Gods
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Rhea
Read more: RheaMother of Zeus Table of Contents “Rhea, the wife of Cronus, and mother of Zeus and the other great gods of Olympus, personified the earth, and was regarded as the Great Mother and unceasing producer of all plant-life.…
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Selene
Read more: SeleneJust as Helios personified the sun, so his sister Selene represented the moon, and was supposed to drive her chariot across the sky whilst her brother was reposing after the toils of the day. When the shades of…
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Themis
Read more: ThemisGoddess of Justice, Law, and Order Table of Contents Themis was the goddess of Justice, Law, and Order. Themis, who has already been alluded to as the wife of Zeus, was the daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and…
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Tyche & Ananke
Read more: Tyche & AnankeTable of Contents Tyche personified that peculiar combination of circumstances which we call luck or fortune, and was considered to be the source of all unexpected events in human life, whether good or evil. If a person succeeded…
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Uranus and Gea
Read more: Uranus and GeaChaos Table of Contents The ancient Greeks had several different theories with regard to the origin of the world, but the generally accepted notion was that before this world came into existence, there was in its place a…
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Zeus
Read more: ZeusRuler of Heaven and Earth Zeus, (Jupiter, Ζεύς, Δίας) the great presiding deity of the universe, the ruler of heaven and earth, was regarded by the Greeks, first, as the god of all aërial phenomena; secondly, as the…