2023年9月20日 · Overview. Zeus was the supreme god of the Greeks, a mighty deity who meted out justice from atop Mount Olympus. Hailed as the father of both mortals and immortals, Zeus …

2023年8月31日 · Zeus plays a prominent role in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey (eighth century BCE), where he is presented as the guiding force behind the events of the Trojan War and its …

2023年3月9日 · Hailed as “Mother of the Gods,” Rhea was revered across the Hellenic world. She was especially popular on the island of Crete, where the infant Zeus was said to have come of …

2023年7月14日 · The same night Zeus slept with Alcmene, Amphitryon came home early and also slept with her. Alcmene was thus impregnated twice on the same night. She eventually gave …

2023年3月9日 · Persephone was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the wife of Hades, and the queen of the Underworld. Her most important myth tells of how Hades abducted her, then …

2023年3月25日 · Zeus complied, setting out to meet the monster with his great lightning bolts. Fearsome as Typhoeus was, Hesiod’s Zeus defeated him quickly and without too much …

2023年7月3日 · Perseus was a son of Zeus, the ruler of the Greek gods. His mother was Danae, the daughter of Acrisius, king of Argos. On his mother’s side, this made Perseus a descendant …

2023年3月8日 · In one Orphic tradition, Zeus drugged Cronus with honey at the advice of the primordial goddess Nyx (“Night”), then bound and castrated him while he was incapacitated. In …

2022年12月9日 · Zeus ordered the creation of Pandora as a punishment for mortals. This first woman was designed to be a “beautiful evil” [4] who would make the lives of mortal men …

2022年12月7日 · Even though Zeus was married to his sister Hera, he had numerous lovers—including Leto. When Leto became pregnant by Zeus, she attracted the jealousy and …