GREEK MYTHOLOGY

Ελληνικά μυθολογία
MOUNT OLYMPUS

Mount Olympus is the mythical home of the gods in Greek

mythology. According to authors, the mountain was created after
the Titanomachy, the epic battle between the young gods, the
Olympians and the older gods, the Titans. As a result of this battle,
the Olympian victors created their new majestic home – Mount
Olympus.

Function of Mount Olympus. Apart from being the residence of

the Twelve Olympians, Mount Olympus was also the meeting
place of all the gods.
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THE 12 GODS AND
GODDESSES
In the ancient Greek world, the Twelve
great gods and goddesses of the Greeks
were referred to as the Olympian Gods,
or the Twelve Olympians. The name of
this powerful group of gods comes from
Mount Olympus, where the council of
12 met to discuss matters.
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ZEUS

• Zeus was the father of the

famous Greek hero
Hercules. The name Zeus
means "bright" or "sky.“
His weapon of choice was the
thunderbolt, made for him by the Cyclops.
• Often referred to as the “Father of Gods and men”, he is a
sky god who controls lightning (often using it as a
weapon) and thunder. Zeus is king of Mount Olympus,
the home of Greek gods, where he rules the world and
imposes his will onto gods and mortals alike.
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• POSEIDON

• Poseidon was allotted

his dominion after
the fall of the Titans.
He wielded the trident or three-pronged spear
• God of the sea, earthquakes, storms, and horses
• Son of Cronus and Rhea and was swallowed by
his father along with Hades, Demeter, Hestia
and Hera.
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• HADES

He was also called the God of

Wealth or “the rich one”
because he possessed the
precious metals of the earth.
• His wife was Persephone,
• Son of the Titans Cronus and
Rhea, and brother of the
deities Zeus, Poseidon,
Demeter, Hera, and Hestia.
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• HERA

• Queen of the Olympian gods

• Goddess of
Marriage & Birth
• known to be jealous
and vengeful towards
the many lovers and
offspring of her husband Zeus
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• APHRODITE

• Goddess of fertility, love,

and beauty.
• widely worshipped as a
goddess of the sea and of
seafaring
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• APOLLO

• son of Leto and Zeus

• his twin sister Artemis, also an Olympian
• The nine Muses were companions of his; they
were goddesses known for inspiring art and
music.
• god of music, truth and prophecy, healing,
the sun and light, plague, poetry
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• ARTEMIS

• Daughter of Zeus and Leto

and twin sister of Apollo
• primarily a virgin huntress
• goddess of wildlife hunt, the
moon, and chastity and
patroness of hunters
• very protective of her and her priestesses'
innocence.
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• ARES

• Son of Zeus and Hera

• God of War
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• ATHENA

• Goddess of War, Wisdom ,

courage, inspiration,
civilization, law and justice,
strategic warfare, mathematics,
strength, strategy, the arts, crafts,
and skill.
the female counterpart of Ares
• served as a guardian of
Athens, where the Parthenon
served as her temple
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• DEMETER

• daughter of Cronus
and Rhea
• goddess of harvest and
fertility
• also goddess of sacred
law and the cycle of life
and death.
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• DIONYSUS

• God of the Vine,

winemaking, grape
cultivation, fertility,
ritual madness, theater, and
religious ecstasy
• the last god to enter
Olympus
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• HEPHAESTUS

• the only ugly god

among perfectly
beautiful immortals
• the workman of the
immortals: he made their dwellings, furnishings,
and weapons
• god of fire, metalworking, stone masonry,
forges and the art of sculpture.
• son of Zeus and Hera
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• HERMES

• considered a “trickster” due to his cunning

and clever personality
• served as the herald or messenger of the gods
• god of trade, heraldry, merchants, commerce,
roads, thieves, trickery, sports, travelers, and
athletes
• son of Zeus and the Pleiad Maia
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• HESTIA

• virgin goddess of the

hearth, architecture,
and the right ordering
of domesticity, the
family, the home, and
the state
• daughter of Kronus and Rhea
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• TYCHE

• daughter of
Aphrodite and Zeus
or Hermes
• goddess of chance,
fate and fortune