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The Story of King Strepatides //BY: Kimberly Lamping// In ancient Greece a famous god named Strepatides, who was found in the form of a statue in a buried tomb in a desert in 3000 B.C. The myth behind this statue goes like this. It was a beautiful day and king Strepatides was sitting lazily on his throne up on Mt. Olympus looking over the land.

When a messenger rushed up to him saying: "I have a message from the goddess of the wheat and grain". She said that a poor farmer's field will not grow wheat. She needs your permission to help him since he is a mortal. Strepatides merely said to let the poor old farmer deal with it him self.Shocked, the messenger flew back down to land.

A few hours later the goddess of wheat and grain came storming up to Mt. Olympus. She told Strepatides that if he didn't help the poor farmer, then she would make sure that something terrible would happen to him. King Strepatides simply laughed and said all right you do that.

The goddess of wheat and grain took off to find Medusa, a monster with hair of snakes and could turn anything into stone. When the goddess finally found Medusa, she quickly covered her eyes so she would not be turned to stone. Medusa asked the goddess what she wanted, and that it better be a good or she would turn her to stone. The goddess told Medusa that the king of the gods was not a good leader, and that she would appreciate it if Medusa would turn him to stone. Medusa agreed and turned her self into a snake and crawled into the goddess’s basket.

When the goddess reached Mt. Olympus she told Strepatides that she had gathered some food for him. Then she handed him the basket. As soon as the king looked into the snake's eyes, he turned to stone. The gods and goddesses were happy too. They made Zeus the ruler and then placed Strepatides in a tomb in an under ground cave in the desert. Only the head has been discovered, but that is the story of King Strepatides

King Strepatides