Zeus

Related Myths

• The Birth and Concealment of Zeus
  Hidden child destined to challenge Cronus
• Zeus Overthrows Cronus
  Leader of the younger divine generation
• The Titanomachy
  Leader of the Olympian forces
• The Division of the Cosmos
  Receives authority over the sky
• Typhon's Challenge to Zeus
  Opponent
• Prometheus and the Theft of Fire
  Punisher of Prometheus
• Pandora
  Orders Pandora's creation
• The Birth of Athena
  Father
• The Birth of Apollo and Artemis
  Father of the twins
• Zeus, Mnemosyne and the Birth of the Muses
  King of the gods and father of the nine Muses
• Zeus and Themis: The Horae and the Fates
  King of the gods and father of the Horae and, in one tradition, the Moirai
• The Abduction of Persephone
  Divine authority in the resolution
• Dionysus and Semele
  Father
• The Birth and Death of Asclepius
  God who kills Asclepius with a thunderbolt
• Typhon and Echidna
  God challenged by Typhon for control of the cosmos
• The Gigantomachy
  Leader of the Olympians
• Io and Hera
  God associated with Io
• Demeter and Iasion
  God who kills Iasion in the Homeric tradition
• Europa and Zeus
  Takes the form of a bull
• Danaë and the Birth of Perseus
  Father of Perseus
• Perseus and Medusa
  Father of Perseus
• The Birth of Heracles
  Father of Heracles
• The Twelve Labours of Heracles
  Father of Heracles
• Leda and the Swan
  God who approaches Leda as a swan
• Castor and Polydeuces
  Father of Polydeuces in the familiar tradition
• The Death of Capaneus
  God who answers Capaneus' boast with a thunderbolt
• Phaethon and the Sun Chariot
  Stops the runaway chariot
• Zeus and Ganymede
  God who takes Ganymede to Olympus
• The Punishment of Sisyphus
  God whose secret Sisyphus reveals
• The Punishment of Ixion
  Divine punisher