Gods and Goddesses

By: Michaela Quattrucci and Amelia Rubin

Greek Gods and Goddesses

Hercules

• Hercules was a god that was half man half god

• He was incredibly strong all through his life even as a baby

• This god has divine powers

Hades

• Hades powers included funeral rights and the rights of the dead do to burial.

• He could turn invisible

• He had weapons such as a fork that could shatter anything or anyone he didn’t like

• His staff was to drive the dead

Achilles + Zues

• Achilles was the most handsome hero/god

• Zues was the king of the gods and the most powerful

Why did they had Greek Gods?

• People believed in Greek Gods because it explained certain phenomena's.

Zeus was married to Hera but, had many affairs with other goddesses and mortal woman.

Zues was known to have many children up to the 100’s.

• There were hundreds of Greek gods for all kinds of different things

• There were different goddesses for different things as well.

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