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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.
According to some stories, Zeus then turned Io into a heifer in order to hide her from his wife; [5] others maintain that Hera herself transformed Io. [14] [15] In the version of the story in which Zeus transformed Io, the deception failed, and Hera begged Zeus to give her the heifer as a present, which, having no reason to refuse, he did.
Eros pouring golden rain on Danaë, antique fresco in Pompeii. In Greek mythology, Danaë (/ ˈ d æ n eɪ. i /, [1] / ˈ d æ n i. iː /; [2] Ancient Greek: Δανάη, romanized: Danáē; Ancient Greek: [da.ná.ɛː], Modern:) was an Argive princess and mother of the hero Perseus by Zeus.
Metis gave her cousin Zeus a potion to cause his father Cronus, the supreme ruler of the cosmos, to vomit out his siblings their father had swallowed out of fear of being overthrown. [6] After the Titanomachy , the 10-year war among the immortals, she was pursued by Zeus and they got married.
Both sisters captured Zeus's heart; first Leto, and then Asteria, who caught his attention after Leto had already been impregnated with his twins. [21] Unlike Leto, Asteria did not reciprocate his love. In Homeric texts, Leto is shown standing next to Zeus in the absence of Hera almost in the manner of a married wife, and not just one mistress ...
On the other hand, in the Cypria, part of the Epic Cycle, Helen was the daughter of Zeus and the goddess Nemesis. [1] The date of the Cypria is uncertain, but it is generally thought to preserve traditions that date back to at least the 7th century BC. In the Cypria, Nemesis did not wish to mate with Zeus. She therefore changed shape into ...
Theseus, a great abductor of women, and his bosom companion, Pirithous, since they were sons of Zeus and Poseidon, pledged themselves to marry daughters of Zeus. [17] Theseus, in an old tradition, [18] chose Helen, and together they kidnapped her, intending to keep her until she was old enough to marry.
Zeus then transformed back and took hold of her; because she was refusing to sleep with him due to their mother, he promised to marry her. [133] In one account Hera refused to marry Zeus and hid in a cave to avoid him; an earthborn man named Achilles convinced her to give him a chance, and thus the two had their first sexual intercourse. [134]