The god Zeus was the divine father of ancient Greek religion and king of the Greek gods.
Zeus: Who Was the King of the Greek Gods?
Zeus’ symbols include the thunderbolt, the eagle, and the oak tree, all images associated with power and strength. Due to its divine connotations, lightning was seen by the Greeks as a significant meteorological event and places struck by lightning were believed to be holy.
The statue of Zeus in Olympia was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and the masterpiece of Phidias, antiquity’s greatest sculptor. …
“Zeus carried off golden-haired Ganymedes because of his beauty, to be amongst the Deathless Ones and pour drink for the gods in the house of Zeus–a …
Painting of the Fall of the Titans, by Dutch painter Cornelis van HaarlemYou certainly know of the Greek Gods and Goddesses, like Zeus, Poseidon, and …
The 12 Olympian gods of Greek mythology were actually the third generation of gods, six of them having been born of the powerful Titans who had …