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Who is Zeus in ancient Greece?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Zeus was the King of the Gods. Cronos became father of the gods by murdering his own father, Uranus. The dying Uranus gave Cronos the prophesy, "You murder me now and steal my throne-but one of your own sons will dethrone you, for crime begets crime."Cronos managed to avoid this at first because he would swallow all his children when they were born. His wife, Rhea, however, foiled his plan by giving birth to a son, Zeus. She hid Zeus with a shepherd family, until one day when Rhea brought him back to the court of gods as the new King.

Rhea and Zeus, plotting against Cronos, concocted a drink for him, one day. When he drank it, he threw up all of his children that he had swallowed-still alive because gods cannot be digested. The children and Zeus fought against Cronos, and made him and his army flee. Zeus became king of the gods, fulfilling the prophesy made to Cronos.

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13y ago

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