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Batoul Labban Professor Gill 9 December 2015 Final Exam Assignment Part A: 1. I believe that every Greek god has their own way of being significant. But I also believe that one Greek god does stand out. I think that the most significant Greek God that we have read about is Zeus. Zeus was known to be the as the King of all Gods in mythology. Since we covered most of the Greek gods and goddesses I read so much descriptions about Zeus that honestly point him out as to being the most significant. In the eyes of many people Zeus (Roman name is Jupiter) was portrayed as the king who basically oversaw the whole universe. He was the brother of Poseidon (who was the God of the sea) and Hades (who was the God of the underworld). Even though both Poseidon and Hades were powerful, Zeus was even more powerful. Like I have mentioned before Zeus was often referred to as the “Father of God and Men”. He literally was the father of the majority of Gods because of his sexual activities with many of the female goddesses. Zeus controlled the lighting and thunder. He usually used the lighting as a weapon. He was the king of the famous Mount Olympus. Mount Olympus was basically the home of many different Greek Gods that were mentioned over the course. Because he was so powerful and so significant he assigned the positions to many different gods. For example he gave Aphrodite the position as being the Goddess of love and gave Apollo the position of being the God of the sun. Aphrodite and Apollo

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