Mythos

Mythos

Tuesday 3 January 2017

The Age of Olympians was here!

Zeus, the King of Gods and Humans was the child of Kronos&Rhea as you may know. He had managed to dethrone his father and become the ruler of the world. His symbol and weapon was The Thunderbolt. He sat on a golden throne in his palace on Mount Olympus. He ruled the world from there. He was fair but a tough leader. Next to him was his wife Hera. Zeus loved and respected his wide but was also famous for his affairs with other women.


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Zeus, presiding the deity of the universe, ruler of the skies and the earth, was regarded by the Greeks as the god of all natural phenomena on the sky; the personification of the laws of nature; the ruler of the state; and finally,  the father of gods and men. As the personification of the operations of nature, he represented the grand laws of unchanging and harmonious order, by which the both the natural and the spiritual world were governed.
Zeus is also called Jupiter, Dias.


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Poseidon is the god of the sea and protector of all aquatic features. Brother of Zeus&Hades. He was widely worshipped by seamen. He married Amphitrite, one of the granddaughters of the Titan Oceanus. At one point he desired Demeter. To deter him, Demeter asked him to make the most beautiful animal that the world had ever seen. So in an effort to impress her, Poseidon created the first Horse. In some accounts, his first attempts were unsuccessful and created a variety of other animals in his quest. Thus, by the time the horse was created, his passion for Demeter had diminished. 

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His weapon was a trident, with which he could cause earthquakes, and shatter any object. He was second to Zeus in power amongst gods. He was considered by the Greeks to have a difficult quarrelsome personality. Combined with his greed, he had a series of disputes with other gods during his various attempts to take over the cities they were patrons of. 
Poseidon is also called Neptune. 

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3 comments:

  1. Zeus truly is one of the most powerful and popular Greek gods. But he is no different from Kronos. And his numerous affairs with other women speak voulmes of him.

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