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Unknown bywenaThe world of the strange historical and religious beliefs of mankind

Monday, May 14, 2012

Gods and Heros
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The Colossus of Rhodes

Built as a celebration of freedom originally, the Colossus stood over 2,000 years ago at the Islands of Rhodes;

located off of the southwestern tip of Asia Minor, where the Aegean Sea meets the Mediterranean Sea. The

capital city, Rhodes, was built in 408 B.C.

In 357 B.C the island which was conquered by Mausolus of Halicarnassus fell to the Persians in 340 B.C. and

was finally captured by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C.

When Alexander died the decision of who would reign could not be determined by the people. Ptolemy,

Seleucus, and Antigous divided the kingdom between themselves. Antigous sent his son Semetrious to capture

Rhodes. The war was lasted for long a long period and the city suffered. The city was protected by a strong

wall.

The people of Rhodes put up a daring resistance, and with some help from King Ptolemy their citieswithstood the assault. When several of Demetrius 's siege towers were destroyed flooded by the people of

Rhodes, Antigonus realized that his son's forces could no longer prevail, and ordered Demetrius to abandon

the island. Demetrius moved on to other conquests.
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To celebrate their freedom, the people of Rhodes built a giant statue of their patriot God Helious. Colossus

was a Latin word, meaning any statue that is larger than life size. The people of Rhodes immediately set

about erecting a suitable monument to their victory. They had been praying to their patron god Helios fordeliverance throughout the ordeal, so they constructed the enormous statue the Colossus of Helios at Rhodes.

Colossus was built in 304 B.C. and it took twelve years to build it. The statue was said to be 110 feet high. In

the traditional Greek style the Colossus stood nude, wearing a crown, with his right hand lifted while holding

a cloak over his left hand.

Colossus stood for less than 60years. An earthquake struck Rhodes, and the statue collapsed. Huge pieces

lay in the harbor for a long time. Of all of the wonders, Colossus was the one that stood the least amount of

time but was famous throughout the entire civilized world.

Placed upon a 50-foot marble pedestal, the statue's great size ensured that it was visible to ships approaching

Rhodes from many miles away. It was an indestructible monument to the power of Rhodes.


The Three Graces Mirth, Splendor and Good Cheer

They are the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome, a daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. There are three

Graces: Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia. They are known for their singing and dancing for the gods. The

Graces were not major goddesses but who symbolized beauty charm, and goodness.The Graces were usually found as a group and they were also linked with the Muses.
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The main function of the Graces was to bestow beauty, charm, and goodness on young women and to give joyto people. They were frequent companions of Aphrodite the goddess of love and they entertained the gods by

dancing to the music of Apollo's lyre. The Graces presided over banquets, dances, and all other social events,and brought joy and benevolence to the gods and mortals.In some legends Aglaia was wed to Hephaestus, the craftsman who created Zeus thunderbolts.

Their traditional association was with the arts and like the Muses, inspired artists and poets with the abilityto create beautiful art. They are usually represented as slender young girls, dancing in a circle.

The Graces symbolize the beauty of emotions such as joy and beauty as in the arts. These three goddesses

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Some Popular Heroes and Heriones

Achilles was best known as the central figure in The Trojan War. It is said that without the help of Achilles,

the Greeks would have never defeated the Trojans. Achilles was a great hero his birth was magical and

supernatural.

It was foretold that the son of Thetis would be greater than his father. . Thetis was a sea-nymph she knew

that her son was destined to be a hero that would die in battle. In order to make him invulnerable she bathedhim in the river Styx. However, his ankle the place where she held the child was not bathed in the river.

He was a mighty warrior at Troy, but was killed in battle when Paris learned of his vulnerable spot and shot

a poisoned arrow into his heel.

