Greek Mythology
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Updated: 20 Oct 2022
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Chaos gives birth to GaiaUranus rapes Gaia. The Hecatonchires, Cyclopes and the Titans are born.Gaia gives birth to UranusThe Titans fight Uranus and eventually he is defeated by Cronus (Saturn).
Cronus cuts off Uranus' genitals with a sickle and throws them towards Cythera.
Aphrodite emerges naked from the sea and travels to Cyprus.New
eventCronos becomes ruler of Greece. Imprisons the Hecatonchires and
Cyclopes in Tartarus, then organises the Titans giving each a dominion.Cronus, son of Hades and Aphrodite,
is warned by Zeus not to take Rhea
as his wife or have children with her
,otherwise one of his children will
dethrone him.
He ignores this and Rheagives
birth to Hestia, Demeter, Hera,
Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus.Zeus grows up in the Dictyan caves near Lato. When fully gown he
makes Cronus drunk, causing him to vomit out his brothers and sisters.The Gods release the Hekatonchires
and the Cyclopes from imprisonment
in Tartarus, and they become their allies.
Some Titans side with Zeus, e.g. Prometheus
and Epimetheus.Zeus takes his sister Hera as wife
Births of Hephaestus, Ares, Eris, Hebe.
Inachus becomes king and judges that the
land of the Peloponnese belongs to HeraVictory for Zeus. Cronus is exiled
to Elysia or Sicily. Zeus rules the heavens,
Poseidon the sea and Hades the underworld.
The land is common to all of the Gods.
Births of Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Athena by
different mothers.Prometheus is chained to the rocks after stealing the secret
of fire from the Gods and giving it to man Zeus has affair
with Io the daughter of Inachus and carries her off to Egypt
where she marries Telegonus.Herakles the Dactyl holds the first Olympic GamesPhoroneus son of Inachus, the first man,
rules over the entire Peloponnese from
Phronocium later to become ArgosEpimetheus is given Pandora to be his wife.
Pandora is given a jar as a wedding present
and told not to open it. Pandora opens it and
mankind suffers the consequences of disobedience.Epaphus the son of Io rules in Egypt.The Battle of the Gods and Giants
errupts and Porphyrion is defeated.Epaphus is murdered. The Titans attempt to regain power but fail.
Atlas is punished by being made to carry the heavens on his shoulders.
Typhon is defeated and imprisoned under a volcano. The Ogygian Deluge
occurs.Zeus seduces Niobe the daughter of Phoroneus Car the son of Phoroneus
founds the city of Megara Apis rules over the Peloponnese and Egypt
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