The Creation of Gods

Zeus, also known as the Roman name Jupiter, was the youngest child of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. It is said that Cronus knew that one of his children would overthrow him, so

Zeus was the child of the Titans, Cronus and Rhea, and was the youngest of all his siblings. Cronus , Zeus’ father, had been warned that one of his children would overthrow him. Cronus knew the consequences, for he had overthrown his father, Uranus. To prevent this from

Athena had an unusual mythical birth. According to Messagenet Research, her mother was Metis and her father, Zeus. When Zeus discovered that Metis was pregnant, he feared that the child

Long ago, before Greek civilization, Zeus was born in Mt. Dicte on the island of Crete. Zeus was born the ruler of all gods and goddesses which made him the leader of Mt. Dicte. This was so because Mt. Dicte consisted of gods, goddesses, and some nymphs. The atmosphere of Mt. Dicte was one of the most beautiful on the island of Crete because of its rocky, steep cliffs that slipped right into the royal blue depths of the ocean. Also, Mt. Dicte was full of a plentiful amount of green vegetation that acted as crops for the citizens, along with an assortment of sweet frangranced orchids. Many years after Zeus’ birth and after Zeus’ brother, Poseidon, was born the two brothers both married goddess their wives each bore a son. Zeus and his wife

“But when Zeus was about to be born, Rhea sought Gaia to devise a plan to save him, so that Cronus would get his retribution for his acts against Uranus and his own children. Rhea gave birth to Zeus in Crete, handing Cronus a wrapped in swaddling clothes, which he promptly swallowed.” (The Birth of

In the beginning of time there was nothing but darkness and chaos but then miraculously a being emerged from the empty void called Erebus and night. All was dark, empty and silent until love was born bringing order with it, light was born along with Gaea, the earth from love. Gaea alone gave birth to Uranus, the sky, and he became her husband surrounding her on all sides. Together they created twelve Titans, three cyclops 's and three Hecatonchires (hundred-handed ones). Uranus did not like the Hecatonchires so he hid them in a secret place in the earth which angered Gaea so greatly that she plotted against him. When she asked her children to aid her in taking revenge against Uranus all of them were too afraid to challenge their father except for the youngest Titan named Kronos. Gaea and Kronos planned their revenge and castrated him as he slept. Uranus disappeared after promising Kronos that the Titans would be punished for what he had done. Kronos was then named ruler, married his sister Rhea and locked up the Hecatonchires and Cyclopes in Tartarus. When Rhea and Kronos had many children Gaea and Uranus prophesied that he would be overthrown by a child of his. To solve the issue Kronos ate all but one of his children in hopes of changing his fate. The child that was not devoured by his father was hidden by Rhea and was named Zeus. Zeus grew up and made a plan to get his siblings back and defeat Kronos. He decided on getting a potion to make

Zeus was the youngest of the children born from Kronos and Rhea. Kronos swallowed all of the his children one by one because of an old prophecy he had heard that one of his children will overthrow him. When Rhea found out she was pregnant with Zeus, she was not going to let the same thing happen to him, so she gave birth to Zeus in Crete, and tricked Kronos into swallowing a rock, leading him to believe that it was the baby, making all of the other children come back in reverse order, so now the oldest one is the youngest. This made Zeus to now be the oldest, and the strongest, of all of his siblings, being that he was never swallowed. He is the God of the Sky, and also controls thunder and lightning, which he often uses to his advantage. Zeus plays a huge role in Hesiod’s Theogony, as he is portrayed to of been riddled with bad temper, and we see that a lot in some of the actions he takes through it.

