Zeus

*"Even I... at times... am powerless. We're not infallible."*
―**Zeus** to **Heron** in *Back to Olympus*.
**Zeus** was the King of Olympus and the father of Heron.

## History

Zeus revealed he was not raised by his father, and when they finally met he was forced to kill him.

Banding together with his fellow gods, Zeus defeated the last titan. But as the last titan fell, he swore a curse on the gods, and when his blood struck the sea the Giants were born. These monsters were brought into the world for a single purpose: to destroy the realm of the gods. A hellish war known as the Gigantomachy then begun. The gods swore to defeat the giants and rid them from the earth. Both gods and giants fell alike. Still, neither side would relent, and the two factions battled on endlessly, incapable of conquering the other. Until one day, Zeus convinced two of the giants to take up arms with the gods. Soon Zeus would lead one final attack. Zeus ordered Hermes to gather their souls while their remains were cast into the ocean, to be forever swallowed by the tides. The smith of the gods Hephaestus forged the grand automaton Talos to stand guard over the cauldron, forever sworn to keep it shut so that this evil would never return.

Zeus eventually took Hera's hand in marriage and became ruler of the Greek gods. He and Hera did have a son together named Ares. Over the course of his marriage, however, Zeus had several affairs that resulted in the birth of Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, and Heron.

### Throughout the Series

In "A Call to Arms,"

Zeus tells Heron the story of the Gigantamchy. He then makes a sword for him.

In "Past is Prologue,"

Zeus falls in love with Electra and later saves her.

In "The Raid,"

Zeus helps Heron and Alexia escape from Seraphim.

In "A Monster is Born,"

Zeus is unable to save Seraphim.

In "Escape or Die,"

Zeus inervenes to save Heron from Seraphim.

In "Back to Olympus,"

Zeus trains Heron and escorts him to the fates.

In "The Fields of the Dead,"

Zeus watchs the resurrection of the giants and is critcially injured by Hera in disguise as Hermes.

In "War for Olympus,"

Zeus battles the giants and then Hera, before self-sacrificaing himself to save Hera.

## Personality

According to Hera, after the war Zeus did little than drink, carouse, and feed his every desire. Zeus was also an unfaithful husband, having several illicit affairs with mortal women and goddesses alike, that produced several illegitimate children. He did admit that despite his affairs he did love Hera, at one point or another, even sacrificing his life to save hers from a giant.

## Physical Appearance

Like all the Greek gods, Zeus is very tall, muscular, and handsome. He had shoulder-length dark brown hair, a neatly trimmed brown-and-gray beard, and bright electric-blue eyes. He wears blue and white robes with threads of gold and golden accessories.

## Powers and Abilities

As the King of Olympus, Zeus was arguably the most powerful of the Gods, despite being the youngest of his siblings. Although he possessed a wide range of abilities and powers, he himself admitted that he was not all-powerful. His actions on the mortal world are confined by the will of the Fates, and even he did not dare face all the other gods on Olympus when they banded together.

* **Immortality:** Like all the gods, Zeus was ageless, if not extremely long-lived.
* **Superhuman Durability:** Zeus possessed immense levels of superhuman durability but ultimately proved not to be invulnerable.
* **Remote Viewing:** Zeus was capable of remotely viewing events happening miles away and sensing the prayers of the Greeks.
* **Telepathy:** Zeus could enter the minds of others to communicate telepathically or project memories.
* **Telekinesis:** Zeus could manipulate objects through telekinesis. His telekinetic aura was colored light blue and glowed around the objects he telekinetically manipulated.
* **Atmokinesis:** As God of the Sky, Zeus was capable of manipulating the weather.
	+ **Supernatural Concealment:** By covering Electra and Heron's village in dark clouds, he was able to shield them from Hera's sight.
	+ **Advanced Electrokinesis:** Zeus could generate powerful lightning bolts at will. In moments of anger, his eyes glowed blue and shot tiny volts of electricity.
* **Limited Chlorokinesis:** Zeus was able to conceal Alexia in a bush of blue roses to hide her from Seraphim.
* **Shapeshifting:** Zeus could alter his size and shape at will, taking the form of an eagle and King Periander. He even created and assumed the identity of an old man to keep watch over Heron and Electra in secret.
* **Flight:** Zeus is capable of flight and levitation.
* **Teleportation:** Zeus was capable of teleportation, manifesting himself through lighting strikes or bright flashes of light.
* **Wildness Manipulation:** Zeus can control or influence the behavior of animals, allowing him to calm wild animals, as seen when he induced a bear to nurse Seraphim.

## Weaknesses

* **Grievous Bodily Harm:** Sufficient damage to Zeus' body could incapacitate or, apparently, kill him despite his divinity. Hera managed to seriously wound him with a knife to his neck and in his final moments, he seemed to obliterate himself with his own lightning in a massive explosion.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* *A Call to Arms*
* *Past is Prologue*
* *The Raid*
* *A Monster is Born*
* *Escape or Die*
* *Back to Olympus*
* *The Fields of the Dead*
* *War for Olympus*

## Trivia

* In *Back to Olympus*, Zeus confirmed the existence of Perseus and Hercules in the series.
* The show's creators associated Zeus with the color blue for both his eyes, clothes, and lightning, as well as a nod to the Games of Thrones books.
* Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods of Mount Olympus. His name is cognate with the first element of his Roman equivalent Jupiter. His mythology and powers are similar, though not identical, to those of Indo-European deities such as Jupiter, Perkūnas, Perun, Indra, Dyaus and Thor.

## Gallery

* Promotional Material
* Concept Art
* Screencaps

Zeus as Elias character model

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *The Raid*
2. ↑ *Back to Olympus*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 *The Fields of the Dead*
4. ↑ *War for Olympus*
5. ↑  Blood of Zeus (@BloodofZeus) on Twitter "Spot on. And we used blue because that is a color we associated with Zeus in the show (his eyes, clothes & lightening). But Shaunt, our amazing director, also made them blue as a nod of recognition to the Game of Thrones books. No way anyone would know that but cool nonetheless." (screenshot)