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Myths contain all the elements of exciting story telling.  For the reader, they have adventure, mystery, rich characters, gruesome details, and powerful emotions like jealousy, love, hate and envy.  They also offer tales that have vivid description and wonderful story lines.  For the educator, myths are rich with strong themes, sound structure and key elements that are a wonderful beginning point for sharpening predicating skills.  They are opportunities to teach compare and contrast skills, interpretation skills, and to develop critical thinking skills.  The vocabulary lends itself to wonderful lessons in how the English language developed and how it has been influenced by other languages.
 

Zeus ruler of the Silver, Bronze and Iron Age
 

Zeus is the supreme ruler of the Olympians.  He overthrew his father Cronus in order to usurp the god's position.  He married his sister Hera, banished the Titans to Taturus and carefully selected allies from among his siblings to keep him in a position of authority.  He is shown here with a thunderbolt in his hand.   This is a symbol of his ability to rule and dole out  justice or vengeance.  What is interesting about the creation of these stories and characters is that while the gods were endowed with incredible powers, they also had many human qualities.  The gods were capable of displaying jealousy, wielding revenge and making mistakes.

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