A Comparison Of Zeus And Poseidon

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Long ago when the world was callow, two foremost gods, Zeus and Poseidon. Zeus was opulent of all of the gods. Poseidon was jealous of his riches. But let's begin at the dawning. In the previous years, Zeus and Poseidon had a supreme friendship. They would sell land in exchange for currency(Euros).
One day Zeus pilfered Poseidon's money, by scamming him on a property in Alexandria, Egypt. Zeus informed Poseidon, that once he gave the money, he will grant the property. Poseidon executed what Zeus had told him. He granted the money over to Zeus. Although Zeus never gave the property. Poseidon had been scammed by Zeus. Poseidon then declared “From this day forward, we shall no more speak neither be friends. As you have cheated
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Zeus then wailed “Oh my, I will kill that sore loser, I will cut his tongue off, all his fingers, then he will boil in his own heated blood. Ares, come here!” Ares is Zeus’ son. Ares is the god of war. “Son, Ares, I need you to bring me Poseidon and Perseus, bring Poseidon alive.” Demanded Zeus. “Dad, what happened, where are they?” questioned Ares. “In Poseidon’s ocean floor palace. “If you wish to take the warriors along with you,” stated Zeus. And so it began, “The war of the Sea. Ares decides to bring 2 Million warriors with him. They all had carbyne equipment and got there by Poseidon's wife, Amphitrite, she contrasted what Poseidon was doing, so she assisted Ares’ army in the war. Amphitrite then snuck them into Poseidon's palace. They then attacked when everyone was asleep. Little did Ares know, there was an army of 5 million men awaiting them. They fought for 2 months straight, until there was one man left in Zeus’ army, and one man left in Poseidon’s army, that was Zeus and Poseidon. Zeus was furious and threw his trident at Poseidon making Poseidon pass-out. When Poseidon woke up he saw us right in front of him and staring him right in the eye, then Zeus slammed his trident down on the ocean floor and Zeus flew away with Perseus in his hands. When Zeus slammed the trident, it caused a colossal tsunami, wiping the face of the earth. Pictures from millions of years ago show that the tsunami was 750 feet high and had a width of 7917.5 miles wide. It wiped the whole face of the Earth. Zeus did what he said he would do, cut his tongue off, all his fingers, then boil him in his own heated blood. Zeus ended up getting Perseus back and they celebrated. Overall, stealing leads to

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