In the beginning there was Chaos The first legend tells the
creation of the universe and a war for control over all of heaven
and Earth. The Greeks believe that before time and the universe
existed, there was Chaos. Chaos was a formless nothingness, a dark
void of empty space.
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The end of Chaos Eventually Chaos gave birth to the Titan known
as Gaia, the Earth. She then in turn gave birth to Uranus, the Sky,
to be her equal and cover her. Joined together they then gave birth
to more Titans: the Ocean, Intelligence, the Stars and the Wind,
Rivers, the Sun, the Moon, the Dawn, Memory, Fate, and Rhea who was
destined to become mother of the gods.
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The youngest Titan was named Cronus. He would one day overthrow
his father Uranus and make himself ruler of all things and father
to the gods. Uranus hated all of his children and when Gaia gave
birth to a race of giants, Cyclops, and monsters, he trapped them
deep inside the Earth. This caused Gaia much grief, so she created
a blade and gave it to Cronus to use against his father. Using the
blade Cronus hurt Uranus and declared himself ruler over heaven and
earth. He then took his sister Rhea to be his wife.
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However, all was not well, as it was prophesied that one day
Cronus' children would rise and overthrow him in the way he had
done to his own father. Needless to say he was not very happy when
Rhea became pregnant. She gave birth to five children: Hestia,
Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon. After each was born Cronus
promptly swallowed them whole to ensure that they would not rise up
against him. But when Rhea gave birth to their sixth son, Zeus, she
hid him away on the Island of Crete and wrapped a stone in his
swaddling clothes. Mistaking the stone for the child, Cronus
swallowed the rock without knowing. Free from the fate of his
siblings, Zeus was raised by Gaia until he came of age, at which
point he returned home to liberate his brothers and sisters
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He tricked Cronus into drinking an elixir that made him vomit
up all his children. When he threw up his five previous children,
who were Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon, they went to
battle against their father. The results were that all of his
children, led by Zeus, vanquished Cronus forever into Tartarus'
domain, the Dark World under the Earth.HestiaDemeterHera
HadesPoseidon Following this, a massive war erupted between the
Titans and gods for control of the universe. Eventually the gods
were able to subdue the Titans and imprison them in the deepest
darkest places of the universe. The final battle happened at
Olympia where Zeus and Cronus met to battle. They wrestled for a
great deal of time until Zeus was able to subdue his father. With
this the war was over and the gods declared themselves rulers of
the universe. To commemorate his victory, Zeus established the
Olympic Games at Olympia so all would remember his match with
Cronus.
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The Olympus Bunch Heres a story about a king named Cronus who
didnt want to give up his throne. So when his kids were born, he
just ate them. The youngest was a stone. Heres a story about a mom
named Rhea, Who loved her kids so much When the newest was born,
she tricked her husband And gave him a stone for lunch Then one day
when Rhea sent for Zeus, who was living with a shepherd family. He
tricked his dad to barf up his siblings Now they all live in
Olympus happily The Olympus bunch Thats the way they became the
Olympus bunch!