Angela Ruby and Nathan Lechner

Zeus; Jupiter and Jove

• Zeus is known as the God of the Sky and Thunder, also the clouds and weather.

• His parents are Cronus and Rhea. He was their sixth child, and the youngest.

Symbols of Zeus• The

Golden Eagle and the Wolf are his animal symbols.

•The shield, lighting bolt, oak tree are some of his object symbols.

•Zeus lived on Mt. Olympus

• Zeus was married to his sister, Hera, and they had three children; Ares, Eileithyia, Hebe.

• Zeus also had affairs mortal women and female animals.

• Aegina, Alcmena, Calliope, Cassiopea, Demeter, Dione, Europa, Io, Leda, Leto, Mnemosyne, Niobe, Semele – these were only a few of the immortals Zeus had an affair with

• He had a number of wives:– Metos, bore Athena– Themis, bore Dike, Eirene, Eunomie, Horae, and Fates– Titaness, bore nine children who became the Muses– Leto, bore the twins Apollo and Artemis– Hera, bore Ares, Eileithyia, and Hede

Zeus’ Siblings

– Hestia– Demeter– Hera– Hades– Poseidon

• Their father, Cronus, swallowed them whole before Zeus was born. When Zeus was older he convinced Cronus to puke them all back up. Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades divided creation. Zeus took the heavens, so he gave Poseidon the sea and Hades the underworld.