B Y S A M A N T H A C O V I L L E

Why Should I Care?

Greek mythology can actually teach us a lot of life lessons. The Greeks

used the stories to teach their children important lessons such as not to steal, to be careful of

what you say and other lessons. You too can learn from these great stories and characters!

One day Poseidon, god of the ocean, was very upset. His symbol of power,

the trident, had gone missing.

“Who could have taken it?” He wondered.

So Poseidon went and asked Artemis, the goddess of the hunt and of the

moon, if she had seen anyone take his trident.

“Sorry,” she replied. “I didn’t see anything. You should ask my twin,

Apollo.”

Poseidon found Apollo, the twin brother of Artemis and god of poetry and

music and the sun, and asked him if he had anything to do with the

disappearance of his trident.

“I’m very sorry,” he said sadly. “Maybe you should ask Athena; she’s really

smart.”

Poseidon visited Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war tactics, and asked

her if she knew about where his trident had gone.

“I know a lot,” she boasted. “But I do not know where your trident has

gone to. Seek and ask Hades”

Poseidon carefully traveled through the underworld and asked Hades, god of the dead, if he had taken or seen the

trident.

“No trident has entered my domain. Maybe you should ask Hera.”

Poseidon, now tired, inquired with Hera, goddess of all gods and of marriage.

“Have you seen my trident?”

“Yes, I have. I believe I saw Aphrodite take it from your room the other night. You should talk to her about it.” Then Hera left to go see her husband, Zeus, god of

all gods and of the sky.

Poseidon then asked Aphrodite, goddess of beauty and love, what she

had done with his trident.

“I took it,” she admitted shyly. “But I only did it because my husband,

Dionysus, asked me to. Talk to him!”

Poseidon was now upset but kept calm as he asked Dionysus, god of wine and

plays, to return his trident.

“I’m sorry,” he shrugged. “I don’t have it. I got it because of a dare from Ares. You can deal with him if you want. I’m

too scared to face him . . .”

“Ares, where is my trident?”

Ares, the god of war, smiled. “It’s with the only man who would think to

steal from another god!”

Poseidon immediately knew who he was looking for and left in a hurry.

“Give me my trident!” Demanded Poseidon.

Hermes, god of thieves, laughed. “Fine then, here you go. And return

Aphrodite’s lip stick while you’re at it!”