5 Mythical Greek Gods and Goddesses
Appollo
Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto. His twin sister is Artemis. He is the god of music, playing a golden lyre,and he is also the god of healing who taught man medicine.Appollo is the god of truth, who can not speak a lie.
He is famous for his oracle at Delphi. People traveled to it from all over the Greek world to divine the future.
Demeter
Demeter is the deity of corn, grain, and the harvest and she is the daughter of Cronus and Rhea; Greek believed that it makes the crops grow each year.
Demeter is the goddess of the earth, of agriculture, and of fertility.
Demeter’s daughter Persephone was abducted by Hades to be his wife in the underworld,after that Demeter laid a curse on the world that caused plants to wither and die, the land became desolate.
Eros
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Eros is the son of Aphrodite and he is the god of love. Eros is often represented blindfolded because, love is often blind, his main weapon is arrows. In either case the tips have been magically treated to produce either uncontrollable love or insurmountable disinterested in the first person seen be Eros’s victim after wounding.
Zeus
Zeus was the god of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods, he toppled his Father Cronus. Zeus is lord of the sky, the rain god, his main weapon is a thunderbolt, which he uses against people who make him angry.
Zeus is married to Hera but, is famous for his many affairs. He is also known to punish those that lie or break oaths. Zeus is also known as the god of justice and mercy, the protector of the weak, and the punisher of the wicked.
Artemis
She was goddess of chastity, virginity, the hunt, the moon, and the natural environment. Artemis is the daughter of Zeus and Leto. Her twin brother is Apollo. She is the lady of the wild things.
Artemis is the protector of the young and she hunts with silver arrows, she became associated with the moon.Artemis became associated with Hecate. The cypress is her tree. All wild animals are scared to her, especially the deer.
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