The Gods Of Olympus | The Mightiest Gods of Greek Mythology | The Mightiest Gods Series 2

Name: The Gods Of Olympus | The Mightiest Gods of Greek Mythology | The Mightiest Gods Series 2
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00:11The undisputed master of the universe, so they called me.

00:17Gods and mortals alive, tremble in my wrath.

00:21I cause rain, I cause drought.

00:24I command tempests, I command storms.

00:28I am a god of many forms, not a rapist, not a monster.

00:34I am the wind, the storm in the clouds, the rumbling thunder.

00:39I am the eagle on the mountain, the ramming rod, the snake in the pageant.

00:45I am the bull with crescent morns.

00:48I am the sky god and king of all.

00:51I am Zeus.

01:01Zeus was the youngest child of the titan, Cronus, and the titanus, Rhea.

01:07Others being Hestia, Hades, Hera, Poseidon, and Demeter.

01:13Cronus had heard a prophecy that his children would overthrow him.

01:17So he devoured each of his children, as soon as they were born, to prevent the fulfillment of the prophecy.

01:24But Zeus narrowly escaped this fate, when his mother, sought the help of her parents, Gaia, and Uranus, to hide

01:32him away, in a distant cave.

01:35Rhea, then handed Cronus, a huge stone, wrapped in swaddling clothes, which he promptly swallowed, thinking it was baby Zeus.

01:44Zeus was raised in a secret place, on Mount Dicta, in Crete, where he was nursed, by nymphs, on the

01:52milk of the goat, Amalthea, and guarded by the dancing curates, who drowned out the sound of his crying, with

01:58their shield clashing battle dance.

02:01When Zeus came of age, he served his titan father, Cronus, a concortion, which caused him to disgorge the young

02:09gods, he had swallowed.

02:11Zeus went on, to liberate the giants, the cyclopes, and the Hecatonchres, from the pit of Tartarus.

02:19Thus, during the war between the titans, and the gods, and as a form of gratitude, the cyclopes gifted him,

02:26with lightning bolts, and the Hecatonchres, aided him by hurling boulders, at the titans.

02:33Zeus and his siblings, eventually defeated Cronus and his allies, and furnished them to a prison, in Tartarus.

02:41After the fall of the titans, Zeus presided over the heavens, Poseidon presided over the sea, and Hades presided over

02:49the underworld.

02:50Zeus was the lord of storms, tempests, lightning, and thunder.

02:57His most notable symbol, is his magnificent lightning bolt, which he often wields in his hand, like a javelin.

03:04His other symbols, are, a royal scepter, an eagle, and the aegis, which is a majestic goatskin shield.

03:13In art, Zeus, is often depicted, wearing a long robe, or cloak, and crowned with a wreath, of olive leaves.

03:21His sacred animals, were the eagle, and the bull.

03:25As king of the gods, he was served and attended to, by quite a number of lesser gods.

03:31His throne was guarded, by four, winged spirits, two male, and two female, named, Kratos, representing strength, and Zelos, representing

03:42rivalry, Nike, representing victory, and Baia, representing force.

03:48His personal messenger was Iris, the winged goddess of the rainbow, and his counselor, was Themis, the goddess of law

03:55and order.

03:57Most of his divine family, except Hades, god of the underworld, and Poseidon, the sea god, resided in Olympus.

04:06Zeus' virgin sister, Hestia, also resided in Olympus, where she tended the ever burning hearth fire, in the center of

04:14his palace.

04:15His cup bearers, were Ganymede, and the goddess, Hebe, who served ambrosia, and nectar, at the feasts of the gods.

04:24The winged harpies, also known, as the hounds of Zeus, were cruel creatures, used by the sky god, to harass

04:32and terrorize mortals.

04:35While Pegasus, the winged horse, carried Zeus' lightning bolts, and four other immortal horses, drew his chariot through the sky.

04:44Zeus married his sister, Hera, queen of the gods, after seducing her, in the guise of a cook or bird.

04:51But their union, was one of constant quarrels, mostly because, of Zeus' infidelity.

04:58Zeus is known throughout Greek mythology, as an ardent womanizer.

05:03He seduced many mortal women.

05:05Few of who included, Europa, in the guise of a bull.

05:09Leda, in the guise of a swan.

05:11Danae, as a shower of gold.

05:13Callisto, in the guise of the goddess Artemis.

05:16Alcmena, disguised as her own husband.

05:19And Antiope, in the guise of a satyr.

05:21His favorite mortal son, was Heracles, whom he supported throughout his trials.

05:27And eventually welcomed him as a full god, on Olympus.

05:31Zeus is also known for his terrible wrath, which was unleashed on certain occasions.

05:36Such as when he punished deviant gods, including, Ixion, who attempted to violate Hera.

05:42Tantalos, who stole Ambrosia from Olympus.

05:45Lycaon, who offered human flesh to the gods.

05:48And Salmonius, who tried to imitate Zeus.

05:51And steal the worship of the gods.

06:07I rule the deepest seas.

06:11Playing with the times, as I please.

06:15The mighty Kraken, I control.

06:19Sending him after wavered souls.

