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  1. Dione – Mythopedia

    Sep 12, 2023 · Dione was an early goddess who was either a Titan or an Oceanid. She was a lover of Zeus and, according to some traditions, gave birth to the love goddess Aphrodite.

  2. Uranus – Mythopedia

    Mar 9, 2023 · Uranus was the primordial Greek deity embodying the sky, the air, and the heavens. Along with Gaia, the personification of the Earth, he fathered the Twelve Titans, the youngest …

  3. Atlas – Mythopedia

    Mar 11, 2023 · Atlas was a Greek Titan famed for his prodigious strength and endurance, condemned to shoulder the heavens for eternity. He once passed the burden of holding up the …

  4. Greek Gods – Mythopedia

    The Greek gods ruled over every aspect of Hellenic existence—from war to love, from childbirth to the afterlife. Commonly depicted in human form, they were capricious deities who demanded …

  5. Oceanids – Mythopedia

    Mar 8, 2023 · Dione was, in some traditions, a consort of Zeus and the mother of Aphrodite. Doris was the wife of Nereus and the mother of the Nereids. And Metis was an early ally and wife of …

  6. Tantalus – Mythopedia

    Dec 8, 2022 · Tantalus was a king so beloved by the gods that they invited him to dine on Mount Olympus. But he eventually offended the gods and was cast into the Underworld to suffer …

  7. Nymphs – Mythopedia

    Jan 6, 2023 · The nymphs were minor divinities who took the form of beautiful young women. They represented diverse aspects of nature, including water, mountains, trees, and even …

  8. Zeus – Mythopedia

    Sep 20, 2023 · Zeus was the powerful but flawed king of the Greek pantheon and the supreme god of the Greeks. He ruled over men and gods alike from his throne on Mount Olympus.

  9. Iliad: Book 5 (Full Text) - Mythopedia

    Dione then: “Thy wrongs with patience bear, And share those griefs inferior powers must share: Unnumber’d woes mankind from us sustain, And men with woes afflict the gods again.

  10. Oceanus – Mythopedia

    Mar 9, 2023 · The Greek Titan Oceanus personified the enormous expanses of water that spanned the world. As patron of all things within the sea, he was generally viewed as a …