2. Origin
Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, and
the youngest of his siblings. In most
traditions he is married to Hera, although, at
the oracle of Dodona his consort is Dione:
according to the Iliad, he is the father of
Aphrodite by Dione. He is known for his
erotic escapades. These resulted in many
godly and heroic offspring, including
Athena, Apollo and Artemis(by Demeter),
Hermes Persephone, Dionysus, Perseus,
Heracles, Helen of Troy, Minos, and the
Muses (by Mnemosyne); by Hera, he is
usually said to have fathered Ares, Hebe and
Hephaestus.
3. The Thunder bolt
Zues wields a thunder
bolt as his weapon any time he needs to go
into battle.Created by Hephaestus,the god of
fire with the help of Cyclopes the thunder
bolt was made holding many powers the
thunderbolt can in greek mythlogy cause a
thunderstorm or strike down at those who
opposed him and many other powers it
wields.
4. How Zues
became the boss
When zues was a boy
his father cronus made him compete
with his two older brothers hades and
poisodon.Zues who won became the god
of the sky and the ruler of the
olmpyians,Posiedon who came in 2nd
became the god of the seas,Finally Hades
who come in 3rd
became the authority of
the underworld.
5. Affairs
As zues was ruler of the
olypians many of the minor and major
gods and goddesses were his own
children.As his orginal wife was Hera he
had many secret affairs with many other
women such as Demeter and Persephone.