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It depends on which account you believe. One states that Metis gave Cronus an emetic to force him to disgorge the babies, while another states Zeus cut Cronus' stomach open. The most popular account states Zeus forced Cronus to disgorge his siblings.
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Why is Zeus so important to Greek mythology?
He is king of the Gods and of the Heavens. He also was the one who made Cronus the Titan regurgitate his brothers and sisters (Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter and Hera)He is the leader of the Gods. From his mother all the greek gods were born, but as they came out their father ate them all and Zeus was able to sneak away before he was eaten and kill his father, rip open his stomach, and free his breathern. From that point the made him leader and they banished their parents to hell.The god of the sky ( lightning etc etc)
What did Zeus like to do in his free time?
How is anyone besides Hera, Zeus' wife, and his children supposed to know what Zeus does in his free time, besides rule the world, blow things up, throw lightning bolts, and battle Titans and other monsters. Get some sense!
What gifts did Zeus and others bestow upon Artemis?
When Artemis was three, Zeus asked her what she wished for. Artemis wished for six things. 1. To be a virgin forever. 2. A silver (or gold) bow and arrows forged by the cyclops. 3. To be dressed in a short tunic so her legs would be free to run. 4. All the mountains to be her domain. 5. A fleet of 60 nymphs to be her hunting companions. 6. A pack of hounds to hunt with. Zeus gave her everything she asked for.
Where did the names for Jupiter's moons come from?
A lot of them came from Greek mythology. For instance, Io is the name of a naiad who was a priestess of Hera, but her beauty attracted Zeus and he made love to her. Zeus covered them both up by a big black cloud, but when Hera saw it, she was not fooled. She went to check out what was happening, and Zeus turned Io into a cow to hide her. Hera asked for it as her pet, and tided Io to a tree. Zeus took pity on Io and sent Hermes to free her. She escaped, but Hera sent a wasp to always sting Io. She ran away, finally coming to Egypt, where she had her two kids. They or their descendants, can't remember which one, finally went back to Greece, and I forget the rest. But yeah, a lot of moons were named after Greek mythology stuff. And the planets, besides Earth, were named after the Roman names of the Greek Gods. Venus: Aphrodite, Mars: Ares, Mercury: Hermes, Neptune: Poseidon, Pluto: Hades, and I forget who Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus are named after. But, almost all the things in the universe that we know of are named after things in mythology.
Who Zeus in love with?
As the sky god Zeus had easy access to the women of the world and took full advantage of it. Also, his power as a supreme god made him difficult to resist. Prior to his marrage to Hera he was married first to Metis, then Themis. He was interested in Demeter but she resisted him. His third wife was Mnemosyne. The list of lovers after his final marrage, to Hera, is considerable: * Europa * Io * Semele Europa was the daughter of the King Agenor of Sidon. She had the continent of Europe named for her. Somewhat miraculesly Hera was distracted during her affair with Zeus and never punished her for it. One night Europa had a dream. In this dream two continents, which were in the forms of women were arguing over Europa. Asia maintained that since Europa had been born in Asia she belonged to it. The other continent, which was nameless, said that her birth was not important, that Zeus would give her to it. It was early morning, disturbed by the dream Europa did not go back to sleep. She summoned her companions, who were all daughters of nobility and of her age. It was a beautiful day and they went off gathering flowers by the sea. Zeus noticed this charming group, particularly Europa, who was the prettest of the maidens. Some say that Eros, induced him into action with one of his darts. Although, Zeus often made due with self motivation. In any case, Zeus appeared to the group as a white bull. A white bull more beautiful then any other. A bull that smelled of flowers, and lowed musically. A bull so obviously gentle that all the maidens rushed to stroke and pet it. The bull laid down in front of Europa. She slid on to its back. Instantly, the bull charged off, plunging into the sea, and began to swim rapidly from the shore. Europa saw that a procesion had joined them, Nereids riding dolphins, Triton blowing his horn, even Poseidon. From this she realized that the bull must be a god. She pleaded with him to pity her. Zeus spoke to her and explained his love. He took her to Create, where he had been raised. He promised that she would bear him many famous sons. Her sons included Minos I and Rhadamanthus. Zeus fell in love with Io and seduced her. To try to keep Hera from noticing he covered the world with a thick blanket of clouds. This backfired, arousing Hera's suspicions. She came down from Mount Olympus and begain dispersing the clouds. Zeus did some quick thinking and changed Io's form from being a lovely maiden. So as the clouds dispersed Hera found Zeus standing next to a white heifer. He then swore that he had never seen the cow before, it had just sprang right out of the earth. Seeing right through this Hera complimented the cow and asked to have it as a present. As turning such a reasonable request down would have given the whole thing away, Zeus presented her with the cow. She sent the cow away and arranged Arges to watch over it. Since Arges had a hundred eyes and could have some of them sleep while others were awake he made a fine watchman. Desperate, Zeus sent Hermes to fetch Io. Disgused as a shepard, Hermes had to employ all his skill as a musician and story teller to gain Arges confidence and lull him to sleep. Once asleep Hermes killed Arges. As a memorial, Hera took his eyes and set them into the tail of her favorite bird, the peacock. While Io was now free Hera sent the mother of all gad-flys to sting the still bovine Io. This pushed her near madness, trying to escape she wandered the world. During her wanders she came across Prometheus while chained. He gave her hope. He predicted that she would have to wander for many years. But, she would eventually be changed back into human form and would bear a child. He predicted that a decendent of this child would be a great hero and set him free. His predictions came true. During her wanderings many geographical features where named after her including the Ionian Sea, and the Bosphorus (which means ford of the cow). She eventually reached the Nile where Zeus did restore her to human form. She bore Epaphus and eleven generations later her descendant Hercules would set Prometheus free. Semele was a Thebian princess. She is the only mortal to be the parent of a god. She was one of Zeus many lovers and like most came to an unfortunate end due to Hera's jealous hatred. She is best known as the mother of Dionysus. While she was killed shortly before giving birth the child was resuced by Zeus. Eventually Dionysus, who had never seen her, managed to rescue her from the underworld. and arrange for her to live on Mount Olympus. Source: http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/zeusLover.html
How did Zeus free his siblings from his father?
