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Goddess Of The decade
- Aphrodite -
The immortal fleshthat was eventually spread into a circle of white foam, which was how Aphrodite was created. Her name literally means foam-born. She was attended by Eros and Himeros when she was first born, but when she stepped ashore on Cyprus she was a modest and lovely goddess. Her gentle actions was intended to be the sweetness of love and the whispering of girls, but her adventures, and the adventures of her children, caused so much misery and blood as any of the immortals.
Her love of Alexandros helped move the Trojan War into it's bloodiest and saddest places. The Trojans and the Achaians agreed that Menelaos and Alexandros would fight for Helen in single combat. The Trojan War was, of course, not Aphrodite's fault, but her love for Alexandros. Her meddling, or concerness caused much misery and death among both armies.
In The Odyssey of Homer, a singer tells the tale of how Aphrodite and Ares secretly laid together in the bed of her husband, Lord Hephaetstus. Helios, secretly observed the lovers and told Hephaestus. The smith went to his work and decised a clecer fastenings that would hold the lovers in an unbreakable trap. The careless lovers fell into the trap and Hephaestus stood before the other Olympians and demanded his gifts of courtship be returned. After being freed, Aphrodite went to her sacred place on Cyprus where she was bathed by the Graces.
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God Of The century
Hades
Hades is an Olympian. He and his brothers divided creation into thirds and each took a portion for their own. Hades chose, as his dominion, The Underworld. When mortals kneel before the cold hearted Hades, it was pure justice. And no one, once there, can ever leave his domain (except, of course, Herakles and Odysseus).
Hades was once viewing the earth, when he saw Persephone and was so overwhelmed by her beauty that he abducter her against her will and dragged her to The Underworld. Persephone was helpless against the powers of Hades and remained the unwilling captive. After several years Demeter forced him to free her daughter by cursing the earth with famine. Seeds would not grow, plowed fields remained empty. Zeus and the other immortals were worried that this would be the end of mortal life on earth and thus, their worshipers would die. One by one, the immortals begged her to forgive and forget but Demeter was unmoved.
Zeus sent Hermes to speak gentle words to Hades and persuade him to let Persephone return to her brooding mother. Hades was sympathetic but he was also intent on keeping his bride. He tricked Persephone into eating a pomegranate seed and by doing so she was forever bound to him. Persephone returned to the world of light to see her mother but her stay was only temporary.
Demeter was joyous when Persephone returned, but her joy was tempered by the trickery of Hades and the honey-sweet pomegranate seed. Demeter lifted her curse and allowed the earth to blossom and be fruitful again, and almost redid the curse but Zeus intervined. It was decreed by Zeus that Persephone would spend two thirds of the year with her mother and the remaining third with her husband, Hades. Each year when Persephone returns from the underworld, Demeter showers the earth with gentle rain and sweet breezes. Each time Persephone returns to Hades, Demeter hardens her heart and the earth is wracked with bitter cold and harsh winds.
Hades is often confused with the Roman god, Pluto.
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