06:23I am the Earthshaker, cause of earthquakes.

06:28You feel my work when the Earth shakes.

06:32And such disturbing sounds I make.

06:37There, you will know when I wake.

06:39Be calm child, the sea will not harm thee.

06:45It holds many secrets, I feel you agree.

06:50I feel your fear, do not be afraid.

06:55If danger comes, I will come to your aid.

06:59To find a way, do not use oil or anything.

07:04Poseidon, the ancient Greek god of the sea and horses,

07:08the Earthshaker.

07:09The savior of sailors.

07:11The leader of nymphs.

07:13The tamer of horses.

07:14The one who caused the tides to flow.

07:17Who could create sea storms to sink ships.

07:20who caused the earth to tremble at his will. He whose cry was as loud as 10,000 men combined.

07:28Known by the Romans with the name Neptune, he was a fearsome god.

07:33Poseidon was the son of the king and queen titans, Cronus and Rhea. He was swallowed by his father,

07:40Cronus, owing to a prophecy that Cronus' children would overthrow him. After Zeus saved him from

07:47the belly of their father, Poseidon, Hades and Zeus went into battle with the titans.

07:53The brothers overthrew the titans and gained control of the world. They divided up the world

08:00among themselves. Poseidon took over the oceans and seas, Zeus took over the skies and Hades the

08:07underworld. Poseidon was a large and fierce god, having long curly hair, a big beard, gleaming eyes

08:15and a stern look. He often wields a three-pronged golden spear, popularly called a trident,

08:22and sometimes rides his watery four-horse chariot over the raging waves. The golden trident is his

08:29most symbolic attribute, which he struck on a rock to create the very first seahorse, Skyfuse,

08:35and tear off a piece of the island, Kos, which is known today as the island, Nisirus.

08:43Now, Poseidon was a violent, impulsive and raging god. He would cause the sea storms to destroy the

08:50ships of sailors who would not appease him, and cause earthquakes to ravage the lands of those who

08:56scorned his worship. Once, he had unleashed a flood on Athens, because the people chose Athena over

09:03him. He had also flooded the city of Argos when he lost the control of the city to Hera. In

09:10addition,

09:10when he could not stand the behavior and authority of Zeus as the ruler, he connived with the other

09:16Olympians to overthrow Zeus, which ended up unsuccessful. The sky god eventually overcame

09:22the rebels with the help of the goddess, Thetis, and the hundred-handed man, Brarius.

09:29Alas, just like his brother, Zeus, Poseidon was well known for his love of women, but at a slightly

09:36lesser degree. He had many consorts, who bore him many children. His faithful wife and queen of the

09:43seas, Amphitrite, bore him Triton, Binphesachemi, and in some stories, Rode. Demeter bore him the nymph,

09:53Despina, and the talking horse, Arian. Armimoni bore him Naucleus, and Aethra bore him the hero,

10:01Theseus. His other children were, the cyclops, Polyphemus, the sea creature, Charybdis, the winged

10:09horse, Pegasus, and the hunter, Orion. Yet these were not all of them. Whichever woman the sea god

10:17could not win, with his charm and gentleness, he did it with force, and craftiness. An example,

10:23was Medusa, who he took by force, at the temple of Athena. Medusa was turned into a monster afterward,

10:30for surrendering to being defiled.

10:44called Pluton. Giver of wealth, the wealth found below. Called Heres. Not only for invisibility,

10:54am I named? But for my wisdom, by knowing all noble things, souls go before me without their

11:03covering. No soul returns from the kingdom. The road to Hades is the easiest to travel.

11:11The decent is the same from every place. No man takes with him to my realm, all his exceeding

11:18wealth. I am king of the dead. Hades is my name.

11:26Hades is the ancient Greek god of the dead and the underworld, a place where human souls

11:33go after death, and is identified with the name Pluto by the Romans. He was the ruler

11:40of the invisible world, the unseen one, the infernal Zeus, the host of many, the attractor

11:47of men, the grizzly god. He was also called the god of wealth or the rich one because

11:53he possessed the precious metals of the earth.

11:57Hades was the oldest male child of the Titans, Cronus and Rhea. After being rescued by Zeus

12:04from the belly of their father, Cronus, Hades joined him in the war against the Titans.

13:23Of his sacred symbols. The realm of Hades lies between secret places of the earth and to get there one

13:31must cross the oceans. The deceased entered the underworld with the help of Charon, the ferryman of Hades, whose duty

13:40was to carry dead souls across the Acheron and Styx rivers that divided the world of the living from the

13:47world of the dead.

13:48The underworld had five magical rivers, each with a symbolic meaning.

13:54The Phlegethon river represented fire, the Lethe river represented oblivion, the Acheron river represented sorrow or grief, the Kokytos river

14:05represented lamentation, and lastly, the Styx river represented hate, and is the principal river in the underworld, which formed the

14:14boundary between the upper and lower worlds.

14:16The Greek gods swore upon the river Styx.

14:21So sacred was their oath, that if any god was guilty of breaking this oath, he was deprived of nectar

14:27and angrily.

