His greatest enemy was the storm giant Typhon, who was stronger than all the gods combined. His lightning bolt was so powerful it was capable of destroying the bodies of gods and Titans. His greatest weapon was the lightning bolt, capable of shearing mountains, vaporizing islands, boiling the seas and razing entire cities. He was physically very strong enough to lift mountains, and could move at incredible speeds. He was also weak compared to the old primordial deities. Zeus had some control over fate, but weaker compared to the Moirae. He also controlled the powers of all his children and sisters, and could remove or grant their powers as well.
He controlled the movements of stars, day and night, the sun and the moon decided the lifespan of mortals and controlled the effects of time. As god of the sky, Zeus held absolute control over the winds, thunderstorms, rain, moisture, clouds, lightning and weather. In fact, it was said that he was more powerful than all the Olympians (and Hades) put together since many of the gods feared him and tried to trick him rather than challenge him out right. Zeus was one of the three most powerful gods, along with his brothers, Poseidon and Hades. He remained faithful for 300 years, but began to cheat on her with many women, much to Hera's sadness. Zeus married his aunt, Mnemosyne, Titaness of Memory, and fathered the nine muses with her.įinally, Zeus fell in love with his elder and most beautiful sister, Hera and married her as queen. Later the god fell in love with his sister, Demeter, and had the goddess, Persephone with her. Zeus next married Eurynome, Metis's sister, and had the three Graces with her. When she gave birth to the Three Fates, Zeus ended the marriage for fear of a more powerful child. His next wife was the Titaness of Justice, Themis, Zeus's aunt. Luckily, a daughter, Athena was born, so no danger posed to Zeus. When he found out that she would bear him a son more powerful than him, Zeus swallowed the pregnant Metis. Zeus first married his cousin, Metis, the Titaness of Wise Counsel. He dispensed justice at his own whims, and punished people who offended him. He is rightfully proud of His position as King of Gods, forever hogging the limelight in many Greek myths.
He is afterall, dispenser of Justice! Although He is a rampant womanizer, much to his wife, Hera's chagrin, He is Truly a God of honour. Zeus is depicted as a tall muscular man with white, brown or gray beard, much like his father, Kronos and brother, Poseidon as well as Hades. As for the palace at Mount Othrys, It was buried beneath hundreds of boulders thrown by the Hekatonkheires. Iapetos, Koios, Krios and Hyperion were imprisoned in Tartarus, Kronos was cut into pieces with his own scythe before being thrown into Tartarus, Atlas was cursed to forever hold up the sky, Menoitios was struck down by a Thunderbolt from Zeus and thrown into Erebos. A ten-year war erupted between the Olympians and the Titans and their allies and the Olympians and theirs. Zeus then killed Kampe (the dragon lady who had been acting as the jailer for the Elder Cyclops and the Hekatonkheires) Zeus freed the Elder Cyclops and the Hekatonkheires recruiting them for battle. The Elder Cyclops and the Hekatonkheires helped build the palace on Mount Olympus and built weapons for the Olympians. The three forged The Helm of Darkness for Hades, A Trident for Poseidon and Lightning Bolt for Zeus. Not long after Zeus allied himself with his brothers, the three went to Tartarus where they convinced the Elder Cyclops to make them weapons. After gaining Kronos' trust he eventually served him a mixture of mustard and wine which made Kronos ill and caused him to vomit up the five children he had eaten. When Zeus came of age he entered the service of his father becoming his father's cupbearer. Meanwhile, Rhea gave a boulder wrapped in blankets to Kronos who ate that instead. The Kouretes & Daktyloi were three, five, or nine rustic Daimones (Spirits) appointed by Rhea to guard the infant god Zeus In order to keep him safely hidden from his cannibalistic father, the Titan Kronos, they drowned out his cries with a frenzied dance of clashing spear and shield.
His other full siblings had been eaten by Kronos as soon as they were born (Kronos had been hoping to avoid one of them overthrowing him) Rhea however gave birth to Zeus in a cave on Mount Ida in Crete where she hid him. Zeus was the sixth child of Kronos & Rhea.