Weird But True Know-It-All: Greek Mythology

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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 6 GAEA URANUS MOTHER EARTH FATHER HEAVEN 14 THE TITANS GAEA URANUS’S OFFSPRING 18 RHEA CRONUS MOTHER FATHER OF THE GODS 20 TITANOMACHY THE WAR OF THE TITANS 22 ZEUS GOD OF THE SKY HEAVENS 24 OLYMPUS THE PALACE OF THE GODS 26 HERA GODDESS OF WOMEN MARRIAGE 29 HESTIA GODDESS OF THE HEARTH HOME 32 POSEIDON GOD OF THE SEAS 34 HADES GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD 36 DEMETER GODDESS OF THE HARVEST 38 THE UNDERWORLD THE KINGDOM OF THE DEAD 40 HERMES GOD OF TRADE TRAVELERS THIEVES 44 ATHENA GODDESS OF WAR WISDOM THE ARTS 46 ARTEMIS GODDESS OF THE HUNT 48 APOLLO GOD OF THE ARTS MUSIC HEALING LIGHT 50 HEPHAESTUS GOD OF FIRE CRAFTSMEN 52 APHRODITE GODDESS OF LOVE BEAUTY 54 EROS GOD OF LOVE 57 ARES GOD OF WAR 59 DIONYSUS GOD OF MERRYMAKING 62 PAN GOD OF NATURE RUSTIC MUSIC 64 TITANS 2 0 THE SECOND GENERATION OF GIANTS 66 PROMETHEUS TITAN OF CULTURE INTELLIGENCE 68 5 AGES OF MAN THE HISTORY OF HUMANKIND 70 PANDORA FIRST MORTAL WOMAN ON EARTH 72 THE FATES GODDESSES OF DESTINY 74 THE FURIES GODDESSES OF REVENGE 76 MINOR GODS THE SUPPORTING PLAYERS 78 7 GODS OF PERSONIFICATION SYMBOLS OF EMOTIONS ACTIONS 80 CHIRON THE KING OF THE CENTAURS 82 HERACLES A MORTAL HERO TURNED GOD 84 PERSEUS THE SLAYER OF MONSTERS 90 BELLEROPHON POSEIDON’S SON 94 THESEUS THE HERO OF ATHENS 96