Mythology

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Greek mythology was fully developed by about the 8th century BC. As the

Greek people began to realize that the sun, moon and stars followed certain

rhythms with The seasons, they thought that something not beast nor human had

the power. That is were the idea of gods came in. Ancient Greeks believed that

the gods, who resembled Humans lived on Mount Olympus, where they had their

own little society. Individual Gods were part of three main parts of the world—the

sky or heaven, the sea, and the Earth. The 12 chief gods were Zeus was the god

of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods. He was considered the father of the

gods, and of mortals, although he did not create either; he was their father in the

sense of being the ruler both of the Olympian gods and of the human race. He

was the rain god, and the cloud gatherer, his wepon was the terrible thunderbolt.

His breastplate was the aegis, his bird the eagle, his tree the oak. Zeus was the

youngest son of the Titans, Cronus and Rhea, and the brother of the Poseidon,

Hades, Hestia, Demeter, and Hera. According to one of the ancient myths of the

birth of Zeus, Cronus, having heard the prophecy that he might be dethroned by
one of his children, swallowed them as they were born. Upon the birth of Zeus,

Rhea wrapped a stone in swaddling clothes for Cronus to swallow and concealed

the infant god in Crete, where he was fed on the milk of the goat Amalthaea and

reared by nymphs. When Zeus grew to maturity, he forced Cronus to regergitate

the other children, who were eager to take vengeance on their father. In the war

that followed, the Titans fought on the side of Cronus, but Zeus and the other

gods were successful, and the Titans were banished to Tartarus....