Cannibal Cronus

Im sorry to say, but today was the best seminar ever with Mrs. Wanket. Our focus was the awesome Greek Mythology. There was so much I learned, the more Mrs. wanket talked about the gods, the more they seemed human besides the fact they had powers.

There were two interesting Gods that I just couldn't stop thinking about. The first one is the most famous cannibal Cronus and the second is the beauiful Aphrodite.

The story of Cronus is just amazing. For those of you who don't know the story it goes like this. Cronus overthrow his father Uranus to save the monsters that were put in the underworld. Cronus than married Rhea, but one day he became very paranoid and felt that his kids would destroy him. Each time Rhea had a child Cronus would eat it, but only one out of the six survived which was Zeus. Rhea gave Zeus away to a goat and had the goat raise him. Overtime, Cronus vomitted his kids up and Zeus overthrow him. Finally, Zeus divided the world and put each one of his siblings in charge of something.This story intrest me because it reminds me of serial killers who kill just because they are delusional. Creepy right?

Aphrodite also has an interesting story. She is the Goddess of beauty and the mother of fertility. The woman in this time period worshipped her and brought sacrafices to her tomb because they wanted to be fertal and wanted their child to live pass the age of one. Some things people don't know about Aphrodite is that she is the mother of cupid. The Romans portrayed him as a chubby baby, but in reality he was a handsome man.

Everyone remembers Madusa as a ugly woman with serpants coming out her head, but she was beatiful once upon a time. Aphrodite is the one who made Madusa head that way because she saw her having intercourse with Poseidon, who is Aphrodite sweetheart. Doesn't this story remind you of teenage girls who fight eachother over boys?

Overall, this was the best seminar I was actually excited to be up on a Saturday morning and that is not common in teenagers. Love, Sharqueya Drake.