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Ancient Greek Mythology

Ancient Greek Mythology. Some rights reserved  by  dynamosquito. In the Beginning. Uranus “Father Sky”. Gaia “Mother Earth”. The Titans. Descendants of Gaia and Uranus. atlas. Cronus. Prometheus. O U C H ! ! !. Cronus overthrows Uranus. Cronus Pictured With Sickle.

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Ancient Greek Mythology

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  1. Ancient Greek Mythology Some rights reserved by dynamosquito

  2. In the Beginning... Uranus “Father Sky” Gaia “Mother Earth”

  3. The Titans Descendants of Gaia and Uranus atlas Cronus Prometheus

  4. O U C H ! ! ! Cronus overthrows Uranus Cronus Pictured With Sickle The Mutilation of Uranus: fresco by Giorgio Vasari and Cristofano Gherardi, c. 1560

  5. Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, 1482-1486

  6. Cronus Understandably PARANOID Peter Paul Reubens, Cronus Devours Poseidon

  7. Titanomachy War of the Titans Zeus, Poseidon, & Hades defeat Cronus and the Titans

  8. The Olympians

  9. The Olympians Hades (Pluto)

  10. Zeus Lord of Sky and Thunder King of the Gods Known for his many romantic escapades

  11. Poseidon TRIDENT Lord of the Sea HIGH MAINTENANCE Causes earthquakes, storms, and shipwrecks when ignored

  12. Hades Lord of the Underworld Hades with his hell hound, Cerberus, guardian of the gates of the Underworld

  13. Apollo god of the sun, prophecy, music, poetry, etc.

  14. The Oracle Greeks would visit Apollo’s Oracle seeking prophecies about the future. At Delphi Photo Credit: Luarvick

  15. Hera Queen of the Gods Women and Marriage Sister AND Wife of Zeus

  16. AmbrogioFigino, Io and Zeus

  17. Athena Patroness of Athens W Wisdom & Warfare The Parthenon (Athens)

  18. The Parthenon Parthenos = Virgin Photo Credit: Steve Swayne

  19. The Nashville Parthenon Some rights reserved by Serge Melki

  20. Aphrodite love, beauty, pleasure and procreation Carson picked this!

  21. Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, 1482-1486

  22. Prometheus by Theodoor Rombouts (1597–1637)

  23. Prometheus Patron of Mankind Prometheus watches Athena endow his creation with reason (painting by Christian Griepenkerl, 1877)

  24. Prometheus Patron of Mankind Prometheus tricked Zeus twice on behalf of humanity. The Theft of Fire Prometheus Tricks Zeus

  25. The Theft of Fire, Christian Griepenkerl

  26. Punishment Atlas and Prometheus facing their respective punishments from Zeus

  27. RESCUED Prometheus Being Rescued by Hercules, by Christian Griepenkerl

  28. Prometheus,Epimetheus AND Pandora NEVERaccepta gift from Zeus -- Prometheus to Epimetheus

  29. Pandora “All Gifts” The First Woman created by Zeus as a revenge against Prometheus and men HOPESometimes, it’s all we have left!

  30. Women The Ancient Greek View “From her is the race of women and female kind:of her is the deadly race and tribe of women wholive amongst mortal men to their great trouble,no helpmeets in hateful poverty, but only in wealth.” -- Hesiod (Greek Writer) John William Waterhouse, Pandora (1896)

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