Atlanta was a renowned huntress her skills were so great that she joined the group of hunters on the

Calydonian Boar hunt. She made the first strike and was awarded the prize.When Atlanta was born ner
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father Iasus was disappointed that he had a daughter that he placed her on Mount Parthenon and left her in

the open to die. A she bear later found the baby and reared as its own. Atlanta became a renowned huntress

her skills were so great that she joined the group of hunters on the Calydonian Boar hunt. King Iasusacknowledged her as his daughter, and commanded that she marry. Atlanta agreed but with the condition

that the man have to be able to beat her in a foot race, if not, she could choose to behead him.

Only Melanion with the help of Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love was able to win her hand in marriage.

Melanion was only going to be able to be Atlanta in a foot race with the help of the mighty Aphrodite.

Aphrodite gave him with three golden apples and told him that he was to run the race carrying them. Duringthe race he fell behind and then threw a golden apple in front of Atlanta. These apples were so appealing to

her that she stopped three times to pick them up. By doing this she fell far enough behind that she lost the

race.

Atlanta married Melanion and had one son who became a hero when he came of age.

Hercules is considered one of the greatest heroes in mythology. He was a demigod and possess\ed great

strength and courage. Hercules accomplished great tasks from birth when he strangled two snakes

that Hera sent to kill him. Hercules was known for his anger.

One of the most famous acts was to perform 12 labors for his cousin King Eurystheus for offending the Gods.The Nemian Lion-Hercules trapped the lion in its own cave and strangled it with his bare hands. The Hydra

of Lernea the hydra was able to generate a new head each time one was cut off. With the help of Iolaus,

Hercules defeated the hydra by burning the cut section off each time they were cut off. .

The Wild Boar of Erymanthus was a beast that he had hunted and after defeating him, Hercules returned thedead beast to the king. The Hind of Ceryneia was a special deer that had feet of bronze and antlers of gold. Ittook Hercules 1 year to accomplish this task. The Stymphalian Birds these birds had wings, beaks, and claws

of bronze. Hercules scattered them by shaking a bronze rattle that Athena helped him to make. The Augean

Stables The stables of King Elis of Augeus were filthy and contaminated. Hercules managed toclean them by

diverting the two nearby rivers and flooding the stables. The Cretan Bull was a bull Hercules captured that

had been plaguing the island of Crete. The Horses of Diomedes these were wild beasts that Hercules

captured. They were known to eat human flesh and that Hercules fed Diomedes to them. The Girdle of the

Amazon The girdle of the famed Queen Hippoloyta of the amazons. Hercules seduced her and took thegirdle. The Cattle of Geryon a three-headed monster who had great cattle Hercules managed to capture

them. The Stealing of Cerberus the three-headed dog of Hades. Help by the Gods Hermes and Athena he was

able to bring the dog to the land of the living. The Apples of the Hesperides were golden apples that belonged

to Hera. He tricked the god Atlas, by taking the arth upon his own shoulders while Atlas obtained the apples

and then with deception managed to make Atlas take up the Earth again.

These heroes and heroines stories have survived time and are considered some of the greatest heroes of all

time. Some of the content of these myths are moral in nature while some myths are thought to be historically

based.

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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Heroes and Heroines
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The Greek Gods

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Bellerophon The Hero

Bellerophons story shows what becomes between the relationship of a mortal and theGods. He found the favor of the Gods by honoring them but, his arrogance resulted in hisdownfall.The son of Eurynome by Posidon but,as the wife of Glaucus., he was raised by Glaucuswho thought that Bellerophon was his own son. He had the desire to have Pegasus. Hefailed to capture the famous horse and finally asked for assistance from the seer Polyeidus.

With Polyeidus advice he slept at an alter or Athena. He had a dream of the goddessgiving him a magical bridle. When he awoke the bridle from his dreams lay at his side. Hewent to where Pegasus grazed and was able to bridle and ride the unique horse with ease.

