The seven deadly sins can be tracked all the way back to the 4th century, when a monk
named Evagrius Ponticus made a list of basically all the problems he saw in his time. His list
consisted of gluttony, fornication, greed, pride, sadness, wrath, and dejection. Later on Pope
Gregory I would edit this list and add in sloth and envy, and would also rename fornication to
lust, this list of sins has not been changed since. Each of the seven deadly sins was associated
with a punishment in Hell. Greek mythology has played a major role in the development of the
seven deadly sins. Almost every Greek myth you hear can be represented by one of the deadly
sins. Even the gods and goddesses personify the seven deadly sins. Three of the most
interesting sins that can be compared to Greek mythology figures are wrath or strong
vengeful anger, lust or intense sexual desire, and envy or jealousy.
A God that would match perfectly with with the deadly sin wrath would be the
God of War himself Ares. Ares was the child of Hera and Zeus, Hera took a magical herb that
allowed her to have Ares. Zeus really didn't care for Ares, once during infancy Ares had been
abducted by two giants and they they trapped him in a bronze jar. Zeus paid little attention to
this, and Ares was eventually released by Hermes. After this incident Hera decided to move
Ares somewhere safer. She chose Priapus to train and raise Ares until he was a fully grown man.
Ares among the Greeks peoples was least favored because of his brutal nature. He was filled
with rage and a lust for blood. He was known to switch sides during war, just so he could shed
blood and cause war. He had a sibling rivalry with his sister Athen...
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much that he tried to capture it in the water and died. Poseidon personified greed, continually
seeking more riches for his underwater kingdom (Boone 1). He had palaces in the sea and on
Mount Olympus that were made of gold.
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was the turn of Athenaia the daughter of Zeus, and this was her plan. She
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