Cronus

After Titan Cronus killed Uranus he threw his genitals into the sea. Once the sea of foam and Uranus’s genitals formed together, it made Aphrodite (Aphrodite Facts). Many might think that Uranus was the father of Aphrodite since she was formed from his genitals. Aphrodite…

Uranus was the son and husband of Gaia, Mother Earth. Gaia and Uranus’s children include their six sons, Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus and Cronus and six daughters Theia, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe and Tethys. They were known as the Titans. In addition to their sons and daughters Uranus was the father of the Cyclopes. Uranus hid away his children in the pit of Tartarus inside Gaia. When…

Homer's Underworld was described as as the land where the dead souls go to receive a reciprocity, a life in death parallel to earthly life. The land of the dead is ruled by the god Hades. After Cronus was overthrown, Hades and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon drew lots to divide up the universe and Hades was unfortunate, resulting in his being king of the Underworld. The Underworld is filled with the shades of the dead (ghosts) the souls that reside…

Poseidon is the brother of Hades and Zeus. Poseidon’s symbol is the trident. One myth of Poseidon states that he was swallowed by cronus when he was just a baby and rescued by Zeus and his brothers and sisters. Hades, the god of the underworld, the dead, and all riches under the earth. He had two symbols which include pomegranate and cap of invisibility. He had two brothers which were…

At the orders of the son of Cronus, the famous lame smith-god [Hephaestus] shaped some clay in the image of a tender girl”. Nothing that harbor even a small amount of respect is described as a “plague”. Hesiod emphasizes this point again when he calls females “the damnable race of…

Title George F. Kennan, an american diplomat and political scientist, once said, “Heroism is endurance for one moment more.” We often think that being a hero means someone who is fearless. This is not always true as we see in Homer’s The Odyssey. We may think that to be a hero you have to be strong and fearless, but really, a hero is someone who does not give up and perseveres - even in the toughest circumstances. Odysseus is faced with countless and potentially fatal obstacles throughout…

they each had a specific role on the earth. It all started from Uranus and Gaia creating kids that created kids. The grandchildren were very powerful so they decided to swallow them as infants before they grew older. Then Rhea did not want to have Cronus to swallow her child so she gave him wrapped up clothes that he ate thinking it was their children. Then Zeus grew older and was informed to trick his father and he ended up succeeding and became leader of all gods.(Greek Creation Mythology)…

Gods and goddesses played a primary part in the Ancient Greek society and culture. Aphrodite, the goddess of love, beauty, and eternal youth, was an essential goddess to Mount Olympus. Since she was the most attractive goddess on Mt. Olympus, which should not be shocking since she is the goddess of love, many gods and mortals were attracted to her (“Aphrodite, the Greek Goddess of Beauty, Love and Eternal Youth”). Along with beauty, Aphrodite possessed a magical girdle that attracted people to…

mon brother you know you will lose against me” Stated Poseidon Boastfully “Wouldn't count on it Poseidon” Said Zeus It was 100 BC on the earth, but on Mount Olympus it was 99 Mount Olympus time, Zeus and I were only 4 years old and my Father Cronus was still ruling on Mount Olympus. Anyway Me and my brother, Zeus were sparing, trying to get our powers to work, Now I said we were young not smart. Anyway my Brother Zeus was the god of lighting he could only make a small lightning bolt, I was…

idea that one day his children will take his power from him. Uranus was jealous of the possibility and decided to fix his problem by burying them all alive. His selfish and jealous actions ended in his death by a long, curved knife wielded by his son Cronus, one of the Twelve Titans with the help of his mother Gaea. Another example of jealousy is shown from Hera, the goddess of women and marriage in multiple occasions. Many incidents of jealousy are sparked by her husband Zeus and habit of…