Types Of Unusual Punishment In Greek Gods And Heroes

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Throughout the book Greek Gods and Heroes, there have been several types of unusual punishment for disobeying the Gods. If I had the ability to punish a student for cheating on an exam, I would have them write a one page essay every night.
Some of these punishments include Zeus and his brothers banishing their father, Cronus, to a distant island in the Atlantic. Zeus also chained Prometheus to a rock, where a vulture sat and gnawed at him. Demeter punished Olympus by wandering around Greece, forbidding her trees to bear fruit, or her grass to grow for the cattle to eat. Minos and two others tied Tantalus to a tree, beside the river that grew delicious fruits, but if he tried to eat, it would become out of reach.
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