ZEUS (~by Mauricio Herrera)

ZEUS (by Mauricio Herrera)

In ancient Greece was called Hellas. It was a beautiful country with wonderful climate, washed on three sides by the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. The highest mountain in Greece Olympia is located in the north of the country. According to Greek legend from ancient times to the great gods of Olympus reign, he built castles on a steep mountain top. In the main palace lived ruler of gods and men, Zeus the Thunderer.
Zeus (Zευς), in Greek mythology, the supreme god. Deposition of tartar in his father's titan Kronos, Zeus became the ruler of all gods and men. Initially, Zeus (in Roman mythology, Jupiter) - the universal deity, the king of all nature. He and the god of the clear day and the sky, the god of storms, thunderstorms and rain, and the father of other gods and men, the royal and other aristocratic birth who were away its origins. Attributes of Zeus was the shield (Aegis), the scepter, and sometimes an eagle.
Zeus was born on a distant island of Crete, the shortest day of the year - Dec. 22. HE gave to drink the milk goat Amalteya, and its nurses were the two nymphs - Idea and Adrastea. Zeus grew up and became a young man of mighty stature. After overthrowing his father Cronus - the god of time - with the Olympic throne, Zeus himself was the great god of Olympus. When he was angry, the metal gold arrows-lightning, which caused thunder, so to call him God of Thunder. However, his reign for the time it was fortunate - on Earth was the Golden Age.Finally prevail over the world, Zeus takes the first wife Metis (Metis), which, however, eats, when she was preparing to give birth to Pallas Athena. After that, Zeus himself made of palladium from its head, from which it came out in full armor. Second wife of Zeus feogoniya called Themis, he gave birth to Horus and Moira, the third - Evrinomu, gave birth to Harith (Graz). Then Zeus is on the Demeter - Persephone, from the Years - Apollo and Artemis, of Mnemosyne - the nine muses. Other sources mention even of union with Zeus, Dion gave birth to Aphrodite, and Semel, gave birth to Dionysus.His brothers and sisters Zeus gave each of the small throne. Poseidon became the god of the seas, Hades - god of the underworld, Demeter - goddess of fertility and agriculture, Hestia - goddess of the hearth. Finally, my pretty sister Hera to Zeus took his wife.All the other unions of Zeus to the goddess, originally identical with the hero of mythological significance, have been relegated to the level of temporary passions, partly with the nature of romantic love affairs. Zeus often reaches a sort of possession of a goddess or women, through fraud or conversion. So, Alkmene Zeus was her husband - Amphitryon, came to Danae in the form of golden rain, Ledoux deceive, taking the form of a swan, Europe stole turning white bull, Zeus, Hera, even sometimes being in the form of an eagle. In these tales lie the traces of ancient zoomorphic and cosmic myths, which partly reflected the influence of Eastern religions. With the development of personal and moral traits of the Greek gods Zeus was regarded as the supreme guardian of the laws and punitive for their violation, the patron of the public and family life, the defender insulted and pilgrims. As the supreme master of the world, Zeus reveals some secrets of the people of the future.
At Zeus and Hera had two sons - Ares and Hephaestus, and two daughters - Hebe and Ilet. From early childhood, Ares became interested onions and dart, he played in the war, learning to drive the chariot of war, so that when he grew up, with the consent of his father became a god of war. Hephaestus was the craftsman and inventor, he invented the wheel and built the chariots, and daughters were taught dancing and singing. Hebe (the Romans called her Maya) was the goddess of eternal youth. Children of Zeus, the other goddesses and earthly women became the youngest gods or titans - the heroes of ancient Greece. Each of them had been given some talent and managed element or craft. Thus, Apollo was the god of light and patron of the arts, typified by the Muses. Hermes (the Romans called him Mercury) - the god of trade and ranching, Dionysus (Bacchus) - the god of wine, Artemis (Diana) - Goddess of the hunt. Many well-known heroes of Hellas - Perseus, Hercules, Pollux, Helen and all the muses, including the muse of astronomy Urania, were his children. We'll meet with them in the pages of our section devoted to mythology, the sky.