titans Flashcards
who is eros?
the child of chaos, who represents love. (aka cupid)
who is mother earth?
gaea (gaia)
who is uranus?
father heaven. (mother and father of the titans with gaea)
describe cronus:
chief titan, castrated uranus for power, married his sister
who are cronus’ kids and what did he do to them?
they are the Olympian gods and he swallowed them all, except zeus, at birth
who tricked cronus into swallowing a rock instead of zeus?
his wife, rhea
who is the titan of the ocean?
oceanus
who produced rivers and the ocean nymphs?
tethys
who is titan of light?
hyperion
who is the mother of the muses?
mnemosyne
themis is the titaness of what?
justice and order
who fathered prometheus, epimetheus, and atlas?
iapetus
who was the wisest titan that was punished with an eagle eating his liver daily?
prometheus
who was epimetheus?
the stupidest titan who accepted pandora from zeus
what was atlas’ punishment?
to bear the vault of the heavens on his shoulders (carry the world)
