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In ancient Greece, people believed in gods and goddesses. These 

gods and goddesses were powerful and were the reason anything 

and everything ever happened. They worshiped them and showed 

respect to them, praying that their crops won’t die or their family 

will not grow ill. All of them had an important role to play.

Zeus was the highest god, the god of the gods. He was also god of 

lightning and thunder and the most feared god. Zeus, son of Cronus, 

was the child that was saved from being swallowed by his father. 

Cronus swallowed every child his wife Rhea bared because he was told 

that one day one of his children would overpower him and defeat him. 

Instead of Rhea giving her son to him, she gave Cronus a rock 

wrapped in a blanket and he swallowed everything all together.

When Zeus had grown, he and his mother Rhea gave Cronus a drink 

that made him throw up all of the children that had been swallowed 

and even the rock. The ones that were swallowed were so grateful 

they made him the ruler of the gods.

Gaia was the goddess of earth. She created every waterfall, every 

mountain, and every living thing on earth. She loved everything she 

created, but she was very lonely. One day, while staring up at the 

stars, she saw another god named Uranus, god of the sky. The two fell 

deeply in love with each other. Later Gaia gave birth to hideous 

creatures, and Uranus imprisoned them in Tartarus, deep within the 

earth. For revenge of imprisoning her children, she gave one of them a 

sickle, telling him to go and defeat his father, and so he did.

Hades was god of death. He never left his gloomy realm and ruled 

with his beautiful wife, Persephone. He captured his wife through 

violent and forced methods. For a point in time, he fought a war with 

the other gods and goddesses called the Titanomachy. The war lasted 

for almost ten years, ending with the victory of the other gods and 

goddesses

Hera was the queen of all the gods, and also the goddess of marriage. 

She was Zeus's sister. She was also his wife. The gods did things like 

that. 

Hera and Zeus had two children, Ares and Hephaestus.   Zeus also had 

children with other mothers, children like Hermes and Apollo and 

Artemis and Hercules. Hera did not like that. She was very jealous. 

She was often mean to Zeus's other children. Some, like Hercules, 

she even tried to kill.  

Hermes was the messenger of the gods. He was also the deal maker. 

Hermes was Zeus' youngest son. Hermes mother was Maia. Hermes 

only had one daughter. But he had a pile of sons, one of whom was 

Pan. 

Ares was the god of war. He was true royalty as far as the gods were 

concerned. His parents were the king and queen of the ancient Greek 

god.Ares was tall. He was handsome. He was mean. He was self-

centered. Nobody liked him much. Ares best friend was Eris, the spirit 

of disagreement. The two often traveled together, and they often 

brought other spirits with them. Those spirits usually included the 

spirits of Pain, Panic, and Famine.

Apollo was the son of Zeus, king of all the gods. His mother was the 

gentle Leto. Apollo had a twin sister, Artemis. Apollo had lots of jobs in 

the ancient Greek god world. One of them was to bring up the sun. 

Another was to watch over music and musicians. Apollo was a gentle 

god. But he could lose his temper if   provoked enough. When he did, 

Apollo always got even in very clever ways.

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