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Zeus: Mortals
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Niobe 1 was the first mortal woman with whom Zeus consorted. She is a daughter of Phoroneus, who is said to be the first man. Argus 5 became king and called the Peloponnesus after himself Argos.
To compound his crime, Prometheus had stolen fire from Zeus and given it to the mortals in their dark caves. The gift of divine fire unleashed a flood of inventiveness, productivity and, most of all, respect for the immortal gods in the rapidly developing mortals. Within no time (by Immortal standards), culture, art, and literacy permeated the land around
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Poseidon and Hermes were treated as minor conspirators by Zeus and they swore and oath never to challenge his rule again. To punish them he banished them to earth for one year, where they had to serve a mortal king as common labourers.
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