greek mythology, more to it than it seems.

last night, for some reason, i got into the mood of wanting to learn about the greek mythology. Since I was always fascinated with Hercules, the disney movie. I remember learning it a long time ago during my freshman year in high school. but i didnt have the motivation to learn by then. Until recently, I saw the movie Troy. My desire to learn about greek mythology ignited once again.So i browsed around the internet last night and today... Learned some pretty cool things. I was going to add this to my personal journal but then i thought maybe some of you would be interested to know this stuff.Watching Troy, my main curiosity was focused on Achillies, Brad Pitt's character. (Not because brad was butt-naked in the movie- although that was very nice, i'd have to say.) Achilles was one who cannot be defeated. I wondered if he was greek god in disguise. I looked him up and found out that he was simply mortal. the thing was that his mom was afraid for Achilles when he was an infant. So she dipped him into River Styx (river in Greece) so he could be protected. but his mother dipped him, holding his heel- making it the only part of him that wasn't dipped. That became his weak spot. Pretty cool to know that Achilles is also the name of the bone behind our feet, the heel, to this day. Zeus [god of the sky], Hades [god of the underworld] and Posedion [god of the water] are actually all brothers and after defeating their father, Cronus [king of Titans & controls of the universe], they split up the poessesion. The thing i thought was fucked up was that in Hercules, Hades was jealous of Hercules and Zeus. wanting to be god of the sky as well as the underworld. Well, didn't he pick the underworld in the first place?yes- i know it's summer. :-D