Zeus

> *"Come, try me, immortals, so all of you can learn. Hang a great golden cable down from the heavens, lay hold of it, all you gods, and all goddesses too: you can never drag me down from sky to earth, not Zeus, the highest, mightiest king of kings, not even if you worked yourselves to death. But whenever I'd set my mind to drag you up, in deadly earnest, I'd hoist you all with ease, you and the earth, you and the sea, all together, then loop that golden cable round a horn, bind it fast and leave the whole world dangling in mid-air. That is how far I tower over gods and men."*
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## Zeus

### Aliases

* Jupiter
* Ammons

### Titles

* Father of the Gods
* King of the Gods
* Son of Cronus
* God of the Sky
* God of Lightning
* Lord of the Dii Consentes
* Overdeity
* The Supreme Pagan God
* Divine Emperor of the Gods
* Grand-High God

## Personal Status

### Relatives

* Cronus, Rhea (Parents)
* Hestia, Poseidon (Older siblings)
* Hera Teleia (Older sister; wife)
* Hades (Older brother; son-in-law)
* Demeter (Older sister; former lover)
* Hermes (Son, via Maia)
* Ares, Hephaestus, Hebe (Children, via Hera Teleia)
* Apollon Agana Belea, Artemis Khryselakatos Iokheira (Children, via Leto)
* Athena Pallas (Eldest daughter, via Metis)
* Dionysus (Son, via Semele)
* Hercules (Son, via Alcmene)
* Muses (Daughters, via Mnemosyne)
* Helen of Troy, Polydeuces (Children, via Leda)
* Perseus (Son, via Danae)
* Persephone (Estranged daughter, via Demeter)

## Professional Status

### Occupation(s)

* King of the Gods

**Zeus** is the God son of Cronus and Rhea, husband of Hera and father of Athena, Ares, Hephaestus, and many other gods and demigods. He is the **King of the Gods**.

## Personality

Zeus was infamous for his lust of beautiful mortals: indeed, the King of the Gods transcended male, female and even species when it came to his many affairs. His lascivious actions in bed always left a very positive mark on the mortals he slept with, which of course enraged Hera to no end. Zeus was known to have slept with many women aside from Hera, and he had many sons and daughters.

Despite Zeus' near-never ending lust for "magnificent women", as his fellow gods describe it, and infidelity towards Hera (his sister/wife), he was still the upholder of the universal order. Zeus brought justice upon humans in an attempt to make them better, make them more enlightened and educated. He would most often punish oathbreakers, liars, and violators of sacred hospitality.

He is strict and can be sometimes cruel in his rulership, yet he is benevolent and fair to his subjects, children, servants, and worshippers. His job and status as chief deity makes him sometimes a cruel and arrogant king, specially when he is obsessive to claim things that he wants to, as he always puts himself in a higher position than the other gods. But when it comes to important matters, he is honorable and just; for example, he almost always honors his subjects' decisions. He can also be (at times) very carefree, easygoing, and laid back in his job and status as a chief deity like Odin and his brother, Poseidon.

## History

Cronus, his father, had sired six children in this order with Rhea, his wife: Hestia, Hades, Demeter, Hera, Poseidon and Zeus himself. But Cronus swallowed them all because of a prophecy claiming that he would be overthrown by his son, like he had overthrown his own father. Rhea, seeking revenge, hid Zeus at birth and gave Cronus a rock wrapped in cloth to swallow instead.

After reaching manhood, Zeus forced Cronus to disgorge first the stone, then his siblings in reverse order of swallowing. Then Zeus released the brothers of Cronus, the Gigantes, the Hecatonchires and the Cyclopes, from their dungeon in Tartarus, killing their guard, Campe.

Together, Zeus and his brothers and sisters, along with the Gigantes, Hecatonchires and Cyclopes overthrew Cronus and the other Titans, in the battle called the Titanomachy. The defeated Titans were then cast into a shadowy underworld region known as Tartarus. Atlas, one of the titans that fought against Zeus, was punished by having to hold up the sky.

After the battle with the Titans, Zeus shared the world with his elder brothers, Poseidon and Hades, by drawing lots: Zeus got the sky and air, Poseidon the waters, and Hades the world of the dead (the Underworld). The ancient Earth, Gaia, could not be claimed; she was left to all three, each according to their capabilities, which explains why Poseidon was the "earth-shaker" (the god of earthquakes) and Hades claimed the humans that died. Gaia resented the way Zeus had treated the Titans, because they were her children. Soon after taking the throne as king of the gods, Zeus had to fight some of Gaia's other children, the monsters Typhon and Echidna. He vanquished Typhon and trapped him under Mount Etna, but left Echidna and her children alive.

## Equipment

* **The Master Bolt**: By far Zeus’ most powerful and terrifying weapon, the Master Bolt is a weapon forged by the Cyclopes after they were released from the earth and given to Zeus to aid him against the Titans in the Titanomachy. It is a two foot long cylinder made of Celestial Bronze capable of summoning lightning powerful enough to evaporate entire oceans and even stagger Typhon.

### Formerly

* **The Aegis**: Forged by Hephaestus as a gift to his father, this is the legendary golden shield of Zeus, which is strong enough to block his lightning bolts. Zeus later gave it to Athena as a gift.

## Relationships

### Children:

#### Athena Pallas

Zeus loves his dear daughter and advisor, Athena. He makes it clear that Athena is possibly his favorite child, calling her the *perfect daughter*, far more so than any of his other Ascim children. Athena, on the other hand, warmly reciprocates and respects her father Zeus as the king of Ascim, but probably disapproves of some of his ill-advised actions.

## Trivia

* His name "Zeus" means "to shine" or "sky, heaven, or god".
	+ According to Plato, his name means "cause of life always to all things".