Olympians
Olympians
Dodekatheon, The Twelve Gods
Places
Events
- Rhea gives birth to the Olympians
- Cronus swallows his children
- Olympians are vomited up by Cronus
- Zeus and the Olympians fight against Cronus and the Titans for control of the cosmos
- The Olympians imprison the Titans
- The war between the Olympians and the Giants begins
- Athena and Poseidon’s dispute over possession of Attica is adjudicated
- Accused by Poseidon, Ares is tried in the Areopagus before the twelve gods, and is acquitted
- Hephaestus serves all of the Olympians nectar and they begin feasting
- Zeus, Hera, and the rest of the gods go home to bed after feasting
- The Olympian gods watch the conflict in Troy
Citations
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.1
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.2
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 14.1
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 14.2
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 505
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 605
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 12, Section 265
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 119
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 18, Section 78
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 95
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 41
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 3.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 40.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 5.5
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 27.2
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