| Names: | Zeus; Cronides/ Cronion (Son of Cronus). Lat. Jupiter/ Jove. |
| Epithets: | Cloud-driver; Father. |
| Powers: | King of Olympians. Thunder-storm; lightning; rain; clouds. Protector
of guests;
supplicants; oaths. |
| Attributes and symbols: | Thunder-bolt; sceptrum; eagle. |
| Gifts to mortals: | Kingdoms; justice. |
| Origin: | Son of Cronus & Rhea. As a baby, hidden in the cave on Crete;
mother fed to the
baby-eating father a swaddled stone. |
| Loves: | Metis (swallowed); Leto; Demeter; Maia; Io (turned into cow);
Europa (abducted by the
bull); Semele (incinerated); Danae (golden shower); Alcmena (as husband); Leda (as a swan); Juturna (Italic nymph), et al. |
| Spouse: | Hera (sister). |
| Children: | Athena (out of his head - from swallowed Metis); Ares, Hebe (from
Hera); Apollo &
Artemis (fromLeto); Persephone (from Demeter); Hermes (from Maia); Dionysus (from Semele, sewn in Zeus' thigh); Minos & Rhadamanthys (from Europa); Perseus (from Danae); Heracles (from Alcmena); Dioscuri, Helen (from Leda); Sarpedon, et al. |
| Chosen people/ places: | Dodona (orcle); Olympia (famous temple and games). |
| Pageant: | Eagle; Ganymedes; Nike; thunderbolts. Olympian court. |
| Allies/ favorites: | Kings. |
| Adversaries: | Cronus (father) & Titans; Prometheus; Typhon. Occasionally,
Hera, Poseidon. Mortals:
Tantalus; Ixion; Sisyphus; Salmoneus. |
| Victims: | Metis (swallowed); Io (cow-girl); Semele (incinerated); Capaneus;
Asclepius (struck by
thunderbolt). All humanity - destroyed by flood. |
| Notes: | Widely considered the best lover. |