How It All Started

Mount Olympus was home to a group of deities. It was located on the Greek border with Macedonia. On the summit of this great mountain lived the twelve Olympians. They were Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hermes, Hades, Hestia, Hephaestus, Athena, Ares, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite. However, other gods lived with them.
They were ranked according to their powers and authority.

The top rank was occupied by the Olympians (ruled by Zeus):

Aphrodite

Apollo

Ares

Artemis

Athena

Hades

Hephaestus

Hera

Hermes

Hestia

Poseidon

Zeus

The second rank was occupied by the Nymphs:

There were 3 kinds of nymphs: The Dryads, who lived in forests

The Nereids, who lived in the sea

The Naiads, who lived in lakes, rivers & springs.

The third rank was occupied by The Demigods:

These deities were partly human, yet partly divine. Two well-known Demigods were Heracles- the strongest and most important, and Orpheus- who had the best singing voice.

The fourth rank was occupied by The Heroes:

The heroes were classified into two groups: Those before the Trojan War, like:

Jason

Theseus

 Oedipus Perseus
He led the search foe the Golden Fleece.

He killed the Minotaur.

 He saved the city of Thebes from the Sphinx. He slew Medusa the Gorgon.

The Trojans: Prince Paris, and Hector

The Greeks: Odysseus, Achilles, Agamennon, Menelaus

In the beginning, the universe was a mass of emptines known as chaos. Out of it, Gaea, the Earth, was born. Almost immediately, she gave birth to a son- Cronus, who she married. Although she married him, she had an affair with Tartatus, with whom she had The Giants. With her son/husband, she had twelve children- sons: Oceanus, Coeus, Cronus, Crius, Hyperion,and Iapetus; and daughters: Phoebe, Rhea, Thea, Mnemosyne, Themis, Tethys. Two of those children, Cronus and Rhea got married. They had six children- sons: Poseidon, Hades, and Zeus; and daughters: Hera, Hestia, and Demeter.