still at school most of us know the name of the Greek god Zeus.A huge number of myths and legends associated with this great Thunderer.The huge number of films and plays based on events from the life of God.The life of the inhabitants of Mount Olympus always attracted mortals.How are they?What do they eat?What drink?What is the name the daughter of Zeus?Why Perseus hates his father?And there are still a lot of questions.This article will try to understand how much all the same female children was the great ruler of Olympus.
famous work "The Iliad" of Homer celebrates the beauty of Aphrodite, which, as the author tells us, - the daughter of Zeus and Dione.Embodies the ideal of feminine beauty, slim, tall and delightful goddess Venus was called by the Romans.They believed that the girl came out of the sea - from the depths of its foam.The cult of Aphrodite was distributed everywhere, beauty and love - these are the true values, which she was in charge.Her power extended not only to ordinary mortals - even the gods could not stand under the spell of the beautiful Venus.
Aphrodite is directly related to the Trojan War.It was this lady beauty has pledged to Paris, that he will receive the daughter of Zeus and Leda, the most beautiful capital - Ellen.This goddess has assisted in the construction of the ship to visit Sparta.It is on this ship and swam away from the beauty-Greek Menelaus.
In his numerous works of Homer claimed that Aphrodite was the wife of Hephaestus (the son of Zeus and Hera).However, the goddess of love all his life only Adonis.
Another daughter of Zeus - Athens.The second name - Pallas.Myths say that the supreme god of Olympus was predicted that his son would take his wife Metis authority of his father.So when his wife was in a position, Zeus swallowed her.Payment for it was unbearable and excruciating headache.In order to get rid of the disease by Hephaestus ordered her father to cut the head in half.And there was born the daughter of Zeus - Athens, with a helmet on his head, with a spear in one hand and a shield in the other.That is how it is depicted in numerous paintings.
In mythology, it is believed that it was Athena represents wisdom and justice.It was believed that it helps the heroes who protect towns and villages.The Greeks believed that only through daughter of Zeus they have the city of Athens and the sacred tree bearing delicious fruit - olive.Among other things, I can not do the goddess of attention and ordinary workers.Artisans, potters, weavers and blacksmiths - all worshiped her.
Numerous sources claim that Athena is the mother of the brave and the beautiful god of Olympus - Apollo.
In addition, there are muses of Greek mythology, who, as the scriptures say the data also is the daughter of Zeus.The girls were Protecting creativity.The most important of these was Kleo (Clio).History and epic poetry are its subjects.Lyric poetry was under the rule of Euterpe.Waist - daughter of Zeus - is the third muse.She patronized the fun and comedy.It is also believed that she had power over control plants and flowers.Names of the other muses: Erato, Urania, Terpsichore, Melpomene, Calliope, Polyhymnia.
