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Greek Gods,
Goddesses, Myths
and Heroes.
By Eilish Dillon and Kyrah Mendes
Zeus: God of the sky, winds,
clouds,rain, thunder and
lightning.
Zeus was the chief god of greek
mythology.
His Roman name was Jupiter.
Zeus had a wife named
Hera
they loved each other.
One power that Zeus had was
he could sound like anyone or
look like anyone.
Zeus was important because he was the most
powerful thing alive and he could do just
about anything.
Zeus is famous today because he was the top

most known person in greek mythology   .
Where you see Zeus's name today:
In ancient greece movies.
Zeus company.
Zeus recording company.
Greek Myth: Meduse
Meduse was once a lovely young girl who
had a boyfriend she loved very much.
One day Meduse's Boyfriend brought to a
cave but the did not know it was a temple of
the gods.
Athen (the goddess) was looking at Medeuse
and her boyfriend kissing; Athen got mad.
Athen turned Medusa ugly, Athen gave her
snakes for hair and an ugly face.
Greek Hero
Hercules= Roman name for the greatest hero
of greek mythology.
Hercules is considered a hero for his heroic
deeds he did. This includes him doing
labors.
One day Hercules was driven mad by his
mom Hera. Keep into consideration that
hercules is very, very strong.
In a frenzy he killed his own 2 children,
Doing this he had to perform tasks in a form
of punishments.
These tasks he had to perform where called
labors. And these labors were near to
impossible to perform.
These labors included......
Hercules fighting a super lion, Tackling
hydra, capturing the cernitian and much
much more.
Where you see Hercules name
today.
● There was a major Disney film "Hercules"
● Hercules is known for his heroric deeds.
Greek God: Athene
Daughter of Zeus.
Athene was the goddesses of wisdom.
Athene is a powerful defender but also a
willing peacemaker.
Stories say that Athena was born fully armed
from the forehead of Zeus. According to one
story this is because Zeus swallowed
Athena's mother.
The people say that the city of Athens was
named after her.
Why people remenber Athene:
● Her story is intersting
● The city of Athens is named after her.
Greek God: Ares
God of welfare and murder
Ares is the sole son of Zeus
and Hera.
Both parents were not
found of their irritable
son.
If Ares had a little more love and neutering
from both parents it probably would have
resulted in Ares being the god of minor
conflicts.
Ares is the God of war, His strength is that
her is decisive, determined and fearless.
Ares had an affair with
Aprodite; and was father to
many children.
Ares is often portrayed
as a vigorous and
handsome young man.
Ares was not a well
liked god or well
trusted.
Greek Goddess:
Aphrodite
The goddess of beauty, love, pleasure and
procreation.
Aphrodite had great power
over love.
Aphrodite was apparently born
in seafoam.
Aphrodite was in many
affairs and had many
children.
Some of her children where:
●   Aeneas
●   Anteros
●   Beroe            And she
●
●
    Deimos
    Deimos
                     had many
●
●
    Eros
    Harmonia
                     more
●
●
    Hermaphroditus
    Herophilus
                     children. :)
●   Himeros
●   Phobos
Where you see her name
today/why do we know about her
today.
● There are famous paintings of her
● She did lots of memorable things as a
  god.
● She was in alot of affairs.
Greek God:
Hephaestus
God of fire and forge.
Hephaestus was the son of Zeus and Hera.
Some say hera hated him and flung him
over mount olympus into the sea breaking
both his.
Hepheatus was the smith
armour of the gods.
Hepheatus is known to be
peaceful and loving.
Hephaestuts built thing for the gods atop og
mouth Oylmpus.
Hephaetus is often an overlooked god, but
the gods armory is very important.
Greek Hero:
Oedipus
Oedipus was the hero
of thebes.
Oedipus solved the riddle of the
Sphynx.
It is like a miracle that Oedipus solved the
riddle of the Sphynx.
This is because the riddell of
the sphinx was very hard and
when people ansewerd it
wrong they died.
When he answered the question the Sphinx
destroyed itself.
Oedipus married his mother.

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