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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.
Ares had an affair with Goddess of Love, Aphrodite, whilst Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus. Hephaestus concocted a plan to catch the two in the act, and crafted an invisible net to ensnare them whilst they were laying together in bed. Not satisfied with this humiliation, Hephaestus then invited all of the Olympian Gods to witness Ares and Aphrodite trapped together.
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.
In the 'Homeric Hymn to Hermes', Hermes creates the lyre, a musical instrument, and then moves on to stealing Apollo's cows. Apollo works out that Hermes had been the culprit and confronts him. Zeus decides that Hermes, who is still a child at the time, should show Apollo where his cows are hidden. Apollo follows and is shown the lyre being played by Hermes. Apollo falls in love with the music that is produced and exclaimed that this instrument is worth fifty cows. Hermes gives Apollo the lyre and names him God of Music.