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Above is the front clover closed; below is the front cover opened, which says "Mythological Pop Up Book by Gabby Loeb"
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Above are the two oldest gods, Gaea (earth) and Uranus (sky). Their poems read "Both Gaea's son and spouse the sky, Uranus rules from way up high" and "Gaea, Terra, Mother Earth; To three unique breeds she gave birth." All poems in this book are written in iambic tetrameter.
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This picture shows Gaea and Uranus' children: the Cyclopes, the 50-headed & 100-armed Hecatonshires, and the Titans and Titanesses.
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The three most powerful Olympian gods rule the entire world between them: Zeus rules the sky, Poseidon rules the sea, and Hades rules the underworld (the two dors open to a deep hole where Hades can be seen at the bottom with his wife Persephone, who he kidnapped). Olympus can be found where their three kingdoms intersect.
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Here are the three most famous Olympian goddesses (Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena) in a famous myth. One man, angry at not being invited to a party, sent in a golden apple with the words "For the Fairest" on it (as can be seen in the pop-up page, in the back behind the goddesses). Naturally, the 3 goddesses shown all claimed the apple was for them, and a man was chose to judge between them. Each goddess offered him a gift if he chose them, and he ended up choosing Aphrodite who promised him the most beautiful girl in the world. Unfortunately, the most beautiful girl happened to already be married, and the Trojan War started when he went to reclaim his rightful prize: the beautiful Helen of Troy. The moral is to always invite everybody to the party, or you may just accidentally cause a war!
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As Hestia's poem reads, "Gods have adventures down on Earth, Hestia stays home to tend the hearth."
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Hestia's best friend, but quite opposite god is Hermes, Zeus's messenger. As his poem reads, "Contra to Hestia, sly Hermes...Zeus' envoy travels with ease." Hermes is flying through the clouds on a mission from Zeus using his infamous golden winged septer, hat, and shoes which the cyclopes made for him
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This page above shows Hepahaestus as he discovers his wife Aphrodite cheating on him with Ares, the god of war. Hephaestus captured them in a net and brought them to olympus, where he showed them off to all the gods (but not the goddesses, that would be too inappropriate). Well, he did marry Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty and sex - being the "ugly" smith, what did he expect? The end of his poem reads "Venus his unfaithful wife, as you can see brought him great strife."
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The pictures above and below both show the same page with the while spun to show the twin gods, Artemis (moon) and Apollo (sun). The background is a sunset or a sunrise to represent the bond between the two twins, and the wheel spins to alternate between the two. The hills show their poems, both the longest ones in the book.
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This last page shows the "Elusian Mysteries," an annual greek holiday celebrating Demeter and Dionysus, the main gods of the harvest and the city who most directly help greek citizens every day. As shown, this festival involves sacrifices, feasts, music, and dancing.
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