| There are few families more dysfunctional than | | | | reinstatement into Olympus. Poor dude. |
| those in Greek mythology. You think the | | | | - Apollo: The Greek gods were known for their |
| Simpsons, the Kardashians or the Hiltons were | | | | affairs with very hot women... and men. One such |
| bad? Then these first families of Ancient Greece | | | | example was Apollo, who isn't the straightest |
| will surely make you think twice about starting a | | | | road in the neighborhood. He was once in love |
| family of heroes or gods. Apart from their | | | | with a Spartan prince (ooh la la '300') named |
| vaunted civilization with its philosophy, culture and | | | | Hyacinthus who was reknowned for his beauty. |
| practices, the Greeks were known for having | | | | These lovers had a grand time throwing discuses |
| really soap opera like characters for their heroes | | | | together. Until Apollo accidentally smashed his head |
| and gods. Far from our modern conception of | | | | in with one. Ouch. Physical and emotional ouch. |
| gods, theirs were human in almost all aspects | | | | - Ares: Nobody exemplifies hothead quite like this |
| except power and mortality. | | | | guy! He is known as the god of savagery, |
| These are a few of the fascinating characters in | | | | offensive war and bloodlust. And when you |
| Greek legend that would fill any primetime role on | | | | symbolize gory stuff like that, it pays! He loves to |
| television: | | | | throw his weight around in battles and usually |
| - Hephaestus: He is probably the biggest loser of | | | | starts fights just for the heck of it. Talk about a |
| all the Olympic gods, since he was born lame and | | | | war freak. |
| unloved. He was thrown out of Olympus and | | | | These are just a few of the individuals in the |
| landed on the island of Leto. Here the natives | | | | Ancient Greek lore that have very colorful |
| took care of the future god of fire, forging and | | | | personalities. Far from being omnipotent, |
| volcanoes. Apart from being lame and absolutely | | | | omniscient, and omnibenevolent, these guys were |
| ugly, this guy was two-timed by his wife and | | | | just like us. They just lived longer and lived better. |
| remained generally unwanted even after his | | | | |