Iobates solution was to ask Bellerophon was ordered to undertake a series of heroic tasksby the King Iobates. Bellerophon's courage and with Pegasus as a mount allowed him toprevail in his endevores. His first task was to kill the terrible Chimaera. Once succeedinghere he was sent to conquer the neighboring Solymi tribe, who were Iobates enemies. Heagain completed and defeated them. The King sent him to fight the Amazons, victoriouswith this quest the King set an ambush against Bellerophon using his army ThisBellerophon conquered and the army was defeated..

Iobates realized that the gods favored Bellerophon. Iobates made to please the Gods gave

Bellerophon half his kingdom and his daughter Philonoe in marriage. His deeds werewidely know. He was happily married and had two sons, Isander and Hippolochus,and twodaughters, Laodameia and Deidameia. As a king he was loved and honored.

When his pride at his accomplishments overcame him he attempted to ride Pegasusto Mount Olympus and visit the Gods themselves. Zeus sent a gadfly to sting Pegasus whothrew Bellerophon. He spent the rest of his life wandering the earth. The overconfidence tobelieve that as a mortal even a hero has lead many to end their fate by dishonoring the
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Gods and Bellerophon was no exception. Clearly this is a story with a meaningful ending.

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The Journey from the

Unknown bywenaThe world of the strange historical and religious beliefs of mankind

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Understanding Hell

In many religions, Hell is a place of punishment after physical death. Many religions consider the time spent

in Hell as everlasting and endless. In some religions Hell is a period between incarnations. Historically Hell is

beneath the Earths surface and often there are entrances to Hell from the land of the living. The other places

the afterlife are Heaven, Purgatory and Limbo.

Hell is sometimes viewed as being controlled by demons that torment those punished and sent to Hell. There

is usually a God of death such as Hades, or in the Christian and Islamic faiths Satan or Lucifer.

Punishment in Hell is related to the sins committed during life. Hell is customarily fire and sulfur painful,

and full of suffering. Hell in a number of religions is considered to be made up of zones of hot and cold hells

as in Buddhism.

The Styx is a river in Greek mythology that was a border line between Earth and the Underworld The gods

made promises on the river Styx; Zeus swore to give Semele whatever she wanted and when her request lead

to her death he still had to fulfill it. The river Styx supposedly had miraculous powers; according to one

Grecian myth, Achilles was as a child his mother bathed him in it and was invulnerable; however she

neglected his heel; in the expression of Achilles heal means a place that is a weak point.

The ferryman Charon was believed to carry the souls of the dead across the river Styx into the underworld.

In ancient times placing a coin in the mouth of the deceased, was believed to help pay the toll for the ferry to

cross the Styx River which would lead into one of the entrances of Hell.

There are many stories trying to explain life after death and Hell is one of the major themes in not only life

but death. In the overwhelming accounts of beliefs and religions the death myth is an attempt to understand

and explain the unknown and the death myth is one of them.

The fear of death and the belief of life after death are phenomena found in all cultures. Scientists interested in

the questions of how the similarities and the differences in the views of death of different cultures areexplained, and the common order of similarities and differences. Shedding light on the ancient beliefs of

death and life can be carried over to our own beliefs of death and the afterlife.


Tuesday, May 22, 2012

The Fountain of Youth
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The Fountain of Youth is a legendary spring that has been said restores the youth of anyone who drinks from

it. Tales these fountains have been told in narratives across the world for thousands of years.

Eternal youth is the belief of human physical immortality free of aging. The term youth is meant to be a

reduction of the negative signs of aging, rather extending the lifespan.

A fountain with an extraordinary type of water is located in Ethiopia, which gives the Ethiopians their

exceptional long lives. A story of the Water of Life describes the crossing the Land of Darkness to find therestorative spring. These beliefs were very popular in Spain during and after the period of Moorish rule, and

several explorers journeyed to America in search of the magical water.

Eternal youth is a gift frequently desired in myth and legend, and it remains a popular theme in fiction.

