Greek Mythology: Zeus, Poseidon, And Hera

In Greek and Roman mythology there are many gods and goddesses. Many of the gods and goddesses serve the same purpose, but they have different names and different traits. The reason for this is that many Roman gods were borrowed from Greek mythology and myths. The origin or Greek mythology is unknown, but the story of the myths is written in the book “The

In my research I have learned an addition of facts and stories about Greek mythology. Like how “the Pegasus and Chrysor came from the blood of Medusa’s head after Perseus cut it off” (Greek Mythology). Or how the “Amazonian group of warriors was all females” (Greek Mythology). The more that I have research about my topic the more fascinating and interesting it becomes. I hope that everyone will further their research and knowledge on this topic whether it’s reading a book, researching on the Internet, or even just watching a movie.

I chose to write about Zeus for my independent project. By the time my paper is written and finished, I can only hope to have discovered more and more information about him than at the beginning of this essay. Some things I do want to remember and learn about him are what made him so great, is he the Greek God’s leader, and what did he accomplish? When somebody speaks about Greek mythology, it seems as though everyone wants to talk about Zeus. Another thing that I hear very often when Zeus is mentioned is the fact that he controls/carries the lightning bolt. That is Zeus’s symbol. I have for a long while been itching to take in more about him yet never thought to consider his history until today.

Zeus, god of the sky and thunder, King of Mount Olympus, son of Kronos and Rhea, husband of Hera, and father of many significant gods and goddesses, was the most important god of all the Olympian gods.

All mythical gods have the same things in common, they are courageous, smart, loyal, powerful, and save their family and friends. Poseidon is an example of a mythical god.

Which made Mother earth Gaia livid, this lead her to asking one of her sons to kill his father and by doing so he would become ruler. Although, these stories are weird they have a connection to how humans think and act, and these gods act in an immoral way like human beings do every once and a while. These stories show that Greek gods are like humans because they get angry very easily by small insults or get irritated by small things, for example, if someone were to tease us humans we would get mad as did the gods. They engage in useless fights and steal things from each other this is why gods appear like humans and their characters blend with an ordinary human being who is after the power and wealth. Humans are called as gods when they show extraordinary tolerance and control of their desires, but these early Greek gods appear like humans because they fight on little things that should be considered useless by these mighty creators; however Greek mythology represents these conflicts in a similar way as they occur in ordinary human families between fathers, mothers and sons.

The ancients Greeks were polytheistic which means they used to worship many gods. Greek gods and goddesses used to live at the top of Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece. However, despite their great powers, gods and goddesses were much like humans, and sometimes they had to come down to hearth to get involved and intervened in the affairs of mortals, involving with men and women as patrons, enemies, and sometimes lovers. Greek mythology described their lives and every day actions and use their stories to help explain the unknown and sometimes teach a lesson.

“The supreme deity of Greek mythology has his lusty, tempestuous story recast in engaging fashion by Stone”(ProQuest). Zeus was thought of as the father of gods and men. While he did not make them, he protected them, and therefore was considered a father to them. He ruled over the sky and air, and controlled everything that happened in his domains from his throne on Mount Olympus. To gain his throne, he overthrew his father, Cronos, with the help of his siblings, and then dividing up the realms between him and his two elder brothers. Zeus became lord of the sky and rain, Poseidon took the title lord of the sea, and Hades became ruler of the underworld. He then banished his father to the shadowy Tartarus in the underworld. Zeus was the most

Zeus was the god of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods,His weapon is a thunderbolt which he hurls at those who displease him. Zeus, the great presiding deity of the universe, the ruler of heaven and earth, "by shaking his aegis, produce storms, tempests, and intense darkness. At his command the mighty thunder rolls, the lightning flashes, and the clouds open and pour forth their refreshing streams to fructify the earth." As the father of the gods, Zeus sees that each deity performs his or her individual duty, punishes their misdeeds, settles their disputes, and acts towards them on all occasions as their all-knowing counselor and mighty friend. Jupiter presides

Today, Zeus is known to be the most powerful and most worshiped God in Greek mythology.” In classical times he was the highest civic God, and was worshiped in several different capacities-e.g. as guarantor of the sanity of oaths and as protector of political freedom.” (Ling, Roger. The Greek World. New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1988.) As the highest civic God he was worshiped the most

Throughout the ancient Greek time period, there were many myths, including many different gods and goddesses. Many gods shared certain characteristics, while others differed in every way possible. I think that the comparison between Poseidon, the god of the seas, and Ares, the god of war, is very interesting.

Today, there are many parts of the world associated with the Greek gods/goddesses and Greek mythology. Poseidon is one of the more familiar gods. Most people may not know all the details of his mythology. Poseidon is the powerful god he is because of his importance to Greek mythology, his family, his traits, and his myths.

Then, Zeus was the Ruler / King of Mount Olympus. Zeus gave birth to the son of Hercules.Who got kidnapped, but got found and fell in love with a girl in the stay with the humans.Zeus never said goodbye. It wasn’t a submission for him to be a god. Zeus also controls whether cause it was raining a huge storm, he made it go away.Control whether means like he could change the weather to anyway he wanted. Clarance and I were walking in I saw it started to rain, so we didn’t have an umbrella, so I wish to make it could be sunny and the weather had changed.

Zeus is the son of the God Chronos, Zeus with the help of his brother gods defeated Cronus. After Cronus’ defeat the god wanted to know who would now succeed their father as supreme ruler of the gods, their decision was to draw lots and decide the ruler of the cosmos. Zeus won the heavens and his brothers poseidon won the sea hades had won the underworld. The thunderbolt was the weapon of Zeus’ choice he would hurl the bolt at any foe who had displeased or defied him. Zeus was married to the goddess Hera but was not faithful seeing as he was known to have had many affairs.

The Greeks gods were part of the religious beliefs of the past Greeks. The first gods that were known was the land and sky. These gods were the primary of all of the Greek gods that we know today, and created the tree line for them. There were many of them, and each one had a unique ability that affected the way humans act toward each other. The Greek gods had the ability to control the way nature works, and they also created many things that humans use today. Even though the gods were above society, they still had human like characteristics. For instance, each god was born of two other gods or a human and another god. Athena was born of the god Zeus, the father of most of the gods, and Metis, a sea nymph and Zeus’s first wife. Athena has