wn) 26 Selene (The Moon) 27 Hecate 29 Chronos (Time) 31 Rhea (Ops) 34 Zeus (Jupiter) 36 Hera (Juno) 46 Poseidon (Neptune) 49

meanings were lost, had long before the Homeric epoch come to regard Zeus , Hermes, Athene, etc., as mere persons; and in mo

separate dwellings; but all, when summoned, repaired to the palace of Zeus , as did also those deities whose usual abode was

os and Rhea, who pave the way for the universal dominion of their son Zeus . Uranus* (The Heavens) Comparative Myth

f this youth to a celestial origin being disputed by Epaphus*, son of Zeus and Io*, he journeyed to the palace of his sire,

was set on fire, and a total conflagration would have ensued, had not Zeus , at the prayer of Earth, launched his thunder, an

Tithonus*, son of Laomedon*, king of Troy. Eos obtained for him from Zeus * the gift of immortality, forgetting, however, to

effectual. It was said that Selene was enamored of Endymion*, on whom Zeus had bestowed the gift of perpetual youth, but uni

Their children were three sons: Aides* or Pluto, Poseidon (Neptune), Zeus (Jupiter), and three daughters: Hestia (Vesta), D

hronos, in eager haste, swallowed it, without noticing the deception. Zeus was reared by the Nymphs in a cavern of Crete. Un

back the children he had swallowed. The stone which had counterfeited Zeus was placed at Delphi, where it was long exhibited

g circumvented that war between the father and son became inevitable. Zeus , with his brothers and sisters, took his stand on

nd prepared for battle. The struggle was fierce and lasted ten years. Zeus called to his aid the Cyclopes and Hecatoncheires

emy, at the same time raising mighty earthquakes. Victory smiled upon Zeus . Chronos and his army were completely overthrown,

ived forever of the supreme power, which now became vested in his son Zeus . This war was called the Titanomachia*. The whole

achia*. The whole myth of the overthrow of Chronos and the triumph of Zeus covers long transition periods of earth’s history

defeat in the Titanomachia, and his banishment from his dominions by Zeus , Chronos took refuge with Janus, king of Italy, w

with cords of wool. There was a legend that Chronos was thus bound by Zeus to prevent irregularity in the movements of the h

beard, back of head veiled. Significations. Chronos chained by Zeus signified the revolution of the seasons chained t

man, Ops*; Phrygian, Cybele*. Rhea, the wife of Chronos and mother of Zeus and the other great gods of Olympus, like Gæa, pe

a matron crowned with towers, seated in a chariot drawn by lions. Zeus *. Comparative Mythology. — Greek, Zeus*; R

riot drawn by lions. Zeus*. Comparative Mythology. — Greek, Zeus *; Roman, Jove or Jupiter; Hindu, Dyaus. Zeus, the

tive Mythology. — Greek, Zeus*; Roman, Jove or Jupiter; Hindu, Dyaus. Zeus , the son of Chronos and Rhea, when born, was conc

ich drowned the cries of the child and frightened away all intruders. Zeus and his brothers having gained a complete victory

ing gained a complete victory over their enemies, settled by lot that Zeus should reign in Heaven, Aïdes in the Lower World,

orld, and Poseidon should have command over the Sea. The supremacy of Zeus was recognized in all three kingdoms. Earth and O

-breathing dragons’ heads, whom she sent to overthrow the dominion of Zeus . A great battle took place, which shook heaven an

ion of Zeus. A great battle took place, which shook heaven and earth. Zeus , by means of his never-failing thunderbolts, at l

and sent to share the fate of the vanquished Titans. The dominion of Zeus was now securely established, and no hostile atta

either as signs and warnings, or to punish the transgressions of men. Zeus is called the “father of gods and men;” his power

power over both is represented as supreme. In his palace on Olympus, Zeus was supposed to live after the fashion of a Greci

ive after the fashion of a Grecian prince in the midst of his family. Zeus was the earliest national god of the Greeks. His

he renowned Olympian games were celebrated. The magnificent statue of Zeus , by Phidias*, was an additional inducement to dev

. The Capitol was the temple of Jupiter at Rome. The earliest wife of Zeus was Metis*, a daughter of Oceanus. Zeus devoured

at Rome. The earliest wife of Zeus was Metis*, a daughter of Oceanus. Zeus devoured her, fearing that she should beget a son

the Horæ* (Seasons) and Mœræ* (Fates). Dione* appears as the wife of Zeus of Dodona, and the mother of Aphrodite* (Venus),

n was Hermes* (Mercury). Persephone* (Proserpine) was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter* (Ceres). Zeus and Eurynome* were the

rsephone* (Proserpine) was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter* (Ceres). Zeus and Eurynome* were the parents of the Charites* (

eres). Zeus and Eurynome* were the parents of the Charites* (Graces); Zeus and Mnemosyne*, of the Muses; Zeus and Leto* (Lat

parents of the Charites* (Graces); Zeus and Mnemosyne*, of the Muses; Zeus and Leto* (Latona), of Apollo and Artemis* (Diana

ther of Ares* (Mars), Hephæstus* (Vulcan), and Hebe*. In the union of Zeus with most of his immortal wives, we shall find th

with memory. The celebrated hero Heracles* (Hercules) was the son of Zeus and Alcmena*. Antiope*, daughter of Nycteus*, and

represented with a lyre; Zethus, with a club. Leda*, whose affections Zeus gained under the form of a swan, was the mother o

wo immortal. They were Castor* and Pollux*, called Dioscuri* (sons of Zeus ), and Helen and Clytemnestra*, who were celebrate

al, and the son of Tyndareus*, and Pollux as immortal, and the son of Zeus . After Castor had fallen in the contest with the

hareus*, his brother Pollux, unwilling to part from him, prevailed on Zeus to allow them to remain together, on condition of

ring flowers with her companions in a meadow near the sea-shore, when Zeus , charmed with her great beauty, and wishing to wi

appears only to die out in the western heavens at eventide.” Cox . Zeus and Ægina* were the parents of Æacus*, so renowne

us, was a priestess of Hera. Her great beauty attracted the notice of Zeus . On remarking this, Hera, in her jealousy, change

e closed only two eyes at a time. Hermes*, however, by the command of Zeus , succeeded in putting all his eyes to sleep with

ntil she at length found rest in Egypt, where, touched by the hand of Zeus , she recovered her original form and gave birth t

to the pleasures of the chase, who had made a vow never to marry, but Zeus , under the form of the huntress-goddess, succeede

hen he grew up, meeting her in the woods, was about to kill her, when Zeus , transporting both mother and son to the skies, m

d by the blithesome footsteps of the dawn.” The Greeks supposed that Zeus occasionally assumed a human form, and descended

pect and veneration; but Lycaon*, their king, doubted the divinity of Zeus . He invited him to dinner, and served up for him

im a dish of human flesh, in order to test the god’s omniscience. But Zeus was not to be deceived, and the impious monarch r

as transformed into a wolf, and his house was destroyed by lightning. Zeus and Hermes once came in the evening to a village,

heir cottage standing on its side. As they gazed, it became a temple. Zeus asked the worthy pair to name any wish they parti

med into trees, remaining forever side by side. Representations. Zeus is generally represented as sitting upon a golden

offered to him from every part of the earth. The Cretans* represented Zeus without ears, to signify that the sovereign maste

y propitious to all. At Argos*, there was an ancient wooden statue of Zeus which had a third eye in its forehead. The three

ye in its forehead. The three eyes were indicative of the dominion of Zeus over heaven, earth, and the underworld. As Jupite

chiefly honored as the guardian of the marriage-tie. The marriage of Zeus and Hera typified the union of heaven and earth i

Hera was jealous in the highest degree, and, to stop her complaints, Zeus often had recourse to violence. He punished her c

ing anvils to her feet. Hephæstus attempted to release her, for which Zeus threw him out of heaven, and his leg was broken b

ibuted to her influence. At one time Hera, being deeply offended with Zeus , determined to separate herself from him, and she

ate herself from him, and she accordingly took up her abode in Eubœa. Zeus effected a reconciliation by artifice. Cithæron*,

nishment for joining with Hera and Athené in a conspiracy to dethrone Zeus , he was deprived of his dominion over the sea for

is share. Some mythologists call them the daughters of Nyx, others of Zeus and Themis. They were three in number — Clotho*,

verned, and to whom both mortals and immortals were forced to submit, Zeus himself being powerless to avert her decrees; but

d off the maiden. All this occurred with the knowledge of her father, Zeus , who had, unknown to Demeter, promised Persephone

ed, not disguising, however, that it had occurred with the consent of Zeus . Full of wrath and grief, the goddess now withdre

and a general famine threatened to extinguish the human race. In vain Zeus sent one messenger after another, beseeching the

f the earth to grow until her daughter was restored to her. At length Zeus sent Hermes with a petition to Pluto to restore P

t remain there forever, the hopes of the goddesses were disappointed. Zeus finally succeeded in effecting a compromise by in

ersephone*, or Cora*; Roman, Proserpina*. Persephone, the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, was queen of the lower world. The At

omparative Mythology. — Greek, Ares*; Roman, Mars. “Ares, the son of Zeus and Hera, represents war from its fatal and destr

ptian, Neith*. Athene was said to have been produced from the head of Zeus , which Hephæstus had been ordered to cleave open.

Mulciber*; Egyptian, Pthah. Hephæstus, the god of fire, was a son of Zeus and Hera. According to one account, he was born l

ornaments. Another story is that on the occasion of a quarrel between Zeus and Hera, Hephæstus assisted his mother, whereupo

a palace of gold. With the assistance of the Cyclopes, he forged for Zeus his thunderbolts. He constructed the palaces in w

n. He also made the tripods which moved automatically, and formed for Zeus the far-famed Ægis*. He also made various wonderf

He also made various wonderful things for his favorites, or those of Zeus among men. Among these were the golden dogs which

rning a thunderbolt, which an eagle beside him is waiting to carry to Zeus . As artificer of the gods, seated at work in his

Ashtoreth*. In the Iliad, Aphrodite is represented as the daughter of Zeus and Dione, the goddess of moisture. This account

loss. Aphrodite piteously entreated Father Zeus to restore his life. Zeus at length consented that Adonis should spend one-

The Seasons.) The Horæ* were three beautiful maidens, daughters of Zeus and Themis. Their names were Eunomia* (wise legis

to a personification of grace and beauty. They were the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome, and were three in number, Euphrosyn

ow, with which he shoots forth his arrows from secret lurking-places. Zeus himself is represented as unable to withstand his

rrowfully for him. After many disappointments they were reunited, and Zeus made her immortal.10 “But never more they met!

o; Phœnician, Reshiph-Mical*; Egyptian, Horus*. Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto. The island of Delos was his birthplace.

o skilful that he could restore the dead to life. Aides complained to Zeus , who killed Asclepius with one of his thunderbolt

and also as Selene-Artemis. The Arcadian Artemis was the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and twin-sister of Apollo. She was a mo

bis (as conductor of souls to the lower world). Hermes was the son of Zeus and Maia* (one of the daughters of Atlas). He was

and everything that required skill and ingenuity. He was messenger of Zeus , and conductor of souls to the underworld; as the

s proof of his innocence. At last Apollo carried him to the throne of Zeus to have their quarrel decided. Zeus ordered Herme

ollo carried him to the throne of Zeus to have their quarrel decided. Zeus ordered Hermes to restore the cattle. When the di

nted by a head of Hermes), were placed at cross-roads and in streets. Zeus presented to Hermes a winged cap (Petasus) and wi

til after the time of Herodotus.” Dwight . Dionysus was the son of Zeus and Semele*, and he was snatched by Zeus from the

t . Dionysus was the son of Zeus and Semele*, and he was snatched by Zeus from the devouring flames in which his mother per

d by Zeus from the devouring flames in which his mother perished when Zeus appeared to her in all the splendor of his divine

e in the form of her nurse (Beroe*), and had persuaded her to request Zeus to appear to her in the full majesty of his divin

Musæ* (The Muses). “The parents of the nine Muses were Zeus and Mnemosyne* (Memory). Pindar gives the followi

heir origin: ‘After the defeat of the Titans, the celestials besought Zeus to create some beings who might perpetuate in son

he body of Medusa* when she was slain by Perseus*. He was employed by Zeus to carry his thunder and lightning. The later poe

ir.” Berens . Hebe* (Juventas). Hebe* was the daughter of Zeus and Hera, and she represented the youthful bloom

f victory, was a personification of the invincible power exercised by Zeus by means of lightning. In ancient sculpture she i

she is usually represented in connection with the colossal statues of Zeus and Athene, in which case she is life-sized, and

