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**Pandora's Box's was a very good story. How the Gods made her out of clay and how they all gave her a special gifts. She got married as soon as Zeus made her I thout that was a little fast ,but I could live with it. When she opened the box all those bad things came out. Wow!!!! What a surprise i'd never guess that would be in the box and it turned out to be a really good story.** **Ow5**

Medusa was considered the most lovely girl in a country named Greece. But she was too proud of her beauty. She spoke of her beauty everyday! One day she went to the temple of Athena called Parthenon. It was decorated with lots of art .Well Medusa started to insult the art .Someone heard her and it got passed down to Athena, and Athena got mad and turned Medusa into a gorgon.Athena then sent Medusa to an island so no one had to look at her. MAH5 9/30/09

Kronos the Great God King Kronos was a titan and ruler of all gods and lived during the Golden Age with his wife Rhea on Mount Olympus. He was also known as Saturn when Rome over ruled Greece but they still kept their religion but changed their names. Kronos had a prophecy that one of his children would take over his throne and destroy him. Kronos grew anxious and frustrated so when one child was born he ate it and the next one and the next one and the next one, then Rhea got angry and when he was about to eat Zeus instead she gave him a rock instead then she hid baby Zeus. Many years later Zeus returned to his father Kronos and gave him a potion that made Kronos throw up his brothers and sisters, then they over ruled him and cut him up into a thousand peices and threw him into the pit of Tartarus and for ever as Kronos did to his father and Ouranos his, he shall lay with Zeus at his throne. Pizza Guy 2

T h e S t o r y o f I o The Story of Io is about a beautiful girl named Io. One day, Zeus was looking down at earth and saw Io. Zeus went down to earth, and Io was frightened. Zeus tried to get Io to not be scared, but Hera was looking for him and saw an unusual cloud of fog right at the edge of a meadow. She went down to see what it was, and it was Zeus, Zeus had turned Io into a heifer, and reluctantly given it to Hera. Hera made a monster named Argus guard the heifer "Io" and Io suffered badly. One day, Io was grazing and found her home. Her family fed her and pet her, but didn't Know who she really was. Io had an idea. She found some dirt and with her hoof, drew "I" and "O". It worked, and the family was so happy. Then came Argus, who took Io away. Zeus got some other gods to help him slay Argus and after they slayed him then they were truly happy. In her own rage, Hera ordered a gadfly to sting Io, and Io got stung for the rest of her life. teddyster

The story of Perseus is about his mother who was sent to sea by King Aerisius.One day a fisherman came and fished Perseus and Danae from the sea. King Polydegtes saw Danea and demanded her to marry him,but he had to get rid of Perseus first.On the kings birthday, Perseus brought no gift. He said"I will bring a better gift.Better than anybody elses.I will bring Medusas head."he said.That is what the king wanted him to do.So off went Perseus.When he got to the edge of the island, a god came and gave him some gifts from other gods.The god told him to go to the witches who share one eye.And so he did.When he got to the witches place,he stole the eye when one of the sisters gave it to the other.He said"I will give you your eye back if you tell me where the gorgon sisters live.the witches told him where they lived and he gave them the eye back to them.After he left the witches home, he was given two more gifts from the gods.One was a wallet that can hold anything.The other was a shield with a mirror.When he got to the island,Medusa and her sisters were laying on the beach.Perseus turned around and looked at Medusa in the mirror.He aimed at Medusas head and sliced it off.The hiss of the slice woke up her two sisters.They chased Perseus untill he got home.He told the king he has Medusas head.He started to laugh. Then he looked at Medusas head and turned to stone.So Perseus became king of the land and they all lived happily ever after. The end. - AMB05

Hades is the ruler of the underworld.Hades brothers Zeus and Poseidon defeated the Titans and claimded the underworld,air,and sea.Hades was ​ also called The Grim Reaper,even though he wasn't.His roman name was Pluto.Hades was associated with the Helm of darknees and the three-headed dog,Cerberus. drm5

The story of the Minotuar was very good because the Minotuar is half human half bull.It was still a monster and King Minos really loved him.One day the king of Athens made a deal with Minos and the deal was if Minos would leave Athens alone he would send seven Athenian boys and seven Athenian girls for the Minotaur to eat so Minos said yes.One day Prince Theuseus felt sad and hopeless that they are going to be eaten by the Minotaur so he asked his father (the king) that he is going to be the seventh son of Athens.He was going to kill the Minotuar.

