Hellenic mythology...iz all greek to me!
a canine whim found this muttering dog gone
twenty first century Primate re: Homo Sapien
toying with the subject about Grecian antiquity
for no particular rhyme nor reason, this after a
small number of keystrokes, an instantaneous
Google search result painted external Lenovo
screen with the dozen gods and goddesses
populating the mindset when prime Meridien,
when polis didst define enclaves disgorging
archeological artifacts allowing pain staking
assembly of ancient history purveyors to piece
together a puzzle with bajillion pieces closing
the gap asper supposed rise and fall of robust
civilization, (which garden variety gargoyle),
doth not know a whit to risk witnessing angry
experts fast cutting me down to (byte) size
pieces in an embarrassing attempt to explain,
explicate, expound, et cetera.
one safe tactic would finds me encapsulating,
sans synopsis (summary sortie) sprung syrup
pry zing lee from synaptically synchronizing
sangfroid scrutiny.
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incessant grousing, enduring controversy abounds
about the absolute value incorporating a minor das
boot, but essentially the teller of the tale may class
Hades of Hephaestus as the Twelfth Olympian. So
do to variations viz telltale storied presentations, a
list comprising fourteen gods and goddesses com-
prize zing the pantheon total 14 iterated above.
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APHRODITE = amorousness, beauty, fecundity.
APOLLO = heir and twin sister Artemis (begot
by Leto and Zeus, born on the island of Delos.
ARES = heir begot by Zeus and Hera, who in
turn helped bore (with Aphrodite) Eros also
known as Cupid exemplified war.
ARTEMIS = daughter of Zeus and Leto, plus
twin sister of Apollo.
ATHENA = goddess of war, and one of three
virgins. she did double duty being guardian of
Athens.
DEMETER = daughter of Cronos and Rhea.
not be overlooked, she controlled harvest time
and fertility.
DIONYSUS = known as god of the vine. He
also found fruitfulness teaching other men a-
bout the da vine.
HADES = known as god of wealth, who poe
zest a helmet that made the wearer invisible.
He took Persephone as his wife, the daughter
of Demeter.
HEPHAEUSTUS = singular ugly god beast
towed as provider of fire.
HERA = queen of Olympian gods.
HERMES = hash-tagged as a trickster, born
and conceived (within one day) in a cave
amidst mountains of Arcadia.
HESTIA = a sibling to Demeter, Hades, Pose
Hyden, Hera, and Zeus.
POSEIDON - god of the sea, and protector
of all water.
ZEUS = father of Hercules. Zeus means "sky"
or "bright." he exhibited a thunderbolt.
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