Ganymedes* was a son of Tros*, king of Troy. He was made immortal by Zeus , and installed as cup-bearer to the gods. It was

al by Zeus, and installed as cup-bearer to the gods. It was said that Zeus had observed him drawing water from a well on Mou

he oldest accounts, Æolus* was a king of the Æolian* Islands, to whom Zeus gave the command of the winds, which he kept shut

im than any other. Thus the Doric style of architecture was sacred to Zeus , Ares, and Heracles; the Ionic to Apollo, Artemis

ones in the fair white fat. The animal thus divided was placed before Zeus that he might choose on the part of the gods. He

m to earth hidden in a hollow tube. Furious at having been outwitted, Zeus determined to be revenged first on mankind and th

s), who gladly accepted her, though warned by Prometheus to beware of Zeus and his gifts. Epimetheus had in his house a jar

me into existence, is expressed in the myth of Pandora.” Seemann . Zeus executed vengeance on Prometheus by having him ch

s both in mind and body. They refused to pay the gods due honors, and Zeus destroyed them. The next was the Brazen race. The

tly powerful remained to preserve them from every kind of wickedness. Zeus , in his anger, drowned every one of this evil rac

dora, and reigned over the southern part of Thessaly at the time when Zeus resolved to destroy mankind by a flood. Warned by

rnassus. Deucalion and Pyrrha left the ark and offered a sacrifice to Zeus . When they saw the earth desolate and devoid of i

soned arrow. He suffered extreme pain, and in answer to his prayer to Zeus for relief he was placed among the stars as the c

n for the builders of towns. The Theban* Legends. Cadmus*. Zeus , under the form of a white bull, carried Europa,

ra. Semele, the mother of Dionysus, was consumed by the lightnings of Zeus . Agave became the mother of Pentheus, who opposed

lyria. He and his wife were finally changed into serpents and sent by Zeus to the Elysian Plain. Œdipus*. Laius*, a gr

and killed him. Callirrhoe, on learning the fate of Alcmæon, implored Zeus that her infant sons might grow at once to manhoo

e temple of the Delphian god. Perseus*. Perseus* was the son of Zeus and Danae*, daughter of Acrisius*, king of Argos.

hand of a son of Danae, her father imprisoned her in a brazen tower. Zeus visited her in the form of ashower of gold, and s

and child in a chest, which he cast into the sea. It was cared for by Zeus , who caused it to float to the island of Seriphos

rd, in which the trees bore golden fruit, would be robbed by a son of Zeus . Perseus was exasperated, and produced from his w

his victories, and attempted to mount to heaven by means of Pegasus. Zeus sent a gad-fly to sting the horse, which became s

Heracles*, the most renowned hero of antiquity, was the son of Zeus and Alcmena*. On the day on which he was to be bo

the son of Zeus and Alcmena*. On the day on which he was to be born, Zeus announced to the gods that on that day would be b

e first proof of his divine origin by strangling them with his hands. Zeus then acknowledged his son. Finding Hera sleeping,

er if Laomedon would give him the horses which Tros had received from Zeus as a compensation for the loss of Ganymedes. Laom

gypt, where Busiris* was in the habit of sacrificing all strangers to Zeus . Heracles allowed himself to be bound, but, when

the angry deity Apollo. A violent struggle would have ensued had not Zeus interfered by separating them with his lightning.

nds of the conqueror. Wishing to offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Zeus , he sent to his wife for a sacrificial robe. Hear

true brothers in arms. Each of them aspired to espouse a daughter of Zeus . Theseus fixed his choice on Helen, then but a ch

at the evil could be removed only by sacrificing Phryxus and Helle to Zeus . But the watchful Nephele apprised her children o

nt (Helle’s Sea). Phryxus arrived safely in Colchis. He sacrificed to Zeus the ram which had borne him thither, and suspende

e Argonauts. When everything was in readiness, Jason sacrificed to Zeus , who, as a sign of his favor, answered by thunder

pont. It was founded by Ilus*, a son of Tros, who was a descendant of Zeus and Electra, one of the Pleiades*. Tros had three

e sons, Ilus*, Assaracus*, and Ganymedes. The last was carried off by Zeus to be his cup-bearer. Assaracus was the grandfath

own named Ilion, from himself, and Troy from his father. He prayed to Zeus to bestow upon him some sign of favor. The next m

elen, and bore her away to his native city. Helen was the daughter of Zeus and Leda, and the loveliest woman of her time. Th

æstus (Vulcan), and Hermes (Mercury). On the side of the Trojans were Zeus (Jupiter), Apollo, Artemis (Diana), and Aphrodite

the other Greeks, became bolder, and no longer kept within the walls. Zeus , at the request of Thetis, gave them the victory

th clouds. The Ethiopians raised his tomb in the grove of the Nymphs. Zeus caused the sparks and cinders of his funeral pyre

confusion, offering no resistance. Priam perished before the altar of Zeus . The men were put to death; the women and childre

were shipwrecked mariners, and claimed his hospitality in the name of Zeus . Polyphemus deigned no reply, but reaching out hi

d destruction. Odysseus next arrived at the island of Æolus*, to whom Zeus had intrusted the command of the winds. He treate

detained on the island seven years, he was released by the command of Zeus . Calypso supplied Odysseus with the means to cons

lain by Laertes. Athene, under the form of Mentor, assisted Odysseus. Zeus thundered, and ended the conflict. Athene establi

y and the empire destined to be founded on its shores were forgotten. Zeus (Jupiter) sent Hermes (Mercury) to the hero, comm

ed time. Rhea, or Ops, personified the productive power of the earth. Zeus , or Jupiter, personified the sky. Hera, or Juno,

ified mind working throughout the universe, carrying out the plans of Zeus . Ares, or Mars, personified the angry, clouded sk

ate presided over the darkness and terrors of night; also over magic. Zeus , or Jupiter, presided over all phenomena of the h

estivals. Chronia, in honor of Chronos. Olympic Games, in honor of Zeus . Dædalæ, in honor of Hera. Tonea, ——————— Isthmia

Zend-Avesta, 218. Zephyrus, 26, 87, 121. Zetes, 173. Zethus, 40. Zeus , 11, 16, 20, 24, 25, 26, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36,

rgessero a dignità di dei nazionali. Così Era, la moglie legittima di Zeus , era in origine una divinità, venerata solamente

rigine una divinità, venerata solamente in Argo, mentre la moglie del Zeus di Dodona chiamavasi Dione. — Anche ragioni stori

di scorgere. Così si fece come una fusione di essere mitici, il greco Zeus venne identificato coll’ italico Iupiter, Hera co

(Il. 21,407). Più robuste ed agili eran le membra divine; la forza di Zeus era tale che col solo muover delle sopracciglia f

coltà del vedere e dell’ udire s’ estende per loro illimitatamente, e Zeus , ad es., dall’ alto trono dell’ Olimpo scorge, se

si era pero giunti al concetto dell’ onniscienza e dell’ onnipotenza; Zeus stesso era in qualche modo limitato nell’ eserciz

ia, Demetra, Era, Ades e Posidone; ma quando nacque l’ ultimo figlio, Zeus , Rea lo nascose, e invece di esso porse al padre,

Oceano, Temi, Mnemosine e Iperione essendosi schierati dalla parte di Zeus , rimasero gli altri a difesa del fratello. Zeus s

ierati dalla parte di Zeus, rimasero gli altri a difesa del fratello. Zeus si valse anche dei Ciclopi e degli Ecatonchiri, l

dieci anni, e ne fu teatro la fertile Tessaglia, avendo i Cronidi con Zeus occupato il monte Olimpo, i Titani con Crono e Gi

battuta con straordinaria violenza; di qua e di là scagliaronsi rupi; Zeus ricorse anche ai fulmini fornitigli dai Ciclopi;

iati loro a guardia gli Ecatonchiri, divenuti omai fide sentinelle di Zeus . Crono perdette il regno della vita e dovette con

secondo alcuni poeti, di regnare con Radamante sulle isole dei beati. Zeus divenuto signore dell’ universo, divise questo do

tato di grandezza e di forza meravigliosa, lo indusse a muover contro Zeus per rovesciarlo dal trono. Di qui una nuova, terr

uassi geologici dovuti alle forze vulcaniche. I fulmini incessanti di Zeus domarono alfine il mostro, che fu gettato nel Tar

i poeti parlano anche di una Gigantomachia, ossia di una lotta contro Zeus dei Giganti, nati dalle goccie di sangue sparse d

ero subire la stessa sorte dei Titani. Da quel momento la signoria di Zeus durò incontrastata, e niun avversario più sorse a

o a Crono da Rea, quando gli presentò una pietra in luogo del neonato Zeus . Assai più frequente, sia nei poeti sia negli

si è detto che vinti i Titani, e ottenuta la signoria dell’ universo, Zeus la divise co’ suoi due fratelli, Ades e Posidone,

ganesimo. Tutte le Divinità greche erano dunque raggruppate intorno a Zeus , detto padre degli Dei e degli uomini. Le Divinit

er lo più si annoveravano a dodici le maggiori, comprendendovi, oltre Zeus , il fratello Posidone, le sorelle Era, Estia e De

da Era, Apollo ed Artemide nati da Leto, Atena uscita dal cervello di Zeus , Ermes nato da Maia e Afrodite nata da Dione. Sal

per eccellenza, era per i Greci Zeus, per i Latini Iupiter. La parola Zeus , ossia Djeus (genitivo Diós) si connette colla in

sto concetto di Dio celeste derivano appunto le attribuzioni varie di Zeus . Egli presiede ai fenomeni atmosferici; raccoglie

il bel tempo ». A queste attribuzioni si connette l’ Egida o scudo di Zeus ; in origine null’ altro che un manto di nembi, sc

ascura di accoglierli e ospitarli benignamente. Come dello stato così Zeus è anche il protettore della famiglia; ogni capo d

sti eran creduti segni col quali la divinità si rivelava agli uomini, Zeus , come dio supremo, doveva essere naturalmente la

antichi, non impedi che si diffondessero e moltiplicassero intorno a Zeus leggende antropomorfiche, nelle quali egli compar

, battendo le spade contro gli scudi. Divenuto poi adulto, e potente, Zeus non disdegnò, secondo la leggenda, di cercar soll

enente alla famiglia dei Titani, da cui generò le Ore e le Parche. Il Zeus di Dodona ebbe in moglie Dione, la madre di Afrod

to (Latona) Apollo ed Artemide. Era, la sorella e moglie legittima di Zeus , non gli diede che due figliuoli, Ares (Marte) ed

Marte) ed Efesto (Hephaistos, Vulcano). Tra le donne mortali amate da Zeus , la più celebre è Semele, figlia di Cadmo il re T

conda. Rispetto a questi molteplici amori attribuiti dalla leggenda a Zeus , son da notare due cose: prima che spesso il ling

razione la produzione di certi fenomeni naturali: ad es. l’ unione di Zeus con Leto e la generazione di Apollo e Artemide si

, da cui provengono i raggi del sole e quelli della luna; l’ amore di Zeus con Demeter, la dea delle biade, rappresenta l’ u

e dà origine alla vegetazione. In secondo luogo ciascuna località ove Zeus era oggetto di culto aveva le sue proprie leggend

relative al supremo Dio vennero a essere moltiplicate. 4. Il culto di Zeus si estese in tutte le provincie dell’ Eliade, ess

Dodona, città della Tesprozia in Epiro, dove già era oggetto di culto Zeus quando non eravi ancora in tutta la Grecia alcun

ulla cima del monte Tomaro, a’ cui piedi giaceva Dodona, era venerato Zeus , come del resto quasi tutte le alture erano antic

Creta e in altre isole. Ma il luogo più celebre di tutti pel culto di Zeus divenne la città di Olimpia in Elide, ove ogni qu

Più materiale è l’ immagine che ci dà lo stesso poeta della forza di Zeus mettendogli in bocca queste parole: « Orsù, dic’

oi non riuscirete, per quanto vi stanchiate, a tirar giù dal cielo me Zeus , il supremo reggitore; ma se io volessi tirar su,

no più forte degli Dei e degli uomini ». In senso elevato cantaron di Zeus i grandi poeti lirici dell’ Ellade, e inni specia

o. Anche la filosofia si valse di questo concetto e invocò il nome di Zeus , ma ben presto le idee panteistiche guastarono l’

dee panteistiche guastarono l’ immagine dei prischi tempi, facendo di Zeus l’ anima dell’ universo e ornandolo dei più contr

ho, Cuncta supercilio movens 2 (Od. 3,1,7) è un pallido riflesso del Zeus omerico; ma che bene ha saputo esprimere il gover

aequo (Od. 3, 4, 45 sg.)3. Venendo alle rappresentazioni figurate di Zeus , è naturale che di esse e specialmente di statue

