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- Cronos, Rhea - It is prophesied that one of Cronos' children by Rhea would overthrow him, so he devours the first five of his children. However Rhea deceives him by giving him a rock in place of the sixth child, Zeus. - Zeus is raised on Crete by nymphs and a goat. His cried are covered by the crashing cymbals of the Corybantes. - Cronos vomited up the children in reverse order and the stone fell to Earth and was displayed in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi where oil was poured onto the stone daily by priests and it was adorned with un-spun wool during festivals. |
- Cronos and Rhea - Given stone in place of Zeus - Raised on Crete - Stone displayed at Delphi |
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- Aphrodite and attendant Horae (seasons) - Cronos separated the Eart (Rhea) and sky (Uranus), by slicing off Uranus' genitals. His genitals fell into the sea and swirled around in the water for years. Aphrodite emerged from the foam this created. - Aphrodite is sometimes called Cytherea or Cyprian after the two places she first drifted to; Cythera and Cyprus. - In another variation she is the daughter of Zeus and Dione |
- Aphrodite and Horae - Born from foam created by Uranus' genitals falling into the sea - Cytherea or Cyprian - Daughter of Zeus and Dione |
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- Cronos, Rhea - It is prophesied that one of Cronos' children by Rhea would overthrow him, so he devours the first five of his children. However Rhea deceives him by giving him a rock in place of the sixth child, Zeus. - Zeus is raised on Crete by nymphs and a goat. His cried are covered by the crashing cymbals of the Corybantes. - Cronos vomited up the children in reverse order and the stone fell to Earth and was displayed in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi where oil was poured onto the stone daily by priests and it was adorned with un-spun wool during festivals. |
- Cronos and Rhea - Given stone in place of Zeus - Raised on Crete - Stone displayed at Delphi |
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- Zeus and Typhon - Gaea gives birth to Typhon who challenged Zeus for rule of the cosmos. Zeus overcomes him with his thunderbolts. - In Apollodorus' account, Typhon steals the sinews from Zeus' hands and feet and imprisons him in a cave that is guarded by a dragon. Hermes and Aegipan come to save him and Zeus then chases Typhon, firing thunderbolts at him while Typhon throws mountains at him. Zeus throws a mountain back at him and Typhon is trapped beneath it - Typhon's blood falls on Mount Haemus, giving it its name and he is buried under Mount Etna and is the cause of the smoke that comes from the mountain. |
- Zeus and Typhon - Typhon challenges Zeus for rule of the cosmos - Apollodorus- sinews and mountains - Mount Haemus and Mount Etna |
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- Zeus, Hephaestus and Athena - It is prophesied that the child the Metis gives birth to after Athena will overthrow Zeus, so he swallows her in an effort to prevent this. Metis was already pregnant so when Zeus gets a headache and Hephaestus splits his head open with an axe, Athena springs forth armed with a shield and spear. - When Zeus swallows Metis, her cleverness becomes a part of him, so one of Athena's traits is her wisdom. - Having Athena not born from woman may be an attempt to detach her from matriarchal conditions and to give males authority over a process previously specific to women. |
- Zeus, Hephaestus and Athena - Succession myth. Zeus swallows Metis and Athena is born from his head, fully matured and armed. - Athena goddess of wisdom - detached from matriarchal conditions. |
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- Athena and Prometheus - The Earth needed to be inhabited by creatures, so the task was given to Prometheus and Epimetheus. Zeus provided them with gifts to bestow upon the creatures, but Epimetheus used them all on the animals, so there were no gifts left for the humans. Prometheus stole attributes from other Gods and gave them to humans. - Zeus said that a portion of food much be given to gods, so Prometheus tricked Zeus into choosing the portion that mankind cannot eat; bones and fat. For this, Zeus cursed mankind with women (Pandora). This explains why this part of the food was offered to the gods and the origin of women. - Prometheus loved mankind more than the gods, as they were his own creation. The gods had also banished most of his family to Tartarus. |
- Athena and Prometheus - Prometheus and Epimetheus tasked with creating creatures to inhabit the earth. Epimetheus wasted gods gifts, so Prometheus stole some from other gods. - Prometheus tricked Zeus, which explains food offerings and women. - Prometheus loved mankind more than the gods. |
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- Atlas and Prometheus - Atlas sided with the Titans in the Titanomachy - - Hercules kills the eagle that was trapping Prometheus as one of his twelve labours, which frees him. Zeus allowed this to happen because Prometheus had told him who the woman was who would have a child greater than its father. |
