Scovone Star Magazine 2015-2016 | Page 18

THE GREAT GREEK GODS THE GREAT GREEK GODS Hye-rin Yoo Do you ever feel like king of the world? Well, you probably aren’t. The Greek gods and goddesses definitely were. At least they were after they killed their own father. Their  father was a Titan named Cronus who swallowed all his children, but Zeus wasn’t swallowed, so he tricked and killed Cronus and freed his siblings.Read more to learn about some of these gods’ or/and goddesses’ abilities. ZEUS AND HIS LIGHTNING BOLT Zeus was the only one who was not swallowed by Cronus. Rhea, Zeus’ mother, put a boulder in place of Zeus. Cronus swallowed the boulder not knowing. Zeus grew up raised by a very rare golden sheep and when he was powerful enough killed Cronus. This is why he came up as king of the kings even though Hades was the oldest. Zeus also had children. They were the three fates. The three fates were 3 old women who were like oracles. They could see the future. They would also cut a piece of yarn if someone was going to die to let the people know. The Fates were not like Zeus. In his R