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Poseidon

Poseidon, in ancient Greek religion, god of the sea was one of the children
devoured by cronos to prevent him from being removed from the throne.
Poseidon fought his brothers against crowns and the titans where they were
victorious and shared the sky, the sea and the underworld and he became the god
of the sea he was also responsible for earthquakes and any movement of earth
As Athens became more important Poseidon and athenea wanted to become their
god and for this they both brought gifts Poseidon with his trident made a fountain
sprout but as he was god of the sea only salt water came out instead athenea
taught them the cultivation of olive having lost, Poseidon caused a flood that
covered a part and sent his son to kill the king's son as punishment, he was
sentenced to serve Troy where the king asked them to build colossal walls in
exchange for receiving rewards and sacrifices in his honor.

Hestia
Hestia is the eldest daughter of Kronos, goddess of fire and hearth.
on one occasion Priapo (god of fertility) was drunk and tried to rape her at a party
although just as he pounced on her a donkey woke her up.
Hestia as a symbol of the home protected and gave refuge to families, in honor of
her the Greeks built a public home called Pritaneo.

Demeter
Demeter was the goddess of the fertility of the earth, she protected crops and
vegetation.
she was the mother of persefone and jacus, she also adopted demofone prince
eleusinian who gave humans the plow and the knowledge of agriculture.
One day Hades kidnapped her daughter Persephone, so she created a great
drought to convince the gods so that Hades would free Persephone. as the drought
claimed more lives there was so little food that humans did not even have to offer
the gods so zeus persuaded hades to release her although before leaving hades
gave her a pomegranate grain to come back with him

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