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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Greek Gods and Goddesses by Geraldine McCaughrean

This gives you a quick idea of the Gods and Goddesses of Olympus. I know this a children’s book but I found it a bit scary and unsettling. Here are a few tidbits:

Zeus is the king of Olympian Gods
Hermes, 17 for all eternity, is the messenger of the Gods
Dionysus is the Wine God – Yes there is a Wine God – LOL
Athena –Zeus gave birth to Athena himself having swallowed her mother whole while she was still pregnant. I know it gets really crazy.
Artemis, Goddess of the Moon, and Apollo, thought of as the sun God and as powerful as Zeus his father. Artemis and Apollo were twins.

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