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Greek Mythology: FAMILY TREE OF THE GREEK GODS. The complete family tree of the gods is displayed over eight indexed charts.

Greek Mythology: FAMILY TREE OF THE GREEK GODS

The basic structure follows Hesiod's Theogony, but that author's genealogies have been expanded with a plethora of additional gods, spirits and creatures sourced from other classical sources. Where there is disagreement amongst ancient writers as to the genealogy of a certain character, the oldest and/or most popular source has been selected for the chart. An additional family tree depicts the divine genealogy given in Hesiod's Theogony. Click on any name in the chart to view the full page entry for that individual.

Greek Mythology: FAMILY TREE OF THE GREEK GODS. Greek Gods Family Tree. Ludios.org.

Greek Gods Family Tree

Pantheon. Family tree of the Greek gods. Key: The essential Olympians' names are given in bold font.

Family tree of the Greek gods

See also List of Greek mythological figures Notes External links. Apollo (Crown) Gaia (Greek Mythology) The Greek word γαῖα (transliterated as gaia) is a collateral form of γῆ[4] (gē, Doric γᾶ ga and probably δᾶ da)[5] meaning Earth,[6] a word of uncertain origin.[7] R.

Gaia (Greek Mythology)

S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin.[8] In Mycenean Greek Ma-ka (trans. as Ma-ga, "Mother Gaia") also contains the root ga-.[9][10] According to Hesiod, Gaia conceived further offspring with Uranus, first the giant one-eyed Cyclopes: Brontes ("Thunder"), Steropes ("Lightning") and Arges ("Bright");[16] then the Hecatonchires: Cottus, Briareos and Gyges, each with a hundred arms and fifty heads.[17] As each of the Cyclopes and Hecatonchires were born, Uranus hid them in a secret place within Gaia, causing her great pain. Because Cronus had learned from Gaia and Uranus, that he was destined to be overthrown by his own child, Cronus swallowed each of the children born to him by his Titan sister Rhea.

With Gaia's advice[21] Zeus defeated the Titans. In classical art Gaia was represented in one of two ways. Ancient Greece - history, mythology, art, culture and architectu. Ancient Greece - history, mythology, art, culture and architectu. Greek Creation Story, Cronus and Rhea and Birth of Zeus. According to Greek mythology, in the beginning there was nothing.

Greek Creation Story, Cronus and Rhea and Birth of Zeus

This was called Chaos. From this nothingness came light, Mother Earth (Gaia) and Sky (Uranus) were formed. From Gaia and Uranus came six twins known as the Titans. The six twin Titans were named Oceanus and Thethys, Coeos and Phoebe, Hyperion and Thea, Creos and Themis, Iapetos and Clymene, and finally Cronos and Rhea. Gaia and Uranus also gave birth to three Cyclopes, three giants, each with fifty heads and one-hundred arms. Cronos cast the cut off genitals into the sea. After defeating his father, Cronos married his sister Rhea. Greek Stories about Zeus-The Birth of Zeus, the King of the Gods. Zeus was born by the Titans Cronus and Rhea.

Greek Stories about Zeus-The Birth of Zeus, the King of the Gods

Cronus was notorious for being a very jealous and greedy deity. Out of the fear one of his children could take his throne, Cronus swallowed every child Rhea was giving birth to. Greco-Roman mysteries. See Western esotericism for modern "mystery religions" in the Western cultural sphere.

Greco-Roman mysteries

Definition[edit] The term "Mystery" derives from Latin mysterium, from Greek mysterion (usually as the plural mysteria μυστήρια), in this context meaning "secret rite or doctrine". An individual who followed such a "Mystery" was a mystes, "one who has been initiated", from myein "to close, shut", a reference to secrecy (closure of "the eyes and mouth")[4]:56 or that only initiates were allowed to observe and participate in rituals.

Mahabharatha and Trojan war - Greek influence on India. Pandavas were sent to forest for 14 years, similarly the Greek-Trojan conflict went on for nearly 14 years.

