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=Zeus-= Zeus was the son of Cronos, (the youngest of the Titans), and Rhea (Cronus's wife and sister). Rhea hid Zeus as an infant from Cronos because he had made a bit of a habit of swallowing his offspring as soon as they became a threat to him.When he was old enough, he came out of hiding and faced his evil father along with the other Titans. He managed to defeat Cronos and stole his scythe, using it to cut him up, releasing his immortal brothers and sisters who had been swallowed by Cronos. Zeus and the gods finally defeated the Titans and cast them into the pit of Tartarus, an infinite hole that had no bottom. Zeus was made the supreme god of Mount Olympus and of all the other gods that reside there. He split the land between himself and two of his brothers, Poseidon and Hades. Zeus was to rule the skies, Poseidon the sea and land, and Hades the underworld, guarding the pit of Tartarus. Zeus upheld law, justice and morals, making him the spiritual leader of both gods and mortal men. Zeus was the god of Thunder, Lightning and Rain, not the scariest of powers, but has fathered many gods with numerous mortals, nymphs, goddesses and other magical beings. He fathered many gods such as :

Known as the god of the sun, truth, prophecy, medicine, healing, plague, music, poetry, arts and more. ||< Leto ||< === Eileithyia - === Known as the goddess of childbirth. ||< Hera || Known as the goddess of hunting, wilderness, wild animals and child birth ||< Hera ||< === Persephone - === Known as the Queen of the underworld. She was kidnapped by Hades, the God of the underworld. She is the daughter of Demeter. ||< Demeter || Known as the goddess of wisdom, civilization, warfare, strength, strategy, female arts, crafts, justice and skill. ||< Metis ||< === Aphrodite - === Known as the goddess of love, beauty, and prostitutes! ||< Dione || Known as the goddess of youth. ||< Hera ||< And many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many,many more. ||<  ||
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=﻿Demeter= Demeter was the greek god of plant life, bread and grain on earth and was well known for introducing the gift of harvest to hummanity. She was the daughter of Titans, Cronus and Rhea and sibling to Hestia, Hades, Posiedon, Hera and Zeus who in which she had two children with; Persephone and Dionysus. With Posiedon she had another two children; Despoena and Arion who was known to take the form as a horse. In the famous stroy of //The Pomegranate Seeds,// Persephone, her daughter was kidnapped by Hades, Demeter's brother, the God of The Underworld. Demeter's grief caused the earth to freeze and plant life stop, casuing hummanity to starve. In the Underworld Persphone ate six pomegranate seeds

= Poseidon-  = Poseidon is one of the three most important gods. He is Ruler of the oceans, rivers and earth and created the Horse. Bulls are also sacred to him, but the horse is his second most important symbol, the three pronged trident of course being his most important symbol. Brother to Zeus and Hades, the other two rulers of the human world, he was an extremely important god for the ancient Greeks as the sea was a very important part of their life. A lot of wealth was hanging on the seas as rich merchants carried goods from one country to another, so the people prayed to Poseidon to look after their ships and dispell any storms.

= Hades- = Hades was the God of the Underworld, and, although he was not very popular or welcome on Mount Olympus, he has a lot of myths involving him. He lives in a fortress in the Underworld, guarded by the river styx which people must cross when entering the underworld, Cerberus, a large three headed dog and the Furies, the three evil creatures created from the blood of Cronos when Zeus defeated him. His wife was the daughter of Zeus, Persephone. He stole her from above in the story of the Pomegranite Seeds.

=Ares-= ====Ares was the God of War. His sacred animals are venomous snakes, dogs, alligators and vultures. He has featured in quite a few myths, including the founding of the city of Thebes, his love affair with Aphrodite, his part in the Trojan War, when he killed Halirrhotius, among others. Ares' had many consorts, too many to mention, even though it was said that the greatest love in his life was war. Deimos (Terror), and Phobos (Fear), were said to accompany him in battle.====

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The Greek goddess of love and beauty. Her parents are Zeus - king of gods and Dione, her husband is Ares - god of war, and her son is Eros. She was born by rising from the foam off the waves of the sea beside the island of Cyprus.====== Symbol - dove, apple. Animal - Hare. Birds - turtle dove, sparrow, goose. Planet - Venus. Day - Friday.