The story of Persephone is a very good book about Demeters daughter Persephone. It all started when Hades (God of the Underworld) saw how beautiful Persephone was.So he decided she was going to be his wife so he went up to Zeus and asked him if Persephone could be his wife,and Zeus agreed. So when Persephone was picking flowers whith her friends she saw a flower with a weird pattern,when she got close to the flower, the ground opened up and Hades popped out whith two steeds and his golden chaireot and grabbed Persephone. As they were racing down, the ground closed up. Persephone was trying to break free from Hades hold but it was to late,she was in the underworld.Hades told her that she was going to be his wife but she refuesed,but Hades still made her his wife.All she could think about was her mother Demeter goddess of grain. Demeter was not like the other goddesses she loved her daughter like a mortal mother.So when she noticed her daughter was missing she searched everywhere.Persephone wasn't anywhere,so Demeter lost hope. When Demeter lost hope,she left Mount Olympus and went down to live with the mortals.And while she was down there,she would not let any thing grow because she was upset.So when Zeus found out what was going on he sent Hermes down to Hades to try an change his mind about marrying Persephone,and he agreed to let her go.But Hades had a plan to keep Persephone with him.So when he told her that she would be going home he gave her a peach seed.But what she didn't know was that if you eat something from the Underworld you are trapped there forerver.But there was a loop hole since she did not eat with feeling or on purpose Zeus said that she will only have to stay there for half the year.And when she is in the Underworld Demeter will not let anything grow, and when she is in the known world Demeter lets everything grow.(Thats why we have the seasons.)ja5

APOLLO Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto.His sister was Artemis.He was also the god of music,which he played a golden instrument.He loved to be an archer.The god of healing he was and taught people about medicine.One of Apollo's more importaint daily tasks is to harness his chariot with four horses an drive the Sun across the sky. His tree was the laurel. The crow was his bird. The dolphin was his animal. The Golden God he was.


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Athena's life story I,Athena was born in an unusual way. My mother Metis told my father Zeus the great mighty god she was pregnant. My father feared she would have the son that would take away his throne as the prophesy declared. My father Zeus was terrified so he swallowed my mother whole. A couple days later my father got this insane headache. He asked Hephaestus to cut his head open with an axe. Hephaestus did as told for nobody wanted to mess with the Greek god My fathers head was cut open and out popped me. I quickly became my fathers favorite and later after that I herd Medusa saying how hideous she looked I turned her to a snake head and sent her to an island so nobody would have to look at her. Later a knight who set out to cut Medusa's head off to get his mother back he succeeded to do so and they used her head as a wedding gift. THE END By: hlm5

I'm Zeus, king of the gods and ruler of the sky.I was raised secretly behind my Dad's(Cronos) back.He ate all my brothers and sisters alive.When I was grown up I made a potion which would make Cronos throw up my brothers and sisters.I overthrew him and became king of gods.(Cronos overthrew his dad Uranus) flifian5​

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 * Date || Your First Name || Mythological Figure that you want to study ||
 * 9/15/09 || Ms. George || Lefty the one-eyed Greek Poet from out of town ||
 * 9/15/09 || Teddyster || poseidon the god of the sea ||
 * 9/15/09 || flifian28343 || zeus the king of gods and god of the sky ||
 * 9\22\09 || ow5 || Aphrodite goddess of love and beauty ||
 * 9/15/09 || drm5 || hades is the lord of the dead. ||
 * 9/22/09 || ja5 || Persephone queen of the dead/daughter of Demeter ||
 * 9/22/09 || Pizza Guy 2 || Kronos the Great God King ||
 * 9/22/09 || AMB05 || Perseus and the gorgons ||
 * 9/22/09 || Hailey || Athena goddess of wisdom/war ||
 * 9/22/09 || at5 || Minotaur the half human half bull but still was a
 * 9/30/09 || les5 || Hera is the queen of gods. ||
 * 9/30/09 || ms5 || Artemis the moon and the hunt.And the sister of Zeus. ||
 * 9/30/09 || SarahMae || Hemera godess of daylight and sun. ||
 * 9/30/09 || mekiah || Medusa ||
 * 10/20/09 || MATT99 || Apollo The Golden God ||
 * 11/3/09 || ALEX67 || Ares god of war ||