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heres a video of the Hercules movie from Disney. this song was originally from another Disney movie Road to El Dorado but this was incorporated in the Hercules movie which seems perfect to me. in this video u can see most of if not all the god mentioned below see if u can find them all.



Heres another youtube video. It is a video of the sun rise at Mount Olympus which many people believed to be the home of the gods. i just thought it was very beautiful and just this video alone makes me want to experience going there at least once. Enjoy.

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Olympian gods


In all there are 12 Olympic gods who ruled on Mount Olympus after Zeus led his siblings to victory over the Titans. Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia and Hades were all siblings. The rest of the gods are children of Zeus with exceptions. They are Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Dionysus, Hephaestus, and Hermes. As you can see there are 14 all together but not all were the main gods at the same time. There were no more than 12 gods at a time. I will talk about all of them. i put some images of them also.


Zeus
Zeus, Son of Cronus and Rhea. Before Zeus was born Cronus had learned that his fate was to be over thrown by his son. When all the children were born Zeus’s father ate them all except for him. Rhea thought of a plan to save Zeus. She deceived Cronus wrapping a rock on clothes. Thinking it was Zeus instead he ate the rock. When Zeus grew older he forced his father into letting his siblings go. Then together they all over threw Cronus. Zeus decided to share the world with his brothers. He drew straws with his brothers Poseidon and Hades and won to become the ultimate King of all gods. He became the ruler of the sky, thunder and justice. His weapon is a lightning bolt and strikes it to whoever opposes him. Even though he is married to his sister Hera, he has had many affairs. He is the god that punishes people for breaking oaths and lying. His temper affects the weather. His symbols are the oak tree and the thunderbolt.


Poseidon
After the overthrow of his father by Zeus, Poseidon is won second when he drew straw with his brothers. He is the second most powerful god. His prize was lord of the sea. He lives in a golden palace under the sea and his temper affects earthquakes. Many seamen put their faith in him. Although his wife is Amphitrite he once desired his sister Demeter. She told him first to create her the most beautiful animal in the world. Along the way he created many animals but eventually he made the first horse. After he had made the horse his passion for here was not there anymore. He often took the shape of a horse. His weapon of choice is the trident which shatters anything it hits.



Hades
Hades drew the last straw and got last place. His prize is the lord of the underworld and king of the dead. Hades and his underworld was the place to be feared by the living mortals for they will go there when they die. He is a greedy god and very interested in making his subject more in number and never lets them leave. He is also known as the god of wealth because of all the metals mined underground. He is the husband to Persephone daughter to Demeter, whom he kidnapped. His weapon is a helmet that allows him to become invisible. He had used this to fight against the Titans by destroying their weapons while they were sleeping before the first battle.


Hera
Hera, Queen of all the gods and sister Zeus. She is the god of marriage, motherhood, and women. She once revolted against Zeus for his affairs and his overbearing to the other gods. They drugged him in his sleep and tied him up on a couch. While they were arguing about the next step to do with him, Briareus still loyal to him untied him. Just as Zeus was about to strike them all they begged for mercy. Zeus took Hera and hung her from the sky with golden chains. She cried all night and Zeus allowed her to get down if she was to never revolt again, she had little choice. Her sacred animals are the cow and the peacock. Her favorite city is Argos.


Hestia
Hestia another sister to Zeus is the virgin goddess. As the oldest out of all the siblings, she is the goddess of the hearth, the fireplace in the center of the house around which a new born child is carried before it is received into the family. She is the nicest of all the gods but hardly plays any roles on the myths. Her symbol is the fire.


Aphrodite
Aphrodite is the goddess of love, desire, beauty and fertility. There are myths about her birth twice once is when by Zeus and Dione and the other by she rose from the sea on a giant scallop. She is married to Hephaestus. She owns a magic girdle that controls people that’s she wishes to desire her. Her myrtle is the tree and the swan sparrow and dove are her birds.


Ares
Ares is the God of war, frenzy and bloodshed. He is the son of Zeus and Hera and is disliked by both of them. His symbol is the dog and the vulture and his weapon is a bloody spear. They say that his throne is made out of human skin. He is murderous and cruel but also a coward. There are stories that he had an affair with Aphrodite and Hephaestus publicly humiliated them.


Apollo
Apollo is the sun god of music, healing, truth and archery. He is the son of Zeus and Leto. His twin sister is Artemis. He is often depicted as riding his chariot across the sun once a day. He helped bring down the famous Achilles with an arrow to the heel. If someone suddenly died it is said that Apollo struck them down. In the beginning of the Iliad by homer its starts with Apollo raining a plague of arrows upon the Greeks. There are also myths of him being the master of playing the lyre and winning several competitions. His animal is the dolphin.








Artemis
Atemis is the goddess of hunt, wild things, the moon and protector of the young. She is the daughter of Zeus and Leto and Apollo’s twin sister. Like Apollo she also struck people down with her arrows. She is a virgin goddess that helps with childbirth. Her symbols are the cypress tree and the deer. One story about her is when that Apollo noticing that Artemis was spending alot of time with Orion and did not like it. He challenged her to test her archery skills by hitting an object floating at sea. She hit it and it turned out to be Orion.

Athena
Athena is the daughter of Zeus and has no mother. Zeus married Metis a daughter of the ocean and soon he was destined to bear a son with her and he was to overthrow him. So he ate her. The later developed a splitting headache so Hephaestus hit Zeus with an ax. Athena was born full grown from his forehead. She is the goddess of wisdom, crafts, agriculture, and strategic battle. She is Zeus favorite child and allows her to use his lightning bolt. She invented the bridle, which permitted man to tame horses, the trumpet, the flute, the pot, the rake, the plow, the yoke, the ship, and the chariot. She is the main goddess of the city of Athens.






Hephaestus
Hephaestus is the blacksmith of the gods, and god of fire and forgery. He is the only god to be ugly. He is also crippled. Some say he was born that way and others say that Hera or Zeus threw him off Mount Olympus because he was so ugly. He is responsible for building the palaces on top of Mount Olympus and making the god’s armor. He also created the first woman, Pandora. His wife is Aphrodite. He is the patron god of all the blacksmiths and weavers.


Hermes
Hermes is the messenger of the gods. He was the god of commerce, speed, thieves and trickery. He is the son of Zeus and Maia. He carries a magic wand had wings on his hat and feet. He serves as a guide for the dead to go to the underworld. They say that he is the inventor of gymnastics and boxing. He also invented many other things such as lyre, the pipes, the musical scale, astronomy, weights and measures.





Dionysus
Dionysus is the god of wine which he invented. He is the son of Zeus and Semele. He only serves as a got when Demeter is away at the underworld during the winter time. He is worshiped and celebrated during the spring time festivals that centered on theater. It was him who granted King Midas the power to turn everything he touches into gold. His symbols are the ivy snake and grapes.

Demeter
Demeter is the goddess of harvest. She is also a Sibling to Zeus. She is also only mentioned sometimes because she leaves Mount Olympus to tend to her daughter Persephone that lives in the underworld, who is husband to Hades. As a result no crops grow during the winter time. Demeter’s symbol is wheat.


This is just an overview on who the Olympian Gods are and barley scratched the surface on the topics. They have many myths and stories on each of them. If you wanting to learn more on the topics or certain gods I suggest doing some research because it is very interesting stuff.

sources:
http://www.religionfacts.com/greco-roman/gods/olympians.htm
http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/olympian.html
http://www.mythweb.com/gods/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Olympians