Giunone. 1. Figlia maggiore di Crono e di Rea, sorella e moglie di Zeus , Era è la divinità femminile del cielo, come Zeus

sorella e moglie di Zeus, Era è la divinità femminile del cielo, come Zeus ne è la divinità maschile. Gli attributi di lei c

maschile. Gli attributi di lei corrispondono esattamente a quelli di Zeus ; anch’ essa presiede ai fenomeni atmosferici e ce

ci e celesti, anch’ essa scatena le tempeste ma con minor violenza di Zeus ; anch’ essa divide con Zeus gli onori del regno c

tena le tempeste ma con minor violenza di Zeus; anch’ essa divide con Zeus gli onori del regno celeste. I rapporti coniugali

con Zeus gli onori del regno celeste. I rapporti coniugali di Era con Zeus formavano il nucleo dei miti ad essa relativi ed

e tale che non esitava a perseguitare accanitamente le donne amate da Zeus e la loro discendenza; do ve ricordiamo che il pr

strano e d’ immorale che a prima vista presentano. Così Io, amata da Zeus e mutata da Era in vacca e data a custodire ad Ar

rva. 1. Secondo la teogonia di Esiodo, Pallade Atena era figlia di Zeus , essendo balzata fuori tutta armata, come già si

a terra aveva la Dea gareggiato con Posidone il re del mare, avendone Zeus assegnata la signoria a chi le facesse il dono pi

IV. Apollo. 1. Febo Apollo era detto, come Artemide, figlio di Zeus e di Leto o Latona. Narravasi che perseguitata da

durante i loro conviti. Dirigeva anche il coro delle Muse, figlie di Zeus e di Mnemosine; di qui il titolo di Apollo Musage

fulmine, l’ aquila vinta dalle cadenze si addormenta sullo scettro di Zeus , Ares lascia in disparte le lancie e tutti gli De

il cervo, il cigno, il delfino. V. Artemide-Diana. 1. Figlia di Zeus e di Leto, Artemide partecipa della natura di suo

e il cinghiale. VI. Ares-Marte. 1. Venendo ai figli di Zeus e di Era, il primo è Ares, dio della guerra. A di

i disordine e di lotta, Ares era detestato dagli altri Dei; lo stesso Zeus lo aveva in odio. Egli, secondo canta Omero, non

o, il picchio. VII. Efesto-Vulcano. 1. L’ altro figlio di Zeus e di Era è Efesto (Hephaestos), Dio del fuoco. Si

il fuoco vien dal cielo, per questo Efesto era stato detto figlio di Zeus . Lo si pensava zoppo; immagine dei movimenti vaci

rvasi in Vaticano. VIII. Ermes-Mercurio. 1. Ermes, figlio di Zeus e di Maia figlia d’ Atlante, nacque in una cavern

ga il fatto; onde Apollo a forza lo dove condurre davanti il trono di Zeus , lasciando a questo di decidere la contesa. Anche

sto di decidere la contesa. Anche allora stava Ermes in sul niego, ma Zeus , capita la cosa, gli diè ordine di cercare insiem

le acque del cielo, che il vento fura nascondendole nella nuvola; ma Zeus poi l’ obbliga a restituirle gratificando i morta

mito relativo ad Ermes è l’ incarico datogli di liberare Io, amata da Zeus , cui Era gelosa aveva trasformata in vacca e data

Dei. Così fu mandato alla ninfa Calipso per trasmetterle l’ ordine di Zeus circa il rilascio di Ulisse; fu mandato ad Egisto

Cartagine. Già abbiamo ricordato l’ incarico più difficile datogli da Zeus di uccidere Argo dai cento occhi, custode di Io.

rpenti intorno attorcigliati. Siccome i sogni si credeva venissero da Zeus , così Ermes, come messaggero di Zeus, era anche a

i sogni si credeva venissero da Zeus, così Ermes, come messaggero di Zeus , era anche apportatore dei sogni e conciliatore d

rciante, ed ha la borsa in mano; ora infine è messaggero ed araldo di Zeus coll’ ali ai piedi e sul petaso e in mano il cadu

astri. IX. Afrodite-Venere. 1. In Omero Afrodite è figlia di Zeus e di Dione, quella che a Dodona era venerata come

di Zeus e di Dione, quella che a Dodona era venerata come la sposa di Zeus . Ma questa leggenda cedette il luogo ad un’ altra

ante una caccia, ucciso da un cinghiale. Ella, addoloratissima, prego Zeus di richiamarlo in vita; ma intanto se n’ era anch

(Hestia) era detta figlia maggiore di Crono e Rea, quindi sorella di Zeus e di Era; è da notarsi pero che nei poemi omerici

glie di Atlante. La più vecchia e la più bella era Maia, quella che a Zeus diede un figlio in Erme. Dai Latini eran denomina

ava con Callisto, una ninfa Arcade, del seguito di Artemide, amata da Zeus epperò perseguitata da Artemide per ayer offeso l

perseguitata da Artemide per ayer offeso la legge della castità, e da Zeus portata in cielo. I Latini chiamavano questo grup

si trovan rappresentate alcune stelle come combattenti dalla parte di Zeus contro i Giganti. Artifizio a cui si ricorse per

a loro volontà. a) Le Muse. 1. Secondo Esiodo erano figlie di Zeus e di Mnemosyne, la memoria, e nate nella Pieria,

rnare coll’ arte del canto le grandiose gesta degli Dei; e che allora Zeus genero con Mnemosine le nove Muse, le quali sanno

nimo degli Dei, allorquando questi sono adunati nell’ alto palazzo di Zeus sull’ Olimpo. — In origine le Muse erano ninfe de

nuovi inni. b) Le Cariti o Grazie. 1. Figlie di Zeus e di Eurinome, secondo Esiodo, eran le Cariti, ch

e. In intima connessione colle Cariti sono le Ore, dette figlie di Zeus e di Temi (Themis). Esse rappresentavano il regol

mblee dei popoli sulla terra. Le Ore alla lor volta, come ministre di Zeus , erano da Omero dette le portinaie del cielo; ora

ona è posta nella loro dipendenza. Non solo erano credute ministre di Zeus , ma anche di altre Divinità, come Era, Afrodite,

on è che la personificazione del potere irresistibile e vittorioso di Zeus , e gli è difatti inseparabile compagna nelle lott

. Essa era pero anche in intima relazione con Pallade Atena, che dopo Zeus rappresentava la più alta potenza; infatti Atena

elle profondità del mare e fino allo Stige; per lo più in servigio di Zeus e di Era, ma anche talvolta di altri Dei. Nè solo

tima figura è senz’ ali. f) Ebe, la Gioventù. 1. Ebe, figlia di Zeus e di Era, era una personificazione della fiorente

ei, di mano di Prassitele, era messa accosto a quella della moglie di Zeus ; ora è congiunta con Eracle come nel Cinosarge (G

ei od uomini, la piaga d’ amore. Alla forza di Eros, dicevasi, neppur Zeus può sottrarsi; con che si veniva a indicar l’ amo

anche far più del dover suo, volle anche risuscitare un morto; allora Zeus adirato per questo sconvolgimento dell’ ordine na

vendicare il figliuolo, uccise i Ciclopi, fabbricatori dei fulmini di Zeus , e sdegnato abbandonò per qualche tempo il Cielo.

mento del morire. E questo dicevasi talvolta effetto della volontà di Zeus o in genere degli Dei, tal altra si concepiva il

come qualcosa di superiore alla stessa volontà divina, potenza a cui Zeus stesso non valeva a sottrarsi. Di qui il concetto

te. Come esecutrici della volontà divina, erano messe in rapporto con Zeus reggitore dell’ ordine supremo, o con Apollo il s

che non avendo preso parte alla grande lotta contro la dominazione di Zeus , non ebbe la sorte degli altri Titani, ma potè ri

etide (Thetis), direttrice del coro delle Nereidi, così avvenente che Zeus stesso l’ amava, ma essa preferi darsi in isposa

lla Teogonia ch’ egli era figlio di Crono e di Rea e però fratello di Zeus , e che allorquando dopo il trionfo di Zeus, i Cro

di Rea e però fratello di Zeus, e che allorquando dopo il trionfo di Zeus , i Cronidi si divisero la signoria dell’ universo

va rappresentar Posidone, in figura somigliante a quella del fratello Zeus , barbato il viso, la chioma ricciuta che fluisce

Urano e di Gea, moglie di Crono e madre dei Cronidi, specialmente di Zeus , ci è già nota dalla Teogonia. Era essa oggetto d

ola di Creta, dove si diceva che ella avesse fatto allevare il figlio Zeus in una caverna del monte Ida (cfr. pag. 23). Perc

di Tebe; e sua madre era Semele, una delle figlie di Cadmo, amata da Zeus . A costei l’ amore di Zeus fu fatale, perche indo

emele, una delle figlie di Cadmo, amata da Zeus. A costei l’ amore di Zeus fu fatale, perche indotta dalla gelosa Era a chie

in tutta la sua maestà fra tuoni e lampi, fu involta dalle flamme di Zeus , ed ivi morì. Zeus però salvò il figlio che non e

està fra tuoni e lampi, fu involta dalle flamme di Zeus, ed ivi morì. Zeus però salvò il figlio che non era ancor nato, e pe

tempo; di qui dicevasi che Dioniso avesse avuto un doppio nascimento. Zeus poi consegnò il neonato ad Ermes perchè lo portas

he saltando in mare dove lo accolse Tetide; ma Licurgo fu accecato da Zeus ed ebbe accorciata la vita, come in Omero si narr

iso. Questi vedutala se n’ innamora e la fa sua sposa, ottenendole da Zeus l’ immortalità. Ella gli fu d’ allora in poi comp

iso detto Zagreus, il lacerato, era il primo Dio; era detto figlio di Zeus e di Persefona; e si narrava che essendo egli des

nciullo e tagliarono a pezzi e divorarono, ma Era ne portò il cuore a Zeus , e questi lo inghiotti, e più tardi diè alla luce

Di qui si formò più tardi la leggenda, che Pane avesse molto aiutato Zeus nella lotta contro i Titani, giacchè appena egli

dire la madre terra, era figlia di Crono e di Rea, perciò sorella di Zeus ; essa era propriamente la dea delle biade, ma in

o per farne la sua sposa. Tutto ciò avveniva non senza il consenso di Zeus . Demetra aveva udito a distanza le grida della fi

ò la verità, nè tacque che Ade aveva rapito Persefone col consenso di Zeus . Allora Demetra crucciata contro il re degli Dei

rtilità alla terra finchè non le fosse restituita l’ amata figliuola. Zeus fu obbligato a mandar Ermes nell’ Inferno per ind

mbo della terra. E Persefone con Ade formava il riscontro di Era e di Zeus . Tale è il concetto che unicamente è accennato ne

Ades-Plutone. 1. Ade, figlio di Crono e di Rea, quindi fratello di Zeus , era il re dell’ Inferno. Allorquando, dopo la vi

lo di Zeus, era il re dell’ Inferno. Allorquando, dopo la vittoria di Zeus , questi aveva diviso co’ suoi fratelli il dominio

toccò il regno delle acque. Di Ades è compagna Persefone, come Era di Zeus , Anfitrite di Posidone. Già s’ è riferita la legg

e i cattivi, e l’ Eliso, dove venivano mandati quelli che eran cari a Zeus per vivervi beati senza alcun affanno, non era an

inutil fatica. Issione, re dei Lapiti, reo anch’ egli d’ aver offeso Zeus , ha avuto la pena di essere legato mani e piedi a

o dell’ Acropoli d’ Atene. Così pure nel rilievo del grande altare di Zeus a Pergamo Ecate apparisce tra i combattenti con t

tutti doma, uomini e Dei, a infondere profondo sopore nelle membra di Zeus , perchè Posidone potesse, senza alcun impedimento

soccorso agli Achei. Già un’ altra volta il Sonno aveva addormentato Zeus , a richiesta d’ Era; ma quando Zeus si svegliò, a

volta il Sonno aveva addormentato Zeus, a richiesta d’ Era; ma quando Zeus si svegliò, adirato contro lui, l’ avrebbe precip

stirpi, specie le stirpi regali ed eroiche, a qualche divinità, come Zeus , Posidone, Apollo, Ares, ecc. Posidone ad es. era

er il detto furto essendo stata come profanata la pura forza celeste, Zeus puni l’ autore di questa profanazione facendolo i

ato di morire in luogo di Prometeo, ebbe luogo la riconciliazione tra Zeus e il Titano. Qui Prometeo è la personificazione d

i sorsero e si diffusero mali pria sconosciuti, è il mito di Pandora. Zeus , adirato per il rapimento del fuoco, non lo volle

di flori e abiti leggiadri; così da tutti donata fu chiamata Pandora. Zeus però le consegnò una scatola chiusa dove si trova

ente, sebbene fosse stato avvisato dal fratello a non ricever doni da Zeus , non seppe resistere alle attrattive della donna

rbosa sonnolenza. Trascuravan persino di rendere onori agli Dei; onde Zeus preso da furore disperse questa schiatta, e te es

no selvaggi e violenti; amanti di lotte e di guerre. Non ebbe bisogno Zeus di annientarli perchè da sè stessi si sterminaron

