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| A series of rulers who ruled earth before the Olympians. Cronus was their leader. After Zeus overthrew them, most of the Titans ended up in Tartarus (hell) |
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| The parents of Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, and Hestia. Cronus, fearing that his children would overthrow him, ate his children. Rhea soon became discontented, and she soon hid Zeus away and tricked Cronus by feeding him a rock. Eventually, he was overthrown by Zeus. |
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| Prometheus (foresight) and Epimetheus (hindsight) were Titans who allied with Zeus to overthrow the other Titans. As a reward, they were to give gifts to all the beings of the world. Prometheus gives humans fire, which angers the Gods, which causes Zeus to chain him to a rock where an eagle would eat out his liver every day. Epimetheus was given Pandora as his "punishment". |
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| The first woman. She was given a box and told not to open it, but her curiosity later ends with her releasing all the evils into the world, with only hope at the very bottom of the box. |
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Zeus (Jupiter)
Demeter (Ceres)
Hermes (Mercury)
Hephaestus (Vulcan)
Aphrodite (Venus)
Ares (Mars)
Hera (Juno)
Poseidon (Neptune)
Athena (Minerva)
Apollo (Phoebus)
Artemis (Diana)
Dionysus (Bacchus)
Hestia (Vesta) |
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| God of the Olympians, he overthrew the Titans. married his sister, Hera. Has many affairs with humans. His weapon is the thunderbolt. |
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