Zeus and AthenaBy: Mariah Clement

Zeus

ParentsCronus - ruling Titan who came to power

by castrating his Father Uranus. Rhea - Rhea was the wife of Cronus.

Cronusmade it a practice to swallow their children. To avoid this,Rhea tricked Cronus intoswallowing a rock, saving herson Zeus.

Brothers and Sisters

HestiaHadesPoseidonHeraDemeter

ChildrenHe had around 70 childrenBecause there are so many, they will not all

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God OfKing of the gods, the god of the sky and

weather, law, order, and fate

Interesting Mortal Interaction

Heracles was the son of the affair Zeus had with the mortalwoman Alcmene. Zeus madelove to her after disguisinghimself as her husband,Amphitryon, home early fromwar.

Love InterestsAPHRODITEASTERIADEMETERDIONEEURYNOMEGAIAHYBRISKALLIOPELETOMETIS

The Titaness of MemoryMNEMOSYNENEMESISPERSEPHONESELENEThe Titaness of Custom

and TraditionSTYXTHETISTHEMIS

Athena

ParentsZeus - king of the gods, the god of sky and

weather, law, order, and fate

Metis - Titaness of theforth day and the planetMercury. She presidedover all wisdom andknowledge.

Brothers and Sisters

Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Hephaestus Hebe Hermes Persephone The Fates The Graces The Muses Tityus.

ChildrenAthena did not have any

children of her own.However, it is believed thatshe adopted Erechtheuswhen he was still a baby.

God OfGoddess of war

and wisdom

Interesting Mortal Interaction

The mortal Arachne was a greatweaver who boasted that her skillwas greater than that of Athena,goddess of wisdom, weaving, andstrategy. When Arachne refused toacknowledge that her skill comes,in part at least, from the goddess,Athena took offense and set up acontest between them.

Love InterestsShe never married, and she never had a

lover, and subsequently she had no blood children. However she did have a child she treated as her own. Once, Hephaestus, God of smithing, attempted to rape Athena; however, he was unsuccessful, as she was able to evade him. Instead, his seed fell upon the Earth and impregnated Gaia. From the impregnation was born Erechtheus. Athena found Erechtheus and treated him as her own child nurturing him.

The End!

Fragment of a Hellenistic relief (1st century BC – 1st century AD) depicting the Twelve Olympians carrying their attributes in procession; from left to right, Hestia (scepter), Hermes (winged cap and staff), Aphrodite (veiled), Ares (helmet and spear), Demeter (scepter and wheat sheaf), Hephaestus (staff), Hera (scepter), Poseidon (trident), Athena (owl and helmet), Zeus (thunderbolt and staff), Artemis (bow and quiver), Apollo (lyre), from the Walters Art Museum.

Works Cited•http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Zeus.html•http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Zeus/zeus.html•http://www.pantheon.org/articles/z/zeus.html•http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Athena.html•http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Athena/athena.html