Greek Mythology: The Underworld War

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The Underworld War
Zeus was the well known king of the gods, Hades is the king of the underworld. They are both similar but different in many ways some people would say that Zeus is right and good while Hades is evil and bad. They are similar because they are the most feared greek gods in history. This war took place in Athens, Greece.
Hades has always wanted to be more powerful than his younger brother Zeus so one day Hades decides to storm up to Athens and take his army with him and fight Zeus for his palace. The reason for this all was so that Hades could not just be powerful by ruling one world he wanted to rule two worlds. Zeus really got a good laugh out of this one saying ,“ Hades you have tried to defeat me before it just cannot be done.” …show more content…

Zeus stopped the fight against his eldest brother and asked Hades why he fought him for 7 days if he knew he was bound to lose, Hades said to Zeus ,“ My dear brother I would love to be the ruler of this kingdom but I just cannot defeat you. You are way to young and powerful for me, I shall go back down to my world where I belong and rule the Underworld.” As Hades traveled back to the underworld he thought to himself he doesn’t need to run two kingdoms to be powerful I will be the best King of the Underworld I can

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