ZUES

God of Gods

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Origin

Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, and the youngest of his siblings. In most traditions he is married to Hera, although, at the oracle of Dodona his consort is Dione: according to the Iliad, he is the father of Aphrodite by Dione. He is known for his erotic escapades. These resulted in many godly and heroic offspring, including Athena, Apollo and Artemis(by Demeter), Hermes Persephone, Dionysus, Perseus, Heracles, Helen of Troy, Minos, and the Muses (by Mnemosyne); by Hera, he is usually said to have fathered Ares, Hebe and Hephaestus.

The Thunder bolt

Zues wields a thunder bolt as his weapon any time he needs to go into battle.Created by Hephaestus,the god of fire with the help of Cyclopes the thunder bolt was made holding many powers the thunderbolt can in greek mythlogy cause a thunderstorm or strike down at those who opposed him and many other powers it wields.

How Zues became the boss

When zues was a boy his father cronus made him compete with his two older brothers hades and poisodon.Zues who won became the god of the sky and the ruler of the olmpyians,Posiedon who came in 2nd became the god of the seas,Finally Hades who come in 3rd became the authority of the underworld.

Affairs

As zues was ruler of the olypians many of the minor and major gods and goddesses were his own children.As his orginal wife was Hera he had many secret affairs with many other

women such as Demeter and Persephone.

Symbols of Zues

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