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What did it all begin with?

Chaos (Mayhem)

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What were the two sides of Chaos (Mayhem)

(love) Eros/Cupid on the left, and jealousy on the right

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Who emerged directly out of Chaos (Mathem)

Gaea (Mother Earth)

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Who was Gaea’s son?

Ouranos/Uranus (1st God of heaven/sky)

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What did Gaea do with her son Ouranos/Uranus?

she married him

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How many and what kinds of children did Gaea and Ouranos/Uranus have?

3 Cyclops (one-eyed monsters), Titans and 50 headed/100 handed monsters

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Who was one of the Titans who was the child of Gaea and Ouranos/Uranus?

Cronus/Saturn

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What did Ouranos/Uranus think about the Titans?

he has jealous and intimidated by them

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What did Ouranos/Uranus do to the Titans?

he swallowed all of them

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True or false: Gaea was angry about Ouranos/Uranus swallowing one group of the children, the Titans?

true

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What does Gaea give to Cronus/Saturn to fight Ouranos/Uranus?

a sickle

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Who wins the battle between Cronus/Saturn and Ouranos/Uranus?

Cronus/Saturn

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What happens to Ouranos/Uranus’ blood when he dies?

his blood seeped to the Earth, giving weeds to the Earth and creating the Furies and the Giants

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Who were the other important Titans?

  1. Coeus and Phoebe

  2. Ocean (Lord of the river Ocean, which encircled the Earth) and Tethys


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Who was the child of Coeus and Phoebe?

Leto

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Who does Leto have children with and who are their children?

had children with Zeus; children are Artemis/Diana (moon, hunting) and Apollo (sun, music, light)

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What does Cronus/Saturn become after killing father?

the second God of the Heavens

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Who is the second mother Earth, a Titan, and also the mother of all of Cronus/Saturn’s children (Olympians)?

Rhea

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Sons of Cronus/Saturn and Rhea

Poseidon/Neptune ( ruler or the sea), Hades/Pluto (underworld), Zeus/Jupiter (heaven, sky)

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Daughters of Cronus/Saturn and Rhea

Hera/Juno (marriage/fertility) (Zeus’s sister and wife) Demeter/Ceres (agriculture), Hestia/ Vesta (hearth)

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Who was Cronus/Saturn jealous of?

Olympians, so he ate them

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Where does Rhea send Zeus/Jupiter until he is 18?

Island of Crete away from Cronus/Saturn

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What did Zeus/Jupiter do to rescue his brothers and sisters?

tricked Cronus/Saturn into eating a rock, so he spit up the other Olympians and they all worked together to defeat their father Cronus/Saturn