The great story of Zeus
Introduction
Zeus, in the ancient Greek religion, the main deity of the pantheon, a god of heaven and the climate that was identical to the Roman god Jupiter. His name clearly comes from the god of heaven. Dyaus of the old Hindu Rigveda. Zeus was considered the emitter of thunder and lightning, rain and winds, and his traditional weapon was lightning. The Father was called (that is, the ruler and protector) of both the gods and of men. Guardians of History. Guardians of History: Olimpia’s obstacles is an immersed audio adventure that takes you to ultras secrets to the past. A simple voice command will take him back to the magical world of ancient Greece!
Developing
Zeus throwing lightning, Dodona bronze statuette, Greece, at the beginning of the fifth century before Christ;In Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin. Antikenabteilung, Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Who is Zeus? Where does the name of Zeus come from? Who are the children of Zeus? Why did Zeus ate his wife? According to a Cretan myth that was later adopted by the Greeks, Cronos, king of the Titans, upon learning that one of his children was destined to dethrone him, he swallowed his children as soon as they were born. But Rea, his wife, saved the baby Zeus replacing a stone wrapped in diapers with chronos to swallow and hiding Zeus in a cave in Crete.
There he was breastfed by the nymph (or goat) Amalthaea and guarded by the cures (young warriors), who collided their weapons to hide the baby’s screams. After Zeus reached adulthood, he directed a revolt against the Titans and managed to dethrone Cronos, perhaps with the help of his brothers Hades and Poseidon, with whom he later divided the dominance over the world. As ruler of heaven, Zeus led the gods to victory against the giants (descendants of Gea and Tartaro) and successfully crushed several revolts against him by his fellow gods. According to the Greek poet Homero, the sky was located on the top of Olympus.
The highest mountain in Greece and the logical home of a time of time. The other pantheon members resided there with Zeus and were subject to their will. From his exalted position at the top of Mount Olympus, it was thought that Zeus waved the affairs of men, saw everything, ruled everything, rewarded good behavior and punished evil. In addition to imparting justice, he had a strong connection with his daughter Dike (Justice), Zeus was the protector of the cities, the home, the properties, the strangers, the guests and the supplicants. Zeus was well known for his affair, a source of perpetual discord with his wife, Hera and had many love adventures with mortal and immortal women.
To achieve his love designs, Zeus frequently assumed animal forms, such as that of a cuckoo when he raped Hera, a swan when he raped Leda or a bull when he took to Europe. Among his descendants were the twins Apollo and Artemis, of the Titaness Leto;Helena and the Dioscuros, from Leda de Esparta;Persephone, of the goddess Demeter;Athena, born from her head after the Titaness Metis was swallowed;Hefesto, Hebe, Ares and Eileithyia, for his wife, Hera;Dionysus, from the goddess Sémele;and many others. Europe being kidnapped by Zeus disguised as bull. Europe being kidnapped by Zeus disguised as bull. Europe kidnapped by Zeus disguised as a bull, detail of an attic crater, 5th century;In the National Museum of Tarquinia, Italy.
conclusion
Courtesy of the Nazionale Tarquiniense Museum, Tarquinia, Italy;Photography, Hirmer Photoarchiv, Munich. Although the Greek religious everywhere considered it omnipotent and the head of the pantheon, the same universality of Zeus tended to reduce its importance compared to that of powerful local divinities such as Athena and Hera. Although statues of Zeus Herkeios (guardian of the house) and altars of Zeus Xenios (hospitable) appeared in the gas stations of the houses, and although their sanctuaries top of the mountain were visited by the pilgrims, Zeus did not have a temple in Athens until the endfrom the 6th century AC, and even his temple in Olimpia was after Hera’s.
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