Kronos had heard a prophecy that one day his own child would overthrow him, so he swallowed all his children as soon as they were born. When the sixth child, Zeus, was born, his mother Rhea wrapped a stone in swaddling blankets and, pretending it was Zeus, she gave it to Kronos. He swallowed it. Zeus grew up and when he was old enough he disguised himself as one of Cronus' servants. Once Cronus asked Zeus for a drink. He mixed some kind of poison in it and Cronus coughed up Zeus' siblings.
Does Mount Olympus get destroyed by Kronos?
Well Zeus defeated Kronos/Cronus and Zeus' siblings are free. The gods (Zeus' siblings) fight the other titans and win. Mount Olympus was not destroyed, but in the book The Last Olympian it is almost destroyed. Mount Olympus is steel here today, but since the Greek gods are not real, they are not on Mount Olympus.
Was Hades the eldest of the gods?
Yes, and no. The Titans Cronus and Rhea had six children, while Hades was born first he was quickly digested by his father, as well as the four children after him, finally child number six (Zeus) was born and Rhea tricked Cronus into thinking he had swallowed him too. This was not the case, Zeus was in fact the only child to grow to maturity outside of Cronus's body, which eventually allowed him to fight Cronus and free his siblings. So in summary, an appropriate statement would be "Hades was the first of the six original Olympic gods born to the Titans Cronus and Rhea."
Why was hades the god of the underworld?
Hades is the god of the underworld because when the universe needed to be divided between the three gods, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. They divided the sky, the sea, and the underworld. Zeus got to pick first because he is the one who killed Cronus, their father, in order to free his other siblings. Zeus chose the sky, Posedion then got to chose next. Posedion chose the sea. Now, that left the Underworld for Hades.
When was the first greek god born?
the real answer is hades because he was the first born he was the first swallowed bu his dad Cronus and his mom Gaea had other children but Zeus was the last born and his mom discussed him as a rock so when Cronus swallowed the rock Zeus let his brothers an sisters free and threw his dad into tartarus.
What was the personality of the Greek goddess Gaia?
Like a protective mother; Gaea defied her consort Ouranos who had imprisoned her elder sons (Hecatoncheires, Kyklopes) in her womb so helped Cronus overthrow Ouranos - but Cronus did not free his brothers, and a prophesy was made that one of Cronus's children would overthrow him as he had overthrown his father so he swallowed Hestia, Hades, Hera, Poseidon, and Demeter until Rhea sought help from Gaea with saving Zeus, which she did- when Zeus grew up and overthrew his father he released his uncles, Gaea's sons, and when the Titan war began they aided him in that the Kyklopes made weapons and the Hecatoncheires fought for Zeus as well. The Titan's than were imprisoned, which Gaia was not happy with Zeus about and so she bore the Gigantes to fight aginst Zeus - those who stood with him and helped him win were titled Olympians.
Why is Zeus so important to Greek mythology?
He is king of the Gods and of the Heavens. He also was the one who made Cronus the Titan regurgitate his brothers and sisters (Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter and Hera)He is the leader of the Gods. From his mother all the greek gods were born, but as they came out their father ate them all and Zeus was able to sneak away before he was eaten and kill his father, rip open his stomach, and free his breathern. From that point the made him leader and they banished their parents to hell.The god of the sky ( lightning etc etc)
Where were the Greek gods created?
Well Gaea (the earth) and Uranus (the sky) had many children and some of those children were the titans. One of the Titans, Cronus, defeated his father Uranus and became high god. Cronus then married his sister, Rhea, and had 5 children named Poseidon (Neptune), Hades (Pluto), Hera (Juno), Demeter (Ceres) and Hestia (Vesta) and swallowed them, so they could not take his place as high god (goddess). Although Cronus had another child he never knew about named Zeus (Jupiter). Zeus overcomes his father Cronus in battle and became high god. (Zeus does free his brothers and sisters from their fathers stomach). Zeus tricks Hera into marring him and they have Athena, Ares, and Hephaestus. Zeus marries some other women and have Apollo, Artemis, Dionysus, Persephone, and Hermes. Mow there was another goddess named Aphrodite. She sprouted from the water and became the goddess of love and beauty. That is the main story of the main gods\goddesses of olympus although many other titans had children and many of the gods from olympus had children aswell. There was also a myth that the gods would come down and marry "mortal" women. Thus a demi-god was formed (half man half god). I can't really tell you "where" they were created but this is what I know.
What did kronos do to his children?
kronos ate his chrilden but his wife rhea on her eighth child this ti me she switched the baby with a rock and kronos ate that rock and didnt notice zeus was raised far away from kronos and one day zeus went to defeat him and zeus won and he set his siblings free from their father
Why did Cronus defeat his father?
Cronus defeated his farther Uranus because his mother Gaia wanted him to overthrow Uranus and free his brothers, the Cyclopes, and the hundred handed monsters.
What did Zeus like to do in his free time?
How is anyone besides Hera, Zeus' wife, and his children supposed to know what Zeus does in his free time, besides rule the world, blow things up, throw lightning bolts, and battle Titans and other monsters. Get some sense!
How did Zeus free his brothers and sisters?
He made kronos throw up
