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Atlas is a Titan. His symbol is a man holding a giant globe. Atlas’ Roman name, is ironically, Atlas. Atlas. Atlas’ dad is Iapetos Atlas’ mom is Klymene Atlas’ children are the Pleiades, the Hyades, Hyas , Kalypso , Maira , Dione , and the Hesperides . Atlas’ Family.
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Atlas is a Titan. • His symbol is a man holding a giant globe. • Atlas’ Roman name, is ironically, Atlas. Atlas
Atlas’ dad is Iapetos • Atlas’ mom is Klymene • Atlas’ children are the Pleiades, the Hyades, Hyas, Kalypso, Maira, Dione, and the Hesperides. Atlas’ Family
Atlas holds up the Heavens • He ruled the city of Arcadia • Atlas was the Commander of The Titans in the Titanomachy, because Cronos was too old, and couldn’t fight, so Atlas took over. Fun Facts About Atlas
“In the revolt of the Titans against the Gods of the Olympic, Atlas stormed the heavens and Zeus punished him for his deed by condemning him to forever bear the heavens upon his shoulders. Hence his name, which means ‘bearer’ or ‘endurer’”. (Pantheon) Atlas’ Myth
Aphrodite's Family • Aphrodite’s father is Uranus(The Sky) • She didn’t have a mom • She was married to Hephaistos, God of metalworking • She had one son Aeneas, Hero of Dardaneia
Fun Facts • She was born when Uranus was castrated by his son Cronus and he threw the severed genitals into the sea, they began to foam and she arose out of the foam. • She has a festival called Aphrodisiac, which is celebrated in various centers of Greece. • Her priestesses were not prostitutes but women who represented her and sexual intercourse with them was considered just one of the ways of worship.
Myth of the Trojan War • It all started when Eris, the goddess of discord, realized that she had not been invited to the marriage of the King Peleus, with the sea Nymph Thetis; a marriage that took place in the Mountain of Pelion in Thessaly (Central Greece). Eris was so furious about her exclusion that she decided to go to the wedding and throw a golden apple, the fruit of temptation, to the banquet table. The apple was supposed to go out to the fairest one.Three goddesses claimed the beautiful golden apple: Hera, the goddess of Marriage, Athena, the goddess of Wisdom and Aphrodite, the beautiful goddess of Love. Zeus had a hard time to decide, since all three were dear to him, so he handled the judgment to the most handsome youth, the Trojan Prince Paris. Hera and Athena did their best to bribe Paris with power and glory; Aphrodite, on the other hand, seduced him with love, offering him the most beautiful female mortal in the world, Helen of Sparta. Paris opted for Aphrodite and so Helen was taken from Sparta to become Helen of Troy.
Aphrodite’s symbol • Aphrodite’s symbol is love and passion
Hercules Hercules was not a god he was a demigod. He was a hero not a god of anything
Hercules' Roman Name • Hercules Roman name was Heracles.
Hercules' Symbol • His symbol is a Wooden club
Fun facts • Hercules is Brave, strong, and determined. • Hercules' Weaknesses are that he can be lustful and gluttonous.
Hercules' Myth • After the birth of Heracles, which took place when a servant of Alcmena tricked Eileithyia into relaxing her guard, Hera sent a pair of snakes to kill the twins. Heracles strangled them, and Tiresias, summoned by Amphitryon, foretold how Heracles would go on to perform great labors for humankind and finally join the gods on Olympus.
Eros • Eros is the God of Love, and Fertility • His symbol is a bow and arrow • Eros’ Roman name is Cupid… We all know who that is!
Eros’ Family • Father, is either Chaos, Ares, Zeus, or Hephastasus • Mother, could either be Aphrodite, or Gaia • Wife, is Psyche • His child is Volputus
Eros’ Fun Facts • One of his names “Amor” means love in Italian • Often, he is depicted as a fat baby boy • Eros also has six possible parents
Eros’ Myth • Eros’ only myth is that he uses a bow, and lead, or gold arrows.
Persephone’s Roman name is Proserpina
Symbols of Persephone Pomegranate Narcissuses Bat
Goddess of Harvest and the underworld
Persephone Abduction Zeus had promised Hades that the day Persephone became a woman he could marry her. On that day the Earth split and Hades took Persephone to the Underworld. Demeter was angered and would not allow any thing to grow till she was brought back to her. Zeus obtruded and returned Persephone back to her mother. Not knowing that Hades had given her four pomegranates, she must now live with Hades for four months out of the year each year as his wife.
Family Members Demeter Zeus Father Mother
Fun Facts! • Persephone is also know as Kore or the Maiden • The four months that she stays in the Underworld are know as winter. • Her husband Hades is also her uncle.
Roman Name Bacchus is his Roman name
Symbols Dionysus’ symbols include Thysrus, the staff in the picture, leopards, and grapevines.
Myth of Dionysus • Dionysus was the song of Zeus and a mortal woman Semele, the daughter of Cadmus and Thebes. While she is carrying Dionysus, Zeus kills her with a lightning bolt; he is concurrently rescued and undergoes a second birth after being developed in Zeus’ thigh.
Family • Zeus (Father) • Semele (Mother, deceased) • Iakkhos (Son, of Dionysus and Aphrodite) • Telelete (Daughter, of Dionysus and the NympheNikaia)
Fun Facts! • Not really mentioned at all in any of Homer’s epics, and when he is, he’s not mentioned in good light. Like when he tried to move into a city, was resisted, and killed everybody. • He lures his cousin Pentheus into the wilderness and has him killed by Agave. • Macedonians worshipped him to extremes, and worshipped his destructiveness and danger.
Prometheus! Not a god! Is a titan!
Prometheus’ Symbol Prometheus’ symbol is the creative fire, of which he stole from the Gods.
The Myth of Prometheus He is known as the champion of mankind, the great benefactor of humanity. Known for his intelligence and skill, Prometheus was one of the more praised titans. He stole the “creative fire,” or the spark of creativity in a sense, from Zeus and gave it to the mortals. As punishment, he was bound to a rock, where an eagle would come and peck at his liver, and at the end of the day, his liver would regenerate….this would continue for eternity
Family • Iapetus (father) • Clymene (mother) • Atlas (brother) • Epimethus (brother) • Menoetius (brother)
Fun Facts! • Heracles (otherwise known as Hercules) slayed the eagle in its face and freed Prometheus! • Worshipped by several different cults located in Argos, Opous, and even Athens. • During Greek War of Independence, he became a figure of hope for the Greek Revolutionaries.
Hestia Goddess of the hearth, architecture, and the family
Roman Name Vesta is her Roman Name
Symbol She has a lot, including the kettle, the pot, the broom, the sacred fire, and the crane.
Myth of Hestia • She was one of the Twelve Olympians, but gave up her seat for Dionysus in order to tend for the sacred fire. She was also eaten, the first actually, by her father, Cronous.
Family • Cronous– Father • Rhea – Mother • Poseidon – Brother • Hades – Brother • Demeter – Sister • Hera – Sister • Zeus - Brother
Fun Facts • Apollon and Poseidon tried to marry her, though she refused. • Ranks in the same power as Pan and Dionysus • First to be eaten, last to be regurgitated.
