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* When Theseus was challenged to prove he was Poseidon's son by retrieving a ring from the sea, Amphitrite warmly received him in her palace and gave him her own wedding veil as a present, as well as a cloak, which he returned with as further proof of his heritage.
* One story tells of a plague striking the city of Aonia, and the Oracle said to appease Hades and Persephone's anger they had to sacrifice two maidens. Menippe and Metioche, daughters of Orion, were chosen and solemnly accepted their fates, and Hades and Persephone took pity on them and turned them into comets instead.
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* Phaeton's epitaph after he was killed attempting to drive the Sun God's chariot:

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* Phaeton's Phaethon's epitaph after he was killed attempting to drive the Sun God's chariot:
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* [[https://www.theoi.com/Gallery/K14.5.html Vase art]] depicts Hades and Persephone working together to tend fields, with Hades adding fertilizer and Persephone plowing the land.

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---------* Apollodorus reports that one day when Athena and her friend Pallas were sparring, Zeus got worried his daughter would lose and used his aegis to distract Pallas, leading Athena to accidentally stab and kill her. Athena made a wooden statue of Pallas in memory and gave her the aegis, honoring her friend alongside her father.
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** Pausanias reports that during Demeter's search for her daughter, she wore mourning clothes, shut herself in a cave and refused to come out, with the earth dying around her. Pan saw her, noticed how angry she was and reported it to Zeus, who sent the Fates to comfort her and help moderate her anger and grief.
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--> "Refrain from endless mourning for thy son. Not with the dead shall he abide, but dwell with Gods, as doth the might of Herakles, and Dionysos ever fair. Not him dread doom shall prison in darkness evermore, nor Haides keep him. To the light of Zeus soon shall he rise; and I will give to him s holy island for my gift: it lies within the Euxine Sea: there evermore a God thy son shall be. The tribes that dwell around shall as mine own self honour him with incense and with steam of sacrifice. Hush thy laments, vex not thine heart with grief." Then like a wind-breath had he passed away over the sea, when that consoling word was spoken; and a little in her breast revived the spirit of Thetis: and the God brought this to pass thereafter.

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--> "Refrain from endless mourning for thy son. Not with the dead shall he abide, but dwell with Gods, as doth the might of Herakles, and Dionysos ever fair. Not him dread doom shall prison in darkness evermore, nor Haides keep him. To the light of Zeus soon shall he rise; and I will give to him s a holy island for my gift: it lies within the Euxine Sea: there evermore a God thy son shall be. The tribes that dwell around shall as mine own self honour him with incense and with steam of sacrifice. Hush thy laments, vex not thine heart with grief." Then like a wind-breath had he passed away over the sea, when that consoling word was spoken; and a little in her breast revived the spirit of Thetis: and the God brought this to pass thereafter.
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* Psyche, after enduring all manner of trials ([[PregnantBadass while pregnant, no less]]) to gain back her husband, Eros, not only wins over Aphrodite's tasks, but is taken to Olympus to live with Eros forever, and their daughter is named Hedone. Even more so, Zeus... y'know, ''[[AnythingThatMoves frickin' Zeus]]'', actually gets involved by approving of the immortality of Psyche and then personally telling Aphrodite to cut this whole crap at once on the request of Eros.
** And in some versions, he actually helped Psyche with her third task which involved a help from a certain bird; it's speculated that the bird is Zeus' guise, and he's genuinely helping instead of letting [[AnythingThatMoves his dick]] do the talking.

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* Psyche, after enduring all manner of trials ([[PregnantBadass while pregnant, no less]]) to gain back her husband, Eros, not only wins over Aphrodite's tasks, but is taken to Olympus to live with Eros forever, and their daughter is named Hedone. Even more so, Zeus... y'know, ''[[AnythingThatMoves frickin' Zeus]]'', ''frickin' Zeus'', actually gets involved by approving of the immortality of Psyche and then personally telling Aphrodite to cut this whole crap at once on the request of Eros.
** And in some versions, he actually helped Psyche with her third task which involved a help from a certain bird; it's speculated that the bird is Zeus' guise, and he's genuinely helping instead of letting [[AnythingThatMoves his dick]] dick do the talking.
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---> "Refrain from endless mourning for thy son. Not with the dead shall he abide, but dwell with Gods, as doth the might of Herakles, and Dionysos ever fair. Not him dread doom shall prison in darkness evermore, nor Haides keep him. To the light of Zeus soon shall he rise; and I will give to him s holy island for my gift: it lies within the Euxine Sea: there evermore a God thy son shall be. The tribes that dwell around shall as mine own self honour him with incense and with steam of sacrifice. Hush thy laments, vex not thine heart with grief." Then like a wind-breath had he passed away over the sea, when that consoling word was spoken; and a little in her breast revived the spirit of Thetis : and the God brought this to pass thereafter.

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---> --> "Refrain from endless mourning for thy son. Not with the dead shall he abide, but dwell with Gods, as doth the might of Herakles, and Dionysos ever fair. Not him dread doom shall prison in darkness evermore, nor Haides keep him. To the light of Zeus soon shall he rise; and I will give to him s holy island for my gift: it lies within the Euxine Sea: there evermore a God thy son shall be. The tribes that dwell around shall as mine own self honour him with incense and with steam of sacrifice. Hush thy laments, vex not thine heart with grief." Then like a wind-breath had he passed away over the sea, when that consoling word was spoken; and a little in her breast revived the spirit of Thetis : Thetis: and the God brought this to pass thereafter.
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** The fact that the fisherman who found Danae, on the run and near death with her newborn son, immediately took her to patch her up, and he and his wife opened their home and hearts to her and Perseus, treating the two like family and helping raise Perseus to adulthood. By Greek mythology standards, Perseus made out like a bandit where parents were concerned!

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