Deucalione; giacchè si affermava che il diluvio era stato mandato da Zeus appunto per disperdere le corrotte generazioni de

ta da Epimeteo e Pandora. Avvertito da suo padre dell’ intenzione che Zeus aveva di sterminare con una generale inondazione

meteo come di un Titano benefattore dell’ umanità, che ne è punito da Zeus , e pur tra i tormenti tiene alta la testa e invit

e celebre Centauromachia era quella del frontone ovest del tempio di Zeus in Olimpia, opera attribuita ad Alcamene; se ne s

e quindi fratello di Europa. Allorchè Europa era stata portata via da Zeus in forma di toro, e già era giunta all’ isola di

avventura ivi attendevalo. Apparecchiandosi a sacrificare la vacca a Zeus , avendo mandato i suoi compagni ad attingere acqu

in Illiria; in ultimo poi, trasformati in draghi, entrambi furono da Zeus ammessi all’ eterna vita dei Campi Elisi. Molti f

ia bellezza, chiamata Antiope. Costei avendo concesso i suoi favori a Zeus avvicinatosi a lei in forma di Satiro e sentendos

ua fortuna e della sua stirpe divina (Tantalo suo padre era figlio di Zeus ), voleva impedire alle donne tebane il culto alla

mico e compagno di Tantalo per il quale ei rubò un cane dal tempio di Zeus in Creta e perciò fu mutato in sasso. Aedona ebbe

la sua vita seguente fu tutta un piangere e lamentarsi. Convertita da Zeus in usignolo, continua co’ suoi queruli trilli a r

che miseramente perì. Secondo Pindaro, si sarebbe attirato l’ odio di Zeus per aver voluto in groppa al suo Pegaso salire al

io di Zeus per aver voluto in groppa al suo Pegaso salire al cielo; e Zeus l’ avrebbe punito mandando un assilio che morse e

di Era, attrasse a sè, per la sua singolare bellezza, gli sguardi di Zeus che se ne innamorò. Di che accortasi la gelosa Er

ittura antica. b) Danao e le Danaidi. 1. Epafo, il figlio di Zeus e di Io, re dell’ Egitto, ebbe una figliuola, di

1. Acrisio ebbe una figliuola di nome Danae. Di costei prese vaghezza Zeus ; ma Acrisio ammonito dall’ oracolo che egli avreb

richiuse Danae in una caverna sotterranea. Onde volendo ivi penetrare Zeus , si trasformò in pioggia d’ oro, e così fè sua Da

col bambino sul mare, piena di umiltà e di rassegnazione ai voleri di Zeus , ha ispirato uno dei più bei canti di Simonide 49

ordare che un’ antichissima leggenda raccontava di Leda come amata da Zeus , che le s’ era accostato in forma d’ un cigno. Ma

orrevano tradizioni molto diverse. Per Omero solo Elena era figlia di Zeus , Castore e Polluce e anche Clitennestra erano fig

etti perciò Tindaridi. Più tardi si fecero Castore e Polluce figli di Zeus e però si dissero Dioscuri; più tardi ancora Cast

si disse mortale e figlio di Tindareo, Polluce immortale e figlio di Zeus . In alcuni racconti si parla di un uovo deposto d

di dispetto uccise Linceo, mentre Ida veniva colpito da un fulmine di Zeus . Polluce, addoloratissimo per la morte del fratel

la morte del fratello, da cui non avrebbe voluto staccarsi mai, pregò Zeus facesse morire anche lui; ma ciò non poteva esser

vano ricordi statuari di Teseo; il frontone occidentale del tempio di Zeus in Olimpia lo aveva tra i combattenti contro i Ce

cate. L’ eroe mitico dell’ isola e primo re fu Minosse. Era figlio di Zeus e di Europa. Costei, nata da un Fenice, dice Omer

nthus o Rhadamanthys), secondo alcuni anche di Sarpedone, eroe licio. Zeus poi laseiò Europa e i suoi figli alla custodia de

oi a cui i figli di Europa sono affidati non è che un’ altra forma di Zeus , e di fatti si parla anche di un Zeus Asterios, c

telli di Alcmena. Gli è appunto durante l’ assenza di Anfitrione, che Zeus preso d’ amore per Alcmena la fè madre di Eracle.

a fè madre di Eracle. Di qui s’ intende come Eracle, sebben figlio di Zeus , fosse anche detto Anfitrioniade. Gemello con Era

n doveva sfuggire all’ odio e alla persecuzione della gelosamoglie di Zeus . Si manifestò quest’ ostilità fin dal primo di lu

festò quest’ ostilità fin dal primo di lui nascimento. Perchè, avendo Zeus , nel giorno in cui Alcmena doveva dare alla luce

ale sebben vile ed imbelle, dovettero rimaner soggetti pel decreto di Zeus tutti i Persidi, ed anche Eracle tanto più forte

Micene), chiamò Eracle al suo servizio. Doveva, secondo il decreto di Zeus , compire dodici fatiche (il numero dodici fu fiss

Laomedonte che gli aveva promesso, se ciò facesse, i cavalli avuti da Zeus in cambio del rapito Ganimede, non mantenne neanc

zze che Era aveva ricevuto da Gea in occasione del suo matrimonio con Zeus . Erano custoditi nell’ estremo occidente dalle Es

un re crudele Busiride che afferrava i forestieri e li sacrificava a Zeus . Anche Eracle doveva subire la stessa sorte, ma e

so Dio, con lui s’ accingeva temerariamente a lottare l’ eroe, quando Zeus con un terribile fulmine separò i combattenti. A

limpo. Là egli visse cogli immortali, e riconciliato con Era, ebbe da Zeus il dono di eterna gioventù, fatto sposo di Ebe, d

etope occidentali del tempio di Teseo in Atene e quelle del tempio di Zeus in Olimpia, di cui alcune si conservano nel Museo

isso invece giunse felicemente in Colchide, ivi sacrifico l’ ariete a Zeus protettore de’ fuggenti, e appese il vello d’ oro

; Capaneo che vantava nel suo orgoglio di resistere anche al fuoco di Zeus , venne fulminato dall’ alto delle scalate mura; P

n quel modo che già si espose parlando del regno dei morti. Figlio di Zeus , possessore di estesissimi fondi, era così bene v

appartengono alla famiglia degli Eacidi. Eaco era un altro figlio di Zeus , nato da una figliuola del fiume Asopo. Era re de

Desolata da una peste la sua isola e spoglia d’ abitanti, ottenne da Zeus che uno sciame di formiche fossero trasformate in

amiglia regnante in Troia traeva la sua origine da Dardano, figlio di Zeus , emigrato dall’ Arcadia a Samotracia e di là nell

tre figli, Ilo, Assaraco e Ganimede. Di quest’ ultimo, fatto rapir da Zeus , per la sua straordinaria bellezza e divenuto cop

mandro, e ivi fondò la città di Ilio o Troia. Fondata la città, pregò Zeus gli mandasse un segno visibile della sua grazia;

, Atena ed Afrodite naturalmente pretendevano aver diritto alla mela. Zeus ordinò che le tre Dee fossero da Ermes condotte s

ardire e con valorose sortite principiarono a tormentare gli Achei; e Zeus , pregato da Tetide la madre di Achille, fè che la

iti. Il vecchio Priamo, che aveva cercato protezione presso l’ ara di Zeus con Ecuba e le figlie, venne ucciso da Neottolemo

vendetta degli offesi Dei; appena s’ eran messi in mare un fulmine di Zeus sconquassa la nave e la sprofonda nelle onde; ann

d’ Itaca. Alfine gli Dei si mossero a compassione di tanto dolore, e Zeus mande per mezzo di Ermes ordine a Calipso di lasc

cipalissime. E prima le scolture del frontone orientale del tempio di Zeus in Olimpia, rappresentanti il momento in cui Pelo

er cura del governo germanico. In mezzo s’ erge maestosa la figura di Zeus , a sinistra di lui stanno Pelope ed Ippodamia, a

Pindaro nella prima Nemea lo chiama l’ esimio profeta dell’ altissimo Zeus , il profeta di verità; mentre i Tragici lo introd

547. Index, 557. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. Plate I. 1. Zeus conquering the Giants. Cameo, engraved by Atheniô

Vases Grecs, iv. 361. Plate VII. Persephone and Spring come to Zeus  : Hermes explains to him why the goddess is to sp

other kings of the gods whom they could not reconcile with their own Zeus , and of queens who could not be brought to agree

ose gods had indeed reigned, but that they had been overcome by their Zeus  ; and that the goddesses had indeed cohabited wit

come by their Zeus ; and that the goddesses had indeed cohabited with Zeus , but they had not been his lawful wives. And this

le of the Titans being driven out of heaven, and of the concubines of Zeus , who were reckoned among the Titanesses, the daug

eter, Dione, who were all, according to different legends, spouses of Zeus .» With these views of this most ingenious writer

sts derived their lineage from Crete, whence they had been brought by Zeus after he had succeeded his predecessors Uranos an

among men ; and on a golden pillar in the temple the deeds of Uranos, Zeus , Artemis, and Apollo had been inscribed by Hermes

ays were the same with the sacred characters of the Egyptian priests. Zeus had, according to this monument, been the most po

ous ; for though he seems to have treated some of the higher gods, as Zeus for example, with a degree of respect, he was les

Sicily, and Italy. He espoused his sister Rhea, who bore a son named Zeus , in all things the opposite of his grim sire ; wh

habitants ; because thou hast espoused Helena, and art son-in-law of Zeus . In the time of Hesiod112 the Elysian Plain was

of it which extends from Chaos to the establishment of the empire of Zeus and origin of the gods worshiped in Greece. Chaos

and their offspring were Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Aïdes, Poseidôn, and Zeus . Kronos, having learned from his parents, Heaven

ildren as fast as they were born. Rhea, when about to be delivered of Zeus , besought her parents to teach her how she might

. The Kronids then, by the advice of Earth, gave the supreme power to Zeus , who in return distributed honours and dominion a

of the Titans. Homer knows nothing of this war ; he merely says that Zeus placed Kronos beneath ‘the earth and barren sea15

ôn, the Aloeids, and the Giants against the gods. The circumstance of Zeus being termed King (though for another reason), th

of Uranos, aided in making the mythe take this form. The question how Zeus came to the throne was naturally answered by the

n the two classes of gods. Imitation is also everywhere to be traced. Zeus is made to mutilate Kronos as Kronos did Uranos16

e earth, the former swallows his. Kronos is the youngest child, so is Zeus  ; the Titans divide the dominion of the world, so

the counsel162; and in the Ilias an attempt of the Olympians to bind Zeus is mentioned, in which Briareôs again comes to hi

In Homer Sleep says to Hera that, when once at her desire he had cast Zeus into a slumber, the god on waking sought him, and

t that he took refuge with Night, ‘the subduer of gods and men,’ whom Zeus revering remitted his anger173. The poet gives he

e retired188. In the Ilias189 Oceanos is said to dread the thunder of Zeus . As in similar cases, it is not always easy to di

, And his dear children ; but the grove with laurel shaded The son of Zeus went into202. Mimnermus had the following lines

this youth to a celestial origin being disputed by Epaphos the son of Zeus , he journeyed to the palace of his sire, from who

is set on fire, and a total conflagration would have ensued, had not Zeus , at the prayer of Earth, launched his thunder, an

seventy cubits high, in his honour239. The legend said240 that, when Zeus and the other Immortals were dividing the earth a

by lot, the Sun happening to be absent got no share. On his reminding Zeus of this, the god was about to make a new allotmen

ausanias247 says that one of the figures on the base of the throne of Zeus at Olympia was Selene driving a single horse, as

Megamedes. It was said that Selene was enamoured of Endymiôn, on whom Zeus had bestowed the boon of perpetual youth, but uni

ve gained her love under the form of a snow-white ram256. She bore to Zeus a daughter named Pandia257; and Ersa (Dew) was al

of Laomedôn, king of Troy. When she had carried him off, she besought Zeus to bestow on him immortality. The sovereign of Ol

hemis and Mnemosyne are reserved to be the parents of moral beings by Zeus in the new order of things. This is surely not th

steria. Bacchylides made her a daughter of Night, and Musæus gave her Zeus for a sire in place of Perses292, while others sa

295. It is said in the Theogony296 that Hecate was highly honoured by Zeus , who allowed her to exercise extensive power over

ured with all power among the immortals, and is by the appointment of Zeus the rearer of children, whom she has brought to s

Uranos by his youngest son Kronos, and the overthrow of the latter by Zeus and his other children, the Kronids, have been al

ers in his view of the subject312. At a later period it was said that Zeus had released the Titans313. Hesiod in his didacti

ught into existence. Perhaps, as has been ingeniously conjectured326, Zeus , the god of the heaven, was poetically named Kron

s that of the princes and nobles of the heroic ages. In the palace of Zeus on Olympos they feast at the approach of evening,

in fact regulated on the model of a Grecian city of the heroic ages. Zeus was king of the region of the air and clouds, whi

ision of their conquests ; Earth and Olympos were common property353. Zeus however, as eldest brother354, exercised a suprem

