Edith Hamilton, in her introduction to Mythology, writes that men and women who cannot explain what happens in the world, use myths to explain mother nature and human nature. Many of these myths show how incredibly intelligent ... ...

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... and order. Next, though, came Hera, his sister; the marriage clearly did not mean much to him, because it appears she is the only one he cheated on (Untangle). In Edith Hamilton's book, Mythology, Zeus" private life is explored in detail. Callisto is one of the sad stories in Zeus" love life. She was a nymph of Diana, and caught the eye of Zeus ... , his most famous escapades were with other gods and demi-gods. With a Pleiades, Maia, he had Hermes, or Mercury (Hamilton 467). The granddaughter of a Titan, Dione was seduced by Zeus and gave birth to the prettiest of all his progeny, Aphrod...

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... your typical, happy go lucky gods that so many of us are used to seeing in the movies. He was an "[ ] unpitying, inexorable, but just; a terrible, but not evil god." (Mythology, Edith Hamilton) But he had his reasons for it. Hades was the son of Cronus and Rhea. These two gods were some of the first in the universe and were pretty confused ... ...

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