Your Guide To The Greek Gods Get an education for this year's classical renaissance
With Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief mere minutes away and Clash of the Titans squaring off behind it, it's a good time to be a Greek God. Zeus and the gang are back, baby, but just in case you've confused your Artemis and Apollo, your Hera and your Hermes, here is your guide to all the gods and demi-gods that matter... WORDS HELEN O'HARA
The Romans called him: Jupiter Not to be confused with: The solar system's biggest planet Rank: Head God, God of The Sky and Thunder Played by: Sean Bean (Percy); Liam Neeson (Clash)
Zeus has a penchant for changing shape so he can get off with human beauties without his missus finding out. Y'know, cause women often shag showers of gold pieces. And swans. And goddesses are so often be fooled by such stratagems on the part of their husbands. He's also famously mercurial of temper and prone to swotting people he doesn't like with lightning - oh, and since he raped Perseus' mother in Clash, he's not exactly our hero's favourite person. Still, he's powerful enough that when he does come down on the side of right, that pretty much ends the argument.
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Apollos
Posted on Monday February 8, 2010, 15:02 by kurum
Not to be confused with Apollo Creed neither. Read More
2
Medusa
Posted on Monday February 1, 2010, 12:50 by Andrew Thorne
She wasnt a god she was just a normal human punished by the gods Read More
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Nina Young
Posted on Sunday January 31, 2010, 12:28 by Rositamay
Empire, the picture you have used of 'Nina Young' is infact a younger actress called Nina Dobrev.... Read More
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Greek Gods
Posted on Friday January 29, 2010, 18:29 by hayhaven
Sean Bean as Zeus? Perfect. Looking forward to Percy Jackson... Read More
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