June 21, 2007

Who’s Who in The Oddysey

Gods and Goddesses
[Roman names are given in brackets]
Apollo:
Son of Zeus and Leto; favors the Trojans.
Ares [Mars]:
Son of Zeus; favors the Trojans.
Athena [Minerva]:
Daughter of Zeus; favors Greeks.
Hades:
Son of Cronus; ruler of the underworld of the dead.
Hephaestus [Vulcan]:
Son of Zeus and Hera; favors the Greeks.
Hermes [Mercury]:
Sone of Zeus; favors the Trojans.
Iris:
Messenger of the gods.
Persephone [Proserpina]:
Daughter of Demeter [Ceres] and queen of the underworld.
Poseidon [Neptune]:
Son of Cronus; king of the sea; favors the Greeks.
Zeus [Jupiter, Jove]:
Son of Cronus [Saturn]; king of the gods and ruler of the sky; arbiter of human destiny.

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Gotta Go…

Time to start getting ready for work. Rather than posting a bunch of pointless stuff this morning 🙂 I have just been taking it easy and trying to catch up with a few sites that I haven’t been to in a while. Today may very well end up being a long day, but let’s hope not.

The Wife has something like five more days of teaching summer school before she’s done. I know she will be pretty happy once that is all over and done with. This has been a hard session and may just be the end of her teaching summer school.