Greek mythology has one god Zeus who is the highest of all the gods but he has many sons, daughters, brothers, sisters and wife's who make up the rest of the deities.   ... Which tells us that Cronus (the father of Zeus, Iasion, Demeter, Hestia, Hera, hades, Poseidon and Amphitrite) was told by Gaea that one of his offspring would over throw him he would swallow every son and daughter to ensure they would never have the chance, however when it came time for his youngest son (Zeus) to be born his mother went to a cave and gave birth to Zeus there he would grow with help from her parent th...

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During his time as a pastor, it is said that he invented the lyre in order to sooth his troubles. ... Apollo also found misfortune with Daphne, a forest nymph and daughter of Peneus. ... In the opening scene of "The Iliad, " Apollo is the first god to make an appearance, and sends a plague upon the Achaians due to the fact that Agamemnon has dishonored one of the daughters of his prophetic priest, Chryses. Apollo is angered by Agamemnon due to his refusal to ransom the daughter, and in turn plagues the Greeks: Raging, down he came at a bound from the heights of Olympus, his bow on his should...

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Upon this, he immediately ate two sailors, and promised to eat the others in due time. ... Knowing this, but at the same time extraordinarily hungry, Odysseus waited for his sea-mates to fall asleep and slaughtered several of the cattle. ... There he saw Nausikaa, daughter of king Alkinoos. ... This is the time, nearly twenty years after his fathers departure, Athene wisely advises the worried, and still immature Telemachos to go in search of his father. ... He reached the island just in the middle of a double marriage ceremony of Menaleus's daughter and son. ...

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The time and place where the book was written is unknown, but probably it was written at mainland Greece, around 750 B.C. ... Setting time is Bronze Age (around the twelfth or thirteenth century B.C.); The Iliad begins nine years after the start of the Trojan War. ... Tone of the epic varies from time to time when treating the glory of Rome; the epic is solemn and honorific. ... Setting time is in the aftermath of the Trojan War; about 1000 B.C. ... In the second half of the epic, King Latinus offers the hand of his daughter, Lavinia, to Aeneas in marriage, and Juno responds by incit...

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