Zeus

Ancient Greek Mythology, Religion, Art

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Zeus is the greatest of all the Greek gods. Son of Kronos and Rhea, husband and brother of Hera, he is the ultimate authority among all the immortals of Greek myth and legend. He basically governs the entire universe even though he was by no means infallible or omnipotent in the sense of the God of Christianity.

Learn how much stronger am I than all the rest of you gods, If you really want to know and to prove it to other immortals, let drop a golden cord from the heavens, and seize the end, O all you gods and goddesses! Pull it with all your might. Try as you will to drag me from heaven down to the earth-- you cannot move me a bit! I am Zeus, the highest and the wisest. But suppose I really wanted to pull you up to the heavens: up you would come, and behind you would come both land and sea. The cord I would fasten securely to the highest peak of Olympus, leaving its burden to hang, twisting there in the wind. That is how far I surpass in power both gods and mortals! - Homer, Illiad 8.17-27

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