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标 题: Mythology(1)
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Chaos - in one ancient Greek myth of creation, the dark, silent abyss from
which all things came into existence. According to the Theogony of Hesiod, C
haos generated the solid mass of Earth, from which arose the starry, cloud-f
illed Heaven. Mother Earth and Father Heaven, personified respectively as Ga
ea and her offspring Uranus, were the parents of the Titans. In a later theo
ry, Chaos is the formless matter from which the cosmos, or harmonious order,
was created.
Gaea - She was the mother and wife of Father Heaven, Uranus. They were the p
arents of the first creatures, the Titans, the Cyclopes, and the Giants - th
e Hecatoncheires (Hundred - Headed Ones). Uranus hated the monsters, and, ev
en though they were his children, locked them in a secret place in the earth
. Gaea was enraged at this favoritism and persuaded their son Cronos to over
throw his father. He emasculated Uranus, and from his blood Gaea brought for
th the Giants, and the three avenging goddesses the Erinyes. Her last and mo
st terrifying offspring was Typhon, a 100-headed monster, who, although conq
uered by the god Zeus, was believed to spew forth the molten lava flows of M
ount Etna.
Tartarus - The lowest region of the underworld. Hesiod claimed that a brazen
anvil would take none days and nights to fall from heaven to earth, and nin
e days and nights to fall from earth to Tartarus. Tartarus rose out of Chaos
and was the destination of wicked souls. Uranus banished his children the C
yclopes and the Hecatoncheires to Tartarus, as Zeus also did to the Titans.
Other famous inhabitants of Tartarus include Sisyphus, Ixion, Tantalus, Salm
oneus, Tityus, Ophion, and the daughters of Danaus.
Eros - The god of love. He was thought of as a handsome and intense young ma
n, attended by Pothos ("longing") or Himeros ("desire"). Later mythology mad
e him the constant attendant of his mother, Aphrodite, goddess of love.
Erebus - Personification of the darkness of the Underworld and the offspring
of Chaos. . In later myth, Erebus was the dark region beneath the earth thr
ough which the shades must pass to the realm of Hades below. He is often use
d metaphorically for Hades itself.
Uranus + Gaea - The personification of the sky; the god of the heavens and h
usband of Gaea, the goddess of the earth. . Their children are the Hecatonch
ires, the Cyclopes and the Titans.
Pontus - The sea god.
Cyclopes - Three sons: Arges, Brontes, and Steropes of Uranus and Gaea. The
Cyclops were giant beings with a single, round eye in the middle of their fo
reheads.They helped Zeus defeat their brother, Cronus, by forging lightning
bolts. They also made Poseidon’s trident and Hades invisibility cap.
Hecatonchires - Three sons of Uranus and Gaia. There were three of them: Bri
areus also called Aegaeon, Cottus, and Gyges also called Gyes. They were gig
antic and had fifty heads and one hundred arms each of great strength. They
had 100 hands and helped Zeus in his war against the Titans.
Cronus + Rhea - Cronus was a ruler of the universe during the Golden Age. He
was one of the 12 Titans and the youngest son of Uranus and Gaea, Cronus an
d his sister-queen, Rhea, became the parents of 6 of the 12 gods and goddess
es known as the Olympians. Cronus had been warned that he would be overthrow
n by one of his own children. To prevent this, he swallowed his first five c
hildren as soon as they were born. Rhea did not like this. She substituted a
stone wrapped in swaddling clothes for their sixth child, Zeus. He was hidd
en in Crete, and when he was older, he returned and forced Cronos to disgorg
e all the other children, who had grown inside of him. Zeus and his siblings
fought a war against Cronos and the Titans. Zeus won, and the Titans were c
onfined in Tartarus, a cave in the deepest part of the underworld.
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