Zeus[a] is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who
rules as king of the gods of Mount Olympus. His name is cognate with
the first element of his Roman equivalent Jupiter. His mythology and
powers are similar, though not identical, to those of Indo-European
deities such as Jupiter, Perkūnas, Perun, Indra, Dyaus and
Thor.Zeus[a] is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who
rules as king of the gods of Mount Olympus. His name is cognate with
the first element of his Roman equivalent Jupiter. His mythology and
powers are similar, though not identical, to those of Indo-European
deities such as Jupiter, Perkūnas, Perun, Indra, Dyaus and Thor.Zeus
is the child of Cronus and Rhea, the youngest of his siblings to be
born, though sometimes reckoned the eldest as the others required
disgorging from Cronus's stomach. In most traditions, he is married to
Hera, by whom he is usually said to have fathered Ares, Hebe, and
Hephaestus. At the oracle of Dodona, his consort was said to be Dione,
by whom the Iliad states that he fathered Aphrodite. Zeus was also
infamous for his erotic escapades. These resulted in many divine and
heroic offspring, including Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Hermes,
Persephone, Dionysus, Perseus, Heracles, Helen of Troy, Minos, and the
Muses.He was respected as an allfather who was chief of the gods and
assigned roles to the others: "Even the gods who are not his natural
children address him as Father, and all the gods rise in his
presence." He was equated with many foreign weather gods, permitting
Pausanias to observe "That Zeus is king in heaven is a saying common
to all men". Zeus' symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull, and oak.
In addition to his Indo-European inheritance, the classical
"cloud-gatherer" (Greek: Î ÎµÏ†ÎµÎ»Î·Î³ÎµÏ Î­Ï„Î±, NephelÄ"gereta)
also derives certain iconographic traits from the cultures of the
ancient Near East, such as the scepter. Zeus is frequently depicted by
Greek artists in one of two poses: standing, striding forward with a
thunderbolt leveled in his raised right hand, or seated in majesty. Zeus Top Movies & Young Movies