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Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font.. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background.
Zeus (/ zj uː s /, Ancient Greek: Ζεύς) [a] is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.. 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 Greek mythology, Themiste (Ancient Greek: Θεμίστη, romanized: Themístē) or Themis was a Trojan princess and daughter of King Ilus II of Troad. [1] She was the (half) sister of Laomedon, Tithonius and Telecleia. [2] Themiste was married off by Ilus to her cousin King Capys, son of Assaracus and Hieromneme, and became the queen of ...
The daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. Her symbols include the Moon, horse, deer, hound, she-bear, snake, cypress tree, and bow and arrow. Ares: Mars: God of war, violence, bloodshed and manly virtues. The son of Zeus and Hera, all the other gods despised him except Aphrodite. His Latin name, Mars, gave us the word "martial".
After the Titanomachy, the 10-year war among the immortals, she was pursued by Zeus and they got married. [7] [2] Zeus himself is titled Metieta (Ancient Greek: Μητίετα, lit. 'the wise counsellor'), in the Homeric poems. Metis was both a threat to Zeus and an indispensable aid. [8] He lay with her, but immediately feared the consequences.
The sculptures of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia have as their unifying iconographical conception the dikē of Zeus, [3] and in poetry she is often the attendant (πάρεδρος, paredros) of Zeus. [4] In the philosophical climate of late 5th century Athens, dikē could be anthropomorphised [5] as a goddess of moral justice. [6]
In the tenth year of that great war, following Gaia's counsel, Zeus released the Hundred-Handers, who joined the war against the Titans, helping Zeus to gain the upper hand. Zeus cast the fury of his thunderbolt at the Titans, defeating them and throwing them into Tartarus, [55] with the Hundred-Handers as their guards. [56]
Zeus would have killed them all if not for Themis and the Moirai, who convinced him against spilling blood within the sacred cavern, so instead Zeus turned all four into birds. Celeus became a woodpecker, while Cerberus was turned into a kerberos , a bird that has not been yet identified.