Greek+Gods

=Greek Gods = toc

 By Jordan Frane

Overview
 The Greeks are very religious people that worship several different gods and entities. The God is divided up in to three different categories which are The Titans, The Olympians, and The Lesser Gods. Most of the culture in Greece comes from their beliefs in the Gods and they use the gods to make sense of the unexplainable events in nature. The Greek people relied heavily on their religion to make decisions and a few of those caused wars throughout Greece. To learn about some of those wars check out Greek Wars. Another important subject religion affected is expressed here. =The Titans = Gaea- was one of the first to emerge at the dawn of creation. Gaea is the titan of the earth and was the mother of all the gods form her union with the sky titan Ouranos, sea-god Pontos, the gigantes form her mating with tartaros, and the mortals were born from her earthy flesh. She is the primary opponent of the titans, she first rebelled agaist her husband Ouranos who had imprisoned her offspring in her womb. Gaea would again rebelled when her son Kronos defied her by imprisoning the same sons, she was the one that assisted Zeus in the overthrow of the titans. She would eventually come into a conflict with Zues when he imprisoned her titan-sons in the pit of tartarous.

Uranus-he is the first son and Husband of Gaea, He is the god of the sky and produced many offspring including the twelve titans Uranus is the sky god and first ruler. He is the son of [|Gaea], who created him without help. He then became the husband of Gaea and together they had many offspring, including twelve of the Titans. Cronus Rhea Oceanus Tethys Hyperion Mnemosyne Themis Iapetus <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Coeus <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Crius <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Phoebe <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Thea <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Prometheus <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Epimetheus <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Atlas <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Metis

=<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The Olympians = <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Zeus- The god of all gods. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Poseidon- lord of the sea. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Hades- god of wrath. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Hestia-virgin goddess. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Hera- protector of marriage. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Ares- god of war. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Athena- virgin goddess. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Apollo- god of music and knowledge. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Aphrodite- goddess of love, desire, and beauty. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Hermes- messenger of the gods. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Artemis- huntsmen of the gods and protector of the young. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Hephaestus- god of fire and the forge.

=<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The Lesser Gods = <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Demeter- was the goddess of the harvest, who presided over grains, the fertility of the earth,and the seasons. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Persephone- the queen of the underworld <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Dionysus- is the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, and of ritual madness and ecstasy. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Eros- god of sexual love and beauty. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Hebe- goddess of youth. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Eris- goddess of discord. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Helios- personification of the sun. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Thanatos- personification of death. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Pan- god of nature. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Nemesis- was the spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to [|hubris]. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> The Graces- goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> The Muses- poetry, and literature are the goddesses, spirits, or real persons who inspire the creation of literature and the arts. They influenced the Greek culture a huge amount. Look at some of their influences here. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> The Erinyes- supernatural personifications of the anger of the dead. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> The Fates- were the white-robed personifications of destiny.

=<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">References = <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">[| http://www.theoi.com/Protogenos/Gaia.html] <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">[]