Chapters 1-5 of Edith Hamilton Mythology - 3464 Words

Chapter 1 THE TITANS AND THE TWELVE GREAT OLYMPIANS Titans they are the Elder Gods. They are enormous in size and have incredible strength. IMPORTANT TITANS CRONUS (Saturn) he ruled until Zeus dethroned him. OCEAN- the river TETHYS- Ocean’s wife HYPERION- Memory THEMIS- Justice IAPETUS- important because of his sons ATLAS- Bore the world on his shoulders PROMETHEUS- the Saviour THE TWELVE OLYMPIANS They are superior, they are considered the highest gods They are called Olympians because they live in Mt. Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece which is located in Thessaly in North East of Greece The twelve Olympian gods are: Zeus- ruler of heaven Hera- Juno Poseidon- Neptune, ruler of sea Hades – Pluto god of underworld†¦show more content†¦Lover of Aphrodite.his bird was the vulture. Hephaestus (Vulcan and mulciber) God of fire, son of Zeus and Hera or Hera alone. He is ugly and lame. His wife is one of the three graces in the iliad, she is Aphrodite. Hestia (vesta) Zeus’s sister and like Athena and artemis, a virgin goddess. No distinct personality. Goddess of the hearth, the symbol of the home. THE LESSER GODS OF OLMYPUS God of Love, Eros (Cupid in Latin), he is the most important of the lesser gods. This idea the Greeks had of him is best summed up not by a poet but by a philosopher, Plato. His greatest glory is that he cannot do wrong nor allow it. He was often represented as blindfolded, because love is often blind. Hebe was the Goddess of Youth, daughter of Zeus and Hera. Wife of Hercules Iris was the Goddess of the Rainbow and a messenger of the gods, in the Iliad, the only messenger. Muses and the Graces The gracs were three: Aglaia (splendour), Euphrosyne(Mirth) and Thalia (Good Cheer). They were the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome. The muses wre nine in number, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, Momory. They are of one mind, their hearts are set upon song and their spirit is free from care. Clio was muse of history, urania, of astronomy, melpomene of tragedy, thalia of comedy, terpischore of dance, calliope of epic poetry, erato of love-poetry, polyhymnia of songs to gods, euterpe of lyric poetry. Themis, the Right or Divine