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    Chapter 1 THE TITANS AND THE TWELVE GREAT OLYMPIANS Titans they are the Elder Gods. They are enormous in size and have incredible strength. IMPORTANT TITANS CRONUS (Saturn) he ruled until Zeus dethroned him. OCEAN- the river TETHYS- Ocean’s wife HYPERION- Memory THEMIS- Justice IAPETUS- important because of his sons ATLAS- Bore the world on his shoulders PROMETHEUS- the Saviour THE TWELVE OLYMPIANS They are superior‚ they are considered the highest gods They are called Olympians because

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    Hades (ᾍδης or Άͅδης) was the ancient Greek god of the underworld and ruler of the dead. Hades is the oldest son of Cronus and Rhea. He has three sisters‚ the goddess of harvest Demeter‚ the queen of the gods and god of mariage Hera‚ and the goddess of home and hearth Hestia. Moreover‚ he also has two brothers‚ Zeus the ruler of the gods‚ and Poseidon the ruler of the seas‚ collectively comprising the original six Olympian gods. He and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon defeated their father Cronus

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    Additional information: Poseidon is a god of many names. He is most famous as the god of the sea. The son of Cronus and Rhea‚ Poseidon is one of six siblings who eventually "divided the power of the world." His brothers and sisters include: Hestia‚ Demeter‚ Hera‚ Hades‚ and Zeus. The division of the universe involved him and his brothers‚ Zeus and Hades. Poseidon became ruler of the sea‚ Zeus ruled the sky‚ and Hades got the underworld. The other divinities attributed to Poseidon involve the god of

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    each of his brothers and sister‚ the perspective for male and female already occurred. Zeus‚ Poseidon and Hades are assigned as the world’s dominant power of sky‚ water‚ and underworld that make the male got control of the power. Meanwhile Hera‚ Demeter and Hestia are assigned for marriage‚ harvest and home. This led to women’s places became more at home and less in power. This became the influences in many societies for a long period of time to everyone’s point of view to women. However‚ in today’s

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    century‚ I am astounded by their accomplishments‚ especially with their lack of resources. Works of art like paintings‚ ceramics‚ but particularly marble‚ were a focal point for that era. Some background on the story of the kidnaping of Persephone. Demeter‚ the mother of Persephone‚ was god of fertility and agriculture and had Persephone with Zeus. Until one day Zeus‚ god of the heavens‚ agreed that his brother‚ Hades‚ god of the underworld‚ could marry and take his daughter with him to hell. The artist

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    sons/daughters of the Greek and the Roman gods and goddesses‚ which include Zeus/Jupiter‚ Poseidon/Neptune‚ Hades/Pluto‚ Apollo/Apollo‚ Dionysus/Bacchus‚ Hermes/Mercury‚ Ares/Mars‚ Hephaestus/Vulcan‚ Hera/Juno‚ Artemis/Diana‚ Athena/Minerva‚ Aphrodite/Venus‚ Demeter/Ceres and etc. The two camps are a place where ‘demigods’‚ thus the children of the gods and goddesses‚ gets trained. The complication of this book is the fact that Gaia‚ the Earth goddess‚ is trying to take over the world. Even though The Heroes

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    looks like. It’s a blue tubular flower and was one of the symbols that Lawrence claimed as his own‚ along with the phoenix‚ dark sun‚ and rainbow symbols. Here he relates the flower with the Persephone myth. Persephone‚ a daughter of Zeus and Demeter‚ was abducted by Pluto‚ King of Hades. For six months of the year she must reign as Queen alongside Pluto but is allowed to return to the surface for the other six. Persephone carries the flower torch-like into the underground to light her way

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    Athena ‚ Ares and Aphrodite. Two Great Gods: Demeter and Dionysus Roman Major Pantheon Di Consentes: Iuppiter‚ Iuno‚ Minerva‚ Vesta‚ Ceres‚ Diana‚ Venus‚ Mars‚ Mercurius‚ Neptunus‚ Volcanus‚ and Apollo. (Listed by the Poet Ennius about the 3rd Century‚ B.C.E.) Two Great Gods: Liber (Bacchus) and Pluto While in function similar‚ in personality Greek and Roman deities were very different. The Greeks’ Twelve Great Olympians and their two great Earth Gods‚ Demeter and Dionysus‚ were all members of one family

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    Dereck Garcia Miss Windish English II 3 December 2017 Hades‚ the God of the Underworld Hades‚ lord of the underworld‚ God of Wealth‚ brother of Hades and Zeus‚ the slightly misunderstood god. My claim is that Hades wasn’t entirely bad‚ he helped fight tyrannical titans‚ never did judge the dead‚ and fell in love a couple of times. Before the beginning of mankind‚ Zeus‚ before Poseidon‚ and Hades were born‚ there was titans who ruled the cosmos in a tyrannical way‚ their leader was Cronus‚ father

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    wished to return home. He even offered me food but stubborn me said no not until I return home back to my mother. For days he kept me as his prisoner insisting me to eat but I declined every time. After a couple hours of not seeing me my mother Demeter panicked and started looking for me all over the world! After not being able to find me my mother went to Zeus my father where she learned that I was abducted and that my father knew about it. She got furious and asked for my return. When I received

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