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Zeus is enraged by the mortal's audacity and attributes it to the effects of love, a topic that further irritates Hera because it reminds her that Zeus once slept with Ixion's wife, resulting in the birth of Pirithous. [9] Zeus proposes that, instead of expelling Ixion, they should send him a cloud resembling Hera. Hera objects, fearing that ...
After the war in the second series, the furious Zeus punishes Apollo with mortality for his failure to identify Gaea as a threat. In the film adaptation of The Lightning Thief, he is portrayed by Dimitri Lekkos. Artemis/Diana – The goddess of the moon, animals, youth, and hunting. Artemis is the daughter of Zeus and Leto and the twin sister ...
Coins from Eretria verify that the citizens imitated the wedding of Zeus with Hera. [110] Athens. The "sacred marriage" of Zeus with Hera was celebrated in Athens during the month "Gamelion" (late winter). [106] Hermione in Argolis. Hera was worshipped as "parthenos" (virgin). In a Greek myth Zeus was transformed into a cuckoo to seduce Hera.
Zeus (/ zj uː s /, Ancient Greek: Ζεύς) [a] is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.. Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, the youngest of his siblings to be born, though sometimes reckoned the eldest as the others required disgorging from Cronus's stomach.
Hera; raped by her brother (and later husband) Zeus. Io; pursued and eventually raped by Zeus, transformed into a heifer. Leda, raped by Zeus in the form of a swan. [2] This resulted in the birth of Helen of Troy and Polydeuces (Pollux). Liriope; raped by the river god Cephissus, resulting in the birth of Narcissus.
Gaia (voiced by Shirley Milner) - The personification of Earth who is the mother of Cronus, the Titans, and the Cyclopes and the grandmother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, and Demeter. After learning of his grievance towards Zeus upon visiting Cronus, Gaia revives Antaeus and causes earthquakes in order to get Zeus to thank her for saving him ...
The only early story concerning Tethys is what Homer has Hera briefly relate in the Iliad’s Deception of Zeus passage. [37] There, Hera says that when Zeus was in the process of deposing Cronus , she was given by her mother Rhea to Tethys and Oceanus for safekeeping and that they "lovingly nursed and cherished me in their halls". [ 38 ]
In some traditions, Rhea disapproved of her children Hera and Zeus getting married, so the two had to elope in order to be together. [25] Rhea was present in the birth of her grandson Apollo , along with many other goddesses, the most notable exceptions being Hera and Eileithyia , the goddess of childbirth, whose absence left Leto in terrible ...