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=**__‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍__** Welcome to our wiki!!!! = = = ‍‍‍ = =  These are all of the major greek gods; Zues, Hera, Artemis, Apollo, Dionysus, Hephastus, Ares, Aphrodite, Poseidon, Athena, Hermes, and Hestia. There were also multiple minor gods.All of the gods names mean something! media type="custom" key="12184410" =__Where Did The Gods Come From?__= === Greek Gods came from ancient myths that brought people to think they came to life. This helped explain the concept to man kind about the wonders of the world including: the sky, the waters of the ocean, the lands, and the underworld. === =__Family relations__=

= The Greek god's family is very many generations. It all began with the mother Earth and father Sun. They were the beginning of the godly family. After they had children their children had children and so on and so forth! Everyone had children and the gods became stronger and larger! When they had children they passed down their power. After a while the gods stop having children and the godly chain started to end! Also some myths came out of having children such as when Athena was born out of Zeus's forehead; = = = = //After the gods defeated the Titens, mother Earth was angry and told him his child by Medes, would over throw him. When Zeus got married one day he got afraid so swallowed his wife whole. Soon enough his wife got pregnant and after a while the baby was in Zeus's forehead. The baby was giving Zues a splitting headache. After that two of Zeus's friends pried the baby out of his forehead and out turned the goddess of wisdom Athena!// =

= __Hero ship__ = media type="custom" key="12308506" = All hero ship has come from many points of view! Some from myths of brave quests, some from fierce wars, some from fighting horrible monsters, or just from being good looking. but many came from defeating some type of monsters! many myths have come out of fighting these horrible monsters such as when Apollo fought the python of Delphi; =

=// The Python Delphi is a monster with the body of a snake which was living on Mount Parnassus in the middle of Greece! Where ever it went it left tracks of death and mischief. It would also leave a very bad odor. It was once set out by Hera( Zeus's wife) to chase Leto, Zeus's lover, so she was pregnant from him and couldn't settle anywhere to give birth. By that time little Apollo was four days old. he decided to take revenge and find thew Pythons cave. When the creature first saw Apollo he was filled with rage and knew exactly what to do! The creature jumped at Apollo to eat him but, Apollo managed to slide away and shoot an arrow at the fowl beast, hitting him strait in the forehead! The scream of the creature was heard from all over Mount Parnassus! The creature surrendered to death! This accomplishment filled little Apollo with joy until he was later informed that he was to be purified for his deed! //=

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= Another very popular monster was Medusa! If you do not know Medusa she is a women with hair of snakes, and if you look into her eyes she automatically turns you to stone forever! She was turned into this monster by Athena because she was flirting with Zeus when she was supposed to be learning! One day Percy Jackson was sent by the king to cut off her head! He proceeded with his quest and cut her head! When he went back to the king and showed hi, the head for proof and turned the king to stone! Everyone hated the king so Percy was praised by all and is still known today! =

= Some heros could not handle their fame, trust, and loyalty so they ended up running away, hiding their fame, or kill them selves! One by one heros started disappearing and towns did not know what to do about it!!!!!! =

__The fates__
==The three fates where the weavers of life, and also the bringers of death. They were extremelly powerful, and were possibly the most feared beings in greek mythology. their symbols are the loom, for weaving the tapestry of your life, the yard stick, for measuring sombodys life, and the shears, for cutting the string of somebodys life.==

**__The furies(the enurines)__**
===The three furies where the torturers of the afterlife. They punished people for crimes such as killing a family member, murdering, or defying the gods. They could be called the devils in catholic religeon. they where hideous shriveled hags with bat wings, snakes for hair(Medusa style), and eyes that dripped blood. They obeyed only their master, Hades, and where totaly mercyless.===

**__The cyclopses__**
===The cyclopses where one eyed giants who where extremely skilled in their craftsmanship. They are some of the oldest beings in Mythology and where the children of Gaea and Ouranos. They where exiled to the underworld by their own father because of their ugliness and power. They where rescued from Tartarus, the endless pit they were imprisoned in, by Zues in the Titan war. They where the ones who made the weapons of power for the gods.===

**__The goragons__**
===The goragons where the hideous sisters Stheno, Eurale, and their famous sister Medusa. They where cursed by Athena after medusa insulted her. They had snakes for hair, and where so hideous that it was said that if you looked them in the eye, you would turn to stone. they where killed by the hero Perseus, and where said to live at the end of the world.===

**__The hekatontrons__**
===**The hekatontrons, or hundred-handed ones, where the three sons of Ouranous with fifty heades and one hundred hands each. They were alsoexiled to Tartarus with the cyclopses for their power and ugliness. They where saved by Zues in the Titan war, and gave Zues his power over lightning.**===

=__Gods today__=

= Gods today are still very well known but, do not have anymore children! The godly chain is over but they are still very popular. They are still very much alive and their myths are also= = = [] [] [|http://www.greek-gods-and-goddesses.com] [] []
 * THIS IS BY ALI, **** KATIE, AND JAYDA!!!! **
 * //__G__//****//__reek and Roman Mythology' Atoz__//** By: Kathleen N. Daly

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