n.
In Greek religion , the chief deity of the pantheon, a sky and weather god.
His Roman counterpart was Jupiter . Zeus was regarded as the bearer of thunder and lightning, rain, and winds, and his traditional weapon was the thunderbolt. The son of Cronus and Rhea , he was fated to dethrone his father. He divided dominion over the world with his brothers Poseidon and Hades . As ruler of heaven, Zeus led the gods to victory against the Titan s. From his home atop Mount Olympus , he dispensed justice and served as protector. Known for his amorousness
a source of perpetual discord with his wife, Hera
he had many love affairs with mortal and immortal women, giving rise to numerous offspring, including Apollo , Ares , Artemis , Athena , Dionysus , Helen , Hephaestus , and Persephone . In art he was represented as a bearded, dignified, and mature man.
Zeus hurling a thunderbolt, bronze statuette from Dodona, Greece, early 5th century BC; in the ...
By courtesy of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Antikenabteilung