During this time‚ it affected Greece’s architecture‚ political structure and its arts. There were various types of gods in Greek mythology. There’s 12 main gods/goddesses known as Olympians; Aphrodite‚ Apollo‚ Aris‚ Artemis‚ Athena‚ Hades‚ Hephaestus‚ Hera‚ Hermes‚ Hestia‚ Poseidon and Zeus. These gods were in
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Poseidon is a Greek god. He is the son of a Titan named Cronus. Poseidon had five siblings; Zeus‚ Hades‚ Hestia‚ Hera and Demeter. He had lots of children and lots of wives. When he was born he chose the sea to rule because it was full of adventure and unknown (“Poseidon”). Poseidon was the god of the sea. His symbols were the horse‚ and the trident. He was the god of the sea and earthquakes. He also created a lot of animals trying to impress his loved ones. He can control water and start earthquakes
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powerful after he defeated Cronus his brother Hades and Poseidon drew lots with Zeus to see who would rule over what and that’s how Hades got the underworld‚ Poseidon got the sea and Zeus got to be the ruler over the heavens. He also had three sisters Hera which Zeus would later marry she was goddess of the marriage and family‚ Demeter was the goddess of corn and grain‚ and Hestia was goddess of architecture. Zeus had many children with many women Aecis‚ Agelos ‚ Aphrodite goddess of beauty ‚ Apollo
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Introduction to Myth: Mythos – Greek word for story (not necessarily true or false) Mythology – the study of myths Primitive people needed to make stories/myths in an effort to understand what was going on in their world. Humans are the only beings with a need to understand things; a dog doesn’t think “why me??”. Primitive people‚ when scared‚ hurt‚ depressed‚ created myths to explain their pain or discomfort. All cultures make myths in their early development. Around 1200 B.C.‚ ancient
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strength. The one titan who over-ruled the rest was Cornus‚ also known as Saturn. He reigned until Zeus- his son dethroned him. Zeus was amongst the twelve Olympians‚ the other eleven included his two brothers: Poseidon‚ and Hades‚ their sister: Hestia‚ Hera‚ Ares‚ Athena‚ Apollo‚ Aphrodite‚ Hermes‚ Artemis‚ And Hephaestus. Much of the myths that include these characters have been set up in the "Iliad" and the "odyssey". These gods had animals and cities that they identified themselves with‚ for example
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mortal‚ is tricked by Zeus when he turns himself into her husband. She becomes pregnant with Zeus’ child. Heracles is born part mortal and partly immortal because of the situation. Hera‚ Zeus’ wife‚ became angry that Zeus has been unfaithful once again and tries to kill Heracles. As Heracles began to grow older‚ Hera became more and more jealous of him. She became jealous of his strength‚ prowess and good looks. Knowing that every other scheme she had failed‚ she decided to drive him to a state
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Dionysus Dionysus was the God of wine‚ theatre‚ vegetation and ecstasy in Ancient Greek mythology‚ represented by a leopard‚ a drinking cup‚ a fruit vine‚ and a thyrsos. According to Ancient Greek scripts‚ he was worshipped by Mycenean Greeks from 1500-1100 BC. Where he came from is uncertain‚ but his clans took many different forms. In some‚ he arrives from the east as a foreigner‚ and in others he arrives from the south. He is known as “the god that comes” and his foreignness is essential
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Have you heard of Zeus and Jupiter? Maybe Hera and Juno? Well these are some of the many Greek gods and their Roman Opposites. In the religion of polytheism they share is called polytheism it is a belief in many gods instead of one god. It was told that the gods of the Greeks and Roman people were given a personality and a motive so‚ that they could be the cause of the things that happened in the human’s everyday life. This religion had 12 Main Gods that were worshiped and loved by most humans.(Not
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Apollo’s birth story begins immediately with a sense of the son of Zeus and Leto’s immense power. The earth is literally scared to let Apollo be born -- and thus it will not allow Leto to lay down and give birth. The earth fears that Apollo‚ born with power as great or nearly as great as Zeus himself‚ will be disgusted by the earth and destroy it. However‚ when Leto is finally allowed to give birth to Apollo on the island of Delos‚ Apollo does not destroy the earth. He does‚ however‚ immediately
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According to legend‚ Artis’ mother Leto was being “hounded” by another goddess‚ Hera‚ out of jealousy. While in her late stages of pregnancy‚ she sought refuge on a floating island. Upon arriving‚ Leto went into labor. She then gave birth to Artemis‚ who successfully acted as Leto’s midwife while she birthed Apollon (theoi page
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