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15:16Oh, Zeus, he fooled me. He said I was his love. A cuckoo bird, did no one see? I was

15:26lovely, gracious, kind. But often, Zeus winged strays.

15:31So, I've been angry. Is that a crime? I've lost respect to my dismay. And now, they will feel my

15:42anger. They will feel my wrath. All those who visited their beds.

15:53Hera was the Olympian goddess of marriage and childbirth and queen of the gods in Greek mythology.

16:01She was the daughter of Cronus and Rhea, the wife of Zeus, king of the gods, and the mother of

16:08Ares, god of war, Hebe, goddess of youth, Hephaestus, god of arts and crafts, and Illithia, goddess of childbirth.

16:17Hera is associated with family and welfare, and is known by the Romans with the name Juno. A mighty queen,

16:26she was one of the fairest goddesses on Mount Olympus.

16:29Hera was the protector of children, marriage, and a symbol for married women.

16:36Hera is usually represented as a fully clothed, regal woman of solemn beauty, wearing a radiant crown.

17:01Hera is used for married women and candy, wedding d'arr어, and reher급ers.

17:05Hera would be referenced as a very dark girl, because they won't' lives.

17:27Hera was a light .

17:29Hera

17:50Delos, and vengeful, but knowing she could not hurt, nor stop her husband, Hera directed

17:57her anger, towards Zeus' lovers, and in short she filled their lives, with a great deal

18:02of suffering. One of her unfortunate victims, was Semele, whom she killed, by tricking her,

18:09into forcing her lover, Zeus, to reveal himself before her, in all his glory. And since humans

18:16can't look upon at gods, without perishing, Semele, perished into thin air. Others, who

18:23have suffered the powerful goddesses' anger, include, Callisto, whom she turned into a

18:28bear, for giving birth to Zeus' child, Arcus. Leto, whom she pursued for a long time, and

18:35delayed her giving birth, to Apollo. And then, Heracles, whose birth she delayed, costing him

18:42the throne of Argolid, and additionally subjecting him, to a lifetime of trials, and hardship.

18:48Hera, was as much, a vain goddess, as she was a jealous one. Like most of the other Greek

18:55goddesses, when it came to her beauty, she was easily offended. This was shown, when she

19:02sent Orion's wife, to the underworld, because the woman had boasted, that she was as beautiful,

19:08as the goddess. Also, after Paris chose Aphrodite, instead of her, Hera, turned a sworn enemy,

19:17of Troy.

19:29HATE ME, YOU MEN. STOP ME, YOU CANNOT. FOR I AM IN YOUR NATURE, I AM IN YOUR BLOOD. I

19:39AM WAR. I FEED THE FIELDS WITH BLOOD SPATTER. I COVER

19:46WATER WATERS IN WAR SPILLED BLOOD. I AM THE SOUND OF PRISONERS WAILING. THE FIRES LUTE FROM BURNING CITIES. THE

19:56GORE, THE KILLS, THE SPOILS FROM EVERY LAND. I AM THE MASTER OF ARMS. I AM REBELLISMESS. I AM THE

20:07DARKNESS IN ALL OF YOU. I AM THE GOD OF WAR.

20:15Ares, is one of the twelve Greek Olympians, and the god of war, the spirit of battle, the personification of

20:23violence, and bloodlust. He was called, the bane of mortals, the slayer of men, the city stormer, the armor clattering.

20:32Known by the Romans, with the name, Mars. He represented sheer brutality, the violent, and untamed aspect, of brutal warfare,

20:41and

20:41slaughter. Making him a total opposite, of the wisdom and war goddess, Athena. Who represented the civilized form of war,

20:49and military strategy.

20:51Ares, was the oldest child of Zeus, and Hera, and brother to Illithiah, the goddess of childbirth, Hebe, the goddess

20:59of eternal youth, and Hephaestus, the god of fire, and the forge.

21:04Ares, is usually depicted, wearing a helmet, a shield, and a bloodstained sword, or spear. He drives a four horse

21:13chariot, and is followed by dogs, or vultures. He is sometimes, shown alongside his sons, Deimos, and Phobos.

21:22On the battlefield, Ares is often accompanied, by a number of bloodthirsty deities, each symbolizing the terror of war. His

21:31two sons, Deimos, and Phobos, represented panic, and fear. His comrade, or sister, Eris, represented strife.

21:41Keduimos, represented confusion, and the lesser deity, Enyo, was the sacra of cities, and sister of war. In addition, the

21:50Keres, who are horrid, grim-eyed female spirits, of death, and who dressed in cloaks, drenched in human blood, also

21:58hovered, alongside Ares, and his companions, during battle.

22:03Now, although Ares, was an overwhelming force, whose mere sight, filled mortals with terror. He was not as mighty, and

22:12undefeatable, as he appeared to be.

22:14There were a number of encounters, where the war god's skills, were beaten. In his battle with Diomedes, Diomedes wounded,

22:23and defeated the war god, Fair and Square.

22:27During the Trojan War, Athena, easily bested him, after which she mocked him, and bragged of her superiority, as a

22:35warrior.

