The Statue of Zeus

Our next two Wonders will be centered around the land of Greece. We will immerse ourselves into Greek mythology to understand what religious purpose these temples signifed to all people in Greece.First, we need to know the basic Greek God and Goddess family line. In basic, the King of the Gods was Zeus. He then married his sister who was Queen of all the Gods, Hera. Among Zeus's family, his brothers and sisters were among the Gods in Greece. His brothers included Posiedon, god of the Sea and Oceans, and Hades, God of the Dead and the Underworld. His sisters, Hesta, was Goddess of keeping the fire of the Gods and Goddess going all year round, and Demeter, Goddess of Harvest and Field work. Zeus's other children, from many other women, include Artemis, Goddess of Hunting, and Apollo, God of the Sun. Both Apollo and Artemis were twins. He had a daughter Athena, Goddess of Wisdom and soon afterward, named for the center of Greece. A son Dionysus, God of the Wines, Ares, the God of War, Hephaestus, God of Metal Making and Skillcraft, Aphrodite, Goddess of Love and Passion, and Hermes, personal messsanger for the Gods. As one can see, Zeus had alot of children. I want each and everyone of you to take a look at this website and blog about some of the gods and their relationships to others: http://www.webexhibits.org/greekgods/It was in honor, that the people of Greece erected a huge temple complete with a treasure vault room and a twelve foot long reflecting pool that honored their patron God. Inside was thirty nine foot bronze and gold statue of the God holding another deity Goddess of Greece, Nike, who represented victory. On his other side was an eagle, his animal symbol known by all Greeks. Later on, when Rome over ruled the Meditteranian, it was asked that all other pagan god temples be destroyed. First, share some family memebers you have and tell them what they might represent.Second, out of all your family memebers, who would you build a temple to? What might they look like and what might be inside?