King Zeus Research Paper

Alayna Abbott Mr. Balistreri English 1 6 February, 2017 Zeus Greek God of the rain, lightning, the sky, thunder, and the ruler of all olympian gods. Most of you may know who im talking about, but if you don’t it’s Zeus. I’m here to tell you about what made him who he is today, and the stories that he is in. You’ll also learn the importance of him growing up, and what got him to where he is today.

In Greek mythology Hercules is known for his strength and courage, considered as half man and half god. He was an adventurous superhuman born from mortal mother and the son of god Zeus. Hera, the jealous wife of Zeus decided to kill Hercules after his birth. Hercules then married the Theben princess Megara and had three children. However, Hera wasn’t happy about him. She was filled hatred of him, and as time goes, this situation made him to kill his wife and all his children. Hercules then felt guilty about the crime he had done. Hercules was charged to serve his cousin, king Eurystheus, and the ‘twelve labors’ were given to him as punishments. Those labors are a call to adventure that made Hercules to cross the threshold

Beginning around 700 B.C., stories by Homer and other Greek poets told of the lives of powerful gods who involved themselves in human affairs. Supreme among these gods was Zeus, but to the Romans he was known as Jupiter. Zeus was the supreme god and ruler of Olympus. He was known by many titles: Lord of the Sky, the Cloud- gatherer, the Rain-god, and Zeus the Thunderer. All of which are the most popular names dating back to ancient Greek history and mythology.

her to give him the baby so he could swallow it. She hid Zeus in a

As goddess of marriage and family, Hera wanted to represent the ideal woman. Unfortunately for Hera, her husband, Zeus, had many secret affairs causing Hera to be jealous and vengeful, particularly aimed towards her husband, his lovers, and people that deceived her. There were many stories that clearly display Hera’s jealousy, but one of the most well known stories was the tale of Zeus and Leto resulting in the birth of two important gods. Zeus decided to pursue Leto, but when he realized that Hera was watching, he transformed himself and Leto in quails. Even though Zeus had taken measures to protect himself and Leto, Hera saw them together.

Zeus was not faithful; Hera had a belligerence toward Zeus. She started a revolt against him and planned to kill him. She thought that she could strap him under a tree with some ropes and whip him. It seemed like the plan would work but it only became total chaos. Zeus came back, and punished Hera in a portentous way by hanging her and whipping her. He made her promise not to harm him again.

“The supreme deity of Greek mythology has his lusty, tempestuous story recast in engaging fashion by Stone”(ProQuest). Zeus was thought of as the father of gods and men. While he did not make them, he protected them, and therefore was considered a father to them. He ruled over the sky and air, and controlled everything that happened in his domains from his throne on Mount Olympus. To gain his throne, he overthrew his father, Cronos, with the help of his siblings, and then dividing up the realms between him and his two elder brothers. Zeus became lord of the sky and rain, Poseidon took the title lord of the sea, and Hades became ruler of the underworld. He then banished his father to the shadowy Tartarus in the underworld. Zeus was the most

Zeus was the son of Cronus and Rhea. When Cronus heard someone say that one of his sons would overthrow him just like he did to his father he got very angry and scared. This led to Cronus swallowing each of his children to make sure he stayed in power. Only one of the children got out by having Rhea feed Cronus a stone wrapped in cloth instead of Zeus. After Rhea saved Zeus he left and trained because he would one day come back and overthrow his father and force his to give back his siblings.

I am Zeus, supreme ruler of all the gods. My parents are Cronus and Rhea. My father is king of the Titans. I am the brother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, and Poseidon. My father ate all of my brothers and sisters before i was even born, but they didn't get digested. When i was born my mother tricked my father and fed him a rock instead of me! After that my mother raised me without telling my father that i was even alive. My mother and her friends took care of me in a dark cave on an island called Crete. Growing up, I was taken care of by tender nymphs and a magical goat named Amaltheia.

Theseus’ quest hoped to end the unnecessary sacrifices, but caused another. Theseus’ father, Aegeus was the King of Athens. Aegeus put a sword and shoes in a hole under a boulder, when Theseus could lift the stone, he was old enough to become the heir. Theseus was successful and traveled to Athens by land, a perilous route, killing all the bandits. Upon arrival at Athens he was praised and invited to the King’s dinner. Aegeus recognized his sword in Theseus’ hand and declared Theseus as his son and the heir. Every nine years the Minotaur took fourteen victims into his Labyrinth and Theseus was determined to end the cycle. He offered to be a victim, with a plan to kill the beast. In exchange for a marriage, Theseus received a ball of yarn along

Zeus’ affinity for being the main character of a myth is no different in the epic myth about his fight against Cronus and the Titans or the “Titanomachy.” In this larger-than-life battle Zeus has to overthrow his father Cronus and take his predestined place as king of the gods. In this myth however, Zeus has to grow and overcome many challenges that stand in his way to greatness. Zeus has to ask for help from his mother in order to be able to free his sibling from his father Cronus who had swallowed them whole. After Zeus frees his siblings he has to face the mighty Titans, so he asks the Cyclops and the Hecatonchires to aid him in this battle that lasts

Hades was born on the island of Crete to Cronus and Rhea. When Hades was just an infant, he was devoured by Cronus to prevent a prophecy. This prophecy stated that Cronus would be overthrown by his children as the new rulers. Eventually, Hades and his siblings were freed by Zeus and Cronus was overthrown. Hades went on to become the God of the Dead and King of the Underworld.

Greek Mythology, used to explain the unknown. The Greeks never had the technology to discover why things happened the way they did. For that reason, they would believe in stories about Gods and Goddesses that determined their everyday lives. They would worship and sacrifice living beings to show their respect for the Gods. Over time, they developed the story of how the world was created, their main Gods and Goddesses, and traditions and rituals.

The conclusion of the Titanomachy, the war between the titans and the olympic gods led to the creation of man as two spared titans Prometheus and his brother Epimetheus shaped man out of mud as Athena the goddess of wisdom breathed life into the clay figures. With the creation of man and animals, prometheus assigned Epimetheus to give the creatures of earth various qualities such as Swiftness, cunningness, strength, fur and wings. However as he got to man, all the good qualities where taken leading to Prometheus giving man the ability to stand upright like the gods and the power of fire. Prometheus began to favor man more then the olympians as Zeus demanded man to sacrifice portion of each food to the gods leading to Prometheus tricking Zeus.

Summary: After refusing Zeus many times, Hera was tricked into being married to Zeus when he turned into a cuckoo bird that was freezing in the cold. Pitying it, she held the bird in her embrace, and he turned into himself and took advantage of her. Ashamed, they quickly got married in the Garden of Hesperides. All the gods gave them great gifts, but best of all was Gaia’s; a tree that bears golden apples. Hera planted it in the Garden and set a dragon Ladon to guard the golden fruit.