Zeus is the main god in Greek mythology, the third god-king, the ruler of Mount Olympus, the son of Cronus and Rhea, who rules the celestial realm, and many gods of Olympus and many Greek heroes are the children of him and different women. He uses thunder and lightning (also known as "thunderbolts") as weapons to maintain order between heaven and earth, and the bull and eagle are his symbols. His brothers Poseidon and Hades ruled the seas and the underworld, respectively, and the goddess Hera was the last wife of Zeus.

As the god of the sky, Zeus mastered various celestial phenomena such as wind and rain, and thunderbolts and lightning were the means he used to express his will to humans. He controls all the affairs of the world and mixes up with the god of fate, but sometimes he himself has to be at the mercy of fate.

Zeus, who sits on Mount Olympus and has supreme power and power, is the guide of justice, and his rule over mankind is impartial. His counsel is not easily understood, His decisions are unchangeable, and His will is the will of divine, inerrant wisdom.

The main shrine of Zeus was in Olympia in Ellis, where the Temple of Zeus was built, and a grand sacrificial arena was held every 4 years. The modern Olympic Games originated from the sports competitions held in his honor.

Zeus had many children with some goddesses and mortal women, who were either gods or half-human and half-god heroes, so Zeus is also known as the father of gods and mortals. The image of Zeus often appears in literary works such as epics and tragedies in ancient Greece.

Zeus (English: Zeus, modern Greek: Δίας, ancient Greek: Ζεύς, Roman: Jupiter) is the third generation of the king of gods in ancient Greek mythology, the head of the twelve gods of Olympus, the supreme main god who rules the universe (in ancient Greek mythology, the main god refers to Zeus), people often use "the father of gods", "the king of gods", "heavenly father", "father Zeus" to call him, is the greatest god among the gods in Greek mythology. Zeus is the youngest son of the second god-king god-kings Kronus and Rhea, and the grandson of the first-generation god-king god-king god-queen Ouranos and Gaia. The main shrine of Zeus was in Olympia in Ellis, where the Temple of Zeus was built, and a grand sacrificial arena was held every 4 years. The modern Olympic Games originated from the sports competitions held in his honor.

Zeus is the son of the titan god Kronus (the ninth god). Kronos is a combination of the creativity and destructive power of time, the god of creation and destruction of time and space, the god king who devours all time, the god king who ruled the universe before Zeus, his grandparents were the god of heaven and the god of the earth Gaia, and his mother was the goddess Rhea, who ruled the passage of time. Rhea had many children, but each of them was eaten by Kronos as soon as they were born. When Rhea gave birth to Zeus, she was determined to protect the little life. She wrapped a stone in a cloth and lied that it was a newborn baby, and Kronos swallowed the stone in one gulp. As a result, Zeus escaped, and he was sent to Kronos's sister, the goddess Nymph, to be raised.

When Zeus grew up, he learned of his origins and was determined to save his siblings. He married the wise goddess Metis, followed his wife's scheme, and lured his father Kronos to take vomiting medicine, and Kronos kept vomiting after taking the medicine, vomiting all the children in his womb. They are Hestia (Εστα, Hestia), Demeter (Δμητρα), Hera (ρα), Hades (δη, Hades) and Poseidon (Ποσειδν, Poseidon).

Disgusted by his father's tyranny~, Zeus contacted his brothers to wage a war against his father.

The war lasted for ten years and almost destroyed the universe, but it was never clear whether it was won or lost. Later, Zeus followed the advice of his cousin Prometheus the "Prophet" and went to save the imprisoned Cyclops and the Hundred-armed Giants. In return for this kindness, the Cyclops gave Zeus Lightning, the Poseidon Trident, and Hades the Invisible Helmet, while the Hundred-armed Giant fought valiantly on the battlefield. In the end, he finally defeated Kronos.

Zeus imprisoned their father and the defeated Titans in prisons in the Underworld. In order to prevent them from escaping, Zeus ordered Hades to build bronze doors, windows, and walls around the prison, and put the hundred-armed giant and the three-headed dog in charge.

At this time, Gaia, the Mother of Earth, gave birth to a monster named Typhon (Typhoeus/Typhon/Typhaon/Typhos), who poses a great threat to the world and fights against the gods. Zeus went to battle him, striking him with lightning and thunder, which burned into Typhon's heart and caused him to lose his strength. As for Typhon's final fate, it is said that he was crushed underground in the area of Mount Etna. When he gets angry, he causes the volcano to flow out of the lava.

Years later, Ingaia held a grudge against Zeus for imprisoning her Titans' sons, and instigated the giant king of Alcyoneus to rebel against Zeus. However, with Hercules and the gods in the end, Arcuonius was defeated and sent to hell. After the great victory, when it came time to decide who would be king, Zeus and his brothers were not at odds with each other, and seeing that there was another war between them, Prometheus proposed to decide by lot. As a result, Zeus became the king of the heavens, Poseidon the king of the sea, and Hades the king of the underworld. From then on, Zeus was finally able to rule the world in peace, becoming the supreme ruler of the universe, and living in the palace of Mount Olympus with his brothers and sisters.

Zeus's weapon was "lightning fire". Created by Cyclops, the lightning fire is powerful enough to scare the gods.

