The ancient Greeks did so in hopes of rain for crops, good judgment, and for passing laws.
wives and children
Zeus felt it would give the humans to much power.
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.
Well, he did. He married Hera.
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
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.
by making the olympic games