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God of the sky, lightning, thunder, law, order, justice, King of the Gods and the “Father of Gods and men”. A complete A-Z list of the Greek gods of ancient mythology, their names and the areas of influence they had.
- Dinlas
Dinlas is the Greek god of chaos and hatred, and the son of...
- Achelous
Etruscan Mythology. In Etruscan mythology, Achelous was...
- Kratos
The Son of Titans. In many myths, Kratos is referred to as...
- Persephone
Daughter of Demeter, the goddess of the harvest, and Zeus,...
- Twelve Olympians
The Twelve Olympians. In the ancient Greek world, the Twelve...
- HypNos
In Greek Mythology, the first gods and goddesses represented...
- Titans
The most famous deities in the Greek pantheon are the Twelve...
- Daughters Of Zeus
As the King of the gods and ruler of Mount Olympus, Zeus is...
- Dinlas
The Pseudologoi were the ancient Greek personified spirits (daimones) of lies and falsehoods. They were one of a host of malevolent spirits born of Eris (Lady Strife). Their opposites were Alatheia, spirit of truth, and Pistis, the spirit of honesty.
- The Children of Chaos and Gaea
- The Castration of Uranus
- Cronus Devouring His Children
- The Titanomachy
- The Final Challenge
- The Creation Sources
Erebus and Nyx
Chaos gave birth to Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night). Erebus slept with his sister Nyx, and out of this union Aether, the bright upper air, and Hemera, the Day, emerged. Afterward, feared by everyone but her brother, Night fashioned a family of haunting forces all by herself. Among others, her children included the hateful Moros (Fate), the black Ker (Doom), Thanatos (Death), Hypnos (Sleep), Oneiroi (Dreams), Geras (Old Age), Oizus (Pain), Nemesis (Revenge), Eris (Strife), Apate (Deceit), Ph...
Gaea and Uranus
Meanwhile, Gaea gave birth to Uranus, the Starry Sky. Uranus became Gaea's husband, surrounding her from all sides. Together, they produced three sets of children: the three one-eyed Cyclopes, the three Hundred-Handed Hecatoncheires, and the twelve Titans.
However, Uranus was a cruel husband and an even crueler father. He hated his children and didn’t want to allow them to see the light of day. So, he imprisoned them into the hidden places of the earth, Gaea's womb. This angered Gaea, and she plotted with her sons against Uranus. She made a harpe, a great adamant sickle, and tried to incite her child...
A New Ruler
Cronus became the next ruler. He imprisoned the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires in Tartarus and set the dragoness Campe to guard them. He married his sister, the Titaness Rhea, who bore him five children. However, Gaea and Uranus had both prophesied that Cronus would eventually be overthrown by one of his sons. So much like his father, Cronus maltreated his children, devouring each of them at the time of birth. Rhea was distressed by Cronus’ treatment of her children and, just like Gaea befor...
The Return of Zeus
The child was Zeus. Raised by the nymphs Adrasteia and Ida, and the she-goat Amalthea, he quickly grew into a handsome youth in a cave on the Cretan Mount Ida. When the time came, he left Crete to ask his future wife, the Titaness Metis (Wisdom), for an advice on how to defeat Cronus. She answered by preparing a drink indistinguishable from Cronus’ favorite wine but designed to make him vomit for ages. Zeus disguised himself as the gods’ cupbearer and, after a while, successfully slipped Meti...
Gods vs Titans
However, Cronus was still in command – and yet to be defeated. He was too old to protect himself from the attacks of his progeny, but he enlisted the help of the faithful Titans, who also feared the new generation of gods. This led to a decade-long war between the Titans and the Olympians, remembered by generations hence as the Titanomachy. Atlas became the Titans’ leader and led his armies to many victories. At one point, it even seemed that Zeus would be defeated. However, at the advice of...
The Winning Trick
However, as so many times before, the final victory would not be the result of brute force, but it would happen due to a cunning little trick, possibly devised by Prometheus, who deserted from the Titans’ army beforehand. Armed with boulders, Hecatoncheires set an ambush for the Titans. At the right time, Zeus retreated his forces, drawing the Titans into the Hecatoncheires’ trap. The Hundred-Handed ones started raining down hundreds of boulders, with such a fury that the Titans thought the m...
Tartarus and Atlas
Zeus exiled the Titans who had fought against him into Tartarus. He made an exception with Atlas, though: being the leader of the opposing force, he was punished to hold the universe on his shoulders.
Zeus and Typhon
Zeus’ power would be challenged on few occasions afterward. Just after the Titanomachy, his grandmother Gaea, outraged by the imprisonment of her children, issued forth one last child of her, the monstrous Typhon. He was so fearsome that most of the gods fled the second they saw him; however, Zeus didn’t hesitate. He faced the monster and using the power of his lightning bolts, he was able to defeat it. Typhonwas subsequently buried under Mount Etna in Sicily. They say that you can still hear...
There’s no better place to read about the Creation than Hesiod’s “Theogony,”a book whose title can be literally translated as “The Birth of the Gods.” See Also: Chaos, Creation II, Uranus, Cronus, Zeus, Titanomachy, Typhon
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- Ashtoreth. Also called Astarte, or Ashtoreth (plural), this goddess of the Canaanites was connected with fertility and motherhood. The worship of Ashtoreth was strong in Sidon.
- Baal. The false god Baal, sometimes called Bel, was the supreme god among the Canaanites, worshipped in many forms, but often as a sun god or storm god.
- Chemosh. Chemosh, the subjugator, was the national god of the Moabites and was also worshipped by the Ammonites. The rites involving this god were also said to be cruel and may have involved human sacrifice.
- Dagon. This god of the Philistines had the body of a fish and a human head and hands on his statues. Dagon was a god of water and grain. Samson, the Hebrew judge, met his death in the temple of Dagon.
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.
May 17, 2023 · . . . and is still alive today. You only have to look around to see Greek and Roman myth is everywhere. From designer logos to superhero franchises, popular culture is full to the brim with references to gods and heroes.
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May 27, 2024 · Greek mythology, body of stories concerning the gods, heroes, and rituals of the ancient Greeks and Classical antiquity. That the myths contained a considerable element of fiction was recognized by the more critical Greeks, such as the philosopher Plato in the 5th–4th century bce.