. The other inhabitants of Olympos were Hera the sister and spouse of Zeus , Apollo the god of music and archery, his sister

ike manner we find twelve Olympians, similarly divided. The gods were Zeus , Poseidôn, Hephæstos, Hermes, Apollo, Ares ; the

HADES, HESTIA. The Kronids, or children of Kronos and Rhea, were Zeus , Poseidôn, Hades, Hestia, Hera, and Demeter. The

meter. The four first we shall place here : the two last, as wives of Zeus , will find their more appropriate situation along

ate situation along with their children. Ζєύς. Jovis, Jupiter. Zeus is in the Ilias the eldest son of Kronos and Rhea

y the perversions of law and justice, of which he is the fountain378. Zeus is called the ‘father of men and gods’379 ; his p

d to ‘justify his ways385.’ The Theogony, as we have seen, represents Zeus as the lastborn child of Kronos and Rhea, and acc

mpos. According to this tradition Rhea, when about to be delivered of Zeus , retired to a cavern near Lyctos or Cnossos in Cr

with his beak from a rock389. This legend was gradually pragmatised ; Zeus became a mortal king of Crete, and not merely the

he ‘lying Cretans390 The Arcadians, on the other hand, asserted that Zeus first saw the light among their mountains. Rhea,

l meet with other instances. In the Theogony the celestial progeny of Zeus are enumerated in the following order393. Zeus fi

e celestial progeny of Zeus are enumerated in the following order393. Zeus first espoused Metis (Prudence), who exceeded god

, and Eileithyia. According to Homer394 Aphrodite was the daughter of Zeus by Dione. The Theogony further says that Maia, th

later fable said that Asteria, the sister of Leto, flying the love of Zeus , flung herself from heaven down to the sea and be

amed Epaphos. Many other heroes could also boast of being the sons of Zeus by different mothers. Of all these mortal loves w

when we come to speak of the heroes who sprang from them. The love of Zeus (and in this there lies a moral) was not always a

ndoned to the waves of the sea. We shall presently show that the name Zeus signifies God. When, therefore, we recollect how

ogy of Greece398. A mere epithet was probably the germ of the mythe ; Zeus was then placed at the head of a genealogy ; and

man’ — we are indebted for some interesting legends told by poets, of Zeus taking the human form, and coming down to view mo

ted by Ovid in his most agreeable manner, to the following effect400. Zeus and Hermes came one time in the form of men to a

the fate of their neighbours it became a temple. On being desired by Zeus to express their wishes, they prayed that they mi

g, and darkness, and struck terror into mortal hearts, was formed for Zeus by Hephæstos406. In Homer we see it sometimes bor

n period, his priests, the Selli, announced his will and futurity409. Zeus was represented by the artists as the model of di

ide-thundering ; and others of similar signification. The epithets of Zeus derived from his offices, such as Xenios, as prot

named the Diasia was held at Athens, in which offerings were made to Zeus , the Mild or Appeased, (μειλίχιος)411, answering

e Mosaic law. At Argos there was an ancient wooden statue (ξόανον) of Zeus , which had a third eye in its forehead. The tradi

s are rightly explained by Pausanias as indicative of the dominion of Zeus (the God) over heaven, earth, (land and water,) a

, the affinity of which language to the Æolic Greek is well known413. Zeus (Ζεùς) therefore is God, the same as θεòς, deus,

ev or Dew, and the Sanscrit Deva and Deveta 414. The oblique cases of Zeus come from Δὶς and Ζὴν, or Zàv, the former of whic

he placed the dolphin among the stars418. Poseidôn, like his brother Zeus , had a numerous progeny both by goddesses and mor

teed Pegasos is also the offspring of Poseidôn431. In the Ilias, when Zeus returns from Ida to Olympos, it is Poseidôn that

en the Harpy-born steeds of Achilles to Peleus433 ; he is joined with Zeus as the teacher of the art of driving the chariot4

5 ; in the former case the sea-god was forced to yield, in the latter Zeus decided that they should hold the dominion in com

ontended with Hera for Argos446, and with Helios for Corinth447; with Zeus for Ægina448, and with Dionysos for Naxos449; and

aron, Geræstos, and other headlands455. Poseidôn is represented, like Zeus , of a serene and majestic aspect ; his form is st

ΐδης, Ἀϊδωνεὑς, Ἅιδης‚ Πλοὐτων. Orcus, Dis. Hades, the brother of Zeus and Poseidôn, was lord of the subterrane region,

wooed by Poseidôn and Apollo, Hestia, placing her hand on the head of Zeus , vowed perpetual virginity. Zeus, in place of mar

tia, placing her hand on the head of Zeus, vowed perpetual virginity. Zeus , in place of marriage, gave her to sit in the mid

by whom she was carefully nurtured in their grotto-palace500. She and Zeus had however previously ‘mingled in love’ unknown

t she was the last spouse of Zeus502. According to the Argive legend, Zeus , who had long secretly loved his sister, watched

. She covered the poor bird, as she thought him, with her mantle, and Zeus then resuming his proper form accomplished his wi

Ilias (for she does not appear in the Odyssey) Hera, as the queen of Zeus , shares in his honours. The god is represented as

y dear for their intrigues with the Olympian king. The children of Zeus and Hera were Ares, Hebe, the Eileithyiæ, to whic

rt as the persecutor of the heroes of them, who were the offspring of Zeus by mortal mothers. In like manner, as the goddess

n her hand when, as she was gathering flowers, she was carried off by Zeus , says, Around beneath the curved basket’s rim Wa

s are more celebrated than the following picture of the love-union of Zeus and Hera on the summit of Ida515 : He said ; and

ptation by the epic poet of an ancient physical mythe of the union of Zeus and Hera (heaven and earth, as we shall presently

d Widow ; the first while she was a maid, the second when she married Zeus , the third when she separated from him. The real

his virtue525; she is bound to it probably to prevent her flight from Zeus . The cakes may have had some analogy with the con

Ilias. Hera, the legend said, offended for some cause or another with Zeus , renounced his bed and society. The god in perple

n altar of wood stood ready prepared ; a bull was there sacrificed to Zeus , and a cow to Hera ; wine and perfumes, and other

esent purpose it is sufficient to remark the union expressed in it of Zeus and Hera, and the sacrifice of the bull and cow t

ice of the bull and cow to these deities. There was another legend of Zeus and Hera, of which Cithærôn was also the scene. T

s also the scene. The maiden Hera, it said, was reared in Eubœa ; but Zeus stole her away, and Cithærôn gave him a shady cav

nted to search the cavern, Cithærôn would not permit her, saying that Zeus was abiding there with Leto. The nurse then went

personified in the legend) was a name of that island. The marriage of Zeus and Hera was viewed as the pattern of those of ma

hinted, we are inclined to assent to the opinion of those who view in Zeus the heaven, and in Hera the earth, and regard thi

refers to a physical theory, according to which Hera was the air and Zeus the æther ; and the latter to that part of her ch

Mistress545. Ἄρης. Mars. Ares, the god of war, was the son of Zeus and Hera546. His delight was in tumult and strife

Vulcanus. Hephæstos, the Olympian artist, is in Homer the son of Zeus and Hera566. According to Hesiod567 he was the so

d567 he was the son of Hera alone, who was unwilling to be outdone by Zeus when he had given birth to Pallas-Athene. He was

any other substance than metal are in Hesiod, where at the command of Zeus he forms Pandora of earth and water576, and where

s of beauty580. He is said to have asked Pallas-Athene in marriage of Zeus , who gave him permission to win her if he could.

was the isle of Lemnos. It was here he fell when flung from heaven by Zeus for attempting to aid his mother Hera, whom Zeus

flung from heaven by Zeus for attempting to aid his mother Hera, whom Zeus had suspended in the air with anvils fastened to

t. 588. Ἤβη. Juventas. Youth. Hebe was one of the children of Zeus and Hera589. In Olympos she appears as a kind of

ns Coios and Phœbe600. In Homer601 she appears as one of the wives of Zeus , and there occur no traces of enmity between her

f the persecution she underwent from that goddess602. Her children by Zeus were Phœbos-Apollo, and Artemis. While wandering

nd stiffened into stone with grief604. Tityos, the son of Earth or of Zeus and Elara, happened to see Leto one time as she w

e nature. Φοȋβος Ἀπόλλων. Apollo. Phœbos-Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto. In Homer he is the god of archery, musi

nd a bow, adding that he would thenceforth declare to men the will of Zeus . He then, to the amazement of the assembled godde

cording to him, Hera, knowing that the son of Leto would be dearer to Zeus than her own son Ares, was resolved if possible t

ventures to use the same familiarity with him as with the other gods, Zeus himself not excepted. Apollo is the friend of man

o met and took the fair prize from Idas. The matter being referred to Zeus , he allowed the maiden to choose for herself ; an

d to life, he drew on himself the enmity of Hades, on whose complaint Zeus with his thunder deprived him of life. Apollo inc

lew the Cyclopes who had forged the thunderbolts, for which bold deed Zeus was about to hurl him down to Tartaros, but, on t

s of the Ilias it is said that Poseidôn and Apollo, by the command of Zeus (we know not why given), served Laomedôn, king of

a645. Apollo, it is said646, was taught divination by Pan, the son of Zeus and the nymph Thymbris. For his musical instrumen

of it in the works of the sophist Himerius658. «When Apollo was born, Zeus adorned him with a golden headband and lyre, and

rding to Scripture668. Ἄρτϵμις. Diana. Artemis was daughter of Zeus and Leto, and sister to Apollo. She was the godde

harness of her deer are all of gold. When she drives to the house of Zeus , the gods come forth to meet her. Hermes takes he

g to them from Hera’s mead some of the trefoil on which the horses of Zeus feed, and fill their golden troughs with water. T

n the following manner. The Cretan nymph Britomartis, the daughter of Zeus and Charme, was a favourite companion of Artemis.

un being offended, turned her into a doe697. Another legend said that Zeus carried away the nymph Arge from Lyctos in Crete

rasy. Apollo and Artemis then are brother and sister, the children of Zeus (that is the deity) and Leto, whose name, by a pe

hing, might be looked on as the most suitable revealer of the will of Zeus to men, and thence Apollo be the god of prophecy.

TE, EROS. Διώνη. Dione. In the Ilias732 Dione is a wife of Zeus , and mother of Aphrodite. The name Dione also occ

e Hyades735. At Dodona Dione shared in the honours and the worship of Zeus , being regarded as his queen736. Her name is appa

Ἀϕροδίτη. Venus. The Aphrodite of the Ilias738 is the daughter of Zeus and Dione, and by the Alexandrian and the Latin p

mpos, uniting in cruel sport both males and females with mortals. But Zeus resolved that she should no longer be exempt from

to remain inviolate, under pain of his being struck with lightning by Zeus . So saying, unto breezy Heaven she sped. Hail, g

der-world refused to part with him ; and the matter being referred to Zeus , he decreed that Adonis should have one third of

love and desire for the person who wore it. Hera, when about to lull Zeus to sleep by filling him with these affections, bo

a. The Pallas-Athene of both the Homeric poems is the daughter of Zeus  ; in one place784 it seems to be intimated that s

iant armour. Later authorities assign the task of opening the head of Zeus to Prometheus789, or Hermes790 . Pallas-Athene is

Homer800 thus describes Pallas-Athene arraying herself in the arms of Zeus , when preparing to accompany Hera to the plain wh

Greeks and Trojans were engaged in conflict. But Athenæe, child of Zeus supreme, The ægis-holder, on her father’s floor L

portent dire, — Dire and terrific, the great prodigy Of ægis-holding Zeus . Upon her head She placed the four-coned helmet f

the plea of the impolicy of making an enemy of one of the consorts of Zeus  ; at the same time courtier-like telling her that

t away. On king Priamos’ setting forth to ransom the body of his son, Zeus desires Hermeias to accompany him, reminding him

who does not appear at all in this poem, and becomes the messenger of Zeus . He still retains his character of a friend to ma

he realms of Hades. Hesiod says836, that the Atlantis Maia bore to Zeus the ‘illustrious Hermes, the herald of the Immort

m out of his cradle, and they agree to go and argue the matter before Zeus . Arrived in Olympos, Apollo relates the theft, an

own by the little fellow, who still has his cradle-clothes about him. Zeus however gives it against him, and the two brother

s name is from ἔρα, the earth ; and he is, we may observe, the son of Zeus and Maia, probably Mother Earth856. He seems to h

ve been on this account that Solôn directed the Athenians to swear by Zeus , Poseidôn, and Hermes. On looking over the advent

mbine the two deities. Demeter, a daughter of Kronos and Rhea, and by Zeus mother of Persephone877, was evidently the goddes

e earth, Mother-Earth (γῆ μήτηρ), whom some ancient system married to Zeus , the god of the heavens878. In Homer she is but s

