After her husband cronus consumed their first five children, she saved her sixth baby, zeus, by giving cronus a stone to swallow instead. The titans were the first children of the primordial greek deities uranus and gaia Two of these titans, cronus and rhea, became the parents of the original generation of olympians, who overthrew the titans, just as the titans had overthrown uranus before them. Cybele was known in greece from an early period and was often identified with other mother goddesses such as rhea or demeter Demeter was a greek olympian goddess who reigned over crops, harvests, family, and fertility She was closely connected with her daughter persephone.
Theia was one of the greek titans who fought against the olympians in their celestial war, the titanomachy She married her brother hyperion and eventually gave birth to the gods of the sun, the moon, and the dawn. Cronus was the youngest of the greek titans, best remembered for dethroning his father uranus He became a tyrant, however, devouring his own children until he was finally usurped by his youngest son, zeus. Mars was the raging roman god of warfare whose fury inspired savagery in battle Father of city founders romulus and remus, mars was revered not only as a god of war, but one whose conflicts brought about lasting peace.
He ruled over men and gods alike from his throne on mount olympus. Amalthea was the name of either the nymph or goat (there were different versions) who nursed zeus when he was a baby In some accounts, zeus honored amalthea after her death by placing her among the stars as a constellation In others, he celebrated her by placing her skin over his shield, the aegis. The curetes were rustic deities of the island of crete, connected with nature, initiation, and culture They were best known for protecting the infant zeus from his murderous father cronus by dancing around him and clashing their arms to hide the sound of his cries.
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