The Greek God: The Geek Myth

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The geek god I will be talking about is Zeus. He was also the king of all the Olympian gods . he is usually found in mount Olympian. He has a lighting bolt, power over the sky's. He is also the master of the lighting bolt and thunder bolt.

His family was his mom Rhea, his father Cronus. His brother and sister Poseidon and Hestia. His wife was Hera. His other family were Areas and Hephaestus.

He was the smallest of his two siblings he had. His siblings he gad wanted to over throw him he was the ruler of the sky's and the Olympian

He was tall, muscular he had a big beard , big feet. His weapon is the lighting bolt. He had both a lighting bolt and thunder bolt. He also had a eagle as a pet. Its name was Aetos Dios. The only symbols he had were

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