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Zeus' parents were the sibling Titans Kronos and Rhea. Kronos (like his father Uranus before him) had heard a prophecy that one of his sons would dethrone him. He wasn't about to let this happen, so whenever Rhea gave birth, he took the child and swallowed it whole. So it was that their children Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, and Demeter spent their first years in his belly.
Rhea wasn't too happy about this situation, as you might suppose. So when their sixth child, Zeus, was born, she smuggled him to Crete and gave Kronos a stone wrapped in a blanket. Thinking it was the new child, Kronos gulped the boulder whole and went about his merry way. Zeus was then raised by Nymphs on the island of Crete.
After growing up, Zeus schemed with his mother Rhea to get his siblings back. He forced Kronos to vomit up those siblings he had swallowed, along with the stone that Kronos thought was the baby Zeus. Zeus then led his siblings in revolt and overthrew his father and the Titans, banishing them to Tartarus, which, according to Homer's Iliad, "is as far beneath Hades as Heaven is high above the Earth."
The conquering brothers Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon decided to divide the world among themselves. They drew lots to see who would control what. Hades got the underworld and all the dead folk, Poseidon got the seas and oceans, and Zeus got the skies. Because Zeus was god of the skies, high above any other gods, he also became king of the gods.
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∙ 14y agohe became a god because an ancient story says that Zues, Poseidon, and Hades were playing who ever gets the biggest stick gets the sky middle gets land and smallest gets underworld so Zeus got the bigger one. THANK YOU FOR READING THIS. I KNOW A LOT ABOUT ANCIENT TIMES
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∙ 11y agoHe overthrew his father, Cronus, the leader of the first generation of Titans.
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∙ 12y agoZeus and his brothers divided up the world. Poseidon got the sea, Hades got the underworld, and Zeus became ruler of all gods.
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∙ 12y agoZeus became the king God because he saved his siblings from cronus' stomach and sliced him to pieces to send him to tautarus. they honored him to become their king god in return.
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∙ 9y agoZeus did not become the supreme God
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How did Zeus rule?
Zeus become the king of the gods after banishing his father, before humans were created, is still the king of the gods now.
What did Zeus eventually become?
Zeus became king of the Olympian Gods after he and his siblings overthrew his father Cronus who was king of the Titan gods before him.
How long did Zeus rule?
Zeus become the king of the gods after banishing his father, before humans were created, is still the king of the gods now.
Who did Zeus defeat to become king of the Greek gods?
Cronus
Why is Zeus king of the gods?
Zeus was the only offspring of Cronus that was not swallowed by Cronus. Zeus then went on to overthrew his father to become Father of Gods and men.
Who was the king of gods in the Greek mythology?
The king of Greek gods, is the sky god, father of all gods, one of the big three, is Zeus.
What was the name of the war Zeus fought in to become king of gods?
war of the titans
Why is Jupiter or more commonly known as Zeus king of the Gods what makes him so special?
Because in mythology Zeus is the God of the skies. Poseidon, Zeus & Hades drew lots to see who would become the king of the Gods an Zeus won.
How did Zeus become a greek hero?
Zeus was not a Greek Hero, but was the King of the Greek Gods. He father was the Titan, Cronus.
King of the Olympian gods?
The king of the gods is Zeus
How did Zeus become ruler of Olympus?
He was always the king. he had the most power out of all of the gods. He was always the king. he had the most power out of all of the gods.
How was Zeus like his father?
They were both king of the gods. Cronus was king of the gods until Zeus was.
