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Greek Mytholology By Landon. Who was Hercules Hercules was half man half god his mother name was Hera She was Goddess/immortal. His father was the god.

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1 Greek Mytholology By Landon

2 Who was Hercules Hercules was half man half god his mother name was Hera She was Goddess/immortal. His father was the god of all gods and goddesses. His name was Zeus He was Immortal. Zeus,s roman name was Jupiter. Hercules name means super human strength. Even though he was a real tough minor god he had some strength,s and weaknesses Hercules strength is he is brave, strong and determined his weakness was he was sometimes lustful and gluttonous.

3 The 12 labors of Hercules http://www.mythweb.com/hercules/herc03.html

4 Who was Hades Hades was the God of the under world and lord of the dead and god of wealth. He is Cronus's son. He lives in a gloomy place of wailing ghost and basically nobody ever sees Hades. People rarely sees Hades in Olympus. He has a gold crown which makes him invisible. People who enter the under world can never leave he has a three headed guard dog to make that sure.

5 Pic of Hades

6 Hades and Persephone Hades was the brother of Persephone,s mother Demeter. While the girl Persephone was playing, Hades and his chariot emerged briefly from a crack in earth to seize Persephone. While in the underworld tried to win Persephone,s affections. Eventually Hades tricked her into staying with him for offering her to eat a tempting pomegranate

7 Who was Poseidon Poseidon was the god of the sea/water brother of Zeus and Hades. Poseidon father is Cronus god of time and his mother Rhea goddess of earth. Some told that Poseidon was the force behind earthquakes. Poseidon's wife was Amphitrite he fathered a half fish son Triton with Amphitrite. With Maduesa he fathered Pegasus Poseidon,s Strengths he was a creative god designing all creatures of the sea. Poseidon also had a weakness the weakness was. He was warlike not as much as Ares and unpredictable. Poseidon is described with a beard a older man pictured with sea shells or other sea life.

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10 Sources http://ses.westport.k12.ct.us/hine/diriv%20wpages/gree k.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/5656/ggods.htm http://www.mythweb.com/hercules/herc03.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/gods_and_heroes/


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