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Theme Of Fate, Loyalty, And Justice In Ancient Greek Myth

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There are a countless amount of ancient stories, and each one of them is unique and different, but there is always something that connects all stories. The concepts of family, fate, loyalty, and justice are what tie all of these stories together. Most of the gods and olympians are family by some sort of way. An example of that is that Cronus and Rhea are siblings, yet they are the parents of Hera and Zeus, who also happened to married (Page 14). After the gods starting ruling they became the most powerful on earth, but there was one thing that had control over them; fate. Fate has an important role on all of the stories, for it determines the future of each and every living thing. When Cronus heard that one of his kids was going dethrone him,
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