The Original Olympians; When Ancient Greek Athletes Vied for Glory
She’s one of the first gods before the Titans and Olympians existed. Who Is The Goddess Hera? Origin: Greek Meaning: Goddess of marriage, family, women, and childbirth Variations/Synonyms: Juno (Roman) Description: The daughter of Titans Cronus and Rhea, she’s one of the most powerf...
The story of her birth is a strange one; before Zeus became king of the gods, he overthrew his father Kronos and castrated him with a sickle throwing his genitals into the sea. Thus Aphrodite was conceived, amid the waves and emerged gloriously from the sea at Paphos, in Cyprus. She is...
The stories in Greek mythology have universal themes and archetypes that are applicable across cultures, but are also memorable narratives by themselves. The Olympians often take a center role in these Greek myths because they are the twelve major gods of the Greek pantheon. The Olympians also ...
While the twelve Olympians were all divine, there were some other long-term visitors to Mount Olympus. One of these was Ganymede, the Cup-bearer to the gods, and a special favorite of Zeus. In this role, Ganymede replaced the goddess Hebe, who is not usually considered an Olympian and wh...
This brought him some popularity with mortals because he wasn’t so perfect and beautiful, like the other gods on Mount Olympus. Hephaestus had skills with fire and the forge, and he could make weapons and other metal items. He gained this skill all because he was thrown down from Mount ...
The Anemoi were the ancient Greek gods of the four winds--namely Boreas the North-Wind, Zephyrus the West, Notus the South, and Eurus the East. Each of these were associated with a season--Boreas was the cold breath of winter, Zephyrus the god of spring
Dionysos was a son of Zeus, King of the Gods, and Semele, a mortal princess of Thebes. The god was known as the "twice-born" for his mother was slain by the lightning-bolts of Zeus during the course of her pregancy, but rescued by his father who carried him to term sown up ...
TheTitans•theTitanswerethegargantuanfirstbornsonsofthegoddessEarth.•TheTitanswerethefirstgenerationofthesonsofEarth,whoruledthecosmosbeforetheOlympians.Cronus,kingoftheTitans,wasdeposedbyhissonZeus.TheGiants,alsosonsofEarth,stormedMountOlympusinrevenge.ButtheywererepulsedbytheOlympiangodswiththehelpofthehero...
THE TITANSThe twelve Titans, children of Uranus (Heaven) and Gê (Earth), were the group of gods immediately preceding the Olympian gods. However, the Olympians defeated the Titans in a battle — the Titanomachy. It was said that before this world came into existence, a confused mass of ...