Sep 20, 2023 · Zeus was also a god of prophecy, with an early and important oracle at Dodona (see below). Zeus could also be invoked as a chthonic god —that is, a god of the earth and the Underworld. In this guise, he was connected with the fertility of the soil as well as with cults of expiation and purification. Attributes Symbols

Aug 31, 2023 · Roman literary sources also followed Greek models when naming Jupiter’s offspring. Just as the Greek war god Ares was the son of Zeus and Hera, so too was the Roman war god Mars the son of Jupiter and Juno. Juventas, “Youth” personified, was also a child of Jupiter and Juno, just as her Greek counterpart Hebe was a child of Zeus and Hera.

Jul 14, 2023 · 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 birth to twins: one of them, Heracles, was Zeus’ son, while the other, Iphicles, was Amphitryon’s. From the very beginning, Heracles was hated by Hera, Zeus’ queen.

Apr 11, 2023 · Apollo was the son of Zeus, the supreme god of the Greek pantheon, and Leto, a descendant of the Titans. In myth, he and his twin sister Artemis were born on the island of Delos, the only place on earth that would give Leto shelter when Hera, Zeus’ jealous wife, sought to prevent her from giving birth. Apollo rewarded the island by making it ...

Mar 9, 2023 · 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 tricked her into eating something in the Underworld so that she could never leave. Not even her mother, Demeter, could bring her home.

Dec 9, 2022 · 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 miserable. According to this (highly misogynistic) logic, before Pandora—that is, before women were created—mortal men lived a completely carefree existence, which women ...

Aug 24, 2023 · In either case, she nursed the god Zeus when he was a baby being hidden away from his father Cronus. According to some sources, her main attribute was the original cornucopia, or “horn of plenty.” Amalthea’s mythology varied depending on which version of her identity was accepted.

Mar 9, 2023 · 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 age. Rhea was also held in high regard by the Orphics, who believed that she had conceived the goddess Persephone with her son Zeus. In art and literature, she was ...

Mar 8, 2023 · Cronus is featured as a recurring character in the God of War video game series and serves as a major antagonist in God of War III (2010). In Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians book series, Cronus appears as Kronos, a nefarious troublemaker who acquires an attitude after four thousand years of captivity in Tartarus. He leads an ...

Mar 13, 2023 · According to Orphic accounts, the Titans tore apart and ate the god Dionysus, Zeus’ successor. In a fury, Zeus struck the Titans down with his thunderbolt, and humanity was created from the ashes. This myth was used to explain the violent tendencies of human beings: we are part Titan, after all.