Giants?
The fourth race of monsters
What are the Furies?
They are the punishers of the sinners in the underworld
Who are the Eringes?
They are women who cry blood and have snake hair
Who comes from Uranus' privates?
Aphrodite
Who are some other important Titans?
Rhea, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Atlas, Metis, Oceanus, and more
Who are the first people types?
Cronus and Rhea
Who do Cronus and Rhea have?
Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, and Demeter
What does Cronus do the children after they are born?
He swallows them
Why does Cronus swallow his children?
Because there is a prophecy that one of his kids will over throw him
Who are some other important Titans?
Rhea, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Atlas, Metis, Oceanus, and more
Who are the first people types?
Cronus and Rhea
Who do Cronus and Rhea have?
Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, and Demeter
What does Cronus do the children after they are born?
He swallows them
Why does Cronus swallow his children?
Because there is a prophecy that one of his kids will over throw him
How come Cronus doesn't swallow Zeus?
Because Rhea tricks him and gives Cronus a rock instead of Zeus
Who fought who in the disparaging battle of Olympus?
Zeus, Prometheus, and other Olympians fought Cronus and the other Titans?
Who wins the fight between Zeus and his father?
Zeus
How does Zeus punish the losers of the battle?
He sends them to Tartarus
What does Atlas have to do in Tartarus?
Hold the world on his shoulders
Who has power after Zeus wins the battle?
Zeus and other Olympians
Who are now the rulers of Olympus?
Zeus and Hera
Zeus mates with who to have Hercules?
Alcmene
Zeus and Alcmene mate with each other and have who?
Hercules
Zeus mates with who and has Perseus?
Danae
Danae and Zeus mate and have who?
Perseus
Zeus mates with who and has Rhadamanthys, Minos, and Sarpedm?
Europa
Zeus mates with Europa and has who?
Rhadamanthys, Minos, and Sarpedm
Who are Minos and Rhadamanthys?
Judges of the underworld
Zeus mates with who and has Epaphus?
Io
How come Cronus doesn't swallow Zeus?
Because Rhea tricks him and gives Cronus a rock instead of Zeus
Who fought who in the disparaging battle of Olympus?
Zeus, Prometheus, and other Olympians fought Cronus and the other Titans?
Who wins the fight between Zeus and his father?
Zeus
How does Zeus punish the losers of the battle?
He sends them to Tartarus
What does Atlas have to do in Tartarus?
Hold the world on his shoulders
Zeus mates with Io and has who?
Epaphus
Zeus mates with who and has Helen?
Leda
Zeus and Leda mate and have who?
Helen (and also Castor and Pollux)
Zeus and who mate to have Apollo and Artemis?
Leto
Zeus and Leto mate to have who?
Apollo and Artemis
Zeus and who mate to have Hermes?
Maia
Zeus and Maia mate to have who?
Hermes
Zeus and who mate to have Dionysus?
Semele
Zeus and Semele mate to have who?
Dionysus
Zeus and who mate to have the nine muses?
Mnemosyne
Zeus and who mate to have Hermes?
Maia
Zeus and Maia mate to have who?
Hermes
Zeus and who mate to have Dionysus?
Semele
Zeus and Semele mate to have who?
Dionysus
Zeus and who mate to have the nine muses?
Mnemosyne
Zeus mates with Mnemosyne to have who?
The nine muses
What does the Mnemosyne mean?
Memory
Calliope is the goddes of what?
Epic poetry (Odyssey)
Clio is the goddess of what?
History
Euterpe is the goddess of what?
Lyric poetry
Melpomeme is the goddess of what?
Tragedy
Terpsichore is the goddess of what?
Choral dance and song
Erato is the goddess of what?
Love poetry
Polyhymnia is the goddess of what?
Sacred religion poetry
Urania is the goddess of what?
astronomy
Who is thought of to be Zeus's first wife?
Metis
What did Zeus do to Metis?
Swallowed her
Why did Zeus swallow Metis?
To nix the prophecy Neoptolism