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Publish the Obsidian vault's Knowledge folder as /knowledge (881 notes, 67 folders), with a Knowledge item in the nav and footer. - scripts/import_knowledge.py regenerates data/knowledge from the vault: slugged paths, folder notes as index pages, wikilinks resolved to site links (or plain text), callouts, highlights, and Dataview tables rendered statically. Personal notes are withheld via an exclusion list plus a privacy guard. - tuftecms/core/knowledge.py builds a concept index from note titles and aliases. First mentions on ordinary pages link to their Knowledge note (capped, never in headings, code, links, or sidenotes); Knowledge pages list related notes and where they're mentioned across the site; other pages get a Related Knowledge block. - Knowledge URLs join sitemap.xml (so the sweep test covers them), never displace existing legacy slugs, list alphabetically, and mermaid diagrams render client-side only on pages that have them.
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description: Gods, heroes, and legends of ancient Greece
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source: obsidian-knowledge
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# Greek Mythology
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> *Gods, heroes, and legends of ancient Greece*
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## The Olympian Pantheon
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| [Zeus](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/zeus) | King of gods, sky, thunder | Thunderbolt, eagle |
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| [Hera](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/hera) | Queen of gods, marriage | Peacock, cow |
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| [Poseidon](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/poseidon) | Sea, earthquakes | Trident, horse |
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| [Athena](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/athena) | Wisdom, warfare, crafts | Owl, olive tree |
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| [Apollo](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/apollo) | Sun, music, prophecy | Lyre, laurel |
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| [Artemis](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/artemis) | Hunt, moon, wilderness | Bow, deer |
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| [Ares](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/ares) | War | Spear, helmet |
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| [Aphrodite](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/aphrodite) | Love, beauty | Dove, rose |
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| [Hephaestus](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/hephaestus) | Fire, forge, crafts | Hammer, anvil |
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| [Hermes](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/hermes) | Messenger, travel, commerce | Winged sandals, caduceus |
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| [Dionysus](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/dionysus) | Wine, ecstasy, theater | Grapevine, thyrsus |
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| [Demeter](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/demeter) | Agriculture, harvest | Wheat, cornucopia |
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| [Hestia](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/hestia) | Hearth, home, sacred fire | Hearth, eternal flame |
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## Chthonic Deities
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The powers of the underworld and the earth's depths: **Persephone** — Kore the maiden, who becomes Queen of the Underworld — and **[Hades](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/hades)**, her consort, lord of the dead. They govern death, rebirth, and what lies beneath. The witch-goddess **[Hecate](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/hecate)** keeps the crossroads and the dark of the moon between the worlds.
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## Primordial Deities
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The oldest forces: Chaos, **[Gaia](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/gaia)** (Earth), **[Uranus](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/uranus)** (Sky), Tartarus, and **[Eros](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/eros)** (desire). These existed before the Titans and Olympians, forming the foundation of the Greek cosmogony. The wild itself has its god in **[Pan](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/pan)**, goat-legged lord of shepherds, panic, and the untamed places.
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## Titans
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The generation between primordials and Olympians, the twelve children of [Gaia](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/gaia) and [Uranus](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/uranus). Youngest and boldest was **[Cronus](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/cronus)**, who unseated his father and ruled the golden age with his sister-wife **[Rhea](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/rhea)** until their own son overthrew him. The eldest, **[Oceanus](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/oceanus)**, is the world-encircling river, husband of **[Tethys](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/tethys)**, the two of them the parents of every stream and spring. Four brothers held the pillars of the sky at its quarters: **[Hyperion](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/hyperion)**, the light of heaven, who with his sister **[Theia](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/theia)** fathered the luminaries **[Helios](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/helios)** (the Sun), **[Selene](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/selene)** (the Moon), and the dawn; **[Coeus](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/coeus)**, the inquiring intellect and the northern axis, whose union with **[Phoebe](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/phoebe)**, the bright Titaness of the Delphic oracle, produced **[Leto](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/leto)**; **[Crius](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/crius)**, the measure of the constellations; and **[Iapetus](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/iapetus)**, the Titan of mortality, father of the fire-bringer **[Prometheus](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/prometheus)**, who stole flame for humanity, and of **[Atlas](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/atlas)**, condemned to bear the sky. Among the Titanesses stand **[Themis](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/themis)**, the voice of divine law and order, and **[Mnemosyne](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/mnemosyne)**, memory itself, the mother of the Muses. The Titans were overthrown by Zeus and the Olympians in the Titanomachy — the succession the Olympian order is built on.
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The succession from the primordial powers through the Titans to the Olympians forms a three-generation family tree.
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```mermaid
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flowchart TD
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P["Gaia and Uranus — the primordials"]
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P --> T["Cronus and Rhea — the Titans"]
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T --> Z["Zeus"]
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T --> Po["Poseidon"]
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T --> Ha["Hades"]
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T --> Hr["Hera"]
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T --> De["Demeter"]
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T --> Hs["Hestia"]
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Z --> A["Athena, Apollo, Artemis"]
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Z --> B["Ares, Hephaestus"]
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Z --> C["Hermes, Dionysus"]
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```
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## Lesser Divinities & Messengers
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Beyond the great houses run the messengers and personifications: **[Iris](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/iris)**, goddess of the rainbow and the older herald of the gods, who carries the divine word between sky, earth, and the underworld river Styx before [Hermes](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/hermes) took the wider Olympian role. Alongside her stand the powers that give a face to the abstract forces of life. **[Nike](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/nike)** is winged victory, the swift spirit who alights on the winning side and attends the throne of [Zeus](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/zeus) and the hand of [Athena](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/athena); **[Tyche](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/tyche)** is her counterweight, the goddess of fortune and chance whose rudder and turning wheel steer outcomes no virtue can secure — the tutelary luck of whole cities. The line of Night personifies the day's edges: the twin brothers **[Hypnos](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/hypnos)** and **[Thanatos](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/thanatos)**, sleep and gentle death, born together and near-indistinguishable, one who releases and one who leads down to [Hades](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/hades); **[Morpheus](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/morpheus)**, son of Hypnos, the shaper of the human figures that walk through dreams; and at the other end of the dark, **[Eos](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/eos)**, the rosy-fingered dawn, sister of [Helios](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/helios) and [Selene](/knowledge/mythology/greek-mythology/selene) and the daily promise that the night has an end.
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## Heroes & Mortals
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The great heroes of Greek myth: Heracles (Hercules), Perseus, Theseus, Odysseus, Achilles, and Jason. Each embodies a different facet of human excellence tested against divine forces.
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## Major Epic Cycles
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The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Argonautica form the backbone of Greek literary mythology.
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## Monsters & Creatures
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Medusa, the Minotaur, the Hydra, Cerberus, the Chimera, and the Sphinx -- adversaries that give the heroes their defining trials.
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## Related
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- [Roman Mythology](/knowledge/mythology/roman-mythology) - Roman adaptations
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- Jungian Archetypes
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