22:36Heracles, also defeated Ares twice, first, during the battle of Pylos, and then, after killing Ares's son, Keknes.

22:46In addition, Homer tells us, that the twin brothers, Otus, and Daphialtus, once abducted the war god, and locked him

22:55up, in a bronze jar, for thirteen months, with not the slightest means of escape.

23:01Perhaps, if their stepmother, Ereboia, hadn't told the messenger god, Hermes, about the incident, Ares would have spent eternity, in

23:11that bronze jar.

23:12Since he was the savage, and brutal god, of senseless war, Ares was neither loved by gods, nor by men,

23:20except Aphrodite, goddess of beauty, whom he had, an adulterous affair with.

23:26He was repulsive to his own father, Zeus, to the extent that, after he was wounded in battle, by Diomedes,

23:34Zeus called him, the most hateful of all the gods.

23:37Adding that, if Ares hadn't been his son, he would have surely thrown him, into Tartarus, with Cronus, and the

23:44rest of the titans.

23:46The war god, had perhaps, a lot of consorts, with the most popular being the goddess, Aphrodite, who was at

23:54that time, married to his brother, Hephaestus.

23:58Aphrodite bore him, Dynos, Phobos, and Hammonia, and the four erotes.

24:05Ares also fathered, a whole race, of female warriors, known as the Amazons.

24:11His consort, Otrira, bore him the most famous four Amazons, who were by names, Hippolyta, Antiope, Meloneope, and Penthesilia.

24:34My gift to man is love, not only romantic love, but also a nature, of friendship, between kin, of oneself.

24:44My gift to man is beauty, in the exotic, in the mundane, with laughter, and with tears.

24:54My gift to man is strife, strife born of jealousy, strife born of desire.

25:02My gifts to man are abounding, they bring pleasure, and they bring pain.

25:13Aphrodite, the Olympian goddess of love, beauty, and sexual pleasure.

25:18The enchanting one, the one who is infinitely desirable, but infinitely out of reach.

25:25To those who adore her, she is known as the smile loving, the merciful, and the one who postpones old

25:31age.

25:32While to those who scorn her worship, she is known, as the unholy one, the dark one, the doom of

25:39men, and the killer of men.

25:41The goddess, is identified by the Romans, with the name, Venus.

25:47According to Hesiod, Aphrodite was born, from the castrated genitals, of Uranus, which fell into the sea, near the coast

25:55of Kythera.

25:57She had risen, from the foam of the waters, on a shell, fully grown, and more beautiful than anything, or

26:04anyone, in the universe.

26:06However, according to Homer, Aphrodite, was the daughter of Zeus, and the Titanes, Diona.

26:14Thus, the stepsister, to the other Olympians, Athena, Artemis, Ares, Hephaestus, Apollo, Hermes, and Dionysus.

26:24Whichever the story is, the goddess of love, was the fairest, of all the other goddesses.

26:30She was a deity of flawless beauty, lovely, enchanting, and often appearing nude, having a symmetrically perfect body.

26:39Sometimes, she is depicted alongside her children, the Erots, who were capable of sparking up passion, immortals and gods alike,

26:48at her will.

26:49Her symbols are, myrtles, roses, a dove, a magical girdle, and a shell.

26:56So lovely was the goddess of love, that no man, or god, could resist her.

27:02Only the three virgin goddesses, Artemis, Athena, and Hestia, were immune to her charms, and power.

27:10Thus, when Aphrodite arrived on Olympus, her beauty caused great confusion, amongst the other gods,

27:17as each of them, wanted her for himself.

27:20So, to bring back peace and order, Zeus quickly married her off, to the least attractive Olympian, Hephaestus, god of

27:28the forge.

27:29Although married to Hephaestus, Aphrodite, had affairs, with all the Olympian gods, except Hades, the reserved, aloof god, and Zeus,

27:39who was supposedly her father.

27:40Her most famous lover, was the war god, Ares, whom she bore as many as eight children.

27:47For Poseidon, she bore one daughter, Rhod.

27:51And for Hermes, she bore the hermaphrodites.

27:55Her goddess, also consorted with mortals, the most famous of whom were, Anchises, and Adonis.

28:18God of music, playing the golden lion.

28:23Apollo, god of archer.

28:25Farshooting with a golden bow.

28:28God of medicine.

28:30Spreading the arts of healing.

28:33God of truth.

28:35Who speaketh not a lie.

28:37I am Apollo.

28:39Leader of the muses.

28:42Patron of Delphi.

28:47Apollo, the Olympian god of the sun, and light, music, and poetry, prophecy, and divination, healing, and diseases.

28:56The archer, the bright one, the one who speaks crookedly, the charioteer of the patient year.

29:04Apollo was the son of the king god, Zeus, and the titanus, Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess

29:11of the hunt.

29:12His mother, Leto, was one of Zeus many lovers, and thus, incurred the wrath of Hera, queen of the gods.

29:20When the titanus was heavily pregnant, with Apollo and Artemis, Hera sent a ferocious dragon python, to pursue her throughout

29:28the earth, and cursed all the lands, to shun her, so she would not find any place, on solid land,

29:34to give birth.

