There are twelve major gods in Mount Olympus: Zeus, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, and Hermes.
Hestia gave up her place to Dionysus because she decided to live with humans.
Sometimes, Hades and Persephone were included among the twelve gods of Olympus. However, Hades was generally excluded since he was the ruler of the Underworld.
Zeus, the leader of the Olympian gods, is the son of Chronos.
Chronos was a combination of the creativity and destructive power of time. His parents were Uranos and Gaia, the gods of the sky and earth. His wife was Rhea, the goddess who controlled the passage of time.
Rhea bore many children, but all of them were eaten by Chronos at birth.
When Rhea gave birth to Zeus, she was determined to protect this little life.
She wrapped a piece of cloth around a stone and called it a newborn baby. Cronus swallowed the stone in a single gulp.
