Greek God Zeus Research Paper

Birth God Donysus is the son God Zeus and Semele, the daughter of king Cadmus of Thebes. The Greek goddess Hera, Zeus' wife, discovered the affair while Semele was pregnant. According to the myth, Hera appeared as an old crone (or as a nurse), and approached Semele. Semele not knowing that she was the goddess Hera told her that father of the baby was the god Zeus. Goddess Hera pretended not to believe her, and planted seeds of doubt in Semele's mind.

In another myth, when Herakles was returning from retrieving the bull of Geryon, Hera sent the cattle a type of fly to give him a disease, and Herakles shot Hera in the breast with an arrow. Eventually Hera and Herakles patched up their differences, when Herakles saved Hera from the rape of the giant Porphyrion. Zeus's affairs never seemed to end. One in particular involving Semele, the mortal daughter to the King of Thebes. Zeus fell in love with her the moment he saw her, and he impregnated her.

Zeus had a lot of affairs with different women, and this had made Hera incredibly mad so she would take revenge on the women and their children. One example of this would be with Hercules. Zeus had an affair with a woman named Alcmene. How he accomplished this was by disguising himself as Alcmene’s husband and had made love to her and impregnated her with Hercules. Hera found out and was enraged.

Cronus was told that one day he would be dethroned by his own son, losing the position as supreme ruler of the universe. To avoid his terrible fate, Cronus began swallowing his own children as they were born. As expected, his wife Rhea was not pleased. Rhea traveled to Crete to hide in a cave of Mount Dicte, in order to give birth to Zeus. Rhea gave Cronus a stone wrapped in clothes to swallow as if it were his newborn son, Zeus.

In Ancient Greece, any stranger visiting could be a god in disguise, so they need to be shown the best hospitality possible. Athena advocated for Odysseus to be freed from Calypso’s island, telling Zeus that her, “heart breaks for Odysseus.” Additionally, Athena, in disguise, provides advice to Odysseus, telling him not to tell Penelope every detail of his journey and transforms Odysseus into an old beggar. Athena helps Telemachus emotionally mature as Mentes. She tells him, “Why any man of sense who changed among them would be outraged.”

In Greek mythology, Zeus (Jupiter in Latin) was the supreme deity who was linked to thunder, lightning, and the sky. Jupiter, the Roman version of Zeus, was revered as the deity of the sky and thunder and was also regarded as the monarch of the gods. He was also related to the Roman government and its rules. According to Greek mythology, Aphrodite was the goddess of love, beauty, and procreation (Venus in Latin).

Greek mythology is a person favorite thing to research about because the things like goddesses,monsters, places. In greek mythology zeus is the youngest son that cronus and rhea have, he was the supreme ruler olympics and the pantheon of gods, and originally worshiped as a weather god by greek tribes. Zeus won the draw and became the supreme the ruler of gods, as well as lord of the sky and rain. Zeus the deity of the universe, ruler of the skies and earth,zeus is important to greek mythology, because he was the god of the sky and the ruler of olympian gods.

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Zeus’s Influence in Mythology Zeus is an incredibly important character in Greek Mythology, and plays a role in almost every myth. Some believe his actions are for good, while others oppose by saying he is mostly a negative god. Evidence that proves Zeus’s personality is in the Myths: Kronos and Zeus, proving he is a good god, Prometheus, proving he is a negative god, and Demeter, which is most enjoyable to me. In the end, Zeus has proven to make some unfavorable decisions, but also many admirable ones. The myth Kronos and Zeus, illustrates some acts of Zeus that are in a positive light.

After swallowing 5 of his children, Cronus’s wife Rhea was filled with sorrow and anger. So when it came to Zeus, her last child, she was determined to save him at least. In the myth the author states, “ Anxious to keep the secret of his existence from Cronus, Rhea sent the infant Zeus secretly to Crete where he was fed, protected, and educated. Zeus eventually dethroned his father, who was banished from his kingdom and deprived forever of the supreme power.”

Zeus was raised by a goat so when Zeus was powerful enough he would fight his father and demanded to throw up his sibling. When he fought his father, all came out grown up and together fought his dad and the titans. Zeus sibling were Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia. Hera, one Zeus wife’s and sister, wasn’t the first to be married to him his first wife was metis. Metis was the goddess of wisdom and was a titan.

Zeus had a reputation of being a pugnacious character, often finding it hard to maintain a friendship with his fellow immortals. He watched the loving, inseparable pals enjoy every waking moment of their cherished time together. With each passing second, Zeus’s anger and frustration grew rapidly, like a fire burning with the heat of a thousand sons. The king of gods, believed by both the mortal and immortal to be the epitome of power, was losing his patience. Attempting to eliminate his childish angst, Zeus ignored Apollo and Shade, the vivacious and lively gods.

There are ones about him children, his love affairs, his battles, and his hand in so many things that take place throughout other gods, goddesses, and mortals lives. Zeus’ birth story like many others was a dramatic event but I found it to be sweet and happy. Zeus’ parents were Rhea and Cronus and exactly like other gods Cronus was paranoid about being overthrown by his kids. Every time Rhea gave birth Cronus would take the baby and swallow it. So, Rhea finally had enough when she became pregnant once again, she goes to her parents and begs for help.

Zeus was the youngest son of six children from Cronus and Rhea. Zeus’ five other siblings were swallowed by Cronus to ensure him from being overthrown. When Zeus was born, Gaia and Rhea tricked Cronus by switching the infant with a stone. Cronus then swallowed the stone thinking it was Zeus, however he was hidden away and raised behind the scenes. When Zeus reached manhood he forced Cronus to disgorge his siblings and then released Cronus’ siblings from Tartarus.

Zeus was as cruel as God, and they invariably thought of themselves, and considered their life insignificant. In the bible, God punished people who didn’t believed in him, even took their life. In the Greek myths, Zeus also took lives of neighbors of Philemon and Baucis, because he thought they who dwelt in the valley wicked and deserved penalty. The strong power .doesn’t mean they can hurt others, which makes think of officers.