Helios urged on his steeds ; the goddess, incensed at the conduct of Zeus , abandoned the society of the gods, and came down

hing, the dwellers of Olympos of losing gifts and sacrifices, had not Zeus discerned the danger and thought on a remedy. He

shall have seen her daughter. Finding that there was no other remedy, Zeus sends ‘goldrodded Argos-slayer’ to Erebos, to end

was mourning for her mother. On making known to Aïdoneus the wish of Zeus , ‘the king of the Subterraneans smiled with his b

s to congratulate Persephone, and henceforward becomes her attendant. Zeus sends Rhea to invite them back to heaven. Demeter

94 that Demeter lay with Iasiôn in a ‘thriceploughed’ field, and that Zeus , offended at the deed, struck the mortal lover wi

orities differ as to the parentage of Iasiôn ; some make him a son of Zeus and Electra, and brother of Dardanos896 ; others

t till Pan in his huntings chanced to see her. He gave information to Zeus , who sent the Fates to her, at whose persuasion s

ss (Δέσποινα)905 ; and the fertile isle of Sicily, which was given by Zeus to his daughter on her day of unveiling (ἀνακαλυπ

he ships of the Achæans, the poet invokes the Muses, the daughters of Zeus , to prompt his memory929. No definite number of t

emory), and Aœde (Song). Aratus said they were four, the daughters of Zeus and the nymph Plusia (Wealthy), and that their na

s them, as in the proœmium to the Theogony934, nine, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (Memory). The names of the Muses we

ected the fragments of his body, and buried them, and at their prayer Zeus placed his lyre in the skies943. Cleio, having dr

to let them pass. On the return of these goddesses, at the mandate of Zeus , the Seasons unyoke their steeds, fasten them in

es by Laomedôn. Hesiod says959 that the Seasons were the daughters of Zeus and Themis, and he names them Eunomia (Order), Di

Olympos ; and that when any one acts unjustly, she sits by her father Zeus , and complains of the iniquity of man’s mind, ‘th

f the Graces, for a wife to Sleep, in return for his aid in deceiving Zeus . By later writers she is even said to be their mo

ther at Delphi, and regulating the dance of the Muses and the Graces. Zeus , says Hesiod979, was by Eurynome, the daughter of

its the Fates, like so many other goddesses, to three, and gives them Zeus and Themis for their parents998. In an interpolat

blime fiction in the Theogony, regarded the Fates as the offspring of Zeus and Order, for in him they are but the ministers

offspring of Zeus and Order, for in him they are but the ministers of Zeus , in whose hands are the issues of all things1004.

whose hands are the issues of all things1004. Æschylus1005 makes even Zeus himself subject to the Fates, whose decrees none

aness, one of the daughters of Heaven and Earth, and to have borne to Zeus , the Fates, and the Seasons, Peace, Order, Justic

eficial to mankind. In Pindar and the Homeridian Hymns Themis sits by Zeus on his throne to give him counsel1034. Themis is

f who her parents were ; but analogy might lead to the supposition of Zeus being her sire, by some mother who is unknown. He

. When, in the Ilias1050, Sarpedôn the heroic and noble-minded son of Zeus falls by the hands of Patroclos, Apollo at the co

em, when Hera1051 resolves by her arts and beauty to melt the soul of Zeus in love, and lay him asleep on Mount Gargaros, th

er which he formerly ran, for having at her desire sealed the eyes of Zeus in slumber when Heracles was on his return from T

roy, during which she raised a storm that drove the hero to Côs ; and Zeus , awaking in a rage, knocked the gods about the ho

for Sleep, who only escaped by seeking the protection of Night, whom Zeus revered too much to offend. Hera, by urging that

eus revered too much to offend. Hera, by urging that the affection of Zeus for the Trojans could not be supposed equal to th

he cause of the war of Troy, was figuratively styled the offspring of Zeus and Nemesis1057. The name of this goddess comes m

e her head to the heaven. She is sent forth1070 amidst the Achæans by Zeus , bearing the signal of war ; and, standing on the

e war. Prayers (Λιταὶ), says the poet1072, are the daughters of great Zeus , lame and wrinkled, with squinting eyes. They fol

afterwards heal. Elsewhere1073 he relates that Ate is the daughter of Zeus , who injures (ἀâται) all ; that her feet are tend

xtremely suspicious. The passage in the fourteenth book1084, in which Zeus so indecorously recounts his various amours to He

pollo, not of Dionysos. Hesiod1088 says, that Cadmeian Semele bore to Zeus ‘the joyfull Dionysos, a mortal an immortal, but

been without a presiding god,) he may have been regarded as a son of Zeus by a goddess named Semele, who in after-times, in

e rank of a heroine, and Dionysos have consequently become the son of Zeus by a mortal mother. The vintage is in wine-countr

nious etymology. The story of the Grecian Dionysos is as follows1108. Zeus , enamoured of the beauty of Semele the daughter o

e, who was now six months gone with child, expired in the flames, and Zeus took the babe, which was prematurely expelled fro

, and sewed it up in his thigh. In due time it came to the birth, and Zeus then naming it Dionysos gave it to Hermes to conv

not yet satiated, caused Athamas, the husband of Ino, to go mad ; and Zeus , to save Dionysos from the machinations of Hera,

eived, as at Thebes, by the women, and opposed by Perseus, the son of Zeus and Danae ; Zeus however reduced his two sons to

es, by the women, and opposed by Perseus, the son of Zeus and Danae ; Zeus however reduced his two sons to amity1111, and Di

are-skin, and carried him away to Olympos : then taking his seat with Zeus and the other gods, he produced his babe. All the

1165. According to Epimenides1166, Pan and Arcas were the children of Zeus and Callisto. Aristippus made Pan the offspring o

e children of Zeus and Callisto. Aristippus made Pan the offspring of Zeus and the nymph Œneïs1167, others again said he was

d of Heaven and Earth1168. There was also a Pan said to be the son of Zeus and the nymph Thymbris or Hybris, the instructor

beast the ass1223 ; others gave him Hermes1224 or Adonis1225, or even Zeus himself for a sire1226. Priapos, like the other r

them : they were, for instance, the nurses of Dionysos, Pan, and even Zeus himself ; and they also brought up Aristæos and Æ

w into the sea1231. Yet these Nymphs are of divine nature ; and when Zeus , the father of the gods, calls together his counc

She was also, we are assured, of a most accommodating disposition to Zeus  ; and while he was engaged in his pranks with the

the gentle amiable nymphs, saying that they were not the children of Zeus at all, but of Deino daughter of the Spercheios,

so1273 that he built and steered the Argo, and that during the voyage Zeus made him a god of the sea. Glaucos, we are told12

o Egypt, and concealed themselves under the forms of various animals. Zeus however, after a severe conflict, overcame him, a

nd his six sons and as many daughters, whom, after the fashion set by Zeus , he had married to each other. The isle had no ot

fice of directing and ruling the winds had been conferred on Æolos by Zeus  ; and when he was dismissing Odysseus, after havi

e the oxen of Heracles, and was in consequence struck with thunder by Zeus , and turned into a whirlpool1401. Φαέθοσα καὶ

wind, accompanied by thunder, lightning, and pitch darkness, came on. Zeus struck the ship with a thunderbolt : it went to p

keep him with her for ever : but Hermes arriving with a command from Zeus , she was obliged to consent to his departure. She

not abstain from mutual injury, nor pay the service due to the gods. Zeus in indignation put a period to the race. Zeus now

ervice due to the gods. Zeus in indignation put a period to the race. Zeus now made a third, the brazen race of men, unlike

behind them. A fourth and better race was next placed on the earth by Zeus , namely the divine race of heroes, in former time

Œdipûs, and sailed to Troy for ‘well-haired Helena.’ When they died, Zeus removed them to the ends of the earth, where they

give them grievous cares, yet good will still be mixed with the evil. Zeus will destroy this race also, when they become ‘ho

ve way to every species of vice and crime, Astræa left the earth, and Zeus destroyed them by a deluge of water. In all these

ns : the two first, he says, were made by the gods, the three last by Zeus , who attained the supremacy of heaven in the time

. Menœtios is called by Hesiod1451 the insolent and the haughty ; and Zeus , it is added, struck him with his thunder and pre

ven on his head and hands in the extreme West, a task assigned him by Zeus , in punishment, the later writers say, for his sh

nounced to him that his precious trees would be plundered by a son of Zeus . When therefore Perseus, on his return from slayi

ils in the hide, and wrapping the bones up in the inside fat, desired Zeus to take which he would. The god, though aware of

ealing the fire in a hollow staff1464, brought it and gave it to man. Zeus then sent Pandora on earth to deceive man to his

al1466 and cold was unfelt, and they therefore needed not fire, which Zeus in kindness withheld from them. But the inquisiti

er legend said that all mankind having perished in Deucaliôn’s flood, Zeus directed Prometheus and Athena to make images of

which he then applied to the breast of his man and thus animated him. Zeus , to punish Prometheus, bound him and appointed a

for the good of mankind, they were so ungrateful as to betray him to Zeus . For their treachery they got in reward a remedy

as forced to comply, and the snake obtained possession of the gift of Zeus , but with it as a punishment for his art he got t

ds. This is intimated in the transaction respecting the fire of which Zeus is said to have deprived men, and which Prometheu

e deprived men, and which Prometheus stole and brought back to earth. Zeus then, the mythe goes on to relate, was incensed a

ther had warned him to be upon his guard and to receive no gifts from Zeus , dazzled with her charms took her to his house an

vailed, this mythe underwent a further change, and it was fabled that Zeus had inclosed all blessings in a jar, which he set

ce. Hyginus1492 merely says that, when Prometheus formed men of clay, Zeus directed Hephæstos to make a woman of clay also,

s Comes, one of the earliest of the modern mythologists. He says that Zeus sent Pandora to Prometheus with all the evils inc

ακα), and putting provisions into it entered it with his wife Pyrrha. Zeus then poured rain from heaven and inundated the gr

quest was to have the earth replenished with men. By the direction of Zeus he and his wife flung stones behind them ; and th

lling him that he was come to demand the kingdom of his fathers which Zeus had given to Æolos. He then went into the house o

Medeios, whom Cheirôn reared in the mountains, and ‘the will of great Zeus was accomplished1544.’ It is evident therefore th

to cease by sacrificing to Demeter and the Lemnian nymphs ; and that Zeus made love to her, but she would not hearken to hi

ouse selected for him was the sea-nymph Thetis, who had been wooed by Zeus himself and his brother Poseidôn, but Themis havi

n his sire, the gods withdrew1564. Others say that she was courted by Zeus alone, till he was informed by Prometheus that he

hat Thetis, who was reared by Hera, would not assent to the wishes of Zeus , and that the god in his anger condemned her to e

ty being such, neither gods nor men would absolve him, till at length Zeus himself took pity on him and purified him, and ad

ness of herself, which Ixiôn embraced. He boasted of his fortune, and Zeus precipitated him to Erebos, where Hermes fixed hi

it is said that Hippodameia bore Polypœtes to Peirithoös, the son of Zeus , on the day that he drove the ‘shaggy Wild-men’ f

ordered the people to worship it as a god ; for which act of impiety Zeus punished him by the hands of the Centaurs1594. Th

es’ poisoned arrows, he suffered extreme pain, till, on his prayer to Zeus for relief, he was raised to the sky and made the

used the ruin of both. He called his wife Hera, and was by her styled Zeus in return. Zeus indignant at their impiety turned

both. He called his wife Hera, and was by her styled Zeus in return. Zeus indignant at their impiety turned them both into

. The hero-princes of Calydôn in Ætolia derived their origin from Zeus by Protogeneia the daughter of Deucaliôn. Her son

s sons of Aphareus came from Messene ; Castôr and Polydeukes, sons of Zeus and Leda, from Laconia ; Atalanta daughter of Ias

had three sons, Cadmos, Phœnix, and Cilix, and one daughter, Europa. Zeus becoming enamoured of Europa carried her away to

piration of that period Athena herself prepared for him a palace, and Zeus gave him Harmonia the daughter of Ares and Aphrod

ly afterwards he and Harmonia were changed into serpents, and sent by Zeus to the Elysian Plain, or, as others said, were co

mele, the daughter of Cadmos, enjoyed the fatal honour of the love of Zeus . The jealousy of Hera suggested to the unfortunat

and to carry her in his golden car over the sea to the rich garden of Zeus , where Libya would joyfully receive her in a gold

and ambrosia, and render him immortal ; and that he should be called Zeus , and holy Apollo, Agreus (Hunter), and Nomios (He

while others ascribed his transformation and death to the jealousy of Zeus , who feared he would marry Semele1649. Aristæos,

he messengers to say that Apollo directed Phrixos to be sacrificed to Zeus . Compelled by his people Athamas reluctantly plac

as elsewhere, but the noblest members of society, the descendents of Zeus himself, expiating by their lives for the sin not

ars, till he was killed by Zethos and Amphiôn. These were the sons of Zeus by Antiope the daughter of Nycteus. Terrified at

d the male, and thus returned to his pristine state. On some occasion Zeus and Hera fell into a dispute, whether the greater

ra incensed deprived the guiltless arbitrator of the power of vision. Zeus , as one god cannot undo the acts of another, gave

ing. They even ventured to assail and burn the temple of Delphi ; and Zeus , on account of their impiety, finally destroyed t

