Zeus

 Welcome to the Zeus Page!  Here, you will learn all about Zeus.  //** Zeus, King of the gods and ruler of the skies, one of the most known figures of Greek mytholgy, but why? **//   The god Zeus was the ancient Greek's most powerful god in their religion, but does that mean he was a good god? Throughout mythology you will always find the lord of the heavens. Even today, in modern day life, you can find references to this almighty super being. To the ancient Greeks he was their master, to us a myth, but still he was used in products, stories, and even logos. He was born in a cave in Crete, and from there his legend grew on. The story was he was the youngest of his family and his father, Cronus, was ruler of everything. But when his wife had 6 kids and he saw them as a threat to his throne, he swallowed them whole as soon as they were born. His wife, Rhea, upset about this, hid his last child Zeus, and gave her husband a rock hidden in a baby blanket to eat instead. She then hid the baby and raised him in secrret. Eventually, when he was old enough, Zeus hid himself as a servant for his father and put poison in his drink that made his father puke up the other children. From there, Zeus and the other children went to war against the father and eventually overtook him. Zeus then became king of the gods because of his heroic actions saving his siblings. That is how he and the gods were created. Zeus' symbol became the lightning bolt, for it had been his weapon during the war. He and the other gods then moved to mount Olympus, where the realm of the gods could look upon all of the world, for Mount Olympus was the tallest mountain in Greece. As for his skills, the ancient Greeks believed that Zeus was able to cause the weather in the sky. When he was happy, it would be clear; when angry thunder, lighting and rain would fill the skies. Zeus and all the gods had human characteristics and personality traits, but to the extreme. For example, when he was angry, he would take it out on the world or anything he wanted in the worst of ways, whereas humans could just get over it. For example, when Prometheus stole fire from Zeus, Zeus chained him to a rock. Every day an eagle would eat his liver, only to have it grow back the next day so that the torture would start all over again. Links: 5 siblings; Hera Demeter Poseidon Hades Hestia 10 interesting facts about zeus.
 * 1) He was born in Mt. Dicte in Crete
 * 2) He is the king of the gods
 * 3) His father was Cronus
 * 4) He controls the weather
 * 5) He originally had 5 siblings
 * 6) He had many wives and affairs with mortals while being married to the queen of the gods, Hera.
 * 7) He became the mother of Athena when she was born out of his head.
 * 8) His symbols are the eagle and the lightning bolt. (see pic. above)
 * 9) Phidias created a 12 meter tall statue of zeus at Olympia
 * 10) He adopted Aphrodite after she was born from the sea.

Zeus's Contributions to today's society

Zeus has many influences on our modern world. First off, you can find hundreds of products named after Zeus, like Zeus’s Java swing components. While companies take his name too! An example is Zeus co., a Korean based Liquid Crystal display company. Both of these products/companies and thousands of others in the world are named after this god because he was a great, powerful being and a lord to all the other gods, which could be referenced to one company better than all of the others. The god Zeus was also very powerful and can be used or interpreted that the product works very well, Exactly why a company would name itself or a product after one of the greatest legends of all time.

Zeus Myth One myth which Zeus is involved in shows how he has affairs with mortals even though he was married to Hera. To hide her from Hera, Zeus turns the woman into a cow, hoping would not find her. But she does, and in her jealousy, Hera keeps the cow for herself and guards it with a 100 eyed servant that never falls asleep. Then in the myth, Zeus has pity on the woman, and sends Hermes to go and save the cow. He tells a long story, and eventually, all 100 eyes of the servant close. Later on, Hera feels badly for her most trustworthy servant, and takes all of his eyes and puts them on the peacock, which is how the peacock got its beautiful feathers. (Click here to see full myth)