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词源学;Greek Myths Are Everywhere--daily language;Idioms: the Trojan horse, Achilles’ heel, apple of discord, What else can you think of?;Greek Myths Are Everywhere--modern commerce;Greek Myths Are Everywhere--the planetary system;Apollo Program Poseidon Submarine Trident I II missile ……;Creation;First, they had three monstrous sons. Each had fifty heads and one hundred hands. Then, they had three more sons. They were just as big and just as ugly. They were called Cyclops（独眼巨人）. They had one eye in the middle of their foreheads. They were as strong as Earthquakes and Tornadoes combined. Finally, they had the first gods, six sons and six daughters called the Titans.; Among their children was the greatest Titan, Cronus (Kronus). Cronus gained power from his father, Uranus, by castrating（阉割） him. Then, Cronus became ruler over heaven and Earth and married his sister, Rhea. From their union came the Olympian gods.;The bigger you are, the harder you fall…;Mother Earth decided that the child would be safe if she hid him as far away from Cronus as she could. When Cronus asked to see the sixth child, Rhea handed him a rock wrapped in a blanket. Just like her previous children, Cronus swallowed the rock without hesitation, just as she had planned. Rhea was happy and could not wait for the day Zeus would grow up and destroy his father. ; Zeus was safely raised by nymphs（宁芙） and shepherds（牧羊人）. Eventually Zeus grew up and Rhea, his mother, told him about what Cronus did to his siblings（同胞）. Zeus made a promise to his mother that he would make Cronus pay for what he did. ;Rhea and Zeus’ plan;The battle between father and sons;After the battle was over…;The gods and goddesses of Mt. Olympus;The Principal Gods Family Tree ;Zeus Hera Athena Apollo Artemis Aphrodite Ares Hephaestus Hermes Demeter Dionysus Poseidon Hades Persephone Eros;The Olympians;Zeus;Hera;Poseidon;Hades;Hestia;Demeter;Athena;Ares;Hephaestus;Apollo;Artemis;Hermes;Aphrodite;Dionysus