"The Lesser Known G~ds and Demi-G~ds Of Greece"

"The Lesser Known G~ds
And Demi-G~ds Of Greece"

Listed below is a selected list of many of the
lesser-known g~ds and demi-g~ds of Greece
that have apparently been ignored or forgotten
by historians for various and sundry reasons.
Some of these g~ds were obviously important
and useful in everyday life habits, others apparently
had no redeeming value whatsoever, but somehow
achieved g~d - or g~ddesshood. This list is
presented here in the hopes that it will prove
helpful to someone somewhere, sometime.

* Egregious - G~d of Errors.

Though he spent virtually all his life with the other
g~ds and g~ddesses on Mount Olympus, he is
rumored to have left for a short vacation to the
south of France where he met and had an affair
with the French g~ddess, Faux Pas. Egregious
was one of the smartest g~ds on Mount Olympus.
In fact, many thought he might be as smart as
Zeus, though no one would ever admit this publicly.
However, his unfortunate habit of making so many
mistakes kept him from becoming one of the
better-known g~ds.

When asked how someone so smart could
make so many stupid mistakes, his reply was
always "You learn from your mistakes. Obviously,
I've made so MANY mistakes, I've become a genius!"

* Melanoma - G~d of Tanning.

Often seen away from Mount Olympus and down
along the sandy beaches of southern Greece,
Melanoma could have been ranked up there with
the other major g~ds of his time, He was strong,
handsome, and had a body that attracted all the
g~ddesses. His only major fault was getting
involved with the mortal Macedonian strip queen,
Ultra Violet.

The two of them constantly played naked in the
sun along the Greek shoreline. Zeus, upon
seeing Melanoma cavorting with a non-Olympian,
decided to punish him by taking away his immortality.
This didn't seem to bother Melanoma at first and he
continued to associate with Ultra Violet and played
in the buff each day. Soon though, Melanoma started
to notice small dark patches on his skin that eventually
became cancerous. He died a quick, but horrible
death, with Ultra Violet at his side till the very end.

* Ozone - G~d of Memory.

Ozone was another failed g~d. Upon attaining
g~dhood, Zeus asked Ozone to choose the subject
for which he would be revered for all time. He chose
Memory. To celebrate his attaining full g~dliness,
Ozone married his school sweetheart, Amnesia.
However, their foggy relationship soon resulted in
the complete loss of all the records of all the great
g~ds on Mount Olympus.

Zeus retaliated by immediately expelling Ozone
to Southern California, where he was held
prisoner in the dreaded "Inversion Layer" along
with the evil nether-world dragon-g~d of progress
and technology, Smog.
Received on Thu May 18 08:27:37 2006