. While Amphitryôn was absent on an expedition against the Teleboans, Zeus , who had become enamoured of Alcmena, assumed the

consulting Teiresias, he learned that it was no less a personage than Zeus himself who had assumed his form1728. Alcmena bro

ssumed his form1728. Alcmena brought forth twins, Heracles the son of Zeus , the elder by one night, and Iphicles, the progen

great strength and size. His look was terrible, for he was the son of Zeus  ; his stature was four cubits ; fire flashed from

e hero, for Thestios was desirous to propagate the race of the son of Zeus . But Heracles, unaware of this design, fancied th

. Alcmena the mother of the hero also married Rhadamanthys the son of Zeus , who was then living in Ocaleia of Bœotia1734. He

as follows : The day on which Alcmena was to be delivered in Thebes, Zeus , in exultation, announced to the gods that a man

xacted from him an oath that what he had said should be accomplished. Zeus , unsuspicious of guile, swore, and Hera hastened

the parturition of Alcmena, and kept back the Eileithyiæ. The oath of Zeus was not to be recalled, and his son was fated to

saying that if he should then return victorious he might offer it to Zeus the Saviour ; but if he fell in the conflict, to

ing the victim for him as being dead. Having offered the sacrifice to Zeus the Saviour, he brought the lion to Mycenæ. But w

en, offered to deliver her if Laomedôn would give him the mares which Zeus had presented to Trôs, in exchange for his son Ga

bat by Cycnos the son of Ares and Pyrene. Ares defended his son ; and Zeus ended the conflict by casting a thunderbolt betwe

ria, thence to the Eridanos, and came to the nymphs, the daughters of Zeus and Themis. These directed him to Nereus, whom he

ng, in consequence of an oracle, offered up strangers on the altar of Zeus  : for Egypt having been afflicted with a dearth f

said that it would cease if they sacrificed a stranger every year to Zeus . Busiris sacrificed the prophet himself first, an

t establishing an oracle for himself. Apollo came to oppose him ; but Zeus hurled a thunderbolt between the combatants, and

a away captive. At the Eubœan promontory Cenæos he raised an altar to Zeus  ; and wishing to offer a sacrifice, sent to Ceÿx

urnished in the jealous Hera a deity to oppose and afflict the son of Zeus . But if the object of the persecution of one powe

rth of Erichthonios says, that Hephæstos having made golden seats for Zeus and the other gods, Hera when she sat in hers was

d to make him drunk, and while in that state he released the goddess. Zeus then desired him to demand a reward ; and Poseidô

n, who bore a grudge to Athena, persuaded him to ask her in marriage. Zeus granted his desire, but recommended his daughter

of it : his dog Lælaps ran it down ; but just as he was catching it, Zeus turned them both to stone1820. Cephalos then aide

ee children, Isandros, Hippolochos, and Laodameia ; which last was by Zeus the mother of Sarpedôn. Falling at length under t

rophontes at last attempted by means of Pegasos to ascend to heaven : Zeus , incensed at his boldness, sent an insect to stin

and a daughter Niobe, the first mortal woman who enjoyed the love of Zeus . Her offspring by the god were Argos and Pelasgos

96, was priestess of Hera1897, and unhappily for her she was loved by Zeus . When he found his amour suspected by Hera, he ch

olive-tree in the grove of Mycenæ1899, and there kept guard over her. Zeus , pitying her, directed Hermes to steal her away.

and Asia, arrived at last on the banks of the Nile, where, touched by Zeus , she assumed her original form and bore a son nam

both the nymph is an epithet of the goddess1907, in both the love of Zeus is the cause of offence, in both the nymph is cha

heir bodies with all due rites outside of the town. At the command of Zeus , Hermes and Athena purified them from the guilt o

ter and her nurse, in order that she might never become a mother. But Zeus had seen and loved the maiden ; and under the for

r on oath whose was her son. She replied that he was the offspring of Zeus . Her father gave no credit to her protestations.

s (Δανάη Ἀкρισιώνη), over which Pallas presides, longs for rain1959 ; Zeus descends in a golden fructifying shower, and Pers

es are those which seem to have been worshiped by that people, namely Zeus , Hermes, Demeter, Artemis and Poseidôn. The Arcad

me the father of fifty sons, who were like himself impious and cruel. Zeus , to satisfy himself of the truth of the reports t

yctimos, whom Earth, raising her hands and grasping the right-hand of Zeus , saved from the wrath of the avenging deity. Acco

d from the wrath of the avenging deity. According to another account, Zeus destroyed the dwelling of Lycaôn with lightning,

Lycæa1981. At Mount Lycæon there was a sacred inclosure or temenos of Zeus , within which neither man nor beast cast a shadow

e many in Arcadia. In this case Lycaôn would be only another name for Zeus , to whom he raised an altar, and he could not the

yctimos strongly confirms this hypothesis. It may indeed be said that Zeus derived his appellation from the mountain ; but a

and vowed to the goddess the maintenance of perpetual virginity. But Zeus saw and loved Callisto ; and changing himself int

of Arcadians, among whom was her own son, followed to kill her ; but Zeus , in memory of his love, snatched her out of their

ference in the circumstances. Some say it was the form of Apollo that Zeus took. In some versions it is Zeus who turns Calli

say it was the form of Apollo that Zeus took. In some versions it is Zeus who turns Callisto into a bear to conceal her fro

ss persuades Artemis to kill her with her arrows as a noxious beast ; Zeus then, it is said, took the unborn infant and gave

eting her one day in the woods, was on the point of slaying her, when Zeus transferred the mother and son to the skies. Fina

arthenopæos. It is added that they afterwards profaned the temenos of Zeus with their love, for which offence they were turn

with a sudden passion, which led to the profanation of the temple of Zeus and the transformation of himself and his bride19

Τυνδάρϵος καὶ Λήδα. Tyndareus et Leda. Lacedæmôn, the son of Zeus and Taÿgete the daughter of Atlas, married Sparta

estra the wife of Agamemnôn, and Philonoe whom Artemis made immortal. Zeus , taking the form of a swan, sought the embraces o

ancient one is that given above, that she was the daughter of Leda by Zeus , who took the form of a white swan. According to

orm of a white swan. According to the Cypria she was the offspring of Zeus and Nemesis, who had long fled the pursuit of the

l see reason for supposing that she was always viewed as the child of Zeus . The beauty of Helena is proverbial. Theseus carr

r fell by the spear of Idas ; and Polydeukes, aided by the thunder of Zeus , slew the two sons of Aphareus2007. Another accou

ed by the blow, he rushed on, and killed Lynceus with his spear ; and Zeus , at the same moment, struck Idas with a thunderbo

lt2008. Polydeukes was inconsolable for the loss of his brother ; and Zeus , on his prayer, gave him his choice of being take

words relating to light, flame or heat 2010 ; her children by him or Zeus , that is by Zeus-Tyndareos, the bright god, are H

e built a city. He was a bold impious man, who asserted himself to be Zeus , and claimed all the honours due to that god. He

nging lighted torches against the sky, he called them his lightnings. Zeus , incensed at his impiety, struck him with thunder

dition of his giving him the cows. The seer then sacrificing an ox to Zeus , divided it, and called all the birds to the feas

ction. When Heracles came to Olympia, and established the festival of Zeus , Iamos by his direction founded a temple, at whic

egendary annals of Elis, Endymiôn was the son of Aëthlios, the son of Zeus by Protogeneia (First-born), the daughter of Deuc

the love of the goddess Selene, and she bore him fifty daughters2035. Zeus as a favour allowed him to live as long as he ple

some of the divine food and gave it to his friends on earth. For this Zeus hung a stone over his head, which always menacing

divulging the secrets of the gods. Tantalos was said to be the son of Zeus by the nymph Pluto (Wealth), and he was the fathe

hiôn. His residence was placed at the foot of Mount Sipylos in Lydia. Zeus , said another legend, cast this mountain atop of

horrid banquet of which they were about to partake. At the desire of Zeus , Hermes put all the parts back into the pot, and

. Homer, when giving an account of Agamemnôn’s sceptre, says2070 that Zeus gave it to Hermes, by whom it was given to ‘horse

m see the Sun and the Pleiades moving from west to east. This miracle Zeus performed in his favour, and he thus obtained the

Agamemnôn’s sceptre it is said that Hephæstos made it and gave it to Zeus , who gave it to Hermes, by whom it was presented

ionysos, the work of Hephæstos, as was said, and given to Dardanos by Zeus . Cassandra, it was also said, had thrown this cof

cle is confined to the Minoïc family, at the head of which are placed Zeus and Europa. Εὐρώπη. Europa. Zeus, says the

the head of which are placed Zeus and Europa. Εὐρώπη. Europa. Zeus , says the legend, becoming enamoured of the beaut

the sake of a beautiful youth named Miletos, the son of Apollo, or of Zeus . The youth testifying most esteem for Sarpedôn, M

people of that country, and obtained the sovereignty of a part of it. Zeus is said to have bestowed on him a life of treble

Rhadamanthys was placed on the Elysian Plain among the heroes to whom Zeus allotted that blissful abode. Pindar2097 seems to

for nine years at Cnossos, and was the intimate friend (ὀαριστὴς) of Zeus , who gave him wise laws and regulations for his p

d a brazen man named Talôs given to him by Hephæstos, or to Europa by Zeus , who compassed the isle thrice in each day to pre

ad by her several children. His daughter Ægina attracting the love of Zeus , the amorous monarch of the gods carried her off,

was said, that the waters of the Asopos carried coals along them2110. Zeus carried his fair prize into the desert isle of Œn

it would only be removed on the prayer of Æacos. The righteous son of Zeus preferred his petition, copious rains descended,

erritory in Bœotia, is said to have been the birth-place of Oriôn. As Zeus , Poseidôn, and Hermes were one time, says the leg

anis Pleione. Their names were Maia, Electra, Taÿgete (the mothers by Zeus of Hermes, Dardanos and Lacedæmôn), Halcyone and

; in their distress they prayed to the gods to change their form, and Zeus in pity turned them to pigeons, and then made the

ut according to the best accounts they were nymphs of Dodona, to whom Zeus committed the nurture of Dionysos. Their names, P

very to mankind, till being chased with him into the sea by Lycurgos, Zeus in compassion raised them to the skies2136. The H

ay, not even The fluttering pigeons which the ambrosia bear To father Zeus , but always the smooth rock Takes one away, then

o. From the Peloponnese came Heracles, Castôr and Polydeukes, sons of Zeus . Peleus and Telamôn, grandsons of that god, also

anding at the poop poured a libation from a golden cup, and called on Zeus , the Winds, the Sea, the Days, the Nights, and th

ity : Capaneus set a ladder against the wall, and was ascending, when Zeus offended at his impious language struck him with

g, Athena hastened to him with a medicine which she had obtained from Zeus , and which would make him immortal2180 ; but Amph

e spear of Periclymenos, along the Ismenos. A thunderbolt launched by Zeus opened the ground, and he, his chariot, and his c

tted. When Callirrhoe heard of the fate of her husband, she prayed to Zeus , who had loved her, that her sons by Alcmæôn migh

sæ’ and ‘Suppliants’ of Euripides. Tà Tρώϊκα. The Trojan War. Zeus was, by Electra the daughter of Atlas, the father

two sons, Iasiôn and Dardanos. The former was loved by Demeter ; but Zeus on coming to the knowledge of this attachment str

is beauty carried off to Olympos by the gods, to be the cup-bearer of Zeus , who gave Trôs in compensation some horses of the

), where he built the town of Ilion, named from himself. He prayed to Zeus to give him a sign, and the following day he foun

he Epic Cycle, of which the first portion was the Cypria of Stasinos. Zeus seeing the earth overstocked with people, consult

Fair” (Τῇ καλῇ τὸ μῆλoν)2205. Hera, Athena and Aphrodite claiming it, Zeus directed Hermes to conduct them to Mount Ida to b

ng ones, devoured them all, and then the mother herself ; after which Zeus turned him into stone, whence Calchos the soothsa

illeus. The injured prince complains to his mother, at whose entreaty Zeus promises to punish the Achæans, by giving victory

d ships, they are unable to resist Hectôr and the Trojans favoured by Zeus . The ships are on the point of being burnt, when

f slain by Achilleus, but his mother obtains immortality for him from Zeus . Achilleus chases the Trojans to the city, and as

e warriors of all the adjoining countries, led by Sarpedôn the son of Zeus , by Glaucos, Pandaros, Asios, and other princes.

