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Zeus is a Greek mythical god which came from the Greek a hundred plus years ago. In Greek Zeus is means (The king of all gods). In Greek Zeus man symbol is the thunderbolt. Many people have known of this to be true. It has been said that he is the son of Cronuson and Thea. According to Greek mythology he is the youngest of all his brothers' sisters. When he grew up he married Hera. They later had fifteen kids. He was the center all of Greek. Many Greeks worshiped him. He was originally a sky god. Not many people know why he is not anymore known as a sky god. He was just as important as roman god Jupiter and associated in the syncretic classical imagination.

Infancy

There are many different theories of the infancy of Zeus. I am going to now list just some of them. We may never know the real story of this all.

· Rhea hid Zeus in a cave on Mount Ida in Crete. According to varying versions of the story.

· He was then raised by Gaia.

· He was raised by a goat named Amalthea. While a company of kourestes-soldiers, or smaller gods-, shouted and clashed their spears against their shields so that Cronus would not hear the baby's cry.

· He was raised by a nymph named adamanthea. Since Cronus ruled over there earth, the heavens and the sea, she hid him dandling him on a rope from a tree so he was suspended between Earth Sea and sky thus invisible to his father.

· He was raised by nymph named cynosure. In gratitude, Zeus placed her among the stars.

· He was raised by Melissa, who nursed him with milk and honey.

· He was raised by shepherd family under the promise that their sheep would be saved from wolves

These are some of many story's of the infancy of Zeus came around. Many people are still trying to find out the real story. We will never know for sure. Also many people will still try to find out.

There Is much more to the story of Zeus. We may never know the whole story of him but one thing is for sure. Zeus will always be in the minds of the Greek people. Many Greeks still look up to him as a powerful god. Here in America we have our own god. Some people here do think of some of the Greek gods to have been real. This is just some of the information on one of the Greek gods in this case Zeus.

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