The Greeks believed in many Gods (and many generations of Gods) and believed that they had supernatural powers and human weaknesses. Probably the greatest beings in Greek mythology are the twelve Olympic gods who took their name from their place of residence - Mount Olympus.
Zeus
The ruler of the Olympian gods and the God of heaven, thunder and justice. His weapon is a thunderbolt. Married to Hera.
Poseidon
God of the sea, earthquakes and horses. His weapon is a trident, and he is second to Zeus.
Hades
God of the underworld and wealth. Lord of the dead.
Hestia
Goddess of heart and home. Sister of zeus
Hera
The goddess of women marriage and childbirth. The ruling female goddess Olympia, because she was married to Zeus.
Aris
God of War. Son of Zeus and Hera.
Athena
The goddess of wisdom, intelligence, intelligent activity, art and literature. Daughter of Zeus.
Apollo
God of the sun, light, healing, medicine, music, poetry, prophecy, archery and truth. Son of Zeus and Leto and twin brother Artemis
Aphrodite
The goddess of love, desire, beauty and fertility.
Hermes
The fastest of the gods and the messenger to all other gods. The god of commerce, thieves, commerce and travelers. Son of Zeus and Maya.
Artemis
The goddess of chastity, virginity, childbirth, hunting, forest, moon and the environment. Daughter of Zeus and Leto and Apollo's twin sister.
Hephaestus
The god of fire and the forge. Son of Zeus and Hera and husband of Aphrodite.
Daedalus and Icarus
Daedalus was a famous sculptor and builder who built a great labyrinth called “Labyrinth” under the Palace of Knossos in Crete, in which King Minos kept a monster: half a man half bull (Minotaur). The structure consulted with such a difficult club that it is impossible to get out of it. After the labyrinth was completed, King Minos did not want Daedalus to say it to anyone else, so he imprisoned him and his only son Icarus in a high tower. Daedalus and Icarus did not like to be prisoners, so they began to try to think about ways to escape. Watching the birds from the windows of the tower, Deadway decided to make wings from bird feathers and wax for him and his son so that they could fly away and be free. When tying the wings to his son Daedalus warned his son not to fly too close to the sea, as the dampness of the waves dampened feathers, which made them too burdensome to fly, and not fly too high in the sky when the sun melted wax. Icarus was so passionate about the flight that he forgot about the warnings of his father and began to climb higher and higher. When he climbed into the sky, his wings began to melt, when Icarus realized what was happening, he again tried to fly lower, but it was too late, when the wings fell apart, he fell into the water and sank.
Theseus and Ariadne
King Minos (King of Crete) had a powerful navy, from which all of Greece feared. He agreed with King Aegus (from Athens) that he would not attack Athens if the inhabitants of Athens agreed to send seven boys and seven girls as food for the Minotaur every year. When the time came to send the boys and girls to Crete, Prince Teseus (son of King Aegis) wanted to save the children and all those who could be sent in the future, so he decided that he would go with them to kill the minotaur. King Aegis implored his son not to leave, because he was afraid that his son would also be consumed by the minotaur. But Theseus was persistent, and he went to Crete by boat with a black sail, promising his father that the sailing boats would switch to white to announce whether he had won and lived to return home. When they arrived in Crete, they were met by King Minos and his daughter Ariadne. Princess Ariadne immediately fell in love with Prince Theseus and decided to help him with his mission. That night, she gave Thesis a sword and ball of thread and instructed him to tie a ball with rope to the door of the maze, where the minotaur lived and unwrapped it as he passed through the maze so that he could use it to find him back again as soon as he killed minotaur with a sword. Prince Tesus performed exactly as he was instructed, and after he found the minotaur, a big battle was prepared that Tesus won by killing the minotaur and was able to leave the labyrinth, using a ball of thread to lead it.
Pandora's Box
According to Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman on earth and was created by God Zeus as a result of revenge against man. He instilled Hephaestus to create a beautiful woman whom the Gods endowed with every charm (together with curiosity and deceit) and sent her to Earth as a gift to Epimete, who fell in love with her and they got married. As a wedding gift, Zeus sent Pandora a beautiful box in which he told her that she never opened the key for the box of Epimetheus. Over time, Pandora was very interested in the contents of the box and several times asked Epimethei to open it, but every time he said “No”. Finally, once, when Epimephus was asleep, Pandora stole the key and opened the box. When she lifted the lid to look inside the terrible things that flew out of the box, every kind of disaster a person never knew before: illness, despair, anger, greed, hate, violence, cruelty and war. Unable to catch all this before they flew away, Pandora slammed the lid and turned the key, keeping only the spirit of hope that Zeus turned on inside to help people leave when unpleasant things removed them.
