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The Real Goddesses of Ancient Greece 

1. Aphrodite v Ares v Hephaestus

This is a messy love triangle. Aphrodite is married to Hephaestus, but is in love or in lust with Ares. This causes the other gods to make fun of Hephaestus because he can't keep his wife entertained long enough for her not to cheat. I was thinking this would be a good dinner story. Aphrodite throws a dinner party for the 12 gods of Olympus. This leads to lots of poking and making jokes at Hephaestus, until it all blows up.

 https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/mythology-folklore/classical-mythology-threes-crowd-olympian-love-triangle

https://exploringyourmind.com/the-myth-of-aphrodite-and-ares/


2. Hera v Everyone 

Hera, unfortunately, picked the wrong husband. Zeus was consistently unfaithful to her. Because of who he was, however, she was not allowed to punish him. This means she took it out on everyone else, especially the girls of his infidelities. I think this story would be a good one to tell from the point of view of everyone sitting down and having an "anger management intervention". 

https://www.mythweb.com/gods/Hera.html#:~:text=Hera%20was%20the%20wife%20of,attack%20him%20in%20his%20crib.&text=In%20Greek%20mythology%2C%20Hera%20was,because%20she%20was%20Zeus's%20wife.

https://www.greek-gods.org/olympian-gods/hera.php


3. Persephone v Hades

This is another sticky situation. The kidnapping of Persephone was alone an awful act to commit but Hades did it to his sister, Demeter. I was thinking for this story doing a brunch sit down. This would allow Demeter to air her feelings to Hades. But, when he disagrees to give her back, she would end up throwing a tantrum and fighting him.

https://www.greekmyths-greekmythology.com/myth-of-hades-and-persephone/

https://www.ancient.eu/persephone/#:~:text=According%20to%20mythology%2C%20Hades%2C%20god,him%20in%20the%20dark%20Underworld.


This is a photograph of the kidnapping of Persephone. Source: Flickr, taken by Rachel

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