Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo. Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Hermes, and Dionysus are the Twelve Olympians. They're the main Gods and Goddesses of Greek mythology. The ancient Greeks fancied the Twelve Olympians. There are hundreds of gods, some are minor, and some are major. The Olympians are the major gods; they get the most praise and recognition from mortals. The minor gods are powerful but not as strong as the Olympians.
Zeus was the youngest son of Kronos and Rhea, both titans. Zeus and his brothers Poseidon and Hades are the oldest Gods. Kronos had most of the kids (gods) since he was the eldest Titan. Hera, Demeter, and Hestia were also his children but not as powerful as the first three. Zeus is married to Hera, his sister; their kids are Ares, Hephaestus and Hebe. From then on the gods started to have affairs with mortals and gods. Zeus was the father to the twins, Apollo and Artemis, and Leto was their mother. Aphrodite claimed Zeus as her father, and she married Hephaestus. Hermes and Dionysus had different mothers, but were the sons of Zeus. Athena was born out of Zeus’s head, who married no one. They are all related because all the gods and goddesses had affairs. I chose …show more content…
Greek mythology was a tradition that began in the Bronze Age. The plots and themes gradually unfolded in literature and classical periods. The Trojan War got introduced by the poet Homer as a godly conflict and a human one. In the poet Homer’s writing he never introduced the gods and goddesses, even though they’re the head characters. About 700 BC, poet Hesiod’s Theogony wrote the first cosmogony story, of Greek mythology. He introduced the tale of the universe's adventure from Chaos, an ancient void. In Hesiod’s poem he talked about the family of gods and how they were a complicated family. Mythological models started to appear from plays in the fifth-century by Sophocles, Aeschylus, and
Zeus was the youngest son of Kronos and Rhea, both titans. Zeus and his brothers Poseidon and Hades are the oldest Gods. Kronos had most of the kids (gods) since he was the eldest Titan. Hera, Demeter, and Hestia were also his children but not as powerful as the first three. Zeus is married to Hera, his sister; their kids are Ares, Hephaestus and Hebe. From then on the gods started to have affairs with mortals and gods. Zeus was the father to the twins, Apollo and Artemis, and Leto was their mother. Aphrodite claimed Zeus as her father, and she married Hephaestus. Hermes and Dionysus had different mothers, but were the sons of Zeus. Athena was born out of Zeus’s head, who married no one. They are all related because all the gods and goddesses had affairs. I chose …show more content…
Greek mythology was a tradition that began in the Bronze Age. The plots and themes gradually unfolded in literature and classical periods. The Trojan War got introduced by the poet Homer as a godly conflict and a human one. In the poet Homer’s writing he never introduced the gods and goddesses, even though they’re the head characters. About 700 BC, poet Hesiod’s Theogony wrote the first cosmogony story, of Greek mythology. He introduced the tale of the universe's adventure from Chaos, an ancient void. In Hesiod’s poem he talked about the family of gods and how they were a complicated family. Mythological models started to appear from plays in the fifth-century by Sophocles, Aeschylus, and