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Page 22
... Zeus suspended her from heaven , her feet weighed down by an anvil . Among other places , Zeus and Hera were believed to have married on Crete . It was on this island , almost a thousand years before Homer and Hesiod , that the ancient ...
... Zeus suspended her from heaven , her feet weighed down by an anvil . Among other places , Zeus and Hera were believed to have married on Crete . It was on this island , almost a thousand years before Homer and Hesiod , that the ancient ...
Page 100
... Zeus's older sister and queen of heaven . She was swallowed at birth by her father , who feared that his children would overthrow him . Only Zeus escaped this fate , through the cunning of his mother Rhea and his grandmother Gaia ...
... Zeus's older sister and queen of heaven . She was swallowed at birth by her father , who feared that his children would overthrow him . Only Zeus escaped this fate , through the cunning of his mother Rhea and his grandmother Gaia ...
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... Zeus hurled mighty thunderbolts on all who opposed his will . His domain was the storm , with its lightning , thunder , snow and hail . Like KRONOS , his Titan father , Zeus was a usurper . Kronos had toppled his father , Ouranos ( sky ) ...
... Zeus hurled mighty thunderbolts on all who opposed his will . His domain was the storm , with its lightning , thunder , snow and hail . Like KRONOS , his Titan father , Zeus was a usurper . Kronos had toppled his father , Ouranos ( sky ) ...
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