Zeus

Zeus

   Zeus was the youngest child of Kronos and Rhea. His father, Kronos, got a prophecy that his children would overthrow him and take over his kingdom. His siblings before him were eaten by Kronos, but Rhea hid him away as a baby to avoid him being eaten and gave Kronos a rock to eat. Kronos ate the rock, tricked by Rhea. He grew up in a secluded mountain, raised by nature spirits, nymphs. When he became old enough, he disguised himself as a cup bearer looking to work for the Titan, and Kronos hired him. He gained his trust, biding his time for the opportunity to free his siblings. Kronos and his buddies were having a nectar drinking contest. Zeus filled all the cups, but mixed Kronos' godly drink with different disgusting liquids. He gave it to Kronos, who chugged it all in three seconds. He won the contest, but afterwards he didn't feel so good. He threw up all five gods he was keeping in his stomach. Zeus was there too, and they blasted him with their combined powers. Zeus became the lord of the sky. He controlled lightning, and the other gods. He was also keeper of order and law.

Zeus

Poseidon

Poseidon

  Poseidon was the middle boy child of Kronos and Rhea. He was the god of the seas and creator of earthquakes. He was called the Earthshaker because of how he created earthquakes with his Trident, his symbol of power. He married Amphitrite, one of the 50 Nerieds. She initially didn't want to marry Poseidon, but Delphin, the minor god of dolphins, convinced her that Poseidon would treat her well. Poseidon was overjoyed, because he was in love with her. They later had two children, Triton-the original figure for mermaids- and Rhode-a minor sea nymph.

Poseidon and Delphin

Hades

Hades

   Hades was the oldest boy child of Kronos and Rhea. He was said to have bad luck, and that showed when he and his other brothers rolled a dice for the ownership of the three parts of the world, sea, sky, and underworld, Hades got the worst roll; the underworld. He was mistaken death himself, but that was another god, Thanatos. The Greeks didn't like saying his name, thinking it was bad luck. They thought saying his name would bring early death. Hades was the god of the dead and the underworld, but he was also the god of precious gems, because he was ruler of the underworld and under earth. He is married to Persephone, daughter of Demeter.

Hades

Hera

Hera

 Hera was the third oldest child of Kronos and Rhea. Zeus fell in love with her, but Hera kept telling him no. He made a deal with her, that if she ever told him she loved him, they would get married. She said she would do it, knowing she would never tell him she loved him. Later, there was a storm, and a cuckoo bird with an injured wing flew into Hera. She nursed it back to health, but when she was going to set it free, it wouldn't fly away. She thought it wanted to stay with her, so she was going to keep him as a pet. It nuzzled her, cooing.

 "Alright, I love you too," she said. The cuckoo immediately hopped on the floor and began growing in size. It morphed back into Zeus, who had disguised himself as the cuckoo to trick her into marrying him. Hera was furious, but she had made the deal, so she married Zeus. She became the goddess of marriage, and the protector of married women. Her sacred animals were the cow, peacock, and the cuckoo.

Hera

Demeter

Demeter

 Demeter was the second oldest child of Kronos and Rhea. She was the goddess of harvest, crops, fertility, and agriculture in general. She had a daughter named Persephone, the goddess of spring and flowers. Hades fell in love with her, and abducted her to the underworld. Demeter was furious, searching the world for the light of her life, but couldn't find her because she was in the underworld. She made all crops wither and die, leaving the humans to starve. Zeus sought out Demeter's daughter and found out she was in the underworld. However, she had eaten a fourth of a pomegranate while in the underworld, which meant Hades had a claim on her. Demeter struck a deal with him and said since she had eaten a fourth of a pomegranate, she would stay in the underworld for a fourth of a year. That time of year, Demeter didn't let crops grow, causing the season of winter. When Persephone came back to her, spring would come back with her.

Demeter

Hestia

Hestia

  Hestia was the oldest child of Kronos and Rhea, but her thought of her as the youngest because she was vomited by Kronos last. She became the goddess of the hearth. The hearth was the central fire in a Greek house. She originally had a throne on Olympus, but gave up her throne for Dionysus. This is why there weren't that many temples and shrines to her. She swore to be a maiden, refusing to take a husband.