Birth of the Titans and the Olympians

Birth of the Titans and the
Olympians
Ben, Gareth, & Jeff
Twelve Titans
Major Male Titans
● Oceanus
● Coeus
● Crius
● Hyperion
● Lapetus
● Cronos
Major Female Titans
● Thea
● Rhea
● Themis
● Mnemosyne
● Phoebe
● Tethys
(Don Nardo, Greenhaven Press)
http://createmiracles.wordpress.com/2011/05/19/on-opening-up-to-the-higher-self/
Escape
Uranus
Gaea
● Gaea(Terra), daughter of
Uranus(Caelus)
○ the Hecatoncheires, the
Cyclops, the Gigantes,
and 12 titans
● Uranus keep children within
Gaea
● Encourages children to
rebel
● Cronus(Saturn) castrates
father
○ "sharp flint sickle"
http://www.crystalinks.com/uranusgod.jpg
Rule of Cronus
● Take control of Earth and the heavens
● Cronus' rule, golden age for humans
○ respect, comfort, happiness, peace
Cronus
● Six children with
Rhea(Cybele)
● Demeter(Ceres),
Poseidon(Neptune),
Hera(Juno), Hades
(Pluto), Hestia
(Vesta), Zeus(Jupiter)
http://www.paleothea.com/Men.html
http://www.casa-in-italia.
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● Cronus feared overthrowing
○ swallow his first five kids
● Rhea save Zeus (youngest)
○ trick Cronus to eat a rock
● Cronus fed a potion
○ regurgitates sons and the rock
● Titanomachia!!
● Zeus enlist help of his
uncles and the giants
● Imprison Titans in Tartarus
for eternity
http://images.wikia.com/thegreekgods/images/4/4c/Zeus.jpg
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/blogs/entry/038-moments-in-greek-mythologysisyphus-cheats-death-and-rolls-a-rock
Rule of Zeus
● Zeus divide world, brothers
○ Poseidon: Ruler of
Mediterranean Sea
(Waters)
○ Hades: Ruler of the
underworld
○ Zeus: Ruler of the sky/earth
and took leadership over
the other God's
○
● Zeus marry sister Hera
○ Mount Olympus
http://9hmythology.wiki.hhh.k12.ny.us/file/view/Mount_Olympus_by_andyparkart.
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Contemporary Connections
● Sigmund Freud
theory/Oedipus Complex
○ all boys want to kill their
father
○ Application
■ Cronus overthrow his
father Uranus
■ Zeus overthrow
Cronus with
Titanomachia
● Titanic-boat
● Titanium
http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:
en-US:official&biw=1077&bih=667&tbm=isch&tb
(Psychology)
Titans/Olympians in relation to Greek culture
● Escape of Gaea-creation myth
● Zeus labeled deities to different jobs and emotions
● God's create a functioning everyday life
○ jobs like bring the sun or moon into the sky
● Animal sacrifices
○ good fortune ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades
http://pgwebdesign.net/blog/35-mythological-art-masterpieces-of-character-designhistory
Works Cited
Hamilton, Edith. Mythology. New York: Grand Central Publishing, n.d. Print.
James, Vanessa. The Genealogy of Greek Mythology. New York: Gotham Books, n.d. N.
pag. Print.
Nardo, Don. Greek and Roman Mythology. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2002. The
Greenhaven Encyclopedia. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 2 Nov. 2011.
Psychology. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Nov. 2011. <http://www.a2zpsychology.
com/psychology_guide/oedipus_complex.php>.