Stories of things such as the elixir of life are common throughout Europe and elsewhere. Eternal life and

eternal youth although they differ in actual meaning is a recurrent theme in Greek and Roman mythology.The elixir of life, also known as the elixir of immortality is a legendary drink that grants the drinker eternal

life and/or eternal youth. Many magicians and witches have pursued it. The elixir of life was also said to be

able to create life. In Norse mythology it is described as providing the Gods apples that grant them eternal

youthfulness.

Various myths tell the stories about the quest for rejuvenation. It was believed that magic or intervention ofa supernatural power can bring back the youth and many mythical adventurers set out on quests for

themselves, their relatives or some authority that sent them.

The stories continued well into the 16th century. A famous Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Len led an

expedition around the Caribbean islands to Florida to find the Fountain of Youth; many of the seekersperished in the attempt. The Fountain was nowhere to be found as locals were unaware of its exact location.

In some religions, people were to be rejuvenated after death prior to entering heaven.

The Fountain of Youth is a mythic spring that would supposedly grant eternal life and vigor towhoever drank from it. Legends and myths about the tale have existed since ancient times.

However so far, achieving eternal youth remains beyond the capabilities of man. Unbelievably thereis much research currently being conducted in the field of genetics which may prove to be an agent

in reducing the process of aging at some time in the future.


Sunday, May 20, 2012

Greece After the Trojan War

The Trojan War was a disaster for Greece eventually. Maybe because the war lasted for 10 years and during

this time all the kings and armies of Greece were at the front. When the Greeks eventually conquered Troyand returned to their homes, they only found decaying societies. Other speculation about the Greek decline

after the war is that the Greeks wanted Troy because it probably reflected a real war c.1200 B.C between theinvading Greeks and the people of Troas, possibly over control of trade through the Dardanelles and was notfor Helen of Troy as it is written in the myth

They spent much effort in the siege and when they finally conquered it, it without establishing their rule.

This could be explained by historical citations of a barbarian tribe which was invading and destroying thecivilizations in the Middle East. Maybe the Greeks left Troy to prepare their defenses against them and since
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their economy was based on trading with the Middle Eastern countries, their civilization decayed because of

the invasion.

Shortly after the Trojan War, there came a period known as the Dark Age. Little is know about Greece in

this time period. At the beginning of the 8th century B.C. there came an end to the Dark Age andthe beginning of the Archaic Age. The literary work of the composer of the Iliad and the Odyssey, known as

Homer, were stories of creation told by Hesiod. These poets created what became the standard religious

stories known and told about the ancestors of the Greeks. These were the gods and goddesses of Mt.Olympus.

During the Archaic Age, communities came into contact with one another. Monarchy gave way to

aristocracies. The foundations for democracy emerged, and some small farmers decided to move into the

urban area and brought the beginning of the city-state.

While the city had marketplaces, business and trade were considered dishonest. Exchange was necessary to

fulfill need for family, friends, or community and was not simply for profit. Standards for proper behavior

for citizens made some tasks demeaning. There were slaves to do the work that was beneath the dignity of a

citizen. Despite resistance to money-making, by the end of the Archaic Age, the use of coins began, which

helped promote trade.

During the Archaic Age there was expansion. Greeks from the mainland set out to settle the Ionian east.

Certain colonists began to question the world around them, to look for a pattern in life and the cosmos, these

in turn became the first philosophers.

When the Greeks invented the lyre, they produced a new music to accompany it. At the beginning to theArchaic age, statues copying the Egyptian style, and appeared stiff and lifeless, by the end of the period and

the beginning of the Classical Age, statues were being created more lifelike.Following the Archaic Age was the Classical Age. The Archaic Age ended after the Persian Wars.

The Classical Age brought new ideas, philosophy, and new medical techniques to the Greeks and the Grecian

world flourished to become the center of the Ancient world.

