Zeus
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| Zeus and Hera, |
| Poseidon, Hades, |
| Hestia, Demeter, |
| Aphrodite, Athena, |
| Apollo, Artemis, |
| Ares, Hephaestus, |
| Hermes, Dionysus |
Zeus, son of Cronos and Rhea, became the king of the gods after plotting with his mother, to trick his father, who ate his children due to a Prophecy that said one of his children would overpower him, into eating a rock instead of Zeus. Zeus grew up on an island in Crete and was nursed by a fairy goat.When he was of age, his first wife gave Cronos an herb.He thought it would make him unconquerable,but instead made him vomit up the children he had swallowed, whom then overthrew Cronos, making Zeus the king of Gods.
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Zeus, Roman name Jupiter, was the god of earth and sky. He was the son of the titan Cronos, and fulfilled the oracle's prediction by overthrowing Cronos. After ending the war between the gods and titans, one of Cronos' siblings, a thousand-eyed titan, rewarded the gods. He gave the power of the thunderbolt to Zeus, the trident to Poseidon, and the helmet of invisibility to Hades.
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- Hamilton, Edith (1998), Mythology, Back Bay Books, New York, ISBN 0-316-34151-7
