Family Tree
of
Cronus and Rhea
Team C
Rana
Ronjo
Edwin
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Dr. Chantal Seitz
RHEA
- Titaness
- Goddess of Fertility
- Also known as Magna Mater
- Mother of the Gods (Olympians)
- Daughter of Gaea and Uranus
- Wife of Cronus
- Plotted to kill Cronus for being a cruel husband and father while grieving her children.
- Saved her last son, Zeus from being eaten by Cronus.
CRONUS
- Titan
- King of the Gods
- Also known as Ops, or Saturn.
- Son of Gaea and Uranus
- Husband of Rhea
- Ruled the world during the "Golden Age"
- Six Children with Rhea
- Gods and Goddesses of Olympus
- Ate his own children after birth
- Killed by Zeus
HADES
HESTIA
POSEIDON
DEMETER
HERA
ZEUS
- GODDESS OF MARRIAGE
- DAUGHTER OF RHEA AND CRONUS
- WIFE OF ZEUS
- KING OF GODS
- SON OF RHEA AND CRONUS
- WEILDS LIGHTNING
- MANY AFFAIRS
ARES
HEPHAESTUS
HEBE
- God of Fire, Metalworking, Stone masonry, and Sculpting.
- Workshop on Mount Olympus
- Now works 20 bellows inside a volcano with the help of Cyclops.
- Son of Zeus and Hera
- Delicate and weak at birth
- Fell off Mount Olympus
- Hera dropped him accidentally
- Zeus tossed him out of anger
- Great healing powers
- Married Aphrodite
- Taught men to adorn life
- Olympian God of War and Defense (warfare and murder)
- Roman name is Mars
- Figure behind all violence
- Rode a chariot wearing a helmet on his head, wielding a spear and shield in his hands.
- Unpopular and untrusted
- Not well-liked due to his nature.
- Sacred animals
- Serpents, vultures, and dogs.
- Secret Mistress-Aphrodite
- Seven children (5 sons, 2 daughters)
- Daughter from Agalaus.
- Goddess of Youth, Cup-bearer of the Gods
- Hebe means "flower of youth" or "prime of life"
- Sometimes represented with wings, similar to Isis and Nike.
- Depicted in paintings as the wife of Herakles.
- Twin sons
- Guardians of Mount Olympus
- Alexiares (He who wards off war) and Anticetus (The unconquerable one)
References
Gill, N.S. (2014). Grecoroman myth. Ares. Retrived
from http://ancienthistry.about.com/cs/grecoromanmyth1/p/Ares.htm
Rosenberg, D. (2006). World mythology: An
anthology of great myths and epics (3rd ed.). Chicago, IL: McGraw Hill.
Theoi Project. (2000-2011).
Retrieved from
http://www.theoi.com/Titan