1. The Greek Myths Group 7 4 吳若華 7 李尚芸 16 高家瑋 23 陳怡玲 26 陳銀秀 32 蔡宜潔

2. Contents The god and goddess The golden apple

3. The mainly 12 gods Zeus ( 宙斯 _ 天神 ) He is the king of the gods. His Roman name is Jupiter, the one of the nine planet. He is so dissolute that he has many sons or daughters. For example, Persephone and Apollo. Hera ( 希拉 _ 天后 ) She is Zeus’s sister and wife. They got married after Zeus became the king of the gods. She is envious of Zeus’s dissolution so she always do something bad to her husband’s mistress and illegitimate children.

4. Poseidon ( 波塞頓 _ 海神 ) Zeus’s brother, the god of ocean, river, and lake. His Roman name is Neptune. He has many children, five twins! Athena ( 雅典娜 _ 智慧之神 ) Athena is the daughter of Zeus and Metis, the goddess of smartness. And she is the goddess of wisdom. There is also someone said that she is the goddess of victory. Demeter ( 德莫特 _ 農神 ) Zeus’s sister, the goddess of agriculture. Have a daughter with Zeus, also the Hades’s wife, Persephone. Some legends said that Demeter is Poseidon’s wife.

5. Hestia ( 赫絲緹亞 _ 灶神 ) Zeus’s sister, manage the housework of humans. People move to a new house or have a new colony, they need to receive the holy fire from the fireplace. Apollo ( 阿波羅 _ 太陽神 ) He’s the god of brightness or sun. Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto. He has a sister, Artemis, the goddess of moon. He’s the most versatile god of all, also the most handsome one. Artemis ( 雅緹米絲 _ 月亮女神 ) The daughter of Zeus and Leto, the sister of Apollo. Is the goddess of moon. She likes hunting very much and she’s also good at archery. Because of this, she is also the goddess of hunt.

6. Aphrodite ( 埃佛黛緹 _ 愛與美之神 ) The goddess of beauty and love. Her Roman name is Venus. She’s the daughter of Zeus and Dione. But someone said that she born from the sea. She got married with the god of war, Ares, and they have several children like Eros (Cupid). Ares ( 阿瑞斯 _ 戰神 ) Is the god of war, also named Mars. The son of Zeus and Hera, the husband of Aphrodite. He’s the symbolized of power and authority. Hephaestus ( 赫懷斯托斯 _ 火神 ) He’s the god of fire, also named Vulcan, is the son of Zeus and Hera. He’s a blacksmith with high skills and he had made many things for gods.

7. Hermes ( 漢默斯 _ 神使 ) The son of Zeus and Maia, also named Mercury. He has strong strength that he could subdue an ox when he was just a baby.

8. The Golden Apple Peleus and Thetis was married. They invited every god except Eris, the goddess of discord. Eris was very angry so she throw a golden apple to the guests, which was carved with “To the most beautiful goddess.” Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite all thought that themselves should take the golden apple so they have an argument. Zeus didn’t want to judge for this so he made Paris to do it.

9. The goddesses promised Paris many things to get the golden apple. Hera promised him the power and wealth. Athena promised him the honor and prestige. Aphrodite promised him to give him the most beautiful woman as his wife. Paris chose the gift from Aphrodite but he became the enemy to the other two goddesses. The woman Aphrodite promised to give Paris is Helen, the queen of the Sparta. Helen fell in loved with Paris and ran away with him. And this caused the Trojan war.

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