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Zeus – The Greek and Roman god calle Zeus
- January 14, 2013
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In the ancient Greek religion, Zeus (Ancient Greek: Ζεύς, Gee-Zeús; Modern Greek: Δίας, Días) is the “Father of gods and men” who rules the Olympians of Mount Olympus as a father rules the family.
He is the pagan god of sky and thunder in Greek mythology. His Roman counterpart is Jupiter and Etruscan counterpart is Tinia.
Being the father of all men, and the father of all gods, the title of Zeus gave him the supreme authority to pass down the letters of eus, suss, sous and sues.
The Greek name endings like sus, sous, and seus were employed to give honor to “Zeus.” “Sus” in Latin means “pig“.
The name Zeus is the Greek continuation of *Di̯ēus, god of the daytime sky, also called *Dyeus ph2tēr Even the gods who are not his natural children address him as Father, and all the gods rise in his presence to honor him.
For the Greeks, he was the King of the gods, who oversaw the universe. As Pausanias observed, “That Zeus is king in heaven is a saying common to all men.
Even the name of Jesus was forged forth via this god Gee-Zeus by The Greeks, and the Romans continued it legacy.
Zeus is frequently depicted by Greek artists in one of two poses: standing, striding forward, with a thunderbolt leveled in his raised right hand, or seated in majesty.