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The twelve Olympians were the 3rd dynasty of gods that succeeded The
Titans, and were so called because it was believed that they inhabited
the top of a mountain called Olympus. The twelve Olympians comprised
the following deities:

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The Titans, or "the strivers", were the 2nd dynasty of gods, and the
children of Uranus and Gaea. The name Titans applies to both male and
female gods alike.

http://www.the-pantheon.com/creation.htm
Later Gaea and Uranus were to become husband and wife, and they stood
at the head of the first dynasty of gods. Their earliest offspring
were the Mountains and Pontus, the sea

http://www.the-pantheon.com/uranus.htm
Uranus was both the son and husband of Gaea, together they were the
first gods and rulers of the 1st dynasty. He was the father of many
children by her.

The early offspring of the couple were the Mountains and Pontus, the
sea, followed later by probably the most important beings, The Titans.
The titans were comprised of three Cyclops, monsters with one large
eye in the centre of their foreheads, three Hecatoncheires, monsters
with fifty heads and one hundred hands, plus others. Uranus didn't
take too well to having Cyclops and Hecatoncheires for children, so
upon the birth of these children, he cast them in to Tartarus, the
dwelling place of wicked men who have sinned on earth or have offended
the gods. Uranus' wife detested his behaviour, and enlisted the help
of her sons to rise up against him. Cronus, the youngest of the titans
unmanned him with a sickle, which gave rise to, from the blood of his
wounds, the birth of The Furies, The Giants and (according to some
accounts) Aphrodite. After an immense battle, Uranus was dethroned by
Cronus who then became the supreme ruler.

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associés à la 1ère dynastie:
b. Gaea and Uranus

associés à la 2ième dynastie:
c. Zeus and Hera

associés à la 3ième dynastie:
a. Rhea and Cronus

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http://www.milica.com.au/greek_myths/creation/gaea.htm

In Hesiod's Theogony, after Chaos appeared Gaea, or Ge, the mother of
all creation. She gave a parthenogenetical birth to Uranus, the Sky,
"whom she made her equal in grandeur so that he entirely covered her".
Then, she created the high mountains and Pontus, "the sterile sea".

Gaea united with her son Uranus and gave birth to the first divine
race-the Titans.

http://www.milica.com.au/greek_myths/creation/chao.htm

According to Hesiod, vast and unorganized space, abyss from which all
things originated, shapeless mass containing the seeds of everything
which existed before Order.

From Chaos were born Erebus (Darkness, Shades) and Nyx (Night), who
united and gave birth to Hemera (Day) and Aether (Air).

According to Orphics, first there was Time, from which came Chaos and
his brother Aether. Chaos symbolized the infinite, while Aether
symbolized the finite. Chaos was surrounded by Night, which formed the
enveloping cover under which, by the creative action of Aether, cosmic
matter was slowly organized (see Nyx).