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=  __ANCIENT GREEK GODS __ =

**ZEUS ****CRONUS**

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====**Greek mythology comes in many different versions, that's why my paragraphs are here to teach you something about Greek mythology by talking about the two Greek Gods Cronus and Zeus** **. For instance, some come from oracles, some come from books, and some come from lies. If I tried to define Greek’s mythology, it is mostly about selfishness, greed, and jealousy. Greek mythology also states that a God must marry its’ sister to be its’ goddess. But in modern times, that would be illegal. The first generation of Gods came from Uranus and Gaia. My two Gods are Cronus (Son of Uranus and Gaia) and Zeus (Son of Cronus and Rhea). ** ==== =CRONUS:=

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 * Cronus is known as the King of Gods of the 2nd era. Cronus is the son of Gaia (goddess of land) and Uranus (God of sky and heavens)- the late king of gods during the 2nd era. He also had 6 sisters and 5 other brothers (all are titans) Cronus was the youngest;**


 = =  **He married his sister Rhea, So did each of his brothers, they married a sister. In the future Cronus dethroned and killed his own father Uranus with the help of his mother Gaia and the sickle made by the Cyclops in Tartarus (a place beneath the underworld) to take revenge for imprisoning Cronus and his siblings for fearing their power. For doing so, Cronus took the place for king of gods. He ruled at mount Olympos during the golden age. Cronus was also told by an oracle that he will then be dethroned by his own child, Cronus feared with jealousy. Cronus had 6 children (all are Olympians); Hades, Poseidon, Metis, Demeter, Hera Hestia and Zeus. Cronus attempted to swallow all his children to prevent the oracle. Sadly for Cronus the last born son (Zeus) was hidden away by Rhea in a mountain in Crete (Gaia helped). Soon Cronus was dethroned as soon as his son (Zeus) hit maturity. Cronus was also tricked to drink a trick potion to upchuck all of his children. That began the Trojan War (Olympians and the Titans). The titans and its’ ruler Cronus lost and were condemned to Tartarus (except for those who helped the Olympians). Cronus once escaped and revived as the god of time (months, seasons, years, also the God of sun settings). Cronus is also compared to the God Saturn of Romans. Cronus is also pretty malicious God of Greece since his jealousy over came him to eat his own children.** =ZEUS:= = = ====<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left"> **Zeus was known as a hero to many mortals. He is the son of Cronus (god of time) and rhea (goddess of birds). Along with Zeus came the Gods;** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">  ====
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 56, 255)"> Rhea <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> **(goddess of birds),**  <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">  [|****Iapetus****] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> **(god of moon),**
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> [|****Themis****] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> **(goddess of justice),**
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> [|****Oceanus****] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> **(god of ocean streams),**
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> [|****Tethys****] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> **(goddess of nursing),**
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> [|****Hyperion****] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**(god of light),**
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> [|****Theia****] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**(goddess of heavenly light/divineness),**
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> [|****Crius****] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> **(god of constellations and stars),**
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> [|****Mnemosyne****] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> **(goddess of memory),**
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> [|****Coeus****] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> **(god of intelligence and questioning),**
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> [|****Phoebe****] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**(council and holds the oracle of Delphi.** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">

==== <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**Sadly, Cronus heard of an oracle predicting that one day a child of Cronus would dethrone him. To prevent so, Cronus tried to eat Zeus and his siblings. Gratefully, Rhea (Zeus’ mother) and Gaia (Zeus’ grandmother; also the goddess of land) rescued Zeus from his father by hiding him in a cave in Crete’s Mount Ida by Gaia and Rhea replaced him with a rock to give to Cronus to eat. Soon after maturity Zeus was ready to battle his father. He used a trick potion to force his father (Cronus) to upchuck Zeus’ siblings. That then began the Trojan War; Olympians (3rd generation gods) and the titans (2nd generation gods).Greatly the Olympians Won the great battle and there the 12 gods ruled. Zeus had also** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">**done a terrible thing, for Hera (Zeus’ sister) was raped by Zeus, she also had to marry him to own her pride. Zeus not only did this to Hera but the also had many love affairs with both goddesses and mortals (because he had the power to change into any creature on earth). Because of this, Zeus also had 14 many offspring;** ==== =<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left"> = ====<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left"><span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">      <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">  <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">  ====
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**Demeter (Goddess of harvest),**
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**Hades (God of the underworld and the dead),**
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**Metis (Goddess of council),**
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**Hera (Goddess of love and marriage),**
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">** Hestia (Goddess of Hearth and Home), **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**Poseidon (Goddess of the Sea).**

====<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**After defeating his father in battle, Zeus took Cronus’ throne on mount Olympos and became the king of Gods. During the Trojan War, Zeus released 3 Cyclops blacksmiths (of Gaia and Uranus) from Tartarus to make Zeus’ thunderbolts, Hades’ helmet of invisibility and Poseidon’s Trident for battle. During his time of ruling he wasn’t only the King of Gods for he was also the God of heaven and sky. Zeus also had many different symbols such as; the eagle, the royal specter, the oak tree and the thunderbolt. Zeus is a tricky man and was never compared to any other God for he was known as an individual for his trickery, battle skills and his intelligence.** <span style="color: rgb(16, 22, 162)"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(16, 22, 162)"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">    ==== =<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left"> =
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**Ares (God of War), -Hera **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">** Hephaestus (God of Fire and blacksmith), -Hera **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">** Hebe (Goddess of Youth),-Hera   **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**  Hercules (God of Strength), -Alcmene    **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**   Apollo (God of the Sun),-Leto     **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**    Artemis (Goddess of Hunting),-Leto      **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**      [|**Athena**] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">        **(Goddess of Wisdom),- Metis
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**      <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> [|**Hermes**] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">          **(God of Herds and Messaging),- Maia
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**      <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> [|**Persephone**] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">            **(Queen of underworld),- [|**Demeter**]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**      <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> [|**Dionysus**] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">            **(God of Wine),- [|**Semele**]
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**      <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> [|**Helen**] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">            **(Heroine of Troy),-Leda
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">      <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">**Minos** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> **(Mythical king of Crete/Judge of Dead),-Europa**

====<span style="color: rgb(16, 22, 162)"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">**<span style="color: rgb(38, 42, 146)"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> It is quite selfish of how Cronus ate his own children just for the throne, and Zeus raping many mortals is very wrong. The reason for marring a sister is so the blood line is pure and UN contaminated. Greek mythology is a part of Heroism, Private Life, Trickery and more. Not all Gods are good ones but all Gods are special and have one thing to rule. Some have made bad decisions and has left a great memory of them but some others have great powers but didn’t leave as much as a memory. Greek mythology is quite complicated and has many versions, it’s unknown for it to be correct and if which is the right source. ** ====