How Did Zeus Become A Greek God

Greek Gods and Goddesses

Rain-god, Cloud-gatherer, Eagle, and thunder-bolt, these are names, symbols, or animals that Zeus, the god of the sky are represented by. The name Zeus means bright or sky. His mother and father Rhea and Cronus. Zeus is very promiscuous and he is the most powerful god. Zeus is well known for having children with multiple women. Metis, goddess of prudence, was Zeus’s first love. This God of the Sky punished men by giving them women. His weapon of choice is the thunderbolt. “According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.” (Plato)

Cronus was notorious for being a very jealous and greedy deity. Out of the fear one of his children could take his throne, Cronus swallowed every child Rhea was giving birth to. However, when Rhea gave birth to her last child, Zeus, she managed to trick Cronus with the help of the Titans Uranus and Gaea. She gave her husband a rock in swaddling clothes to swallow, as a substitution to her child, and sent Zeus away to the Greek island of Crete. Special daemons named "Curetes" made noise by hitting their shields, so that Cronus would to not hear the cries of the baby. Zeus was raised secretly by the Nymphs and was fed with honey and milk from the goat nurse Amaltheia with the help of her broken-off horn. Soon c (greek gods )ame the day where Zeus was mature enough to claim the Kingdom of the World and he started a battle against his father and the Titans. This battle is also known as