who is zeus
2006-12-15 02:08:15 · 15 answers · asked by cece l 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Zeus Cronida ( or Chronida ) son of Chronos, god of time. He was the father of the gods. His brothers were Poseidon, god of the sea, and Hades, god of the dead.
Zeus was the god of heavens. He defeated his father and inherited his dominon, giving to his brothers the mentioned kingdoms. He fathered many sons with mortal women, who later were heroes, like Hercules, Perseus, and others
2006-12-15 11:16:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Zeus, the youngest son of Cronus and Rhea, he was the supreme ruler of Mount Olympus and of the Pantheon of gods who resided there. Being the supreme ruler he upheld law, justice and morals, and this made him the spiritual leader of both gods and men. Zeus was a celestial god, and originally worshiped as a weather god by the Greek tribes. These people came southward from the Balkans circa 2100 BCE. He has always been associated as being a weather god, as his main attribute is the thunderbolt, he controlled thunder, lightning and rain. Theocritus wrote circa 265 BCE: "sometimes Zeus is clear, sometimes he rains". He is also known to have caused thunderstorms. In Homer's epic poem the Iliad he sent thunderstorms against his enemies. The name Zeus is related to the Greek word dios, meaning "bright". His other attributes as well as lightning were the scepter, the eagle and his aegis (this was the goat-skin of Amaltheia)."
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2006-12-15 02:37:15 · answer #2 · answered by johnslat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zeus was the husband of Hera, father of Aprodite and Athena (and Hercules too). He was the ruler of the gods and greatly feared by mortals and gods alike. Read the Iliad to see how much emphasis was placed on what a hardass Zeus was.
He was quite found of human women and had many children with mortal women (Hercules being an example). This pissed off Hera to no end and she had it in for those mortal women and Zeus's bastard demi-god children... hence her giving Hercules such a hard time.
2006-12-15 02:30:49 · answer #3 · answered by sirtitus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zeus was the God of the Sky, Ruler of Olympus.....
As the ruler of the Olympian gods, Zeus wielded enormous power and almost absolute authority. He appears in Homer's Iliad in the role of imperious leader, a grandiose father figure to a pantheon of bickering deitie
2006-12-15 04:00:34 · answer #4 · answered by aidan402 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zeus is the king of the Greek gods. He was the son of Cronus and Rhea. He freed his siblings after they were eaten by their father and overthroned him. He has many, many children with other women. Sometimes, he would disguise himself in order to seduce them.
2006-12-15 08:39:47 · answer #5 · answered by 3lixir 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was the leader of the Greek Gods. He basically could be called the king.
2006-12-15 05:27:35 · answer #6 · answered by HarmNone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zeus is the main greek god.
He was the ruler of the earth!
2006-12-18 16:41:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The King of the Gods
2006-12-15 02:22:15 · answer #8 · answered by Robert B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was the top dog of the ancient Greek gods
2006-12-15 11:57:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The father of Greek gods. Although he was born from other gods (Cronos and Rea) he is regarded as the the most powerful of the gods.
2006-12-15 02:14:36 · answer #10 · answered by CHESSLARUS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