About this deity
Zeus (Greek: Ζεύς) was the sixth child of Kronos and Rhea, the original Titan deities in the Greek pantheon. Zeus ruled Mount Olympus and was said to control thunder.
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Parent belief system
Ancient Greek Religion · Polytheistic · 4 mythsThe ancient Greek belief system represents a collection of cultural myths and stories that date back to circa 1300-1200 BCE. Its pantheon of deities were widely known and written about in Greek texts. The Romans adopted many Greek beliefs and renamed the deities according to the Latin language. In contemporary...
Top myths
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| Divine Comedy | The Odyssey | The Iliad | Hesiod's Theogony | |
| Afterlife myth | Hero myth | Hero myth | Creation myth | |
| Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri | Homer | Homer | Hesiod | |
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Mythological stories including Zeus
- Divine Comedy Afterlife myth
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Halfway through his life (age thirty-five), Dantes goes to the underworld to see hell before visting purgatory and then heaven.
- The Odyssey Hero myth
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After the Trojan war, Odysseus sails home with his men. During his long journey, he faces challenges such as the "cyclops," the Sirens, and other fantastical creatures. He hurries home because suitors are trying to take his wife's hand in marriage. When Odysseus gets home, he wins a challenge, reclaims his life, and kills all the suitors.
- The Iliad Hero myth
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Achilles, half man-half deity, fought in the Trojan war for King Agamemnon and quarreled with him over a mistress, among other things. The war featured the Trojans against the Greeks and had lots of action where Achilles was the star. Achilles' close friend Patroclus died at the hands of Hector; consequently, Achilles slaughtered him in order to get his revenge. While not listed in the Iliad, sources say that Achilles suffered his tragic fate at the end of the war by Paris when he was shot with an arrow through the achilles heel. Achilles fulfilled the hero motif of living a short life of glory.
- Hesiod's Theogony Creation myth
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The world was created by the first deities out of a void where nothing existed. The oldest deities were Chasm (chaos), Gaia (Earth), Tartarus, and Eros (desire). These deities gave birth to the other Greek figures in a genealogical succession. Much of the rest of creation came from bodily fluids, like semen or blood.
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OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Zeus." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 07 Aug. 2019, omnika.org/stable/251. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
OMNIKA (2019, August 07). Zeus. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/251
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Zeus." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created August 07, 2019. Accessed January 20, 2025. https://omnika.org/stable/251.
