The Creation of the Titans & the Gods
Review & Study Questions
Answer the following questions from the selection from Hesiod’s Theogony. 1. What is the Greek name for the original emptiness before all things?
2. Name the three “original” beings in the Greek cosmology, according Hesiod in the Theogony.
3. Who were the three children of Gaea?
4. Who were the original six children of Gaea and Uranus?
5. What (of course) is notable about the Cyclopes physical appearance?
6. What did Uranus do to his children?
7. Why would he do such a thing? I mean—his own children?!
8. No problem; Gaea and Uranus had more children. What was this bunch known as?
9. How many were there?
10. What were each of the following kids associated with?: _____________________________ Helios?
_____________________________ Selene?
_____________________________ Oceanus?
_____________________________ Themis?
_____________________________ Rhea?
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_____________________________ Atlas?
_____________________________ Prometheus?
_____________________________ Epimetheus?
11. Why does Gaea try to get her children to rise up against their father Uranus?
12. Which of Gaea’s children is up to the challenge?
13. What, um, revenge does this child inflict on Uranus? (Keep it tasteful, folks!)
14. What creatures spring up from Uranus‘ blood?
15. What/who else was also born from Uranus’, uh, dismemberment?
16. With whom did Cronus have children?
17. Over the years, what does Cronus do with each child as Rhea presents them to him?
18. Once again (as with Uranus) why is Cronus behaving this way?
19. Who gives Rhea advice about how to fool her ravenous husband?
20. Where does Rhea hide baby Zeus?
21. What final trick does Rhea play on Cronus so that Zeus can grow up into a “mature god”?
22. Years later, how do Zeus and Rhea rescue Zeus’ brothers and sisters?
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23. In the battle that ensues between Cronus, the Titans, and his children, how does Zeus get the upper hand?
24. What gifts do the Cyclopes give the chief gods to aid them? _____________________________ Zeus?
_____________________________ Poseidon?
_____________________________ Hades?
25. What happens of the Titans after the battle is finally over?
26. How do the male descendants of Cronus choose their kingdoms?
27. For the record, who gets what? _____________________________ Zeus?
_____________________________ Poseidon?
_____________________________ Hades?
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