Zeus, in Greek mythology, god sky and sovereign of Olympic Gods. Gentleman of sky, God of rain and cloud storage cell brandished the terrible ray. Its main weapon was the égida one, its bird, the eagle, its tree, the oak. Zeus was the principle over the Gods in the Mount Olympus; Tesalia. Their main temples were in Dódona and Epiro, the land of the oaks and oldest, famous temple by his oráculo, and in Olimpia, where every four years were celebrated the Olympic games in his honor. The Nemea games, to the northwest of Argus, were also dediacted to Zeus.Zeus was the smaller son of the titan Cronos and Rea and his brothers were Poseidón, Hades, Hestia, Deméter and Hera. In agreement with one old myths on Zeus birth, Cronos, fearing to be overthrown by one of its children, devoured them when they born. When Zeus arrived at the maturity, he forced Cronos to vomit his brothers, who were eager to take revenge. During the war, titanes fought on Cronos side, but Zeus and other Gods gained victory and titanes was sent to abysses of the Tartar. In that period Zeus governed the sky, and their brothers Poseidón and Hades received the power of sea and subworld, respectively. The three governed in the common Earth.Zeus married Hera his sister, he is father of god war, Hebe youth god; Hefesto fire god, and Ilitia childbirth god.
