Greek Gods
What we know today of the Greek gods today come from stories and myths. TheOldest of these that we know of are the Iliad and the Odyssey that come from Homer. Other poets we know of are: Virgil, Ovid, Hesiod, Aeshylus, Apuleius, Apollonius of Rhodes, and Theocritus. These people told stories about the Gods, heroes, and their adventures. In these stories the Gods have lives much like soap operas. The creation of the world started with Chaos. Out of him came Gaea, Tartarus, Eros, and Erebus. Gaea was the Earth goddess and without help she had Uranus, Mountains ,and Pontus. Gaea Mated with her son, Uranus, and had five more children. These children were Cyclope, Hecatonchires, Chronos, Coeus, and Oceanus. Uranus was The sky god and the first ruler. Chronos later became the ruler when Gaea advised him to castrate Uranus, who died from the wound or left the earth. Chronos and his wife Rhea gave birth to the first Olymians. To ensure his safety as ruler, Chronos ate his children. To protect her children, Rhea tricked Chronos into eating a rock instead of Zeus. The rock that Chronos swallowed made him sick and forced him to puke up the other
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Demeter Hestia, Hephaestus Athena, Zeus Maia, Oceanus Uranus, Leto Apollo, Olympians Zeus, Rhodes Theocritus, Odyssey Olympian, Mount Olympus, Persaphone Hades, olympian gods, goddess wisdom, stories gods, mount olympus, greek gods, greedy god, artemis goddess, ruler chronos,
Approximate Word count = 840
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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