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The first: Metis, the goddess of wisdom, was Zeus's cousin (or cousin), who gave birth to Athena

The second place: Themis, the goddess of justice, is the aunt (or aunt) of Zeus, and the three goddesses of birth order, namely the goddess of order, the goddess of fairness, and the goddess of peace

3rd place: Eurynome, the goddess of the sea, cousin: the three goddesses of Shengmeihui, namely the goddess of radiance, the goddess of inspiration, and the goddess of joy

Fourth place: Demeter, the goddess of fertility and agriculture and forestry Second sister: Born Persephone

Fifth place: Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory Aunt and aunt: Born to the nine muses

Sixth place: Leto, the goddess of the night, cousin: Twins Artemis and Apollo

Seventh place: Hera, the queen of heaven, is the third sister of Zeus, the god of war Ares, the god of fire Hephaestus, the goddess of youth Heber and Eretia

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Maia, the goddess of wind and rain, Hermes, the god of life

Princess Semene of Thebais, Princess of Argos Dionysus, the god of wine Danaya, born of the great hero Perseus King of Tirins

The Mycenaean princess Alcmene gave birth to the great hero, Hercules

Antiope, daughter of the river god Asopos, born Aegina, daughter of the river god Asobos, king of Thebais, and Aeakus, king of Vonos and judge of the underworld

Europa, princess of Phoenicia, Radamantis, the judge of the underworld, and Minos, the king of Crete, the judge of the underworld, and the king of Lycasia of Asia Minor, the hero Salpedon (died at the hands of Patroclus in the Trojan War)

Leda, the queen of Sparta, gave birth to the heroes Polydutis, Kastor and the stunning beauty Helen

Io, the priestess of Hera, daughter of the river god Inakos, gave birth to Epaphos, king of Egypt

Princess Lykia, born King of Lykia

The nymph Callisto of Artemis, the raw hunter Arcas (Ursa Minor)

In ancient Greek mythology, perhaps Zeus, the king of the gods, was not the aunts and sisters with whom he was in an adulterous manner, nor the princess of Europa who he incarnated as a bull to seduce, but a beautiful Cretan boy, Ganymedes. He turned into an eagle and took the beautiful boy captive, openly loved him on Mount Olympus, aroused Hera's jealousy and designed to kill the beautiful boy, turning him into an Aquarius, Zeus was so sad that he sealed the soul of Ganymedes in the sky, which is the origin of Aquarius.

Homer makes it very clear in the epic poem The Iliad that the reason why Ganymedes was taken captive by Zeus was "his too attractive body". This quote also reveals the most important social weathering phenomenon in the entire ancient Greek period, that is, the mutual love between men for male beauty.

The Temple of Zeus was the religious center of ancient Greece. The temple is located in the southeast of the Acropolis of Athens, Greece, in the middle of a vast flat land on the banks of the Irisos River, which is the area controlled by Zeus, the god of the ancient Greek gods; In ancient Greek times, the site was located outside the walls of Athens, but in the time of Hadlendi, in order to expand the city of Athens, the city walls were expanded outward, and the temple was included in the city.

The temple itself is built in the Doricorder style. Covered in limestone and covered with marble, the temple is supported by 34 Corinthian pillars about 17 meters high, measuring an area of 41.1 meters by 107.75 meters. The stone statues in front of the temple and behind the temple are carved from the marble of the island of Paros. Many of the statues on the herringbone eaves on the west side of the temple are in the style of Athens. It is said that when Phidias was building the statue, he went to Mount Olympus and asked the god Zeus, 'Does Zeus the great god in heaven like this?' and the great god replied by sending down thunderbolts and lightning, cracking the temple pavement. As for the main character of the temple, "Zeus", the so-called 'chryselephantine' technique is used, which is made of wooden scaffolds with ivory carved muscles and gold clothing. The throne was also made of gold on a wooden base, inlaid with ebony, precious stones, and glass, and took eight years to complete.

The statue of Zeus is described in detail in a book by the traveler Pausanias, in which it is written: "The main body of Zeus was made of wood, the exposed parts of his body were covered with ivory, and his clothes were covered with gold. He wears a crown of olive branches on his head, holds a statue of victory made of ivory and gold in his right hand, and holds a scepter inlaid with various metals in his left hand, with a vulture resting on the top of the staff." As for his throne, the head and back of the idol are carved with statues of the "Three Graceful Goddesses" and the "Three Goddesses of the Seasons" (spring, summer, and winter), and the legs and feet are decorated with the dancing goddess of victory and the sphinx, the human head of the sphinx, and other Greek gods, the base is 6.55 meters wide and 1 meter high, and the statue is about 13 meters high, which is equivalent to a four-story modern building. Behind the idol hangs a sacred curtain looted from the temple in Jerusalem. Phidias planned the surrounding changes more precisely, including the light from the temple gate to the statue, in order to make the face of the statue more beautiful and bright, and built a large and shallow pool of olive oil inlaid with black marble in front of the statue, which was used to reflect the light. During the erection period, workers came to wipe the ivory, called "Phidias polishers".

The composition of Zeus, the chronological background, and the decorative statues can be described in detail, but the style of Phidias' work is difficult to determine. According to ancient texts, Phidias reached the pinnacle of his technique in sculpting statues of gods, which gave them an unattainable majesty. The statue of Zeus, in particular, is able to add a unique character to the ordinary religious image.

In order to find out the true meaning of this phrase (the original sculpture of the statue of Phidias has been completely lost), experts and scholars have conducted individual studies on the replicas of the statue of Phidias over the years, hoping to find out the common features. They paid particular attention to the decorative statues of the Parthenon in Athens, which are said to have been overseen by Phidias. Of course, it is difficult to determine which female statue Phidias had carved by hand, as he must have been very busy as the producer and in charge of sculpting the Colossus of Athena in the temple, but it is likely that all the design and style of the statue were decided by Phidias alone. The closest work to the Phidias style is probably the idol of the god on the east side of the temple, but on a different scale. These idols strike a delicate balance between the austere style of the early period and the light-hearted and delicate style of the later period.