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    Chaos Nyx (Night) Erebus (Darkness) Tartarus Aether Hemera Eros (Cupid) Gaea (Earth) Uranus (Sky) Pontus (Sea) Nereus Phorcys Eurybia Demiurge Oceanus Eurynome Ophion Chronus (Time) Adrasteia Protogonus (Phanes)
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Eurybia

Daughter of Gaea and Pontus. Eurybia married the Titan Crius, and was the mother of Astraeüs (Astraeus), Perses and Pallas.

For some reason, Hesiod says that she had a heart of flint. Hesiod had also called her a bright goddess.

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Jimmy Joe Timeless Myths

By Jimmy Joe

Primeval Deities:

  • • Chaos
  • • Nyx (Night)
  • • Erebus (Darkness)
  • • Tartarus
  • • Aether
  • • Hemera
  • • Eros (Cupid)
  • • Gaea (Earth)
  • • Uranus (Sky)
  • • Pontus (Sea)
  • • Nereus
  • • Phorcys
  • • Eurybia
  • • Demiurge
  • • Oceanus
  • • Eurynome
  • • Ophion
  • • Chronus (Time)
  • • Adrasteia
  • • Protogonus (Phanes)
Crius

Crius

Titan. Crius was the son of Uranus and Gaea. Crius married his half-sister Eurybia, daughter of Gaea and Pontus, and became the father of Perses, Pallas and Astraeus. When Zeus overthrew Cronus and the other Titans, Crius was confined with them in...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Astraeüs

Astraeüs

Son of the Titans Crius and Eurybia. He was the brother of Perses and Pallas. By the goddess Eos, he was the father of Boreas, Zephyrus and Notus - gods of winds (see also Aeolus for more detail about the wind gods). His name means "Starry" becaus...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Theia

Theia

Titaness of sorcery. Theia was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea. She was sometimes called, Euryphaëssa (Eurtphaessa). Theia was the goddess of light. She married her brother Hyperion, and was the mother of Eos ("Dawn"), Helius ("Sun"), and Selene (...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Eurynome

Eurynome

Eurynome (Εὐρυνόμη) was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys; she was one of the 3000 Oceanids. By Zeus, Eurynome was the mother of the Graces, and possibly of Asopus, the river god in Sicyon. However, Asopus was usually referred to as her brother, ...

August 31st, 2002 • Jimmy Joe
Pallas

Pallas

Pallas was the son of the Titans Crius and Eurybia. He was the brother of Perses and Astraeüs (Astraeus). He married the Oceanid Styx, and became the father of Bia ("Violence"), Cratus ("Strength"), Nike ("Victory") and Zelus ("Emulation").

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Perses

Perses

Perses was the son of the Titans Crius and Eurybia. He was the brother of Astraeüs (Astraeus) and Pallas. He married Asteria and became the father of Hecate. Perses was probably imprisoned with the other Titans for participating in the war against...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Eurynome

Eurynome

The Goddess of All Things. Eurynome was the mother goddess and ultimate Creator goddess. Eurynome was possibly also a sun and moon goddess. According to Apollonius of Rhodes, he wrote in the Argonautica that the first being was the goddess Eurynom...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Asteria

Asteria

Asteria was the daughter of the Titans Coeüs (Coeus) and Phoebe. She was the sister of Leto. Asteria married Perses and became mother of Hecate. Not long after her brother was imprisoned in Tartarus, Zeus fell in love with her. Zeus chased Phoebe,...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Uranus (Sky)

Uranus (Sky)

The sky and the god of the sky. Uranus was the son of Gaea and possibly of Aether. Uranus married his mother and became the first supreme ruler of the world. (According to the Orphic myth, Gaea and Uranus were not mother and son. Rather they were ...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Gaea (Earth)

Gaea (Earth)

The personification of earth and the goddess of the earth. Gaea was also known as Gaia or Ge, but to the Romans she was known as Terra Mater and Tellus. According to Diodorus Siculus, her name was also Titaea. Gaea was born together with Nyx ("Nig...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
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