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Greek Mythology: The Power Of Zeus

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What did your god come from (there story) ?
Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, the youngest of all his siblings. Once his Father learned that one of his children would overthrow him, he began to swallow them. He swallowed his first five children Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon. Not wanting her last child to be swallowed Rhea tricked Cronus into eating a stone instead of Zeus. She then hid Zeus from his father until he was strong enough to fight his father. Once he got strong enough he freed all of the prisoners of Tartarus and raged war on his father. During this battle he defeated his father and freed his siblings.

What makes them special and/or unique? What makes Zeus unique is the powers that he has. Zeus’s powers consist

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