Hesiod's Theogony
What primordial God was the first in existence?
Chaos
Which side lost?
The Titans
Who is the King of the Gods and Cosmos?
Zeus
What were the first 3 creations of Chaos?
Gaea, Nyx, and Erebus
Which side won?
The Gods
Who is the God of the Underworld?
Hades
Aether and Day are the children of...
Nyx and Erebus
What tool did the Elder Cyclopes build while the Hundred Handed Ones made a siege tower?
Zeus's lightening bolts
The Titaness that assisted Demeter in her searches for Persephone?
Hecate
Who did Gaea bore as starry Heaven?
Ouranos
What mountain did the Titans live on?
Mount Orthys
Name 3 children of Zeus.
Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Dionysus, Persephone, Hermes, Ares, Hercules....
Ouranos was chopped up by what Titan and with what?
Kronos and his scythe.
What mountain was used as a siege tower for the Gods and Hundred Handed Ones?
Mount Olympus.
What did the Greeks say was the purpose for the seasons?
Persephone ate 1/3 of the pomegranate, so the 2/3 she spent with her mother in the Mortal World, Demeter allowed for warmth and plants to grow. When Persephone was with Hades in the Underworld, she grew cold and allowed no plants to grow