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Zeus is an Olympian and rules over Olympus as King. He overthrew his father, Cronus, with his siblings. He is married to his sister, Hera, although he had many affairs.
Zeus' father Cronus had been eating his offspring. Zeus' mother, Gaia, tricked Cronus by giving him a rock in blankets to eat instead of baby Zeus. Zeus was hidden from Cronus and grew up in Crete. He sought out his father when he was old enough in order to save his siblings and exact revenge.
Known as the Clash of the Titans or Battle of the Gods, Zeus was a key warrior in the Titanomachy, the battle between the Olympian Gods and his father Cronus' Titans. The Olympians defeated the Titans and Zeus became recognised as the King of the Gods. He shared the world with his two brothers, Poseidon and Hades. Zeus received the heavens, Poseidon the seas, and Hades the underworld.
Zeus pursued Metis, the Titan Goddess of Wisdom and after a long chase with both parties changing their form to various creatures, and eventually Metis relented. Zeus then learned of a prophecy that stated his child with Metis would overthrow him. So Zeus ate the pregnant Metis, and gained some Wisdom. He developed an awful headache, and the other gods split his skull to relieve the pain. Out jumped Athena, fully grown and clad in armour.
Dionysus was the son of Zeus and Semele. Zeus had cheated on his wife Hera and, as revenge, Hera tricked the pregnant Semele into requesting Zeus show his true form. Zeus' true form was too powerful for Semele and she was destroyed. However, Zeus was able to sew their baby into his thigh and thus Dionysus was born from Zeus' thigh.
Artemis and her twin-brother Apollo are the children of almighty Zeus. Their mother, Leto, gave birth to Artemis and Apollo on the 'floating island' of Delos, as Zeus' wife Hera had banned Leto from giving birth on solid earth.
Zeus cheated on Hera again with a mortal named Alcmene, disguising himself as her husband. Alcmene invited him to bed and became pregnant. Neither she nor her husband realised what had happened, and ironically their son was later renamed 'Heracles' (or Hercules as the Romans knew him) meaning 'Glory to Hera' as a ridicule. Hera made Heracles' life difficult, from sending snakes to kill him as a babe to obstructing him performing the Twelve Labours when he was grown.
Zeus' father Cronus had been eating his offspring. Zeus' mother, Gaia, tricked Cronus by giving him a rock in blankets to eat instead of baby Zeus. Zeus was hidden from Cronus and grew up in Crete. He sought out his father when he was old enough in order to save his siblings and exact revenge.
Known as the Clash of the Titans or Battle of the Gods, Zeus was a key warrior in the Titanomachy, the battle between the Olympian Gods and his father Cronus' Titans. The Olympians defeated the Titans and Zeus became recognised as the King of the Gods. He shared the world with his two brothers, Poseidon and Hades. Zeus received the heavens, Poseidon the seas, and Hades the underworld.
Hades kidnaps Persephone and takes her down into the underworld. Persephone's mother, Demeter, is distraught and looks all across the world to find her daughter. Demeter is the Goddess of the harvest, and so all the crops begin to die because she is preoccupied on her search. The Gods came to a compromise to stop humanity from being wiped out, and Persephone could return to earth. However, Hades had tricked Persephone into eating some pomegranate seeds, and therefore she would have to spend one third of her year in the underworld as Hades' wife.