29:35But the sea god, Poseidon, took pity on Leto, and showed her the floating island, of Delos, where she first

29:43delivered Artemis, while balancing her body, on an olive branch.

29:48Artemis grew up right away, then helped her mother, deliver Apollo.

29:52Apollo grew strong, and tall, after being fed, with ambrosia, and nectar, for four days.

30:00Every single day, he would mount his chariot of four horses, and drive across the sky, dragging the sun, along

30:08with him.

30:09The sun god, was the most good looking male god, among the Olympians, having golden hair, a beardless face, blue

30:17eyes, and a muscular build.

30:19He was often shown, with a crown of laurel, on his head, carrying in his hands, either a bow and

30:26an arrow, a sacrificial tripod, or a lyre.

30:30The lyre, is perhaps, his most famous symbol, which was given to him, by the then little messenger god, Hermes,

30:37as an appeasement, for stealing Apollo's favorite cattle.

30:41Although he was a cool, and calm headed god, Apollo was also quick to anger, a trait shared, by almost

30:48all the members, of his Olympian family.

30:51He punished severely, whoever dared to disrespect him, or his family, or question his honor.

30:58To avenge his mother's suffering, Apollo trailed the dragon python, that once terrorized his mother, to its place of abode,

31:05and shot it with his arrows, wounding it.

31:08He pursued the dragon python, to Gaia's ancient sanctuary, in Delphi, where the monster had hidden itself, and finally killed

31:17it.

31:18Apollo decided to remain in Delphi, afterward, and claimed the sanctuary, to his name.

31:24There, he used his gifts of prophecy, to answer the questions of mortals, and divine their future.

31:31The high priestess, Pythia, was then chosen, to preside over the temple of Apollo, at Delphi, serving as its oracle.

31:54Run with me, before me, or behind, mistress of the hunt, and of the wild.

32:01I protect the young, in both children and animals.

32:04I love the maidens, in those young villages.

32:08I enjoy the chase, and hunting, in the wild.

32:13Maiden of the moon, and of nature.

32:16I am modest, I am chaste.

32:19I demand the same, from those who walk with me.

32:23And I will not be denied.

32:30Artemis, the gallant goddess of the hunt, and the wild, the moon, and chastity.

32:36The torch bringer, the maiden of the wild, the mistress of animals.

32:41Known by the Romans, with the name, Diana.

32:44Artemis was the daughter of the king god, Zeus, and the titan, Leto, and the twin sister of the sun

32:51god, Apollo.

32:52As punishment for laying with her husband, Hera, the unforgiving queen of the gods,

32:58had furiously chased the pregnant Leto, throughout the earth, commanding the lands to reject her.

33:04So she would not give birth, anywhere on solid land.

33:07With the help of the sea god, Poseidon, Leto found the floating island of Delos,

33:13where she gave birth to Artemis, on the branch of an olive tree.

33:17When Hera learned of this, she compelled her daughter, Illithia, goddess of childbirth,

33:23to withhold the birth, of Leto's second child.

33:27However, Artemis grew up in no time, and helped her mother, deliver her twin brother, thereby thwarting Hera's plans.

33:35Artemis was a youthful, beautiful and energetic huntress, always wielding a bow, and a quiver, with arrows,

33:43and often clad, in either a short, knee-high tunic, or a long robe, with a crescent crown.

33:49She was also often accompanied, by a deer, a wolf, or hunting dogs.

33:55When Artemis was younger, and asked by her father, Zeus, what gifts she wished.

34:01The goddess replied, she wanted to keep her maidenhood, for eternity, to be free from love, and to be able

34:07to live her life, as she pleased.

34:10And so it was, Artemis spent her time in the wild.

34:14She enjoyed leaping over the moon, going hunting, and wandering in the woods, in the company, of a group of

34:20nymphs, who had also taken the oath, to remain chaste.

34:25Artemis guarded her chastity, ferociously, and in the same vein, she defended the chastity, of her followers.

34:33Thus, she was utterly merciless, if any one of her priestesses, dared to lose their innocence.

34:40An instance, was Callisto, whom the goddess cast from her presence, and consented to Hera, turning the defiled nymph, to

34:48a bear, because she broke her vow, and became pregnant for Zeus.

35:04She was born from the thigh, twice born, I am called.

35:08These nymphs that follow, be not ye appalled.

35:12Come, and find yourself enthralled.

35:16Oh, these nymphs, so blind.

35:20Not me, just my wine.

35:23In wine, there is wildness.

35:27In wine, there is madness.

35:29In wine, there is love.

35:33So drink, ye beloved.

35:39Dionysus, the Olympian god of wine.

35:42The god of vegetation, and fertility.

35:44The god of pleasure, festivity, merriment, and wild frenzy.

35:50He who had, a dual nature.

35:52Who brought joy, and divine ecstasy, on one hand.

35:56Or, wild, and blinding rage, on the other hand.

36:00The giver of wine.

36:02The master of the arts, of viticulture.

36:05Dionysus, was the son of Zeus, and the mortal princess of Thebes, Semele.

