Greek Mythology Research Paper

For my DIY course, I had researched mythology, mainly Greek mythology though. So in the beginning of Greek mythology, the first gods were Gaea, the Earth and Uranus, the Sky and Heavens. Some stories say that Gaea had made Uranus. Together they had twelve children in all and they were known as the first generation of Titans. Six of them were females and their names were Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Theia, Themis and Tethys. The six males were named Coeus, Cronus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus. The Titans arose to power when Cronus, his mother, Gaea, and his brothers made a plan to take the rulership of the Cosmos from their father, Uranus, resulting with Cronus who the youngest brother to be in control.

One thing that I had found interesting was that the Titans married their siblings and had children together. Hyperion and Theia gave birth to Eos, Helios and Selene. Coeus and Phoebe children were Leto and Asteria. Oceanus and Tethys gave birth to Oceanids and Potamoi. Oceanids and Potamoi were not usually referred to as Titans. Cronus and Rhea gave birth to the younger gods and goddesses. These gods are more well known today as the …show more content…
They became patrons of cites. For example Sparta worshiped the god Ares, Corinth worshiped Poseidon and Athens worshiped the goddess Athena.
The story for how Athena became the patron of Athens was that both Athena and Poseidon wanted to be the patrons of this city. So, Zeus decided to have both Athena and Poseidon bring a gift for the people of this city and then he would decide which gift was better. Poseidon decide to bring a strong and beautiful horse as his gift to the people to provide the people protection. But Athena said to the people that the horse could also bring war and sadness. So she gave the people an olive tree which represents a sign of peace, happiness and freedom. Zeus finally chose Athena and named the city Athens after