As well as horses, he had some connection with bulls. He married Amphitrite, a granddaughter of the Titan Oceanus. Besides being the ruler of the sea, he also gave the first horse to man, so he was honored as much for the one as for the other. The Greeks on both sides of the Aegean were sea men and he was widely worshiped by these people. His prize was to become the ruler of the sea. After his Father Cronus was dethroned he took part in a draw between his two brothers Zeus and Hades in order to share the power of the world. POSEIDON (Neptune in Latin) was the brother of Zeus. He was also known as the God that punished those who lied or broke oaths. He was married to Hera but was famous for his many affairs with other women. His weapon was a thunderbolt, which he hurled at those who displeased him. He was the lord of the sky, the rain and the cloud gatherer. Zeus won the draw and became the main ruler of the Gods. ZEUS (Jupiter in Latin) was the chief he dethroned his Father Cronus and then had a draw with his brothers Poseidon and Hades for their share in the universe. The 12 Gods of Olympus (the Olympian Gods): Zeus in Greek mythology The entrance to where they lived, slept and feasted on ambrosia and nectar, was guarded by a very big gate of clouds, kept by the seasons. They were named the Olympians because they lived on Olympus Olympus is the highest mountain in the central area of Greece. The 12 Olympian Gods were the highest in authority among the Gods that succeeded to the Titans. These were the only Titans otherwise called older Gods, which did not entirely disappear with the arrival of Zeus, but they took a lower place in Mythology. Some other Titans that we should mention are Ocean, a river that circled around the world Ocean’s wife Tethys Hyperion, the father of the dawn, the moon and the sun Mnemosyne, which means memory Themis, most often translated as justice, Lapetus was important because of his sons, Atlas, who bore the earth on his shoulders, and Prometheus, who was the savior of all mankind. It has been said that when Zeus took over his fathers throne, Cronus ran away to Italy, where he introduced the Golden Age, which was a period of peace and happiness that lasted for all the entire duration of his reign. The leader of the Titans and the most important was called Cronus, (Saturn in Latin) He remained the leader until his own son Zeus took over his throne and also assumed all the power for himself. There were a lot of them but they don’t all appear in Mythology. They were huge in size and had unbelievable strength. Nobody knows for how long exactly they were in the universe. The Titans were also often called the older Gods. I hope you enjoy reading through the myths. I have read each myth a couple of times by a few different authors and then have written them in my own way. We have tried to write out the myths in an easy and an interesting way, with not too much but not too less of each myth. Before the Gods there was only heaven and earth, the Titans were heaven and Earth. The Greeks did not believe that the Gods created the universe instead they believed that the universe was created by the Gods. Nobody know if these myths were first told in this way or when they were first told exactly but many great and very famous poets have been created through the myths. The myths lead us back in time to when man had a connection to the earth and nature they take us back in time to a strange beautiful animated world. The very old people in Greece used to consider Greek mythology to be similar to a religion. Greek mythology in general is supposed to give us a picture of how mankind used to think and feel many many years ago. Introduction to Greek mythology acropolis, Athens, Greece
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