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Greek Gods

When you think of Greek Mythology, you think of Zeus, probably, or Hercules (which is Roman). Well, there is A LOT more to it than just him. I mean a lot, a lot. There are dozens upon dozens of gods. But not all of them are worth mentioning, but most are. Because I can't make this very long, I have cut it down to the main three gods: Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. But, I will start out by telling how the world was created and the gods were born, according to Greek Mythology.

It all started with Chaos. It was dark, nothing was around. Out of the darkness came Erebus, which is the unknowable place where death dwells, and Night. It was still dark, when out of nowhere came Love, which brought order. Love brought Light and Day with it. With Light and Day, Gaea, the earth, was born.

Gaea gave birth to Uranus, which became the heavens. They mated and produced 3 Cyclopes, 3 Hecatoncheires (beings with 100 pairs of arms, all equally strong), and the 12 Titans.

Gaea didn't like Uranus, he was a bad husband and a bad father. So she conspired against him. None of her children, the Titans, would help her, except Cronus. Cronus was the youngest Titan of them all. He attacked him when he was sleeping and castrated him. The bl


All the Titans were imprisoned in Tartarus, all except Atlas. He was singled out for special treatment for leading the Titans. He was given the task to hold the world up on his shoulders for all eternity.

That is it for my report. I did learn a lot of things, which made this report interesting. I actually liked writing it. First report ever! But I did learn many things, like Zeus wasn't the nicest guy and had many affairs. That the horse was created by a god of the sea! And also that winter was the fault of Hades. It was a very interesting report. I also love Roman mythology as well.

ood from Uranus created the Giants, Ash Tree Nymphs, and the Erinnyes.

Well, now they weren't done with Cronus, he was yet to be defeated. Zeus and the other gods went to war against all of the Titans except three, which were Prometheus, Epimetheus (creators of mortals), and Oceanus. One god that didn't fight with Zeus was Atlas. Atlas took over as the leader of the Titans. It looked like Zeus and his fellow young gods were going to lose. But Zeus, being one smart guy (even though he wasn't the nicest) released the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires. Promethus joined him as well at this moment. Cyclopes were the first blacksmiths ever, so they created weapons. They gave Zeus thunder and the lightning bolt. The Hecatoncheires ambushed the Titans with hundreds and hundreds of boulders. Zeus had defeated the Titans.

Cronus took over for his father and imprisoned the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires in Tartarus (Tartarus is the ultimate prison, worse than the Underworld, where there is no way you are getting out unless you are released.) He married his sister Rhea and all the Titans had many children during his reign. He was told one of his kids would overthrow him when they got older. So, to keep the from happening, he swallowed each of his children, except one. Rhea took her sixth child, Zeus, and hid him in the land of Crete. She then took a stone, wrapped it in a cloth and presented it to Cronus, which he then swallowed, thinking it was the child.

Zeus grew up, knowing what he had to do when he got old enough. He talked to a wise goddess named Metis on how to defeat his father. She gave him a drink, that if Cronus drank it, it would make him vomit up the other 5 children. His mother got the approval of his father to let him return. He then took the opportunity to slip him the drink. Well, it worked as planned. The 5 other children, and being the gods they are,

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