Greek Creation Timeline

By dakotah.hurda
  • 100

    Chaos

    Chaos
    Before the world was created, there was only darkness and emptiness- Chaos.
  • 101

    Creation of Eros, Gaea, and Tartarus

    An unexplainable event happened where from out of Chaos came Eros (love), Gaea (Earth), and Tartarus (underworld).
  • 102

    Gaea gives birth to Uranus, Pontus, and Ourea

    Gaea gives birth to Uranus (sky), Pontus (oceans), and Ourea (mountains).
  • 103

    Gaea gives birth to Hecatonchires and Cyclopes

    Gaea and Uranus marry and give birth to Hecatonchires (100-handed giants) and Cyclopes (one-eyed giants).
  • 104

    Uranus banishes Hecatonchires to Tartarus.

    Uranus, disgusted by his children, banishes them to the Underworld.
  • 104

    Uranus creates the Titans

    Uranus, disgusted by the Hecantochires, creates the Titans.
    Cronus = Father Sky
    Rhea = Earth Goddess
    Epimetheus + Creator of animals
    Prometheus = Creator of humans
    Atlas = strongest Titan, later punished
  • 105

    Gaea is upset with Uranus, talks to Titans

    Gaea, being upset that her children were locked away in Tartarus, convinces Cronus to dethrone Uranus as king.
  • 106

    Cronus Lies

    Cronus does not free the Hecantochires from Tartarus, and ends up marrying his sister Rhea. They give birth to six children - Hestia
    Hera
    Demeter
    Poseidon
    Hades
    Zeus
  • 106

    Rhea's Vengeance Plot

    Cronus eats the first five children, and with Gaea's help, Rhea hides Zeus on Crete from Cronus.
  • 107

    War with the Titans

    Zeus returns when he is 16, and Rhea gives Cronus a potion to make him vomit up the other children. Zeus releases the Hecantcchires from Tartarus and brings them to battle. Zeus throws lightning bolts given to him by the Cyclopes. Together, the six children defeat the Titans and Zeus is crowned king.

  • Punishment

    The Titans are then punished for warring with the gods. Many are sent to Tartarus, and the Titan Atlas was forced to hold the weight of the world on his shoulders.

  • The Gods recieve their powers

    Each God recieved their own special powers. Zeus - King of Sky, Gods, and Men
    Hera - Wife of Zeus, Goddess of marriage and childbirth
    Poseidon - Sea, earthquakes, and horses
    Hades - King of the underworld and riches
    Hestia - Hearth and home
    Demeter - Agriculture

  • Other important Olympians

    Athena - Goddess of wisdom and defensive warfare
    Apollo - twins with artemis. god of the sun, poetry, and prophecy
    Artemis - twins with Apollo. goddess of the moon, the hunt, and chastity in women
    Hermes- protector of travelers, messenger of god
    Ares - God of offensive warfare
    Dionysus - god of wine
    Muse(s) - nine sisters that support history, science, and the arts