36:11When the jealous queen of the gods, Hera, learned, that the mortal princess, was carrying Zeus' child.

36:18She visited Semele, in disguise, and convinced her, to see who her lover, really was.

36:24If he was good looking, or ugly, if he was really a god, or a monster.

36:29Semele, did as she was told, unaware, of what was about to befall her.

36:34Thus, when the oath-bound Zeus, appeared before her, in his full glory, she was consumed, by the heat of

36:41his lightning bolts.

36:43Zeus rescued their unborn child, from her body, and stitched him up, in his own thigh, till the baby was

36:50born.

36:52However, Hera, quickly found out, that baby Dionysus, was still alive, and called upon the titans, to kill him.

37:00The titans, indeed, ripped him to pieces, but the titanus, Hera, found his pieces, reassembled him, and brought him back

37:09to life.

37:10Zeus then conferred immortality, on the little god, and gave him to the mountain nymphs, to be raised, away from

37:17the eyes of Hera.

37:19Dionysus, grew up to become, an effeminate, attractive, youthful god, always carrying a pinecone tipped staff, a drinking cup, and

37:28a crown of ivy.

37:30He is usually accompanied, by a troop of satyrs, and wild female devotees, called, the Myonads.

37:38Stories tell, that he was also one, of the very few deities, who were able to bring a dead person,

37:44back from the underworld realm of Hades.

37:47Dionysus, would later wander the world, spreading his worship, and temples, becoming one, of the most loved gods, among men.

38:10GENTLE QUEEN OF THE HARVEST, MOTHER OF THE LAND

38:13Dark are my sorrows, as I wait to see the sun, upon Persephone's face.

38:20When my beloved returns, from the depths of Hades, shall I awaken my fertile powers.

38:26I shall cheer my heart, by warming the lands.

38:31Then, shall I move again, to the river, to the darts of life.

38:36My morning will go, and my powers will flow, freed from the cold.

38:41The will I shall turn, the land I shall bless, with plentiful growth, with blossoms along.

38:52Demeter, the ancient Greek goddess of harvest, of grains, of agriculture.

38:58The bearer of food, lady of the grain, the bringer of laws, queen of the green, the great mother of

39:05the land, who taught mankind the art of sowing, and plowing.

39:10Demeter was one of the six children of Cronus, and Rhea, and the second oldest, born after Hestia, but before

39:17Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus.

39:20Like almost all of her siblings, she was swallowed after birth, and later rescued from the belly of their father,

39:27by Zeus.

39:28The goddess is usually shown, as a mature-looking, fully clothed, and majestic woman, wearing a crown of flowers, and

39:36carrying with her, a sheaf of wheat, or some ears of corn.

39:40Her sacred symbols were, a scepter, and a torch, while her sacred animals were, a snake, and a pig.

39:49With the king-god, Zeus, Demeter had a beautiful daughter, Persephone, whom she loved so dearly.

39:56Thus, when Persephone was abducted, by the underworld god, Hades, Demeter grieved intensely, over her daughter's absence.

40:05Her grief over Persephone, who had to stay one third of the year, in the underworld, with her husband Hades,

40:12is said to be the reason, why there is the cold winter.

40:15The time, when Demeter retreats from the world in sorrow, neglecting her duties to mankind.

40:21While her joy, whenever Persephone returns, from the underworld, marks the return of spring, and summer.

40:29The time, Demeter throws off her mourning, and blesses the fertile lands, with growth, and harvest.

40:36The fertility goddess, had very few other consorts, aside Zeus.

40:41With a mortal man called Iasian, she bore Plutus, the god of...

41:08Lady of the hearth, keeper of the flame.

41:12Wherever I am, the gods have a home.

41:15I enter your dwelling, and make it my own.

41:19Blessing all who enter, with harmony and laughter.

41:23I am the keeper of the sacred flame.

41:26The place that consumes the waste in the old.

41:29The humble heart that fills the home.

41:33Yearn for me, but seek me not.

41:40Hestia, is the Olympian goddess of the hearth, and home.

41:43The eternal one.

41:45The beloved.

41:45The lady of the public hearth.

41:47Who stayed quietly at home, eternally tending the fireplace.

41:52Pure, peaceful, calm, and ever loving.

41:55She was the most gentle, of all the gods.

41:59Hestia was the first born child of the titans, Cronus, and Rhea.

42:04And sister to Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hera, and Demeter.

42:08But because Hestia was the last one to be disgorged, from the belly of their father.

42:13She was sometimes called the youngest, of the siblings.

42:17Mature, and lovely.

42:19The goddess is often shown standing by a large fire, carrying a staff.

42:23Or holding some flowers, in her hands.

42:27Just like Artemis and Athena, Hestia was a virgin goddess.

42:31And it was told that she became a virgin, in order to preserve the peace, at Olympus.

42:37There came a time, when both Poseidon and Apollo, wanted to marry her.

42:42Knowing that choosing either of the two, would result in conflict, and turmoil.

42:47Hestia swore an oath, of eternal virginity, by placing her hand on Zeus head.

42:52Being the one, who maintained peace and order, on Olympus, and in the homes of men alike.

