Blog 4 Myths - Hephaestus & Aphrodite

1. Hera thought that her son was ugly and broke his legs and left him on the beach.

2. Thetis, a naiad, saved Hephestus when a wave swept her into the sea.

3. When Hera sees the necklace that Thetis was wearing and Hera thought it was lovely and wanted her son back. Hephestus became the smith-god because he made beautiful jewels.

4. Apollo was known as the most handsome god and Hephaestus was the ugliest god.

"Aphrodite"

5. Aphrodite was born when Cronos butchered (murdered) his father.

Blog 3 Myths-Hermes

Is Hermes a good god or bad god?

Hermes is a good god because he helps the other gods in many ways. Hermes is most helpful in delivering messages to his fellow gods. Also he was very sly and tried to help people and gods by being sly. in total Hermes is a good a God

Myth Blog 2

Hubris - when someone has excessive pride and self confidence. they do not realize their limitations.

I was guilty of hubris in my life when i would compete with my brother. when we were in 3rd grade we had a hill in our backyard. we decided to go sledding and we had a fence at the bottom of the hill. my brother and i raced each-other over and over again for hours. i won all of our races and then i told him "I've beaten you 10 times so far, you cant beet me at all, it wont happened." Also, on the other side of the fence there was a river about 2 feet deep. well we raced one more time and, i don't know how it happened but, i slid right UNDER THE FENCE! i couldn't stop and i kept going until i landed in the river. our sledding day was over because i almost turned into and ice-cube.

Blog 1 Myths-Athene

1. Who was Metis and why was Zeus' attraction to her unusual?

2. What was the symbolism behind the description of the "two serpents" in the story?

3. Explain how Athene was born.

4. What is the overall moral of the mythological story of "Athene"? 

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Metis was  a titanes maiden. she was the daughter of Zeus'  old enimy. Zeus thought she was beautiful.

The serpents linking together represents linking together or bonding between two people.

Athene was born when Zeus had a headache and when Hephaestus split open his head, Athene came out of

his head and she was the one who was causing him his headache.

Athene was the goddess of Wisdom and she taught man how to invent swords, chariots, the plough, the wheel, and the sail