MYTH - ZEUS
In ancient Greek religion, the Pantheon main deity, a god of the sky and time, also known as Jupiter by the Romans. Zeus was regarded as the sender of thunder and lightning, the rain and winds, and his traditional weapon was the lightning. He was called the father (ie, the law and protector) of gods and men.
According to a myth of Crete, which was later adopted by the Greeks, Cronus, king of the Titans, to find that one of his sons were fated to dethrone him, ate their children so born. But Rhea, his wife, saved the small Zeus, replacing it with a stone mess clothes and hiding in Zeus in a cave in Crete. There he was fed by the nymph Amalthaea.
After I grew Zeus, led a revolt and succeeded, uncrowned Cronus, with the help of his brothers and Poseidon, with whom he divided the area of the world.
Of Mount Olympus, Zeus, watching the men, governing everything, distributing justice and punishing the evil .. Zeus was well known for his extra-marital cases - a perpetual source of discord with his wife, Ivy - and had romances with many women killed and immortal. Zeus often assumed animal forms to achieve their desires love, like a cuckoo when he harassed Hera, a swan when he harassed the Leda, or a bull when he led Europe.