42:58Zeus granted the goddess of the hearth, the central place, in the Olympian palace.

43:04And the first and richest portion, of humans offerings, to the gods.

43:08So reserved, quiet and peace loving, was Hestia.

43:12That she almost never appeared, in stories and myths.

43:16And never interfered, in the lives of mankind.

43:19She remained in the house of the gods, sometimes all alone.

43:23Tending the eternal divine fire.

43:26Hestia's only manifestation, among humans, was the crackling of the fire.

43:31Which they say, is the sound of the goddess, laughing.

43:46He swallowed Metius.

43:49How foolish, I still was born.

43:52Behold, I emerged from his head.

43:55Fully armed and fully grown.

43:58With a cry, so mighty, so fearsome.

44:01That Uranus and Gaia, were shaken, with terror.

44:05Not a son, Zeus thanked.

44:07Goddess of war, and wisdom.

44:10I can, fight you.

44:13I can, teach you.

44:19In ancient Greek religion, Athena is the Olympian goddess of wisdom, war, and military strategy.

44:26The goddess of good counsel, and practical insight.

44:30The protector and patron, of the city of Athens.

44:34She is identified by the Romans, with the name, Minerva.

44:38And also associated with handicrafts, most especially, spinning and weaving.

44:45Athena, was the daughter of the king god, Zeus.

44:48And was born in a very unusual circumstance.

44:52Zeus had swallowed Mattis, the goddess of counsel, while she was pregnant with Athena.

44:58On learning that her child, may overthrow him.

45:01But when the time came, Zeus, felt a tremendous headache.

45:06When he couldn't bear the pain anymore.

45:09Hephaestus, the fiery god, struck him with his axe.

45:12And, lo.

45:14Athena, leapt out of Zeus' forehead.

45:17Fully grown.

45:18A powerful goddess.

45:20She was Zeus' favorite.

45:22Athena, was one of the most important Olympians.

45:26Known under many different names.

45:28Some of which include.

45:29Pallas, the unwearying one.

45:32The one of the city.

45:33The one with gleaming eyes.

45:35And the one who fights in front.

45:36She is always depicted.

45:38As a majestic lady.

45:40Having grey eyes.

45:42With an attractive.

45:43But stern face.

45:44Unsmiling lips.

45:45And a graceful build.

45:47Emanating power and authority.

45:49She is often clad.

45:51Either in full armor.

45:52With a crested Corinthian helmet.

45:54A long spear in one hand.

45:56And an aegis in the other.

45:58Or in a regal robe.

46:00With a spindle.

46:01At the center of Athena's aegis.

46:03Is an image.

46:04Of the gorgon's head.

46:06Medusa.

46:07Signifying the gift of Medusa's head.

46:09She got from Perseus.

46:12And just like Medusa's eyes.

46:14Athena's shield.

46:15Can also turn her enemies.

46:17To stone.

46:18As a symbol of her wisdom.

46:20There is usually an owl.

46:22Flying alongside Athena.

46:24Or sitting on her shoulder.

46:26And sometimes.

46:27There may also be a snake.

46:29Or an olive branch.

46:31Athena.

46:32Represented the intellectual.

46:34And civilized side of war.

46:36And the virtues of justice and skill.

46:39Thus.

46:39She had moral and military superiority.

46:42To Ares.

46:43The god of war.

46:43Who represented mere blood lust.

46:46Just like her sister.

46:48Artemis.

46:49And her aunt.

46:50Hestia.

46:50Athena was not swayed by love.

46:53Or person.

46:54She was a virgin deity.

46:56And could not be violated.

46:58She neither had a consort.

46:59Nor offspring.

47:01Some story versions claim.

47:04That Arachthonius.

47:05Was her son.

47:06However.

47:07Athena was only his foster mother.

47:10According to this version.

47:12Hephaestus.

47:13Had tried to force himself on Athena.

47:15But the warrior goddess fought him off.

47:18So he spilled his semen over the earth.

47:20Which impregnated Gaia.

47:21And when Arachthonius was born.

47:24Athena took him.

47:25Under her care.

47:28Now.

47:28Just like the other gods.

47:30Athena had a terrible wrath.

47:32She dealt unpleasant punishments.

47:34To any mortal.

47:36Who invoked her anger.

47:38The most famous myths of her victims.

47:40Are.

47:41The story of Arachne.

47:42The mortal craftswoman.

47:44Who was turned to a spider.

47:46Because she had boasted.

47:47That she was more skillful.

47:49Than Athena herself.

47:50And the story of Medusa.

47:52The beautiful woman.

47:53Who was turned into a hideous Gorgon.

47:56For defiling her temple.

47:58Nevertheless.

47:59Athena was benevolent.

48:01The wisdom and war goddess.

48:03Was most often.

48:04The main helper.

48:05Of ancient Greek heroes.

48:08She guided Odysseus.

48:09During his 10 year long journey.

48:12Back to Ithaca.

48:13And also helped many others.

48:15Like Heracles.

48:16Perseus.

48:17Jason.

48:18Diomedes.

48:19Bellerophon.

