Zeus

Zeus is the ancient master of the ancient Greeks, and the head of the Olympic Council of their gods, the only god they have no doubt about his Hellenic origins.

 His name, which means “heaven,” is associated with the name of the god of heaven of ancient Indians, Dius Pitar, and with the name of the Roman Chief Goddess Jupiter.

His worship originated from Indo-European beliefs.

 He was the god of heaven who lived on the high mountains and ruled over weather, light, stars and planets. 

After the Greek tribes migrated to Greece and assimilated to the indigenous population, 

Zeus began to be influenced by the region's predominant gods and beliefs, especially those of the Aegean, dominated by the feminine gods, 

While Zeus represented the patriarchy, and thus Zeus began to be associated with its gods, represented its gods, and took many of its traits and titles.

 His connection to it appeared in numerous Greek myths. 

One such myth is that his father, Cronus, the king of the titans, the son of the god of heaven, Uranus Uranos,

And the god of the earth, Gaia, used to devour his children once they were born one by one, fearing that someone would remove him from his throne, as he had done with his father before. 

His wife, Reya Rha, managed to save her youngest son by placing a stone in the parcel of the baby and giving it to her husband. 

She swallowed him, while hiding her son in a cave of Mount Ida on the island of Crete. 

When Zeus reached Ashdeh, he led a revolt against his father, Cronus, forcing him to take out his own brothers, whom he had swallowed, 

And then with the help of his brothers Poseidon and Hades, after terrible battles, he removed Cronus from the throne, triumphed over his titans, and imprisoned them in hell. 

Thus, Zeus became the master of the universe and gave his brother Poseidon sovereignty over the sea, while Hades became the god of the underworld.

Statue of Zeus (National Museum, Athens)

Many Greek myths revolve around Zeus's love relations with numerous gods and women who number more than 115, 

And of whom 140 were born, such as the patrons of arts and beauty, the four seasons, and many kings, queens, heroes, and heroines that have been regarded as half gods. 

Thus was born to him the Thames of Fate and the Hironites, and the Deobi of the gods of Aphrodite, the goddess of the earth Demeter, the gods of his temple and of Presevona, as was born to him the two brothers Apollon and Artemis.

 His sister and legal wife, Hera, were born to the gods Ares, Hephaestus, and Hippie, and was in constant conflict with him because of his adventures. The gods born Athens from his head.

His most famous human mistress was the Syrian Princess Europa, who had a bull-like appearance, who had taken her from the coast of the city of Tire and sank the sea to appear on the island of Crete, where he had the legendary King of the island, Menos.

He also bore the most beautiful of the women, Helena, who was kidnapped in the Trojan War, and the wife of a good king, his son Hercules, the most famous Greek hero.

Many of these myths can be explained by the fact that they somehow express in a mythology the Indo-European federation of gods with local pre-Hellenic worship,

As well as by the noble royal families' quest to tie their members to the head of the gods in order to enhance their political and social standing and influence.

Zeus was the head of the Greek gods, whom I thank with might and might, and the protector of legal authority, law and morals.

 He is the absolute master over gods and people, and he unites in himself physical and spiritual strength, and the poet Homer calls him “the father of the gods and of mankind.”

As the protector of virtue, justice, and law, Zeus was the God of Oath at the Greeks, the protector of the house, family, friendship, hospitality, refuge for escapees and tenants, and the gift of freedom for the individual and the state.

One of the most famous holy places associated with his name was the summit of the Edda mountain associated with his birth, 

And the summit of Mount Olympus, the highest mountain of Greece, where he had a throne, and in Dodona (in the area of Epirus) where he was the center of his prophecy,

The oldest inspiration in the country of Greece, where his divination read divine signals from the rustles of oak tree. 

His prophecies were also drawn from his Olympic Temple in the Peloponnese peninsula, just as they were drawn from the famous inspiration center of Siwa in the Western Egyptian desert, 

Where he was uniting with the god Amon. Alexander the Great of Macedonia, in 332 B.C., came to learn the truth of his divine ancestry, and his answer was the son of the god Amon.

Zeus, in the Hellenistic age, became a universal and symbolic god of the idea of divinity in all its forms, 

And thus merged with the Egyptian, Syrian and Eastern gods: with Serabis, and Amon, and El, and Baal, and others.

The founders of the Hellenistic Kingdoms and their senior kings have assumed the title of the First Seleucus, who took the title of Nikator (The Nasser) and Ptolemy I as Soter (The Savior), and Antiochus IV as Epifanis (the Delight man).

The most famous of these was the Olympic Games, which started in 776 BC and was held every four years in the western Greece region of Ellis in the city of Olympia.

His famous temple, which has been crowned since the middle of the fifth century BC, was his famous statue of the Laissez, which stands at 12 meters, one of the most famous works of Greek sculpture, 

The god Zeus is sitting on his throne carrying in his extended right hand the statue of the King Necke of the Gods of Victory, 

And he carries in his left a scepter of eagle-crowned horses, the symbol of this great god, and this statue is considered one of the seven ancient wonders of the world.

Zeus' worship was associated with the fate of pagan worship that began in decline after the spread of Christianity and its victory in the late fourth century C.E.,

And the images of the gods were destroyed and their temples turned into churches and monasteries. But Zeus's name remains inextricably linked to classical eras, their temples, arts, and literature.

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