Zeus
ZeusZeus is the supreme god and ruler of Olympus. He is known by many titles: Lord of the Sky, the Cloud-gatherer, the Rain-god and Zeus the Thunderer, all of which show which force of nature was considered tobe the most important in Ancient Greece - rain. In most other mythologies the "ruler-god" was usually associated with the sun, butin Greece the climate is hot and dry making rain the scarce, life-giving force. Zeus was the sixth child born to Croons and Rhea, Because Croons, ruler of the Titans and the supreme god at the time, was afraid that one of his children would overthrow him, just like he overthrew his father, Uranus, he swallowed his first five children - Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter and Hestia.This, of course, infuriated Rhea and when Zeus was born she tricked Cronus into swallowing a rock wrapped in blankets. Zeus is more powerful than any other god or even all the other gods combined. But, unlike many gods in other religions he was neither omnipotent nor omniscient. In other words, he wasn't all-powerful or all seeing. He could be, and in fact was, opposed, deceived and tricked by gods and men alike. His power, although great, was not boundless; Zeus had no control over The Fates and Destiny. Like all Greek divinities, Zeus was subject top leisure, pain, grief, and anger, but he was most susceptible to the power of Eros - love, which often got the objects of his desire in allot of trouble with his wife, Hera. The representation of Zeus was a most noble one - mighty, glorious, awesome and wise, although he did show a certain degree of surprising foolishness and naiveness when it came to hiding his love affairs. Some historians attribute this less than noble behavior of the "noblest one of...
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