CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Age Of Enlightenment, Chariot Racing, Kleobis And Biton
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Chapter 4: zeus" rise to power: the creation of mortals. This epic battle was waged for ten years between zeus and the olympians and cronus and the titans. Othrys; his allies were the titans except for themis and her son prometheus. Olympus and his allies, in addition to themis and prometheus, were his brothers and sisters, who had been swallowed by cronus but later regurgitated, namely: hestia, demeter, hera, hades, and poseidon. Also on his side were the hecatonchires and the cyclopes. Zeus was victorious and the titans were imprisoned in tartarus, guarded by the hecatonchires; and atlas was punished with the task of holding up the sky. The gigantomachy: zeus defeats the giants and typhoeus. Giants, called gegeneis [jee"je-nays and gay"ge-nays], since they were born from the earth, challenged. Zeus and the new order of the gods. They were defeated in a fierce battle and were imprisoned under the earth.
