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Hera (Juno)

Eylül 7, 2019 Özhan ÖztürkCult of Hera, Facts about Hera, Goddess Hera, goddess of family, Greek godesses, greek gods, greek mythology, Hera, hera Latin name, Hera Roman name, Iuno, Juno, Juno Greek name, Juno Roman culture, most beautiful woman of Olympus, Mythology, Olympian pantheon, temple of Hera, Who is Hera, Zeus and Hera0 comment

Who is Hera? Hera (Roman name: Juno), is the Queen of the Greek gods and is the wife and sister of Zeus in the Olympian pantheon, represented the ideal woman and was goddess of marriage and the family.

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Zeus (Greek Mythology)

Eylül 4, 2019Eylül 15, 2019 Özhan ÖztürkAlcmene, Amalthea, Anatolian temples of Zeus, Antiope, Callisto, Danae, Demeter, Dione, Europa, Greek god Zeus, greek gods, greek mythology, Hera, İo, Jove, Jupiter, Leda, Metis, Mnemosyne, Mythology, Olympeion, Olympian gods, Olympian Zeus, Olympic games, Olympic Games and Zeus, Powers of Zeus, Themis, who is Zeus, Zeus, Zeus Attributes, Zeus Deciptions, Zeus Roman Equivalent, Zeus's Lovers, Zeus’s Temples, Zeus’s Wifes0 comment

The Greek god Zeus was the sixt and last child of Cronus and Rhea. Cronus would swallow his own newborns because he feared that children would overthrow him as he did unto his father Uranus. In an effort to save her last child Zeus, Rhea gave birth in a cave and made her husband swallow a stone instead of Zeus.

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Twelve Olympians, The 12 Olympian Gods of Mount Olympus

Ağustos 31, 2019 Özhan ÖztürkAphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, dionysus, gods of the Greeks, Greek and Latin names, Greek and Latin names of the gods, greek mythology, Greek names of Roman gods, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Hestia, Latin names of Greek gods, Mount Olympus, Mythology, Olympians, Poseidon, Roman names of Greek Gods, Ruler of the Olympian gods, The 12 Olympian Gods of Mount Olympus, Theoi Olympioi, twelve gods of Olympus, Twelve great gods of the Greeks, Twelve Olympians, Zeus, Zeus and the Olympians0 comment

Twelve Olympians or The 12 Olympian Gods of Mount Olympus are the major deities of the Greek pantheon, commonly considered to be Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Hermes, and either Hestia or Dionysus. They were called Olympians because, according to tradition, they resided on Mount Olympus. Mount Olympus Zeus, who formed the third line of gods after Uranus and Cronus, began to dwell on Olympus, ruling the universe from there together with his siblings and children. The Twelve great gods of the Greeks were known…

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The Creation of Humankind (Greek Mythology)

Ağustos 28, 2019 Özhan ÖztürkAge of Heroes, Bronze Age, Creation Man, Deucalion, Five Ages of Man in Greek Mythology, Golden Age, Golden Generation, greek gods, greek mythology, Greek mythology and human origins, Greek Mythology Stories, Heroic Age, Hesiod's Five Ages of Man, Hesiod's Theogony, Iron Age, Mythology, Origins of Man, Pandora box, Prometheus, Prometheus and Epimentheus, Prometheus myth, Pyrrha, Silver Age, The Creation of Humankind, The Creation Of The World, The Story of the Flood0 comment

Hesiod’s Five Ages of Man The classic Greek Five Ages of Man came from an 8th century BCE poem written by a shepherd named Hesiod, who along with Homer became one of the earliest of Greek epic poets. Hesiod to write the 800-line epic poem called Works and Days. In it, Hesiod tells a Greek creation story that traces the lineage of mankind through five successive “ages” or “races” including the Golden Age, the Silver Age, the Bronze Age, the Heroic Age, and the present Iron Age.

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Gigantes, Giants (Greek mythology)

Ağustos 14, 2019 Özhan ÖztürkAlcyoneus, Amphitrite, Delphi Treasury Building, Doris, Encladus, Ephialtes, Eurytos, giantes mythology, Giants, Gigantes, Gigantomachia, Gigantomachy, Gigantomachy in Art, greek mythology, List of the Gigantes, Mythology, Nereus, Oceanus, Pergamum, Poseidon, Temple of Athena at Priene, Temple of Hecate at Lagina, Temple of Poseidon in Sounion, Tethys, Thyrso, titans, who are the giants, who were the giants0 comment

The Gigantes (“the earth-born”) or Giants (Greek mythology) were a race of giants borne out of the battle between Uranus and Kronos. They were the sons of Gaea and Tartarus (Protogenoi). When the gods took over from the Titans, Gaia became vengeful and gave birth to the Gigantes. Hesiod mentions the Gigantes in his Theogony and provides information about them. These were the 24 giants who emerged from the blood shed on the Earth from the genitals of Uranus. Uranus was killed by Cronus in Phleora within the borders of…

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Titans (Greek Mythology)

Ağustos 11, 2019 Özhan Öztürk12 Titans, Birth of Zeus, Cronus, End of Titans, Epimetheus, gods in Olympus, greek mythology, Hyperion, Mnemosyne, Mount Olympus, Mount Othrys, Nymph Amalthea, Oceanus, Prometheus, Themis, Titanomachy, titans, titans Greek Mythology, titans mythology, war between Titans and Olympians, Zeus defeating the Titans0 comment

As I mentioned before at ‘Greek Creation Myth of the Universe’ article Titans are the children of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaia (Earth). According to Hesiod’s Theogony there were 12 original Titans: the brothers Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Cronus and the sisters Thea, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, and Tethys. The mighty Titans were a powerful race that ruled the world before Olympians, in a time of the Golden Age of men. They were immortal giants of incredible strength and knowledge of old religion rituals and magic. They are also…

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