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Uranus |
Married to Gaea. Had 6 kids and he got rid of them because he didn't want them to over power him. Had 12 other Titans, and the youngest (Kranos) tried killing him by following his mothers order. |
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Kronos |
Kronos is the god of the sky. Kronos had 6 kids but ate 5 of his children so he would be able to stay ruler. He gets tricked into eating a rock and later on Zeus poisoned Kronos which made him throw up all his children. He ended up loosing his power. |
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Zeus |
Zeus married his sister Hera and had 7 kids together. Zeus freed the monsters and cyclopes. He also won the war of the titans. Zeus became ruler of all gods. |
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Prometheus |
Prometheus created all living things. Prometheus was afraid man would give the Gods the best food for sacrifices and not have any food to survive. Prometheus told Zeus that one day Zeus would meet a girl and have a son with her who will be more powerful than him, and Prometheus would not tell Zeus who the women was so Zeus sent Prometheus away with eternity of torture. |
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Perseus: The Prophecy |
The king wanted to slay his daughter while she was still childless, but he realized that wasn't sufficient. He then locked her in a tower that had one window and no doors. Acrisus and his soldiers broke a hole in the wall because they heard a baby crying. They saw her nursing her baby which she named Avenger (Perseus). A man named Dictys took them on board and he was amazed by her beauty he then offered her a house to live in and some servants to wait upon her. |
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Perseus: The Island |
Perseus grew up on the island. His mother than told him about the story of Medusa and how her hair turned into snakes and how everyone who looked at her turned into stone. King Polydectes became jealous of Perseus so he came up with a plan that would surely get him killed. Perseus promised showing his gratitude by bringing Medusa's head. Zeus sent Hermes to help Perseus. Him and Athena both sent an item to Perseus to help him get Medusa's head. He had to find the Grey Sisters and get equipment from the Nymphs of the west. |
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Perseus: The Quest |
Perseus began to fly through the sky until he saw three hunched figures who happened to be the Grey Sisters. Perseus took their eye and tooth and told them he would give it back only if they would tell him where the nymphs of the west were. He then started to follow the directions that the Grey sisters told him to follow and then he found the Nymphs, and they wanted to dance and play with him. The Nymphs agreed to tell him where he could find Medusa if he promised to come back and give him the three items he asked for. As Perseus made his way through the stone figures he saw Medusa's reflection and used the sword to cut her head off. |
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Perseus: The Return |
Perseus flew back to the Island of Hesperideo to party with the nymphs. After he left the island he saw a girl chained to a rock with a sea monster who was gonna eat her. |
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Medusa |
Medusa was a young pretty girl that lived in Athens. She expressed her beauty by telling people everyday. She said that she was prettier than Athena witch made Athena mad. So Athena turned Medusa's hair into snakes and made everyone even herself who looked at her turn into stone. |
