Transcript Landon`s Hurcules Hades and Posiden presentation

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