Thursday, December 14, 2006

Greek

Athena - Athena is the goddess of wisdom, craft, war, snake goddess, warrior daughter. Athena stands for discipline. She’s also the patron defender of Greek cities.
Her father Zeus was pregnant with her after swallowing the Oceanid Metis, who was originally pregnant with Athena. To give birth to Athena, Hephaestus hit Zeus in the head with an ax to create and opening for Athena.
Athena and her uncle Poseidon both wanted the same city. The one to give the city the best gift could have the city. Poseidon gave the people of the city water, but it was too salty. Athena gave the city an olive tree, which provided food, oil, and wood. She won the city and named it Athens.



Apollo – Apollo is the twin brother of Artemis, and the son of Leto and Zeus.
His son Asclepius, raised mortals from the dead. Zeus killed Asclepius with a thunderbolt. Apollo then killed the Cyclops that created the thunderbolt.
Apollo is the god of healing, hunting, prophecy, the arts, music, archery, colonization, medicine, and the guardian of navigation
He saved his mother by killing Tityus.
His first action was killing Python.

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