THE THEOI KTESIOI were the gods of house and home. They were led by Zeus protector of the home (Ctesius) and of the family courtyard (Hicesius) along with Hestia, the goddess of the hearth. Hecate and Hermes were also important household gods who protected the gates and entranceways....
INTRODUCTION TO GREEK MYTHOLOGY GREEK GOD CREATION MYTHS ALL ABOUT THE OLYMPIAN GODS MOUNT OLYMPUS, HOME OF THE GODS UNDERWORLD, TARTARUS OLYMPIAN GOD FAMILY TREE PLACES SACRED TO THE OLYMPIANS DID THE ANCIENT OLYMPIANS DIE? SYMBOLS SACRED TO THE OLYMPIANS ...
The Olympian Gods and Goddesses In Greek mythology, twelve gods and goddesses ruled the universe from atop Greece's Mount Olympus. These Olympians had come...
Dione is inscribed in the cornice directly above her name and figures in the eastern third of the north frieze, among the Olympian family of Aphrodite; thus she is an exception to the rule detected by Erika Simon that the organizational principle according to which the gods on the Great Altar...
Family Zeus and Maia are the parents of Hermes. All the children of Zeus are his siblings, but Hermes has a special younger-brotherly relationship with Apollo. Greek gods were far from perfect. In fact, they were known to be flawed and to have many sexual affairs with gods, nymphs, and...
III) Who were the family & attendants of Dionysos? FATHER ZEUS King of the Gods, son of the Titanes Kronos and Rhea MOTHER SEMELE Princess of Thebes, daughter of King Kadmos and the Goddess Queen Harmonia (Semele was immortalised as the goddess Thyone) ...
-nymph, gave birth to her daughter beneath the waves; but the child of the heaven-inhabiting Zeus was forced to ascend from the ocean-depths and mount to the snow-capped summits of Olympus, in order to breathe that ethereal and most refined atmosphere which pertains to the celestial gods....
Their wish was granted, for, after spending the remainder of their lives in the worship of the gods, they both died at the same instant, and were transformed by Zeus into trees, remaining for ever side by side. Upon another occasion Zeus, wishing to ascertain for himself the truth of the...
III) Who were the family & attendants of Demeter?FATHER KRONOS Deposed Titan-King of the Gods, son of Ouranos the sky & Gaia the earth MOTHER RHEA Former Titan-Queen of the Gods, daughter of Ouranos the sky & Gaia the earth HUSBAND Unmarried DIVINE CHILDREN PERSEPHONE Queen of the...