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Great Flood Myths

In countless cultural myths and religions there seems to be a common thread of a Great Flood. While some of

them are the result of colonization and conquering of the various civilizations it is still too common for it to be

completely disputed as myth.

In Celticmythology the story is that Heaven and Earth were great giants, and Heaven lay on the Earth their

children were gathered between them, and the children and their mother were sad in the darkness. Thebravest sons led his brothers in cutting up Heaven into pieces. His blood caused a great flood which spurted

in waves and killed all humans except for one single pair, who were saved in a ship made by a compassionate

Titan. The waters settled in hollows to become the oceans. The boldest son who had led in the destruction of

Heaven was a Titan and became the king, the Titans and gods hated each other, and the king was driven fromhis throne by his son, who was born a god. The Titan went to the land of the departed. The Titan who built

the ship also went there.
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The Welshbelieved that the lake of Llion ruptured, flooding all lands. Dwyfan and Dwyfach escaped in a ship

with pairs of every living creature. They landed in Britain and proceeded to repopulate the world.

In Lithuanianthe myth is that from his heavenly window, the supreme God saw nothing but war and

injustice among mankind. He sent two giants, water and wind, to destroy the earth. After twenty days andnights, the earth was more or less destroyed. The supreme God, Pramzimas, watched the progress. While at

his window he sat eating nuts and he discarded the shells by throwing them down. One landed on the peak

one of the tallest mountains, where a few people and animals had found refuge. They climbed into the shelland in this way survived the flood. God's wrath lessened and, he ordered the wind and water to subside. The

people scattered, except for one elderly couple who stayed where they landed. God then sent the rainbow and

told them to jump nine times over the bones. When they did nine other couples bounded up and from this

came the nine Lithuanian tribes and their descendents.

In Grecian myth, Zeus sent a flood to destroy the men of the Bronze Age. Prometheus counseled his sonDeucalion to build a chest. All other men perished except for a few who escaped to high mountains. The

entire world beyond the Isthmus and Peloponnese was overcome. Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha after

floating in the chest for nine days and nights, landed on Parnassus. When the rains ended, he sacrificed to

Zeus. Zeus ordered that he should throw stones over his head; they became men, and the stones which

Pyrrha threw became women.

The first race of people was completely destroyed because they were extremely wicked. The waters of the

deep opened, the rain fell in torrents, and the rivers and seas rose to cover the earth, killing all of them.

Deucalion survived due to his goodness and faithfulness and was the link to the first and second race of men.

He loaded his wives, children and all animals into a great ark. The flood waters overflowed into a chasm

opened in Hierapolis.

This common theme of Great floods in the past civilizations suggests to some that the story of a universal

beginning of life on the earth is a fact and not just a conjectuire.


The Gods role in the Trojan WarThroughout the Trojan War the Gods played a major part on both warring sides the Olympic Gods,

Goddesses, and Demigods fight and play great roles in the human warfare. Paris had the favor of Aphroditewhile the Greeks had Poseidon, Ares and Athena as there allies. Aeneas was the son of Aphrodite. Achilles

was the son of Thetis and won honor and fame in the Trojan War; but also suffered death through the deceitof Paris. Many of the other Gods sided with one or the other side as the whim struck. Hera Sided with the

Greeks as did Hephaestus and Poseidon. Apollo and Ares were on the side of the Trojans with Artemis. Zeus

and Hades remained neutral for the most part. Even some of the minor Gods enjoyed meddling in the war

Eris with the Trojans as did Leto.

The Greek society attached so much emphasis on the Gods to the point that the success

of the warriors and kings during the Trojan War and other warfare of the time depended

on the role of the gods and goddesses.