he due rites, he again put to sea ; but as he approached Cape Maleia, Zeus sent forth a storm which drove some of his vessel

a god was Æsar2253. The supreme god of the Tuscans, answering to the Zeus of the Greeks, the Jupiter of the Romans, was nam

, — titles of veneration or affection given by the Greeks to none but Zeus and Demeter or Earth. As this is a circumstance t

whole fable seems to have been unknown to Homer, who always speaks of Zeus as the eldest son of Kronos. 144. For the explan

f this celebrated mythe. Hera, Poseidôn, and Athena set about binding Zeus  ; that is, mankind would wish to keep summer alwa

251. Moschus (Idyll. ii. 87.), when describing the bull into which Zeus changed himself in order to carry off Europa, say

. ii. 7 ; vi. 108. Thuc. vi. 54. Plato, Laws. v. 745. 373. They were Zeus and Poseidôn, Hera and Athena, Hermes and Apollo,

ormed their dance. See Lobeck, 1111. seq. 388. Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus . 389. Τὸν μὲν ἂρα τρήρωνϵς ὑπὸ ζαθέѱ τρἀϕον ἂ

not on what authority, calls her (Met. ix. 415.) the step-daughter of Zeus . 590. II. iv. 2. (Heyne in loc.) 591. II. v. 72

nown nothing of this enmity, as (Th. 918.) he makes her marriage with Zeus precede that of Hera. 603. Met. vi. 313. seq. fr

s. Th. 454. 912. 878. The Scythians said Earth was the wife of their Zeus . Herod. iv. 59. 879. II. v. 500. ‘blond Demeter’

. v. 125. her amour with Iasiôn is related. 880. Gæa is joined with Zeus and Helios as a person. Il. iii. 104. 278. Offici

56. 1403. The episode (xii. 374-390.) of the complaint of Helios to Zeus was rejected by the ancient grammarians. We may o

tive of the stealing of the fire, and that it would seem from it that Zeus had deprived mankind of it in consequence of the

d her son, died, and the Heracleids were about to bury her at Thebes, Zeus directed Hermes to steal her away and convey her

rd pressed by the Lygians in the combat, and having spent his arrows, Zeus aided him with a shower of stones, with which he

1779. Amaltheia (above, p. 79.) was the goat that suckled the infant Zeus  ; the name is probably derived from ἀμαλὸς, tende

viii. 41. seq. 2115. Others ascribed it to the prayers of Minôs to Zeus to avenge his son Androgeos. Diodor. iv. 61. 211

157. Others said he was thus punished for having revealed the will of Zeus to men (Apoll. Rh. ii. 180.), or for having shown

. seq. One of the Cyclic poets (ap. Sch. Eur. Orest. 1370.) said that Zeus gave Laomedôn a golden vine for Ganymedes. Ἄμπϵλ

Cronus a stone carefully enveloped in swaddling clothes. Jupiter (or Zeus ), the rescued infant, was concealed in the island

edecessors — whose destiny it was to dispute the sway of the almighty Zeus . From the neck of Typhon dispread themselves a hu

The Great Gods. — The gods of Heaven were the following:68 Jupiter ( Zeus ).69 His daughter, Minerva (Athene), who sprang f

of earth, and Neptune (Posidon), ruler of the sea. § 33. Jupiter 71 ( Zeus ). — The Greek name signifies the radiant light of

they assumed, had developed an independent worship in Italy: Jupiter ( Zeus ); Juno (Hera); Minerva (Athene) Diana (Artemis);

priestess I have been and am, Virgin and matron, at whose angry eyes Zeus trembles, and the windless plain of heaven With h

Whom he befriended, — native noble heart!” So, one look upward, as if Zeus might laugh Approval of his human progeny, — One

strength, even from that hour. But to thee all this is as nothing, by Zeus , nay, nothing at all! “I know, thou gracious maid

not when Dawn with her white horses speeds upwards to the dwelling of Zeus , not when the twittering nestlings look towards t

had his will in all they did, And not one wish continued unfulfilled, Zeus from the dark depths thundered, and the girls Hea

ther she dared disobey the laws, she answered: — Yes, for it was not Zeus who gave them forth, Nor justice, dwelling with t

frieze of the Parthenon (British Museum). § 18. Homer makes Jupiter ( Zeus ) the oldest of the sons of Cronus; Hesiod makes h

chief. — Lang, Myth, Ritual, etc., 1: 297. According to other legends Zeus was born in Arcadia, or even in Epirus at Dodona,

2), about twenty Olympian deities:401 (1) The five really great gods, Zeus , Hera, Posidon, Apollo, and Athene; (2) Hephæstus

of the gods is below the human level in point of morality.402 § 33. Zeus .— In Sanskrit Dyaus, in Latin Jovis, in German Ti

y ring-dove sat And mystic sentence spoke,” etc. Poem: Lewis Morris, Zeus , in the Epic of Hades. In Art. — Beside the repr

inine parallel of Jovis, just as the Greek Dione (one of the loves of Zeus ) is the feminine of Zeus. These names (and Diana,

just as the Greek Dione (one of the loves of Zeus) is the feminine of Zeus . These names (and Diana, too) come from the root

d. (See Roscher, 21: 576-579.) But Overbeck insists that the loves of Zeus are deities of the earth: “The rains of heaven (Z

hat the loves of Zeus are deities of the earth: “The rains of heaven ( Zeus ) do not fall upon the moon.” Illustrative. — W.

eproduced in the text), the Pompeian wall-painting of the marriage of Zeus and Hera (given by Baumeister, Denkmäler 1. 649;

ight-eyed, the gray-eyed, the ægis-bearing, the unwearied daughter of Zeus . The festival of the Panathenæa was celebrated at

8) as the mother of Aphrodite; is worshipped at Dodona by the side of Zeus , and is regarded by Euripides as Thyone, mother o

od is the first to call wine the gift of Dionysus. Dionysus means the Zeus or god of Nysa, an imaginary vale of Thrace, Bœot

ora. — Painting by Titian (Uffizi, Florence). § 57. The first love of Zeus was Metis, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. She is

r of Oceanus and Tethys. She is Prudence or Foreknowledge. She warned Zeus that if she bore him a child, it would be greater

the fables and combine them later with the legend of the all-powerful Zeus ( Lang 2: 181). According to another account, Cal

ia Minor. At any rate she held at one time the rank of lawful wife to Zeus . Preller and, after him, Cox, take Leto as the du

ictures (Monuments inedits, Rome and Paris). East pediment, Temple of Zeus , Olympia. § 112. Textual. — Cephalus, the son of

preserved in the artistic form of the myth. Jason, Diason, is another Zeus , of the Ionian race, beloved by Medea, whose name

208; Com. § 117. Dry o-pe, 210; Com. § 122. Dwarves, 395. Dyaus (cf. Zeus , Jupiter); see under Hindoo divinities. Dynast, t

ing sky, the elemental overruling spirit of the primitive Aryans (Gk. Zeus , Lat. Jovis). Prithivi: goddess Earth, spouse of

, 242, 290, 293, 295, 34T 355. 360, 365; Com. §§ 34, 57-66. Ju′piter ( Zeus ), 6, 9, 39; war with Titans, sovereign of world,

i , p. 540. Mœ′ræ, Par′cæ; see Fates. Mœ-rag′e-tes: a name applied to Zeus as leader of the Fates. Mo′ly, 319. Mo′mus, Com.

21; Zephyr and Psyche, 154. Ze′tes, 73, 245. Ze′thus, 102; Com. § 64. Zeus ; see Jupiter. Zeux′is, Greek painter of Heraclea

ler’s Griech. Mythol. I, 37. 55. On signification of Uranus, Cronus, Zeus , see Preller, I. 37, 38, and Commentary. §§ 17,33

n her husband denied; and as soon as her youngest son, Jupiter (Jove, Zeus ), was born, she concealed him. The Childhood

piter (Jove, Zeus), was born, she concealed him. The Childhood of Zeus . From the painting by G. F. Watts. By Permission

Chapter II: Jupiter The Power of Jupiter Jupiter, Jove, or Zeus , king of the gods, supreme ruler of the universe,

ter. Euhemerus’ method was exaggerated by his disciples, who declared Zeus was merely a king of Crete; his war with the gian

al meaning of a word; and it is because “the Greek had forgotten that Zeus (Jupiter) meant ‘the bright sky,’ that he could m

Cyclop children, down from his abode into the abyss called Tartarus. Zeus (or Jupiter), whose name is the same as the Hindo

ot how to guide his horses; and the smiting of Phaeton by the bolt of Zeus is the ending of the time of drought by a sudden

nderstand why the Greeks described her as sprung from the forehead of Zeus (the heavens). She gradually became the impersona

os, 193, 223, 225; Menelaus’ journey to, 277; Æneas’ sojourn in, 326; Zeus , king of, 341 Cre-u′sa. 1. Wife of Æneas; killed

ercury, messenger of, 18, 113; Deluge caused by, 23; same as Jove and Zeus , 27-35; Juno courted by, 36; Minerva borne by, 39

Ze′thus. Twin brother of Amphion; son of Jupiter and Antiope, 62, 63 Zeus . Same as Jupiter, 9, 10; father of the gods, 39;

[Heaven] see Belisama. God of, see Cœlus. He′be [Hebe], daughter of Zeus (Jupiter) and Hera (Juno), was the goddess of you

thus [Zethus], twin brother of Amphion. He was the son of Antiope and Zeus . See Amphion. Zeus (zūs). The Greek name of Jupi

brother of Amphion. He was the son of Antiope and Zeus. See Amphion. Zeus (zūs). The Greek name of Jupiter, the greatest go

ro « Primo pittor delle memorie antiche. » Il suo nome in greco era Zeus , e in latino Jupiter. Il nome latino è conservato

157 X Xanto 287 Z Zèffiro 298 Zend-Avesta 491 Zete 298, 336 Zeus 54 Zodiaco 95 Zoroastro 491 Errata-corrige

n Saturne ? § 2. Jupiter. Enfance de Jupiter. Jupiter, le Zeus des Grecs, fils de Saturne et de Rhéa, avait pour

s : l’Afrique le révérait sous le nom d’Ammon, la Grèce sous celui de Zeus  ; l’Égypte l’appelait Osiris. Son culte surpassai

erhaps, in the character and attributes of certain divinities, as the Zeus (Jupiter) of the Greek, and the Alfâdur of Scandi

pter II. Greek and Roman Divinities. Celestial Gods. Jupiter, (Greek, Zeus .) Greek and Roman Divinities — Jupiter — Juno

tion of a subordinate divinity. Superior to the Roman Jupiter, or the Zeus of the Greeks, Esus had no parentage; was subject

ded to it; whence was formed Joupater and Jupiter. He was also called Zeus ; Optimus Maximus, or the Best, and Greatest; Jove

the sacred cord of the Hindû priests 140 Zĕphy̌rŭs, the west wind 82 Zeus , a name of Jupiter 19 Zoroaster, a Persian priest

olden handmaidens whom he made to wait on himself. Jupiter, or Jove, ( Zeus ,) though called the father of gods and men, had h

by the Greeks Rhea and Ops. She was the wife of Cronos and mother of Zeus . In works of art she exhibits the matronly air wh

e Egyptians acknowledged as the highest deity Amun, afterwards called Zeus , or Jupiter Ammon. Amun manifested himself in his

, 437. Zendaves’ta, 423, Zeph’yrus, 99, 241. Zetes, 241. Zethus, 263. Zeus , 15. Zoroas’ter, 423. 1. This inconsistency a

u Thot ; Pan, leur Mendes, Diane, leur Bubaste ; Déméter, leur Isis ; Zeus ou Jupiter, leur Ammon ; Vénus ou Aphrodite, leur

s du bas du Nil, Apis ; les Arabes, Chronos ; les Assyriens, Belus ou Zeus . Nous ne donnerons pas la liste complète de tous

vinités secondaires. Les peuples imploraient leur médiation auprès de Zeus , le dieu suprême, comme nous implorons celle des

ri, essendo il vocabolo Dios uno dei greci nomi di Giove, sinonimo di Zeus . Nè questa disparità di asserzioni dovrà recar ma

Olympus; Xenius, because he made the laws and customs of hospitality; Zeus , because he gave life to animals, &c. &c.

, he died in Crete, where he had a tomb with this epitaph: “Here lies Zeus , who was named Jupiter.” Eris, his son, succeeded

es les nations païennes adoraient Jupiter : les Grecs, sous le nom de Zeus , les Egyptiens sous le nom d’Osiris, et le reste

translation des divinités d’un pays dans un autre, il en résulte que Zeus ou Jupiter est époux d’Ilithye Héra ou Junon, ama