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Rhea (Ops)
Titaness and earth-goddess. Rhea was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea. According to Diodorus Siculus, Rhea's other name was Pandora. Rhea was identi...
By Jimmy Joe
Cronus (Saturn)
Ruler of the universe and the leader of the Titans. Cronus was the youngest son of Uranus and Gaea; according to Diodorus Siculus however, he was t...
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Cosmogony of Diodorus Siculus
According to the 1st century BC historian Diodorus Siculus, Oceanus and Tethys were the source of all gods. To Diodorus, Uranus was the first king,...
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Orphic Creation
The Orphic Creation Myth is another scenario of the Cosmic Egg origin, but without the Creator Goddess, Eurynome (see Eurynome and Ophion). Behind ...
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Eurynome and Ophion
Apollonius Rhodius described a creation myth that was very different from that of Hesiod's Theogony. Apollonius' account is very short and rather s...
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Homeric Creation
In the Iliad, Homer only briefly alluded to the creation. Hera seduced Zeus at Mount Ida in the hope of turning the tide against the Trojans by lul...
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Obscure Creation Myths
Hesiod was the not the only Greek poet who wrote about the Creation and the origin of the gods and mankind. Hesiod's account is just one kind. The ...
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Theogony of Hesiod
Hesiod was a Boeotian poet of either the 8th or 7th century BC, who is believed by many to have flourished not long after Homer. Hesiod wrote two p...
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Scylla
The six-headed monster that resided at the Strait of Messina. Scylla (Σκύλλη) was originally a beautiful maiden who was loved by a minor sea god na...
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Phoenix
The Phoenix (Φοἳνιξ) was a mythical bird that was said to have originated in Asia. The Greeks believed that the Phoenix came from Egypt. The bird w...
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Caucasian Eagle
The Caucasian Eagle was an offspring of Typhon and Echidna. Zeus had the Titan Prometheus bound to a crag somewhere in the Caucasian mountains. Eve...
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Stymphalian Birds
The Stymphalian Birds were birds that had originally lived in the swamp at Lake Stymphalus, in Arcadia. Heracles' sixth labour involved killing or ...
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