Perseus

Perseus was most famous for slaying Medusa, but he also did many other things.

His mother was born in a city called Argos. Her father, Perseus's grandfather, Acrisius, received a prophecy that his daughter's child would kill him and take over his kingdom.

Acrisius stared at his daughter, Danae, with hatred and anger and ordered his guards to lock her up in their most guarded cell.

Danae was quite beautiful, so it would be easy for her to find a husband and have a child. Danae wept, no idea what she had done to her father for him to lock her up.

One day, Danae was praying to the gods when Zeus heard her. He came down in a shower of gold and visited Danae.

They spent some time together, and well, use your imagination.

Nine months later, the guards outside Danae's cell heard a baby crying in her cell. The guards rushed to the king who ran to Danae's cell.

"Hello father," Danae said, "Meet my baby. His name is Perseus." The king gulped. Perseus meant 'the avenger.'

Acrisius was ready to slay the baby and his daughter, but then he heard that the father was Zeus.

Instead of killing them -because Zeus would kill him if he did- he locked them in a box and floated them out to sea.


Later, Danae was praying to Zeus in her box. Zeus heard and convinced Poseidon to make the box wash up on an island.

There, Perseus and Danae grew up. When Perseus became a man, he was invited to a party with the king of the island. The king of the island didn't like Perseus because he wanted to take Danae as his wife, and Perseus wouldn't let him.

He asked him what gift he brought, and Perseus went red.

"I didn't bring a gift." Perseus said. The king of the island gasped, a plan forming in his head...



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This story will be continued on Monday.
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Hallo!

Hallo Everyone!

  Hello all my audience. Welcome to 2016! Hopefully your year will be fun-filled and amazing. Sorry I haven't posted in a while, it is just a lot of things have been going on with Christmas and Thanksgiving and the New Year, it's just I haven't had time to post.

 

 Anyway, I'll stop boring you with my dull talk about business and such and tell you what is going to happen this year on my blog.

 I know I didn't finish all the Greek Gods, but I bet y'all are bored with that now so I am moving on to some of the most popular Greek myths.

 Some of them are super crazy, so prepare yourself for some weird and insane things!

Artemis and Apollo

Artemis and Apollo

 Artemis and Apollo's father was Zeus, and their mother was one of the good Titans, Leto. Hera was obviously outraged that her husband Zeus had had two children with Leto, so before Leto's children were born, she laid sent Leto away from Olympus. She warned all the land nymphs that if they let Leto give birth on their land, the land would be cursed forever. So, Leto wandered the earth in labor, constantly sent away by nymphs scared of offending Hera. She was in constant pain, so she decided to go to the group of fortune tellers of Greece, the Oracle of Delphi. Unfortunately, a giant snake called Python had decided the Oracle was a good place to live, and ate all the fortune tellers. So, when Leto arrived, she was met by Python, who thought this plump woman would make a tasty snack, and chased Leto. So now, Leto was in constant labor and constant state of running. Eventually, Zeus felt bad for her and sent Boreas, god of the North Wind, who picked Leto up in a gust of wind and brought Leto to the floating island of Delos. There, Leto gave birth to Artemis and Apollo. Artemis became the goddess of hunting and childbirth, but she saw how much trouble Leto had giving birth so she remained a maiden. She formed a group of female hunters, who were off limits to men, and who stayed immortal unless they were killed in battle. For Apollo, he became the god of poetry and music. After he heard how Python had terrorized his mom, he went after him and killed him. He took over the Oracle where he was living and became the god of prophecy as well as music and poetry. Him and Artemis both became the god and goddess of archery.

Apollo and Artemis

Hephaestus

Hephaestus

   Hephaestus was the god of blacksmiths and fire. He was a son of Hera, and Hera only. A mortal was invited to Olympus, and he was flirting with Hera. Hera immediately told Zeus, and she expected him to blow the mortal out of the sky. Instead, Zeus didn't believe Hera without proof. Hera was outraged, and she became super angry at Zeus. As a show of her rebellion, she became pregnant by herself without Zeus. When the baby was born, it was crippled (and very ugly). He was so ugly, even his mother couldn't bear to look at him. She threw him out the window of the highest tower on Mount Olympus. The baby (Hephaestus) landed on the island of Lemnos, where he was raised to become a master craftsman. he came back to Olympus, and was welcomed by the other gods because of his craftsmanship and skill in the forge.

Hephaestus

Ares

Ares

  The god of war, Ares, was the child of Zeus and Hera. Ares was bloodthirsty and loved war. His symbol was a blood tipped spear, or a boar. He was very violent and ready to fight anyone. He had an affair with Aphrodite, who was unhappily married to Hephaestus. He had three children with Aphrodite who would follow him into war; Phobos (Fear), Deimos (Terror), and Eris (Discord). In the myths, he was often humiliated through his defeats.

Ares

Athena

Athena

  Athena was the child of Zeus, but she had no mother. She was formed entirely from thoughts. She sprang from Zeus's brain fully grown. She became the goddess of wisdom, which makes sense because she was born from thoughts, and battle. On the battle part, she was not vicious or bloodthirsty like Ares. She was the goddess of battle that included wisdom and strategy.

  Athena has a rivalry with Poseidon, for many reasons. She and Poseidon battled to be the patron god of the city of Athens. Poseidon created horses as his gift. Athena created the olive tree. The people of Athens chose Athena. As payback, Poseidon brought his mortal girlfriend Medusa to a temple of Athena. Athena looked down at them and became furious. She turned Medusa into a hideous creature with snakes for hair. She became Medusa, who could turn people into stone with a look of her eyes.

Athena

Different Myths

Different Myths

  Before I continue listing the Greek Olympians, I would like to say something about different versions of myths. In Greek, the myths were spread by word of mouth. This would have made the stories vary in different areas. I am writing about the ones I heard. They may not be the originals, but they are the ones I have heard the most of.