The famed Trojan War existed between the Trojans and the Greeks. During the time of

when the war occurred, the people had a strong connection to the gods and believed that

all their actions, activities were predestined by the gods. The Gods influence on the

nature and characteristics of human beings in the way they think, act and believe was

also a significant part of the culture.
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The gods and goddesses played a key role in determining the winners during

competitions or wars between parties .The heroes in these wars were at the mercy of the

gods who imposed their anger to disobedient and disrespectful acts by humans or by

impulses of amusement. The Gods were at times fickle and their reaction of deliberate oraccidental offences were punished by the offended God or Goddess. The Gods

determined the heroines and heroes of the wars and in the human existence in the Greek

society.


Death in Mythology

Death it is common to all humans, regardless of culture, creed, religion, or race. We are allmortal, our lives are limited, and all each in our own way, seek understanding of whathappens after we die.

Most cultures have a god of death into their mythology or religion. Death, as with birth, isthe major parts of human life. These Gods often are one of the most important Gods of areligion. In some religions with a single powerful deity is an antagonistic deity which wageswar against an all powerful benevolent God.

In religions or mythologies which have a multifaceted system of Gods each governingvarious natural phenomena and features of human life, the occurrence of a deity who isdesignated with presiding over death is almost essential to the basis of the religion or myth.

Not much is known of the Celtic beliefs of the afterlife. The Celtic Otherworld was anunderworld, which was perceived as be a great misty island such as Avalon or in somecases simply a universe parallel to our own. The Celt Otherworld is considered as a placehappier Earth; yet resembles the world in which we live, it is peaceful where everythingand everyone are carefree and there is no pain.

The Buddhist afterlife is a series of paradises, each one higher and more splendid plane ofconsciousness, and where each person goes to based on virtue and spirituality. Nirvana, thehighest plane, is when there is the release of the soul from all things human where souls

exist in a pure state. The soul may spend eras in the various paradises, it eventually returnsin reincarnation.

The Egyptian beliefs in death and the afterlife and the practices regarding the dead are noteasily understood. Most of it is still unknown to this day, the purpose of the enormousburial chambers the pyramids, and other theories are hidden and still have to come to lightto scholars. The Egyptians believed in an underworld in that souls descend through burial.
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A great deal of their belief in the afterlife was associated with the pharaoh theyworshipped, because the pharaoh was considered to be the representative of the gods.Proper & ceremonial burial of the pharaoh would ensure a place in a pleasing afterlife foreach of his followers. The anointing and embalming of every body was a sacred ritual forthe Egyptians, with priests of Anubis, God of the dead, wearing a death mask to perform

the tasks. Most bodies were buried with personal items and riches that were cherished inlife, so that the souls could take them with them to the afterlife.

The earliest Hebrew beliefs were pretty bleak. When the person died the soul was reducedto an insignificant wisp of psychic energy which descended into Sheol, a cavity beneath theEarth. The good and the evil both went to Sheol. After time that changed, the good beinggoing to one place of the afterlife and the evil in another. In Christianity this concept in itsbeliefs of heaven, purgatory and hell was incorporated.

The afterlife of Islam also has a paradise for the good and a hell and punishment for those

who do evil. After the dead are buried and the mourners have departed, two angels arebelieved to visit the spirit of the departed for judgment. Questions are asked of theindividual and if the dead answer all the questions correctly, they enter paradise. If thequestions are answered incorrectly, they are sent to hell. There is a belief in a Day ofResurrection souls, when the dead will be made to face God and to be judged. All actionsfrom the deceased the good and bad weighed.In ancient Greek the most commonly known of the ancient beliefs, the afterlife hassimilarities to the religions of today such as Christianity.

The Greeks believed that the dead were accompanied to the Underworld, ruled by the God

Hades, and had to pay coins to the ferryman Charon to cross the River Styx, and enter theUnderworld. The Greeks buried their dead with a coin or coins in their mouths, for the feeto Hades. Once in the Underworld, the dead were judged to be good or evil. The goodascended to the Elysian Fields, or Elysium, a place of paradise. The evil descended to fieryTartarus, where they were punished for eternally, but in some instances there was asentence of repentance for periods of time before becoming worthy to enter Elysium. Thisseemed to be a belief in a state of limbo where souls who were not good enough forElysium, but not evil enough for Tartarus, would stay. This limbo is Asphodel. The Greeksalso believed in reincarnation, where judges at the gates of Hades decided the incarnationof each soul.Life and death unknown states that can only be clouded with mystery and dreams.