Mahabharatha and Trojan war - Greek influence on India

The actual conflict described by Homer in Iliad is only 14 days. Same is the case with Mahabharata war, the war at Kurukshetra went on only for 14 days. Chaos (cosmogony) The Battle with the Titans - Classical Mythology. With his rescued siblings, Zeus had the beginnings of an army with which to challenge Cronus.

The Battle with the Titans - Classical Mythology

However, Cronus had some difficulty in assembling his own forces. THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGY, Exploring Mythology & the Greek Gods in Classical Literature & Art. Greek mythology, The 12 Gods of Olympus. Mythology Guide - A dictionary of Greek and Roman Myths. Greek Gods Family Tree / Genealogy. Mythical Chronology of Greece. This Mythical Chronology of Greece depicts the traditional chronology established for the events of ancient Greek mythology by ancient chronographers and mythographers.

Mythical Chronology of Greece

This list largely reflects the work of Saint Jerome, whose work in turn was based primarily on the analysis of Apollodorus, Diodorus Siculus, and Eusebius. [1] In a few cases, the chronology also reflects the opinions of more recent scholars, who have cross referenced the mythology to archeological discoveries. These interpolations are noted with italics. Although the Greeks did believe that much of their mythology was grounded in fact, this list is not intended to imply the literal existence of real-world parallels to all the characters listed below.

The dates below are approximate. Greek Mythology. THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGY, Exploring Mythology & the Greek Gods in Classical Literature & Art. Interactive Greek Gods Family Tree. Mythology: Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian, American Indian.

Medusa. In Greek mythology Medusa ("guardian, protectress")[1] was a monster, a Gorgon, generally described as having the face of a hideous human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazing directly upon her would turn onlookers to stone. Most sources describe her as the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto,[2] though the author Hyginus (Fabulae, 151) interposes a generation and gives Medusa another chthonic pair as parents.[3] Medusa was beheaded by the hero Perseus, who thereafter used her head as a weapon[4] until he gave it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield.

Homère. Œuvres principales Homère (en grec ancien Ὅμηρος / Hómēros, « otage » ou « celui qui est obligé de suivre »[1]) est réputé avoir été un aède (poète) de la fin du VIIIe siècle av. J. -C. Il était simplement surnommé « le Poète » (ὁ Ποιητής / ho Poiētḗs) par les Anciens. Les deux premières œuvres de la littérature occidentale que sont l’Iliade et l’Odyssée lui sont attribuées.

La place d'Homère dans la littérature grecque est tout à fait majeure puisqu'il représente à lui seul le genre épique à cette période : l’Iliade et l’Odyssée lui sont attribuées dès le VIe siècle av. Iliade. L’Iliade (en grec ancien Ἰλιάς / Iliás, en grec moderne Ιλιάδα / Iliáda) est une épopée de la Grèce antique attribuée à l'aède Homère.

Ce nom provient de la périphrase « le poème d'Ilion » (ἡ Ἰλιὰς ποίησις / hê Iliàs poíêsis), Ilion (Ἴλιον / Ílion) étant l'autre nom de la ville de Troie. L’Iliade est composé de 15 337 hexamètres dactyliques et, depuis l'époque hellénistique, divisée en vingt-quatre chants. Le texte a probablement été composé entre -850 et -750, soit quatre siècles après la période à laquelle les historiens font correspondre la guerre mythique qu’il relate. Il n'a été fixé par écrit que sous Pisistrate, au VIe siècle av. Odyssée. Scène de l’Odyssée, fresque romaine (fin du IIe siècle av. J. -C.) Greek Anthology. The van Bosch and van Lennep version of The Greek Anthology (in five vols., begun by Bosch in 1795, finished and published by Lennep in 1822).

Photographed at The British Museum, London. Contains the metrical Latin version of Grotius's Planuedean version of the Anthology. Heavily illustrated. It also reprints the very error-prone Greek text of the Wechelian edition (1600) of the Anthology, which is itself simply a reprint of the 1566 Planudean edition by Henricus Stephanus.