The+Greek+Gods

=Pantheon of Greek Gods - a true soap opera!=

==**Note: Zeus often transformed himself into animals or humans (or even a golden rain) in order to mate with human females. Thus, many of the gods or half-gods descend directly from Zeus himself. Two principal gods have interesting parentage: Athena sprung from Zeus's head one day when he had a headache; Aphrodite is said to have sprung from the foam of the sea.**==

==**Our heroine of //The Odyssey//, Odysseus' patient wife Penelope, was also said to have descended from the gods. She was the cousin of the fair queen of Sparta, Helen, for whom the Trojan War was begun.**==