![]() In the legends associated with his name, Zeus raped many of the women featured in Greek myths, including Callisto, Antiope, Europa and Leda. Each of these acts were excused as part of his obligation to help populate the newly created world where women were seen as docile, and often willing, recipients of the attentions of Zeus. ![]() Adultery, pedophilia, rape and incest were part of his repertoire, as they were throughout the many mythological tales. In fact, Zeus was the epitome of toxic masculinity, filling his story with many wives and even more sexual escapades. (Zairon / CC BY-SA 4.0 ) The Greek God Zeus and His Many Conquestsĭespite being the king of the Greek gods, Zeus was no angel. ![]() Alcyoneus was buried underneath Mount Vesuvius.įall of the Giants depicted on the ceiling of Duke's Villa, Genoa, in Italy. The giant died when Heracles shot Alcyoneus with an arrow and dragged him out of the land of Phlegra. Heracles famously battled against Alcyoneus, a giant whose immortality was dependent on him being in his homeland. This time the Olympians were unable to defeat the giants without the help of a mortal, and Zeus had the perfect candidate in his son, the demigod Heracles. As with most Greek myths, the story had a moral. The battle that followed was known as the Gigantomachy. Angered by the way Zeus had treated his father, Gaia gave birth to the Giants. Zeus became the ruler of the sky, remembered as the Sky Father, whilst Hades and Poseidon became the rulers of the underworld and the seas respectively. After the battle, Zeus divided the world between himself and his older brothers, Hades and Poseidon, by drawing lots. Zeus freed the Cyclopes, who ended up forging his iconic thunder and powerful lightning. ![]() Having forced Cronus to free his other children from the depths of his stomach, the siblings joined forces against their father and the other Titans in an epic ten-year war remembered as the Titanomachy. In any event, unbeknown to his father, Zeus grew up to be a formidable force and ultimately overthrew his father, becoming king of the gods. ( Public domain ) Zeus and the Olympians Overthrow the Titans The Fall of the Titans, whereby the Greek god Zeus and his siblings overthrew his father Cronos and the other Titans, by Cornelis van Haarlem. In Metamorphoses, Rhea gave birth within a cave and Zeus was nursed by sacred bees. Other versions claim that Zeus was raised by Gaia, or by one of the nymphs. In order to cover up the baby’s cries, a group of Kourete dancers made noise and clapped their hands in order to protect the infant Greek god Zeus. In several versions, Zeus’ foster-mother is said to be a goat named Amalthea. Zeus was therefore raised in secret by a foster-mother. Rhea then hid her son in a cave (either on Mount Ida or Mount Dikteon), on the island of Crete. Instead of handing the infant over to her husband, Rhea decided to give Cronus a stone wrapped in cloth, which he swallowed. Zeus, however, escaped the fate of his siblings through deception.
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