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1、ZEUSZEUSwasthekingofthegods,thegodofskyandweather,law,orderandfate.Hewasdepictedasaregalman,maturewithsturdyfigureanddarkbeard.Hisusualattributeswerealightningbolt,royalsceptreandeagle.Someofthemorefamousmythsfeaturingthegodinclude:--■HisbirthandupbringingintheDiktaioncave,wherehewasnur
2、sedbyAmaltheiaandguardedbytheshield-clashingKouretes;■TheTitanWarinwhichheoverthrewtheTitanesandimprisonedtheminTartaros;■HisbattlewithTyphoeus,ahundredheaded,monstrousgiantwhoattemptedtocaptureheaven;■TheWaroftheGiantswhoattemptedtostormOlymposbutwereslainbyZeusandthegods;■TheGreatDelu
3、geinwhichhefloodedtheearthtodestroymankindandbegintheworldanew;■HisconflictwithPrometheusoverthetheftofbenefactionsformankind;■ThepunishmentofSalmoneus,TantalosandIxion,menwhooffendedthegodwiththeirimpiety;■ThebirthandlifeofHerakles,hisfavouredson,whohehadtransferredtoOlymposatdeath;■Hi
4、sextramaritalaffairswithwomensuchasLeda,seducedintheformofaswan;Europa,asabull;Danae,asagoldenshower;Kallisto,asArtemis;andAntiopeasasatyr;■TheTrojanWarwhichheorchestratedfromstarttoend,includingthecastingofthegoldenappleofdiscord.INTRODUCTIONZEUS(Zeus),thegreatestoftheOlympiangods,andt
5、hefatherofgodsandmen,wasasonofCronosandRhea,abrotherofPoseidon,Hades(Pluto),Hestia,Demeter,Hera,andatthesametimemarriedtohissisterHera.WhenZeusandhisbrothersdistributedamongthemselvesthegovernmentoftheworldbylot,Poseidonobtainedthesea,Hadesthelowerworld,andZeustheheavensandtheupperregio
6、ns,buttheearthbecamecommontoallLatermythologersenumeratethreeZeusintheirgenealogiestwoArcadianonesandoneCretan;andtnefirstissaidtobeasonofAether,thesecondofCoelus,andthethirdofSaturnus(Cic.deNat.Deor.iii.21).Thisaccountsforthefactthatsomewritersusethenameofthekingofheavenwhosendsdew,rai
7、n,snow,thunder,andlightningforheavenitselfinitsphysicalsense.AccordingtotheHomericaccountZeus,liketheotherOlympiangods,dweltonMountOlympusinThessaly,whichwasbelievedtopenetratewithitsloftysummitintoheavenitself.Heiscalledthefatherofgodsandmen,themosthighandpowerfulamongtheimmor
