Zeus (Clash of the Titans)

## Zeus

### Personality

Wise, hot-tempered (sometimes), stubborn, forgiving, fatherly, supportive, protective, arrogant (formerly), familial, regretful, forgiving, stubborn

### Appearance

Tall and lean, with brown hair, blue eyes, mid-length beard, and with white robes

### Occupation

God of the sky, lightning, thunder, law, order, and justice
King of the Heavens
King of the Greek Gods
Lord of Olympus

### Goal

Make men worship the gods again by punishing them, but not at the cost of Perseus' life
Protect his son.
To make the world safe for Perseus by defeating Kronos.

### Relatives

*For his Riordan counterpart, see Zeus.*

**Zeus** is one of the main characters on the Clash of of the Titans and the main deuteragonist of Wrath of the Titans. He was the father of all the gods and the humans, as well as his demigod children, Perseus and the human girl, Saundra Wilkins.

## Early life

Zeus was spared by the fate of his older siblings when his mother Rhea hid him from Kronos. Zeus and his brothers usurped the throne from their father and split the responsibilities of the world. He took over the skies, Poseidon took over the seas and Zeus tricked his brother.

### Original Film

Zeus is told by Poseidon that his former lover Danae and his son, Perseus, has been tossed into the sea by her father, King Acrisius. He orders Poseidon to unleash the Kraken as punishment to destroy the city of Argos.

In the final act of the film, Zeus sees his son collapse out of exhaustion on the Joppa colosseum. Zeus uses magic to restore his son to health. In doing so, Perseus saves Andromeda in time, using Medusa's head to petrify the Kraken and turn it to stone.

Proud of his son, Zeus proclaims his son is triumphant. Most of the gods fear of other heroes like Perseus. However, Zeus adds that his son is fortunate and wishes none of the gods enact vengeance on Perseus and instead for him to live a happy life with Andromeda. He predicts they will rule wisely, have fine sons and leave a legacy behind. He tells his fellow gods to have his daughter-in-law Andromeda, son Perseus, Pegasus and even the vain Cassiopeia be placed memorialized as constellations in the stars. He proclaims, that the stars will tell their stories until the end of time and that men will look up to them whenever they feel lost.

### 2010 Remake

In the 2010 remake, Zeus is portrayed significantly younger than Laurence Olivier's performance having brown hair as opposed to white. He also interacts with Perseus more than once in the film.

Angered by the Mortals' resistance, Zeus is angered by their defiance and denies all of the gods' conviction to reach a truce with the humans. They are disturbed by the arrival of Hades, who proclaims that he has a way to make the humans love and respect them again. Blinded by anger, Zeus  allows Hades to go to Argos and threaten the humans with  unleashing the Kraken. Hermes comes to Zeus and announces that his son, Perseus, is alive.

Despite claiming not to help Perseus, Zeus gifts his son with a sword and a winged-horse, Pegasus.  However, Perseus refuses everything his father gives him. After Perseus confronted the three Stygian Witches, Zeus appeared to Perseus and offered his son immortality. However, Perseus refuses to acknowledge Zeus as his father and accept the god's offer of Immortality.  Instead, Zeus gives Perseus a drachma  to bribe the ferryman, Charon.

Hades reveals his intentions to his brother: to feed off of the fear of humans and gain more power. Zeus realizes he can only rely on Perseus now.

With the combined forces of father and son, Zeus is called upon by Perseus and sends lightning to his son's sword, who hurls it at Hades and banish Hades back into the Underworld with Perseus' sword and Zeus' lightning. They both predict that Hades will return and attempt to take advantage of men growing weak and their fears again.

### *Wrath of the Titans*

As the walls of Tartarus are beginning to fall, Zeus realizes that his father is breaking out of Tartarus and that the gods' powers are falling and their work is becoming undone. He visits his son and grandson one night, hoping to convince Perseus to come with him to the Underworld and contain Kronos in his prison. However, Perseus refuses his father in favor of staying with his son, Helius. Zeus travels to the Underworld alone, where he meets with Hades, Poseidon and Ares. However, the gods of the Undrworld and the god of War immediately ambush Zeus and Poseidon, who is mortally wounded and gets away. Hades and Ares announce their plan is to drain Zeus of his power and life source and bring Kronos back into power.

Rendered useless, Zeus sends a call out to Perseus, who is on his way to rescue his father from the Underworld.Nearing death, Zeus apologizes to Hades for abandoning him in the Underworld to be hated. At that moment, Perseus, Andromeda and Agenor appear. Perseus uses Poseidon's trident and the powers he inherited from Zeus to break his father out of his prison. Ares hurls Hades' pitchfork at Zeus,. Though it wounds Zeus, Perseus is able to claim it and form the Spear of Triam, the only weapon able to defeat Kronos. Zeus tells Perseus to use the love and motivation for his son, Helius to face off at Kronos.

Hades appears to his brother, and claims that he forgives his brother before transferring some of his powers to Zeus, restoring his youth and some of his powers. The reconciled brothers decide to go out on the battlefield and use their powers before they had weapons. During the battle, Zeus is mortally wounded by Kronos.

Before he crumbles to dust, Zeus thanks Perseus before disappearing. Zeus tells Perseus to use his powers wisely and that the world needs people like him.

## Family

* Kronos (father)
* **Hera** (wife/sister)
* **Poseidon** (brother)
* **Hades** (brother)
* **Perseus** (son)
* **Saundra Wilkins** (daughter)
* **Helius** (grandson)
* **Io** (daughter-in-law)
* **Bilbo Baggins** (adoptive father of his daughter)
* Eli Wilkins(son-in-law)
* **Bella Baggins** (granddaughter)
* **Ronnie Wilkins** (granddaughter)
* **Agenor** (nephew)