Hera

In Hercules, this Disney movie is based off Greek mythlogy. The outcast Hercules searches to be a true hero, ultimately he will conquer every obstacle that will lead him to regain his life back home with the rest of the gods. The son of Zeus and Hera is turned mortal by Hades only to be killed; Hercules survived and was left with Godlike strength. Hercules stayed on earth therefore raised by a mortal family, his…

The Lightning Thief Many people have probably seen the movie Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lighting Thief, but what some people might not have known is that this movie was based on a book series by Rick Riordan. In the book, a twelve-year-old boy named Perseus “Percy” Jackson is a demigod, half-god and half-human, son of Poseidon, learns who is truly is and go through a few complications on the way. To summaries the story, Poseidon is accused of steal Zeus’s lightning bolt and Percy has 10…

better than Athena, hence “Arachnophobia”. She was very competitive and is pictured with her helmet and a spear. She carried Zeus's shield. Hephaestus, Vulcan, was born disabled and was crippled even more when he was thrown from Olympus by his mom, Hera, in a fit rage. He was the only Olympian god with a disability. He was married to Aphrodite against his will and worked as a blacksmith. Aphrodite, Hephaestus's wife, aka Venus by the Romans, was the goddess of love and beauty. She was born…

Hellenism is a traditional ancient greek polytheistic religion. Those who believe in Hellenism believe in the twelve Olympian gods; Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Athena, Apollo, Artemis,Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Ares, and Hermes (although there is speculation if other gods are more important than these). They typically believe these gods lived on Mount Olympus, a mountain in Greece, that at the time, was too high for anyone to visit. Their beliefs are similar to the Romans. The Roman…

Ares is the son of Zeus and Hera and the god of war and military. He is usually depicted as being violent and aggressive in times of distress and war. On the Roman side, Mars was symbolized as a more calm and understanding person and was said to be the father of the Romans. His bird is the vulture, which represent both sides of him- aggressive when hungry and calm when fulfilled. When Ares is alluded to in a text, the character is can usually be categorized as being aggressive, violent, and…

Zeus married Leto to annoy Hera his main wife.During their marriage Leto gave birth to Apollo and Artemis,twins. Apollo was the god of unmarried men, music. prophecy and truth, sun and light, healing, plague poetry, and more. Artemis is the god of chastity, virginity, the hunt ,the moon, and the natural environment. They both had god like strength ever since they were 4 days old. They loved their mother with all their heart and respected their father for the fact of him being the ruler of the…

It is no question that deities have existed since the beginning of mankind. Greeks were no exception to this. It is ancient Greece that is credited for establishing what is now referred to as Western civilization. Today, most social and political personalities refer to America’s founding as based on Judeo-Christian beliefs. Similarly, the Grecian society was influenced greatly if not totally by their belief in pagan gods and goddesses. Their mythological interpretations of gods and goddesses…

a result, he ate them. Other legends say that Poseidon was the only son eaten, but not all his brothers and sisters shared the same fate. Rhea had tricked Kronos to eat a bird. While he was distracted, Zeus and all his brothers and sisters (Hades, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia) attacked Kronos, and his monsters or Titans. Kronos and his monsters were defeated, and Poseidon was saved. The three brothers had decided to separate the godly…

by the fortunes of the Fates. Like his father and grandfather before him, Zeus was fated to fall. He planned ahead and avoided it, but it may have just been postponed for a later date. Another abstract being that was able to subdue Zeus was Sleep. Hera, a supposedly lesser goddess, was able to persuade Sleep with promises to give him Pasithea. To be able to put the reigning god to sleep reveals a faulty hierarchy in Olympos. With this, despite the fact that they cannot die, the gods’ divine…

Ares, the Greek God of War, was born from his father Zeus and his mother Hera who was disliked by both of them. Ares was opposite of his sister Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom, because he was in love with the blood shed and violence while Athena fought her battles very tactically and with strategy. In the stories Ares was involved in he always faced humiliation and was on the losing side of the Trojans because Aphrodite, his lover and sister, favored that side as well. Even though Aphrodite, the…