Zeus
Greek · deity · primordial · deity
King of the Olympian gods and sky-father, wielder of the thunderbolt; youngest son of Cronus and Rhea, who freed his swallowed siblings and overthrew the Titans to take the throne of Olympus. Father of Heracles by the mortal Alcmene.
Parentage
Children
- Aeacus
- Alexander III of Macedon
- Amphion
- Heracles
- Perseus
- Arcas
- Dardanus
- Eileithyia
- Epaphus
- Helen
- Apollo
- Ares
- Artemis
- Athena
- Dionysus
- Hebe
- Hermes
- Persephone
- Iasion
- Minos
- Pirithous
- Pollux
- Rhadamanthus
- Sarpedon (Cretan)
- Sarpedon (Lycian)
- Tantalus
- Tityus
- Zethus
Domains
- sky
- thunder
- fate
- kingship
Powers
- Gather clouds and send storms
- Hurl thunderbolts / strike with lightning
- Send prophetic omens and signs
- Send omens and prophetic signs
- Transform into beasts and elements
Epithets
- Ὀλύμπιος
- Ξένιος
- Ὅρκιος
- Κτήσιος
- Ἑρκεῖος
- Νεφεληγερέτα
- Σωτήρ
- Πανελλήνιος
- αἰγίοχος
- τερπικέραυνος
- ὑψιβρεμέτης
- εὐρύοπα
- μητίετα
Relations
- lover: Electra
- lover: Ganymede
- enemy: Tantalus
- equated with: Iuppiter
- lover: Danae
- lover: Laodamia
- lover: Leda
- lover: Antiope
- lover: Io
- lover: Elara
- lover: Dia
- lover: Europa
- lover: Callisto
- sibling: Demeter
- sibling: Poseidon
- spouse: Hera
- interpretatio: Iuppiter
- equated with: Amun
- interpretatio: Tinia
- interpretatio: Amun
- interpretatio: Marduk
- interpretatio: Ahura Mazda
- interpretatio: Baalshamin
- syncretism: Baal
- equated with: Tiwaz
- equated with: Lefs
- syncretism: Zibelthiurdos the Lightning-Bearer
- syncretism: Sabazios the Sky-Father Horseman
- interpretatio: Sky-Father Papaios
Sources
- throughout Greek corpus