Idealistic ideas and conjecture can confront these obscure places where life continues on ahigher plan and a happier existence.

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Mythological Monsters

The Cetos of TroyThe Cetos of Troy was a gigantic sea-monster sent by Poseidon to plague the land of Troy as punishment for

King Laomedon's refusal to pay him for the building of the city's walls. When Laomedon built Troy,

Poseidon and Apollo, who had lost favor with Zeus, were punished to serve Laomedon for wages, andaccordingly Poseidon built the walls of Troy, while Apollo attended to the king's flocks on Mount Ida.

When the two gods accomplished their tasks, Laomedon refused to recompense them as he had promised and

expelled them from his dominions. Poseidon in return for the breach of promise by sent a marine monster

into the territory of Troy, which ravaged the whole country. By the command of an oracle, the Trojans wereobliged to sacrifice a maiden to the monster; and on one occasion it was decided by lot that Hesione, the

daughter of Laomedon himself, to be the victim.Fortunately for Hesione Heracles was returning from his expedition against the Amazons, and he promised to

save the maiden, if Laomedon would give him the horses which Tros had once received from Zeus as a

compensation for Ganymedes. Laomedon promised to give them to Heracles, but again when Heracles had

killed the monster and saved Hesione he did not keep his word. Heracles waged war against Troy, and killedLaomedon, with all his sons, except Priam and gave Hesione to Telamon.

The Python

PYTHON was a monstrous serpent which Gaia , Mother Earth, appointed to guard the oracle at Delphi. The

beast was said to have been born from the slime left behind after the great Deluge. He lived in the caves ofmount Parnassus. When Apollo claimed the shrine as his own, he killed the dragon with his arrows. The

oracle and festival of the god were then named Pythian after the dreaded beast.

The Dragons of Medea

The Dragons of Medea born of the blood of the Titans; were a pair of winged Dragons which drew the flyingchariot of the witch Medea. She summoned them to escape from Korinthos following the murder of King

Kreon, his daughter Kreousa and her own children by Jason.

The Ismenian Dragon

The Ismenian dragon was a gigantic serpentine monster which guarded the sacred spring of Ismenos near

Thebes. It was the offspring of Ares the God of war. When the hero Cadmus came to find water in order to

found Thebes, he killed the ugly serpent by casting a stone.
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The goddess Athena instructed him to sow the dragon's teeth in the earth, which harvested an army of

warriors, called Spartan, five of who became the ancestral lords of Thebes.Out of revenge Ares, the father of the dragon, transformed Cadmos and his wife into serpents.

The Hydra

The HYDRA LERNAIA was a gigantic, nine-headed serpent, which dwelled the swamps of Lerna. It is said

that it was born of Typhoon and Echidna. Heracles was sent to destroy her as one of his twelve labors, but for

each of her heads that he decapitated, two more were grown back. He used burning torches to the severedstumps, preventing them from regenerating. In the battle he also destroyed a giant crab who assisted the

Hydra.

The Hydra and the Crab were placed in the skies as the Constellations Hydra and Cancer by Hera.

The Chimera

The Chimera was a huge beast which wreaked havoc on the countryside of Lycia in Anatolia. It was a

creature with the body and head of a lion, a goat's head rising from its back, and a serpentine tail.The hero Bellerophon was commanded to slay it by King Iobates. He battled with the beast on the back of the

winged horse Pegusus and, drove a lead-tipped lance down the Chimaira's flaming throat and destroyed it.The Chimera was the result of the union of Typhoon and Echidna. It is said that the Sphinx the Nemeian

Lion were the monster children of the Chimera.
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