GREEK MYTHOLOGY GREECE WHAT IS A MYTH? Long ago in ancient Greece, people began telling  stories –or myths. Many cultures adopted the traditon.  The storytellers wove in their customs, beliefs,  theories about life, death and the wonders of nature. Usually stories about gods, goddesses, monsters,  brave heroes, and wonderful adventures and quests GAEA & URANUS In the beginning, Gaea, Mother Earth, grew out of  a dark space named Chaos. Gaea gave birth to Uranus, the sky.  Together these two ruled during the “Golden Age”  Their firstborn were 12 Titans – six girls and six  boys. FIRST GENERATION TITANS Oceanus Cronus Rhea Mnemosyne Theia Crius Lapetus Tethys Coeus Hyerion Phobe Themis THE UGLY KIDS… Uranus did not like them because they were ugly and  banished them to the Tartarus --- the deepest pit in the Underworld. Rhea did not like this. 3 Cyclopes 3 Hecatoncheires CHILDREN OF TITANS •Eos Hyperion •Helios •Selene • Leto Coeus • Asteria •Atlas Lapetus •Prometheus •Epimetheus •Menoetius Crius •Astraeus •Pallas •Perses TITAN CHILDREN Cronus Rhea Hades Poseidon Hestia Demeter Zeus Hera THE FREE AT LAST 3 Cyclopes 3 Hecatoncheires Cyclopes made gifts…  Zeus a thunderbolt  Poseidon, a trident  Hades, an invisibility helmet  TITANOMACY means “Battle with the Titans”  Titans vs. against the younger gods (later  known as Olympians) Cyclopes helped the younger Gods by making  Zeus a thunderbolt, Poseidon, a trident, and Hades, an invisibility helmet Lasted 10 years  The great war documented in many epic poems 