A Post-Zeus Greek Pantheon

[Samloyal23]

In Greek mythology Zeus swallowed the pregnant Metis because she said her offspring would be more powerful than Zeus. Later, Athena sprang from his head fully grown, armed, and armoured. Now, the Greek religion died thanks to Christianity, it never developed beyond the Classical period. But based on this myth it looks like there was the idea afloat that someday Athena might do to her daddy what he did to his and take over the pantheon. This would likely result in another war like the Titanomachy, but between Olympians for and against Athena. Who would side with her? Who would get cast into Tarterus with the Titans? What would the new pantheon look like?

 

[Sekhmet]

I'm not sure that Athena would betray Zeus in any fashion, being extremely loyal to him. Hera would most likely give Hades information that lead to an attempt at taking Olympus, where Zeus would fall in battle and Athena would become the matriarch of the pantheon.

Hades would use the dead armies and march upon Olympus with infinite numbers, all of the other Olympians would side with Zeus in defense of the mountain.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

"On November 13, Zeus was asked to remove himself from his place of residence. That request came from his wife. Deep down, he knew she was right, but he also knew that someday, he would return to her. With nowhere else to go, he appeared at the home of his friend, Odin. Sometime earlier, Odin's wife had thrown him out, requesting that he never return. Can two divorced gods share an apartment without driving each other crazy?"



*Dah dum dah da da daaaaaa
Da da daa da da daaaa daaaa*








Assuming Athena did kill her father, I'd bet Ares would be opposed to her leadership.

 

[Empath Negative]

I agree. Zeus would be murdered via betrayal. In a time of upheaval like that it's only reasonable that they would turn to a deity of wisdom and warfare (because rest assured war is most definitely happening at this point).

Hades would almost certainly be the initial aggressor but he too would fall, Poseidon would (in despair) withdraw from the turmoils of gods and men, becoming an extremely powerful independent agent.

The factions would break down like this:

The Major Gods of "Good" are Athena (who would also adopt the portfolio of Zeus in regards to thunder and the sky), Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Eros, Hestia, and Pan.

The Major Gods of "Evil" are Ares (who adopts the portfolio of Hades... and who instigated the war between Zeus and Hades in an effort to do just that... leading to access to Tartarus and the untold legions of the dead at his disposal), Aphrodite (who has been shagging Ares since day one despite being married to).. Hephaestus (cuckold and puppydog to Aphrodite who now armors the soldiers of the kingdom of hell), Dionsysius (who is still more chaotic neutral than anything else), Hera (who aided Ares to revenge against Zeus for all the times he betray her in matters of "love").

Persephone is now Ares slave consort, the subject of Ares brutal wrath whenever he needs to "work out his frustration", and in true perversion makes use of her to provide him with ever greater amalgams of horror in the form of forced progeny that fall from her womb after these torments, creatures that reek of death and the horrors of war. Those that are quenched by the tears of persephone are all the more unnerving because these spawn, unlike the monstrosities that she usually gives birth to, are naturally beautiful and all the more cruel because of it.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Someone XP Danny for me. I want to play in that epic campaign.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Hades would almost certainly be the initial aggressor but he too would fall, Poseidon would (in despair) withdraw from the turmoils of gods and men, becoming an extremely powerful independent agent.

I think Ares & Hades would be working in concert- making them both "initial" aggressors.

I agree that Poseidon would stay out of it...unless & until he got dragged into it via trickery or by someone unwisely threatening or destroying omething he loved.

 

[Samloyal23]

The Greek gods have a history of knocking off a leader that is too old and weak to hang tough, I don't Athena's loyalty is an issue. Her morality might be...

 

[prosfilaes]

"On November 13, Zeus was asked to remove himself from his place of residence. That request came from his wife. Deep down, he knew she was right, but he also knew that someday, he would return to her. With nowhere else to go, he appeared at the home of his friend, Odin. Sometime earlier, Odin's wife had thrown him out, requesting that he never return. Can two divorced gods share an apartment without driving each other crazy?"

Been there, done that in Prime Time Adventures. One of the games remembered most fondly in that group.

 

[saskganesh]

Zeus woke up one day and found he had turned into Serapis. At the same time, another aspect of Zeus woke up and discovered he had become Zeus Ammon. Yet another aspect of Zeus woke up, felt odd, checked his ID and saw that he had become Jupiter. All of him was the same, in a sense, but each of him had new aspects. Ane all of him each had new names, new powers and new worshippers.

Thanks to the process of syncretism, the Greek pantheon did evolve, rather continuosly.

The problem is that many FRPG settings look at gods as being rather unchanging, which is very different from our own history, where the representations and identities of the deities were always in flux, in respone to cultural, political and religious needs.

 

[Samloyal23]

Zeus woke up one day and found he had turned into Serapis. At the same time, another aspect of Zeus woke up and discovered he had become Zeus Ammon. Yet another aspect of Zeus woke up, felt odd, checked his ID and saw that he had become Jupiter. All of him was the same, in a sense, but each of him had new aspects. Ane all of him each had new names, new powers and new worshippers.

Thanks to the process of syncretism, the Greek pantheon did evolve, rather continuosly.

The problem is that many FRPG settings look at gods as being rather unchanging, which is very different from our own history, where the representations and identities of the deities were always in flux, in respone to cultural, political and religious needs.

I find Serapis an interesting fellow, I was thinking of him being a son of Zeus, since the children of gods are often just aspects of them...