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Greek Mythology Family Tree (Gaea (Earth) & son Uranus (Heavens)…

- - - - Rhea (Cronus Wife)
        Fed husband rock instead of
        baby Zeus, so he could grow
        up and defeat his father
        
        Oceanus
        
        Tethys (Rivers)
        
        Hyperion (Light, Sun, Moon, Dawn)
        
        Mnemosyne (Memory)
        Mother of the Muses
        
        Themis (Justice & Order)
        Mother of the Fates and Seasons
        
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      - Children = Olympic Gods
        
        Zeus
        King of the Gods/Lord of the Sky
        Symbol: Lightning Bolt
        Defeated Father (Kronos = Titan) for eating all his siblings (Gods), then cut them out of his stomach and chopped him into pieces banishing his remains to deepest place on earth (Tartarus)
        
        Poseidon
        God of the Sea
        Brother to Zeus
        Symbol: Trident
        Creator of horses
        
        Hades
        God of the underworld
        King of the dead
        Brother of Zeus
        abducted Persephone and made her his queen
        
        Medusa
        Snake Lady
        Turns anyone who looks at her to stone
        Cursed by Athena after hooking up with Poseidon in her temple
        Daughter of Phorcys (ancient sea god)
        Killed by hero Perseus
        
        Hera
        Queen of the Gods
        Wife and Sister to Zeus
        Protector of Marriage and Childbirth
        Jealous of Zeus’ affairs
        
        Demeter
        Goddess of vegetation and fertility
        Sister of Zeus
        Daughter Persephone (taken by Hades)
        Seasons = Demeter's grief makes the earth grow barren (Fall/Winter)
        daughter returns to her for six months of each year makes the earth
        become fruitful (Spring/Summer)
        
        Persephone
        Goddess of springtime
        Daughter of Zeus and Demeter
        Queen of the underworld (abducted by Hades)
        Hades struck a deal with Demeter and allowed
        Persephone to spend six months each year with him,
        during which time the land died (autumn and winter)
        and six months with her mother, during which time
        the earth flourished (spring and summer)
        
        Hestia
        Goddess of the hearth, family, and peace
        Sister of Zeus
        
        Ares
        God of war
        Son of Zeus and Hera.
        loves slaughter and looting
        Has an affair with Aphrodite
        caught by her husband, Hephaestus
        
        Hephaestus
        God of the crafts,
        Son of Zeus and Hera
        Skilled inventor
        Ugly & disabled
        Thrown off Mt. Olympus by Hera
        Husband to Aphrodite
        
        Athena
        Goddess of wisdom and battle strategy
        Daughter of Zeus
        warrior who sprang fully armed from Zeus' head
        after he had swallowed the Titaness Metis
        Also a goddess of the arts and the guardian of Athens
        
        Aphrodite
        Goddess of love and beauty
        Daughter of Zeus
        born from sea-foam
        Hephaestus was her husband
        They have a son Eros
        Has an ongoing affair with Ares
        
        Hermes
        God commerce and thievery,
        Messenger of the gods
        son of Zeus
        Symbols: helmet, winged sandals & caduceus
        Guided men on journeys
        
        Apollo
        God of Sun/light
        Twin
        Son of Zeus
        Intelligence & healing
        Patron of the arts
        Symbol: lyre
        
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        Jason
        great-grandson of Hermes
        Hero
        sent on a quest for the Golden Fleece
        which was a symbol of authority and kingship
        with possible healing qualities?
        married to the sorceress Medea
        
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