The ancient Greeks did so in hopes of rain for crops, good judgment, and for passing laws.
What is the intended function of any statue? *sigh* Representation for purposes be it remembrance, worship or historic. A Greek named "Phidias" made the statue, in ancient era when Greeks worshiped those gods, and the statue of Zeus is there for the same reasons a statue of Athena was made. Worship. The same way you find statues of Jesus.
Zeus is worshipped for the same reasons that people worship "God" in Christianity, or any other god/s that other religion has. The people just needed something, to blame all of the world's problems that they inflicted themselves, on.
The major epithets of Zeus are: Zeus Diktaois (Zeus, Keeper of the Tenth Month) Zeus Agetor (Zeus, Leader or Commander) Zeus Panhellanios (Zeus of all Greeks) Zeus Polius (Zeus, Guardian of the City) Zeus Herkeios (Zeus, the Center of Court) Zeus Ktesios (Zeus, Protector of Possessions) Zeus Hyetios (Zeus, Bringer of Storms) Zeus Ombrios (Zeus, Bringer of Rain) Zeus Olympios (Zeus, Overseer of the Olympian Gods) Zeus Panergetos (Zeus All-Achieving) Zeus Sote (Zeus the Savior) Zeus Dikephoros (Zeus, Harmonizer of the Olypian Gods and the Dead) Zeus Teleios (Zeus, Overseer of the Completion of Marriage Rituals)
Children of ZeusApollo [Zeus and Leto]Ares and Hephaestus [Zeus and Hera]Artemis [ Zeus and Leto]Athena[Zeus and Metis]Dionysus [Zeus and Semele]Hebe , Discord, and Eileithyia [Zeus and Hera]Persephone [Zeus and Demeter]Helen [Zeus and Leda]Hercules [Zeus and Alcmene]Hermes [Zeus and Maia]Aphrodite [Zeus and Dione]The Muses [ Zeus and Mnemosyne]The Graces [Zeus and Eurynome]Pandia [Zeus and Selene]The Horae, The Moirae [ Zeus and Themis]Perseus [Zeus and Danae]
How did the Greek worship Zeus
No, they worshipped Zeus.
Worship of Zeus, including sacrifices.
Zeus
so they can worship
The had a temple to Zeus.
Because, Zeus is the ruler of all God's. He is the most powerfull, and he also rules the sky's.
People worshiped Zeus in the time of Ancient Greece and the great Greek Empire
Puja also spelled Pooja - meaning worship
the revolt of the Maccabees.
they worship him by killing animals and offering food to the gods but to contact Zeus you would put together a alter that has pictures of him or maybe praying to him. he would then maybe answer in dreams.
The statue of Zeus was built so that the people in Olympia Greece can worship him for all that he has done.