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REALLY ZEUS?

Most of us know that Zeus had a bit of a problem controlling himself.....and this led to him being the father to around 100 hundred children, both divine, and mortal.

His most notable godly offspring include, Aphrodite, Artemis, Hermes, Persephone, Ares, Hephaestus and Dionysus, which, believe it or not, all came from DIFFERENT short-lived love affairs between various goddesses, many of whom were his sisters.

Here is a list of some of his most notable mortal children along with their accomplishments:

1. Perseus- A great hero and later king of Argos.

2. Minos- King of Crete

3. Hercules/Heracles- The greatest of all greek heroes, completed 12 great labors, including slaying the Nemean lion in attempt to earn immortality. (He was also ridiculously strong)

4. Alexandros the great-  A king of Macedonia and later conqueror of much of the world.

5. Helene- eloped in Troy with her lover, Paris.

6. Tantalos- A criminal, but a king nonetheless.

Most of his other children became kings or queens of various island or civilizations, many of them the first rulers. 

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The oh-so-complicated life of Persephone

After her abduction by Hades, Persephone lived a very unhappy life for a very, very long time. Her mother, Demeter (who was also Hades' sister) begged and pleaded with Hades to allow Persephone to return to life with the living people, because she was alive, and was not meant for life in the underworld. Finally, after much arguing, they settled on a compromise. Persephone was to eat the seeds of a pomegranate, which, in ancient mythology, meant that she had to return to her captor. She could then live on earth for six months out of the year, but had to spend the rest of the time in the Underworld with Hades.

The times in which Persephone was to switch between the Earth and the Underworld are related (in mythology) to spring and winter. When Persephone comes to Earth, so does spring, but when she descends to the Underworld, Winter comes.

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Fearsephone

Hades was a rather cruel god, and was the king of the underworld. he didn't get along with most of the other gods, but still, he managed to fall in love with Persephone, daughter of Demeter. Now, because the other gods aren't so fond of him, the only way for him to be able to have his love, was to kidnap her. He had confided in his brother, Zeus, who helped him devise a plan to kidnap Persephone. 

One day, Persephone was with her companions, when the ground beneath her just split, causing her to fall through the ground into the underworld beneath. This is when Hades made her his wife. She was very unhappy in the underworld (as are pretty much everyone), but eventually came to love her captor.

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Oops.....I should've listened

The story of Icarus is an interesting one. Icarus was born to the master Craftsman, Daedalus in Crete. His father had created the Labyrinth for king Minos in order to imprison the Minotaur, because it was the result of his wife and the Cretan Bull. Minos later imprisoned Daedalus there because he helped Theseus navigate the Labyrinth.

In order the escape this imprisonment, Daedalus crafted two pairs of wings for himself and his son, Icarus. They were made of wax and feathers and they came with two rules.

1. Don't fly too low, because the dampness of the ocean will weigh them down.

2. Don't fly too high, because the heat from the sun will melt the wax.

Needless to say, Icarus broke rule number two, and ended up melting his wings, causing him to fall to his drowning death in the ocean.

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Daedalus

The Labyrinth was created by Daedalus in Crete and was home to the Minotaur. Daedalus was a very skilled craftsman and  many interesting and important mythological objects can be attributed to him. He is mostly known for his armor that he created, it generally had special powers of non-penetrability or something else that made them very desirable to others.

Daedalus created an especially complex maze called the Labyrinth, so carefully that he himself had great difficulty in escaping it. he failed, however, to consider Ariadne's Thread, which lead to Theseus' defeat of the labyrinth.

Daedalus was also known for the story of Icarus (Daedalus' son).

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Thirsty?

The life of Dionysus was an interesting one. As one of the lesser gods on Mount Olympus, he could be a little whiney (pun intended). Nevertheless, he was important to the people of Greece. As the God of the Grape Harvest, Wine, Wine-making, Ritual Madness, Fertility and more, he was the only god on Mount Olympus to have a mortal mother, as well as the last god to be accepted.

His birth sets him apart from the other gods most drastically. His mother was mortal and his father was Zeus (go figure) and his mother died before Dionysus was ready to be born when Zeus was forced to reveal his godliness to the mortal (killing her). So naturally, in efforts to save his premature son, Zeus took Dionysus and sewed him into his thigh. Zeus' jealous wife (Hera) is responsible for most of the problems Dionysus experienced, because of her constant sabotage.

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Out of the Ashes

Sooooooooo........for my first post/entry thing.....I've decided to talk about my avatar. It is a Phoenix,  a bird that burns in death and is reborn from the ashes. This is similar to my blog because this blog just kind of sprang up from nothing (lie Phoenixs and like most of the things on the internet.)

The Pheonix is mentioned in all kinds of mythologies such as Persian, Greek, Roman, Egyptian and more. It is a "fire-spirit" and has feathers the color of flames and a fire-like plumage. It's diet is not normal food, but instead frankincense and various gums. This bird is most well known for its cyclical reincarnation/re-birth. In most instances, the Phoenix is described to have some kind of connection to the sun, the sun god (Helios) or sun city (Heliopolis).