- Atlas and Prometheus - Atlas supports the sky because he sided with the Titans in the Titanomachy and Prometheus has liver eaten by an eagle for stealing fire. - - Hercules killed the eagle and freed Prometheus. |
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- Athena and Poseidon - King Cecrops sought a patron deity for his city. Both Athena and Poseidon wanted to give their name to the city, but instead of a battle, Athena suggested a contest; the god who presented the city with the best gift would win. Poseidon struck the ground with his trident and brought forth a sea. This was not very useful to the city, as the water was salty. Athena dug her spear into the ground and planted an olive tree. This gave the people many valuable resources, so she was declared the winner by Zeus. - Directly after this, Poseidon floods the Thriasian plain in his fury, which laid Attica under the sea. - In another variation of the story, Poseidon curses the city of Athens, which would have explained the water shortage the city experiences. |
- Athena and Poseidon - Contest for Athens - Poseidon floods Thriasian plain - Poseidon curses Athens with water shortage. |
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- Hades and Persephone - Hades wanted Persephone as his wife and kidnapped her, taking her to the underworld. Demeter searched for her and learned that Zeus had agreed to let Hades take Persephone. She vowed never to return to Olympus and never to let the Earth be prosperous until Persephone returned. Zeus gave in and sent Hermes to bring Persephone back from the underworld. However, Hades fed his wife a pomegranate seed, meaning she must return to the underworld for a third of each year. - This myth explains the seasons, as the ground is not fertile when Persephone is absent and her mother grieves. - In later versions of the myth Persephone must spend 6 months in the underworld as she ate 6 pomegranate seeds. - The myth may be an allegory for marriage, serving to explain rituals of a bride being 'stolen' from her family to become a wife. |
- Hades and Persephone - Hades kidnaps Persephone to be his wife, she must spend a third of each year in the underwold. - 6 months for 6 seeds - Allegory for marriage |
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- Infant Hermes, Apollo, Maia and Zeus - When Hermes was only a few hours old, he stole a herd of cattle from his brother Apollo and made the herd walk backwards to make it look like they were travelling in the opposite direction. He tells an old man not to tell anyone that he had seen him, but the man disobeys and tells Apollo. When Apollo confronts the infant, Hermes denies it and feigns innocence as a baby born the previous day. - In Ovid's version of the myth, Hermes goes to the old man in disguise and asks about the cows. The man tells him what he saw and Hermes punishes by turning his heart to stone, since he said, "that stone will tell sooner than I." - After this happened, Hermes reconciled with Apollo by giving him the lyre which he had invented. Apollo thought this was worth the fifty cows that had been stolen and promised that Hermes would be the messenger of the gods and that his mother would have renown with the immortals. Hermes swore he would never again steal any of Apollo's possessions. |
- Hermes, Apollo, Maia, Zeus - Hermes steals Apollo's cows and lies about it to Zeus and Apollo - "that stone will tell sooner than I" - Hermes and Apollo reconciled |
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- Hermes, Argus and Io (the cow) - Io was Zeus' lover and to stop Hera from finding out, he transformed her into a cow. Hera saw through this trick, however, and asked for the cow as a gift. She sent Argus to keep Zeus away from it. Zeus sent Hermes to kill Argus and free Io. Hermes sang a lullaby, which made all of the eyes on Argus' body go to sleep. He then cut off the monster's head. - Hera placed Argus' eyes into the tail of her favourite bird, explaining the patterns on a peacock's tail. - This act gave Hermes the epithet of 'Argeiphontes', meaning killer of Argus. |
- Hermes, Argus, Io - Argus kills Argus to free Io, Zeus' lover - Argus eyes in peacock tail - 'Argeiphontes' |
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- Artemis and Apollo - Niobe boasted that she was superior to Leto as she had more children; 6 sons and 6 daughters. Leto only had 2; Artemis and Apollo. The children take revenge and kill all of Niobe's children. - This myth warned against challenging the gods. - After the death of her children, Niobe went to Sipylos and was turned to stone, becomming part of a cliff face, which had streams of water that looked like her tears. |
- Artemis and Apollo - Leto's children kill Niobe's 12 sons and daughters, as she had been boasting about her superiortiy. - Myth warns not to challenge gods. - Niobe went to Sipylos and turned to stone. |
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- Apollo and Pythia |
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- Birth of Aphrodite |
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- Birth of Athena |
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- Perseus kills the gorgon |
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- Birth of Dionysus |
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- Birth of Dionysus |
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- Dionysus and Ariadne |
