Do You Like Greek Mythology?

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Do you like Greek mythology?. No, I do not like Greek mythology. Greek Mythology is how the Greek's explained the world around them. To the Greek's, gods controlled every aspect of the world, the weather, their love life, their health, and their after life. The Greeks didn't worship just one God, they worshipped the good god's and respected the bad gods.

II. The god of all gods (so to speak) was Cronus. Cronus was overthrown by his son Zeus with help from his brothers Poseidon and Hades. Once dad was out of the picture, the brothers literally drew straws to see who would take over their dad's job. Zeus won and became the ruler of all the gods and goddesses. Not an easy job, by any means, he had eleven other gods he had to keep in check,

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