=**Hera** -= ====She was a daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and wife and sister of Zeus. Hera was mainly worshipped as a goddess of marriage and birth. It was said that each year Hera's virginity returned by bathing in the well, Canathus. The children of Hera and Zeus were the smith-god Hephaestus, the goddess of youth Hebe, and the god of war Ares. Her children were conceived without the help of a man, either by slapping her hand on the ground or by eating lettuce. They were born, not out of love, but out of lust and hatred.==== ====Hera was constantly jealous of Zeus's love affairs. She punished her rivals and her own children, both gods/goddesses and humans, with implaceable fury. She placed two serpents in the cradle of Heracles, she had Io guarded by a hundred-eyed giant, she drove the foster-parents of Dionysus mad, and tried to prevent the birth of Apollo and Artemis. Not even Zeus could stand up to her. Sometimes, when he got really angry, he would chain Hera to the mountain of Olympus by fastening anvils to her feet. Other times, he would hide the children, or turn them into animals.====

The peacock and the cow are her sacred animals. The crow and the pomegranate are also dedicated to her. Other attributes include a diadem and a veil. Hera is portrayed as a majestic, solemn woman.
=﻿Dionysus-= Dionysus was the son of Zeus and Semele, who was mortal. Semele was the daughter of Harmonia and King Cadmus of Thebes. Dionysus was the only god to have a mortal parent. When Hera, Zeus' wife found out that Semele was pregnant, she disguised herself as Semele's mortal nurse. She told Semele that she wouldn't be certain whether the man who was claiming to be Zeus, really was unless he revealed himself to her. Semele blindly agreed, not known Hera's plan. When Semele asked Zeus a request, he agreed straight away. He even swore on the gods sacred river, Styx. However when Semele asked him to show himself, he regretted it. He tried to make her change her mind, but she was adamant. So, Zeus had no choice but to reveal his full thunder bolt glory, killing the frail human Semele. Before her body was cold, he took their unborn baby and sewed it to his thigh. Six months later, Dionysus was born. Tha name Dionysus means 'born twice'.

When Dionysus was born Zeus sent him to the mountains to be raised by a nmph, Nysa, after Hera recognised the infant Dionysus getting smuggled in by his aunt, Ino and her husband, Athamas. Hera drove the pair of them mad: eventually they killed their own sons. Silenus taught Dionysus the secrets of nature, and together they discovered wine.

Dionysus got off a boat at the island of Naxos, where he found and fell in love with Ariadne, daughter of Minos and Pasiphae. Theseus had abandoned her there. When Dionysus married Ariadne, Zeus made her immortal for the sake of his son. Dionysus and Ariadne had four children, Oenopion, Staphylus, Thoas and Euthanthes. Each is associated with wine. =

Artemis is god of wild life, the wilderness and the godess of hunting. She is also the gaurdian of women going through child birth. Her father was Zeus, her brother Appollo and her mum is Leto. When it was Artemis' birthday Zeus offered her anything she wanted, she said:
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 * Not to be distracted by love and mariage.
 * A bow just like her brothers.
 * and a hunting suit just like her brothers.
 * Barnaby likes chocolate

= Apollo- = Apollo is one of the many sons of Zeus, and he has a twin sister Artemis. He was born minutes after Artemis and as his mother was too tired to carry on, Artemis had to take over and become her mothers widwife and help give birth to her brother. Apollo was given a gift of a silver bow and arrow, and a golden chariot pulled by swans from Zeus. Apollo has had many battles, one with a snake which was a prophet, and he ended up killing it. Apollo also spent some time down on earth with a king.