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- Death of Penthus |
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- Hades and Persephone - Hades wanted Persephone as his wife and kidnapped her, taking her to the underworld. Demeter searched for her and learned that Zeus had agreed to let Hades take Persephone. She vowed never to return to Olympus and never to let the Earth be prosperous until Persephone returned. Zeus gave in and sent Hermes to bring Persephone back from the underworld. However, Hades fed his wife a pomegranate seed, meaning she must return to the underworld for a third of each year. - This myth explains the seasons, as the ground is not fertile when Persephone is absent and her mother grieves.- In later versions of the myth Persephone must spend 6 months in the underworld as she ate 6 pomegranate seeds. - The myth may be an allegory for marriage, serving to explain rituals of a bride being 'stolen' from her family to become a wife. |
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- Odysseus and Elpenor |
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- Orpheus |
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- Danae and Zeus (as golden coins) |
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- Acrisius, Danae and infant Perseus |
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- Birth of Pegasus |
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- Perseus and gorgons |
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- Heracles and the Nemean Lion |
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- Hercules and the Lernean Hydra |
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- Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar |
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- Hercules and Cerberus |
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- Heracles and Cerberus |
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- Nessus and Deianira |
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- Death of Heracles |
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- Heracles ascends to Olympus |
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- Theseus and Minotaur |
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- Athena wakes Theseus, telling him to abandon Ariadne. Tiny winged Hypnos |
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- Athena tells Theseus to abandon Ariadne on Naxos. Winged Hypnos |
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Athena tells Theseus to abandon Ariadne. Dionysus takes her away to be his wife. |
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- Odysseus meets the Sphinx |
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- Judgement of Paris |
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- Odysseus persuading Achilles to return to war. Phoenix and Patroclus |
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- Achilles dragging the body of Hector (also winged spirit) as Priam and Hecuba watch from the palace. Iris, winged messenger and possibly Hermes dressed as Myrmidon. |
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- Priam begs Achilles to return his son to him for a ransom |
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- Priam is attacked by Neoptolemus, who also killed Astyanax who lies in Priam's lap |
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- Achilles with Anchises on his back following son Ascanius. Lesser Ajax attacks Cassandra who holds onto the Palladion (statue of Athena) |
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- Cassandra holding Palladion, attacked by lesser Ajax |
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- Aegisthus urged on by Clytemnestra, kills Agamemnon. Cassandra protests. |
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- Orestes, Agamemnon's son, kills Aegisthus as Clytemnestra intervenes with an axe and Electra urges him on. |
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- Apollo cleaning Orestes before the omphalos stone at his shrine in Delphi. Clytemnestra gestures to her son, ordering the Erinyes to punish him for killing her. |
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- Odysseus blinds Polyphemus |
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- Odysseus hides under sheep to escape Polyphemus' cave |
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- Circe enchants Odysseus' companions |
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- Sirens attack Odysseus' ship |
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- Penelope with son Telemachus |
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- Odysseus kills the suitors when he returns |
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- Phineus and Boreas (North Wind) |
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- Athena stands before the serpent disgorging Jason |
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- Medea demonstrates spell for Pelius |
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- Medea kills her son |
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- Medea flees in a chariot drawn by serpents. A nurse cries over Medea's dead sons and Jason enters on the far right. Winged furies are on either side. |
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