Zeus: The Legendary Greek Gods
Many people think that Zeus was this big, scary Greek god, but he actually wasn't. In the Greeks eyes, they saw him as a regular human, just like the other gods. Zeus was very great, tricky, and captivating.
Zeus had many brothers and sisters. He was the son of Kronos. Zeus wanted to come father of all gods, but he had to become greater than his father. He needed to have more power than his father, but knew that he couldn't do it by himself. Zeus had a mother who wanted revenge. Her name was Rhea. Zeus and his mother decided to make Kronos spit up his swallowed brothers and sisters. Rhea made a combination of flavorless laxative. She served it to Kronos, and he threw up in any convulsions. Zeus then had his brothers and sisters with …show more content…
They tied him to a bed and tried to kill him, but he got out because of one of the Hecatoncheires. When Apollo and Poseidon obeyed Zeus, they made the walls of Troy, and this helped in the Trojan War. After Zeus rallied his brothers and sisters, they were called the Olympians. They were in a ten-year war with the Titans also known as the Titanomachy. After the war, they couldn't live peacefully. Gaia, the earth goddess, asked the bad giants for help to destroy Zeus in the Gigantomachy.
One of the people that Zeus punished was Prometheus, a Titan. Prometheus was punished by having his insides eaten by an eagle each day. His crime was that he took fire from the gods and gave it to the humans. Zeus killed Asclepius by one of his thunderbolts. Asclepius had a power to raise the dead, jeopardizing the stability of god and men. Zeus made a lot of punishment, but he also had the right to say that he was a peacemaker. Apollo and Heracles got into a fight,and seus stopped them by the power of Delphi.
Zeus had three jars. They were the three jars of Fate. To the humans, he was very fair. Zeus distributed the jars with justice. Each time a human died, their hearts were weighed on Zeus’s golden scales
Zeus had many brothers and sisters. He was the son of Kronos. Zeus wanted to come father of all gods, but he had to become greater than his father. He needed to have more power than his father, but knew that he couldn't do it by himself. Zeus had a mother who wanted revenge. Her name was Rhea. Zeus and his mother decided to make Kronos spit up his swallowed brothers and sisters. Rhea made a combination of flavorless laxative. She served it to Kronos, and he threw up in any convulsions. Zeus then had his brothers and sisters with …show more content…
They tied him to a bed and tried to kill him, but he got out because of one of the Hecatoncheires. When Apollo and Poseidon obeyed Zeus, they made the walls of Troy, and this helped in the Trojan War. After Zeus rallied his brothers and sisters, they were called the Olympians. They were in a ten-year war with the Titans also known as the Titanomachy. After the war, they couldn't live peacefully. Gaia, the earth goddess, asked the bad giants for help to destroy Zeus in the Gigantomachy.
One of the people that Zeus punished was Prometheus, a Titan. Prometheus was punished by having his insides eaten by an eagle each day. His crime was that he took fire from the gods and gave it to the humans. Zeus killed Asclepius by one of his thunderbolts. Asclepius had a power to raise the dead, jeopardizing the stability of god and men. Zeus made a lot of punishment, but he also had the right to say that he was a peacemaker. Apollo and Heracles got into a fight,and seus stopped them by the power of Delphi.
Zeus had three jars. They were the three jars of Fate. To the humans, he was very fair. Zeus distributed the jars with justice. Each time a human died, their hearts were weighed on Zeus’s golden scales