Killing his father Cronus/ Saturn, Zeus/Jupiter became ruler of all the Gods, his first brother, Hades/Pluto, ruler of the Underworld, and his second brother, Poseidon/Neptune, ruler of the sea. From all their famous adventures of smaller gods and demigods, stories were spread from person to person. The Gods/Goddesses influenced daily life for both Roman and Greek citizens. Even today you can find anything that could be related to or based on by the Greek Gods. The Greek/Roman Gods made a big impact on our world back then and to this day also.
There were many Gods and Goddesses that appeared in stories told to. children. One story would be how Zeus lived as the only sibling to have not been swallowed by his father and the war between the Gods and the Titans. As a child “Zeus was tended by gentle nymphs and was nursed by the fairy goat Amaltheia” As Zeus got older, he saved his siblings and defeated his father making him the ruler of the Universe and the Titans didn't like that. They revolted leading to a war between Gods and Titans. With many allies ranging from Cyclops and two Titans Polyphemus and Esophagus, he won the battle. Another story was the story of Polyphemus giving fire to man. In quick
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Companies that are Greek related are Echo Digital Audio(Echo), Nike (Nike-goddess), and Pandora music player(Pandora- girl who opened the box of evils). Some buildings are the Centaur Theater Company(Centaur), Apollo theatre in New York(God Apollo), and Oracle Arena(Oracle of Delphi). Objects that are used in everyday life is the atlas(Titan Atlas) Trident Gum (Trident of Poseidon), EOS lipbalm(Goddess Eos), and Olympus camera(Mt. Olympus). There are also olive branches and faces on the back of US coins. All these examples were only a small fraction of the abundance of things that are related or named after the greek Gods and