48:20Argus.

48:21And Cadmus.

48:34I am the god of movement.

48:36Traveling through the air.

48:38Over the land.

48:40On the water.

48:41I am the god of thieves.

48:43Thieving through stealing.

48:45Over bargaining.

48:47On poor deals.

48:49I am the inventor of speech.

48:51Sharing of ideas.

48:53Through conversations.

48:54Through dreams.

48:56Over prayers.

48:57I am the trickster.

49:00Unpredictability.

49:01Through my will.

49:02Over my own.

49:03On my will.

49:08In ancient Greek religion.

49:11Hermes.

49:11Is the winged herald and messenger.

49:13Of the Olympian gods.

49:15The patron of travelers and wayfarers.

49:18The divine trickster.

49:19The god of roads.

49:20Flocks.

49:22Flocks.

49:23And thieves.

49:24The conductor of dreams.

49:26Shepherd of men.

49:27And leader of souls.

49:29He is also called the inventor of speech.

49:32And thus.

49:33Often associated with interpretation.

49:35Or oratory.

49:37Hermes.

49:38Was the son of Zeus.

49:39And Maia.

49:40The eldest of the seven Pleiades.

49:42Hermes.

49:43He was born in a cave.

49:45In Mount Salini.

49:46In Arcadia.

49:48And on the first day of his life.

49:50He was able to invent.

49:51The lyre.

49:52And play a song.

49:54Celebrating his own birth.

49:55With it.

49:56To invent the lyre.

49:58Hermes killed a tortoise.

49:59And pulled the flesh.

50:01Out of its shell.

50:03Then.

50:04Giving honor to the Pleiades.

50:05He stretched seven strings.

50:07Of sheep gut.

50:09Over the empty shell.

50:11Hermes.

50:12Is usually depicted.

50:13As an athletically built.

50:15Bare chested youth.

50:17Always wielding a broad brimmed hat.

50:19Winged sandals.

50:20And a herald's wand.

50:22Hermes wand.

50:23Is a short winged staff.

50:25Decorated by two entangled.

50:27Identical serpents.

50:29And had the power.

50:30To bring sleep upon people.

50:32Or wake them from it.

50:34Hermes.

50:35Was the only Olympian.

50:36Capable of crossing the boundary.

50:38Between the living and the dead.

50:40And carrying the souls of the dead.

50:42In the underworld.

50:44Thus.

50:44He was known.

50:46As the conductor.

50:47Or the leader of souls.

50:49In every way.

50:50Hermes was loved.

50:52By all of the gods.

50:53And mortals alike.

50:55He was very close.

50:57With his father.

50:58Zeus.

50:59Acting as his wingman.

51:00The moon goddess.

51:02Artemis.

51:02Taught him how to hunt.

51:04And the nature god.

51:05Pan.

51:06Taught him how to play the pipes.

51:08Hermes.

51:09Was an extremely helpful god.

51:12To mention.

51:13But a few of his good deeds.

51:14He was the one.

51:16Who guided.

51:16Persephone.

51:17Back to her mother.

51:18Demeter.

51:19The one.

51:20Who beheaded.

51:21The hundred eyed giant.

51:22Argus.

51:23And the one.

51:24Who showed.

51:24Athena.

51:25Aphrodite.

51:26And Hera.

51:27The way.

51:27To Mount Ida.

51:28Where Paris.

51:29Was to judge.

51:30Which one of them.

51:31Was the fairest.

51:32He also led.

51:33Perseus.

51:34To the Graae.

51:35Escorted.

51:36Pandora.

51:37To Epimetheus.

51:38And guided.

51:39Priam.

51:40To Achilles.

51:41Tent.

51:42Although Hermes.

51:43Never married.

51:44He had a few consorts.

51:45Who bore him children.

51:48Aphrodite.

51:48Bore him hermaphrodites.

51:51Keon.

51:51Bore him Atollicus.

51:53And Penelopea.

51:54Bore him Pan.

52:09Born small.

52:10Born simply.

52:12Born different.

52:13The now cast.

52:15The rejected one.

52:16The deformed.

52:18Abhorred.

52:19Abhorred.

52:19By my mother.

52:20Rejected.

52:21By my father.

52:23Thrown.

52:23Down from Olympus.

52:25And lame.

52:26Thereafter.

52:27Though they called me ugly.

52:29I've cried.

52:30In the arts.

52:31A metal bone.

52:32God of fire.

52:34And of grass.

52:36My objects.

52:37Were so beautiful.

52:38My skills.

52:40Are unmatched.

52:41A cripple.

52:43Yet.

52:44For myself.

52:45I fashion.

52:46Strong legs.

52:47Of the finest metals.

52:49And a chariot of gold.

52:52And for others.

52:53Silver hands.

52:55Legs.

52:56Swords.

52:56And spears.

52:58So they can create their own paths.

53:02So they can fight their own demons.

53:05So they can stand up for themselves.

53:12The ancient Greek god, Hephaestus, is the god of arts and craft.

53:39Do they none for an army?

53:39brauch.

54:08Don't go to the planetary machine.

54:08It's not theiac.

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