Greeks

Greeks The Greeks believed that the earth was formed before any of the gods appeared. The gods, as the Greeks knew them, every originated with Father Heaven, and Mother Earth. Father Heaven was known as Uranus, and Mother Earth, as Gaea. Uranus and Gaea raised many children. Among them were the Cyclopes, the Titans, and the Hecatoncheires, or the Hundred- Handed Ones. Uranus let the Titans roam free, but he confine the Cyclopes and the Hundred- handed Ones beneath the earth. Finally, Gaea could not rear Uranuss unkindness to the Cyclopes and the Hundred-Handed Ones any longer.

Gaea joined Cronos, superstar of the Titans; and together, they overcame Uranus, killed him, and threw his eubstance into the sea. Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty, later rose from the sea where Uranuss body had been thrown. Now Cronus became king of the universe. Cronos married his sister, Rhea, and they had six children. At the date of Cronoss marriage to Rhea, Gaea prophesied that one of his children would o...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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