Back in ancient Greece, before the world was known as ‘Earth’- Uranos, who represented the heavens, and Gaea, who represented the earth, created the Titans. One of the Titans named Kronos overthrew his father, Uranos, and married his sister Rhea. Kronos and Rhea had children, they are known as the Olympian gods. Kronos’ prophecy was similar to his fathers; he would be defeated by his off spring. Learning this, Kronos ensured his safety by eating each of his children as they were born. Rhea, becoming more and more upset about losing her

"One of your children shall betray you" Gaia evidently told Cronus: this conversation would lead to one big bellyache. Goddess Gaia convinced Cronus that one of his children would betray him. His solution, swallow all of his kids whole. Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Hestia, and Hera were all swallowed by their father soon after birth from their mother Rhea. Cronus was in such a rush that when Rhea gave him a rock (fake Zeus) he consumed it like all the other children. Zeus was hidden by his mother until he was old enough to fight his father. When Zeus

Cronus feared his children would want to overpower him and take his place at Mt.Olympus, therefore he swallowed all of Zeus's siblings, Zeus hadn't yet been born. When Zeus was born, Rhea hid Zeus on some close by islands before Cronus could swallow him then she wrapped a stone in baby's clothes and gave it to Cronus. Cronus swallowed it believing it was his son. When Zeus reached adulthood he disguised himself and returned and tricked Cronus into drinking a liquid that forced him to vomit up all of his children, who then all gathered together to fight in a war against their father Cronus and the rest of the Titans (the race that Cronus and Rhea belonged to). Cronus was overthrown in the war by Zeus, so Zeus then took his place on Mt. Olympus and became judge and chief ruler of the 12 major gods and goddesses called the Olympians who ruled Mt.Olympus. It was believed that he settled disputes fairly but when he became angry he would throw thunder bolts. On Mt. Olympus he was also in charge of changing the seasons and making the sun come and go, both of which were very important to the other gods, goddesses and

Zeus parents were God Cronus and Goddess Rhea. His father Cronus had a controlled the heavens from his father Ouranos by force and power. One day Mother Earth warns Cronus a prophecy that one of his children will kill him and overthrow him. In order to prevent his children to overthrow him. Cronus swallows all the children Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon.

In order to rise to power Zeus had to first overthrow the ruler Cronos and the Titans. How he did this was with a clever strategy and with his might. What he did was gather a team of Gods to join his side. Then he made friends with the Cyclopes and other creatures. The combination of the Gods and boulders hurled from the powerful creatures was what led to Zeus becoming the ruler of the Gods.

His wife had one more kid and hid him and gave her husband a rock covered in baby clothes and the baby Zeus lives.

The evil started with Tantalus. Tantalus sired Pelops and the sons of Pelops, Thyestes and Atreus. The murder of Pelops’ bastard son Chrysippus brought down the wrath of Olympus and an ancestral curse on the House of Atreus. Demeter bore Zeus a daughter Persephone as a result of an incestuous union. The mother concealed Persephone in a subterranean cave guarded by serpents but Zeus desired her and bad-tempered and cunning transformed himself into a winged serpent to rape her, their coupling creating Dionysus, and another union between Zeus and Europa gave birth to Minos, the ruler of Crete. And so forth, from one generation to the next, the bitter legacy endured across the generations of Agamemnon, Cassandra, and Electra, and inspired the dark tragedies of Homer, Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus.

Gaia then had some children-Uranus who was the primordial god of the sky and Pontus-the primordial god of the sea. Uranus married Gaia and they had 3 sets of children, they were the Cyclopes, the Hekatonkieries or hundred handed ones and the titans. Uranus threw the Cyclopes and hundred handed ones into Tartarus. Then Gaia convinced the titans to kill Uranus, made a scythe and gave it to Kronos-the lord of time and the youngest titan. They tricked Uranus to come down to the earth and four titan brothers then held him down: Iapetus, Hyperion, Kios and Cirus. They chopped Uranus up and Kronos became the ruler of the world. He and his sister Rhea had six children-the gods and he swallowed them all except the last one-Zeus who grew up to overthrow Kronos and the titans. Zeus became king and built a palace on Mt. Olympus and had a bunch of children with Titans, Mortals, Nymphs and