After her husband cronus consumed their first five children, she saved her sixth baby, zeus, by giving cronus a stone to swallow instead. Cybele was known in greece from an early period and was often identified with other mother goddesses such as rhea or demeter 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. Demeter was a greek olympian goddess who reigned over crops, harvests, family, and fertility She was closely connected with her daughter persephone.
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. 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.
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. 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. Atalanta was a female hero renowned for her speed and strength She distinguished herself in many heroic exploits, including the calydonian boar hunt.
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