Zeus

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Greek god Olympian god deity mythological character

Zeus is the king of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology, ruling over the sky and thunder and presiding as the chief deity of the pantheon.

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Observed surface forms (17)

Surface form	Occurrences
Zeus Olympios	6
Zeus Naios	3
Greek god Zeus	1
Roman god Jupiter	1
Zeus (as Zeus-Ammon)	1
Zeus (as adversary of Sisyphus)	1
Zeus (on his aegis)	1
Zeus (sanctuary context)	1
Zeus Horkios	1
Zeus Keraunios	1
Zeus Xenios	1
Zeus aided by Aegipan	1
Zeus as a bull	1
Zeus at Mecone	1
Zeus of Dodona	1
Zeus withheld fire from humans	1
thunderboltOfZeus	1

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek god ⓘ Olympian god ⓘ deity ⓘ mythological character ⓘ
appearsIn	Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ Hesiod's Works and Days ⓘ Homer's Iliad ⓘ Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
associatedWith	hospitality ⓘ justice ⓘ kingship ⓘ law ⓘ oaths ⓘ
child	Apollo ⓘ Ares ⓘ Artemis ⓘ Athena ⓘ Dionysus ⓘ Helen of Troy ⓘ Hephaestus ⓘ Heracles ⓘ Hermes ⓘ Minos ⓘ Persephone ⓘ Perseus ⓘ the Muses ⓘ
consort	Alcmene ⓘ Demeter ⓘ Dione ⓘ Europa ⓘ Hera ⓘ Leda ⓘ Leto ⓘ Maia ⓘ Metis ⓘ Semele ⓘ
createdBy	ancient Greek tradition ⓘ
culture	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
defeated	Titans ⓘ
domain	lightning ⓘ sky ⓘ storms ⓘ thunder ⓘ
epithet	Zeus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Zeus Horkios Zeus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Zeus Keraunios Zeus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Zeus Olympios Zeus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Zeus Xenios
equivalent	Jupiter ⓘ
equivalentInReligion	Zeus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Roman god Jupiter
gender	male ⓘ
led	Olympian gods in Titanomachy ⓘ
mythology	Greek mythology ⓘ
notableCultImage	Statue of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ
notablePlaceOfWorship	Athens ⓘ Dodona ⓘ Olympia ⓘ
oneOf	Twelve Olympians ⓘ
parent	Cronus ⓘ Rhea ⓘ
positionHeld	chief deity of the Greek pantheon ⓘ king of the gods ⓘ ruler of Mount Olympus ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
residence	Mount Olympus ⓘ
sibling	Demeter ⓘ Hades ⓘ Hera ⓘ Hestia ⓘ Poseidon ⓘ
spouse	Hera ⓘ
symbol	eagle ⓘ oak tree ⓘ scepter ⓘ thunderbolt ⓘ
weapon	thunderbolt ⓘ

Referenced by (188)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Titans of Greek mythology → fatherOf → Zeus ⓘ

subject surface form: Cronus

Hesiod's Theogony → featuresCharacter → Zeus ⓘ

Homer's Odyssey → featuresCharacter → Zeus ⓘ

judgment of Paris → featuresCharacter → Zeus ⓘ

subject surface form: Judgment of Paris

Prometheus Bound → featuresCharacter → Zeus ⓘ

Homer's Iliad → featuresDeity → Zeus ⓘ

subject surface form: Iliad

Hecatoncheires → freedBy → Zeus ⓘ

Cyclopes → giftedTo → Zeus ⓘ

Uranus → grandparentOf → Zeus ⓘ

Himera → hadSanctuaryOf → Zeus ⓘ

Serapis → hasAspect → Zeus ⓘ

Apollo slaying Python → hasCharacter → Zeus ⓘ

Ancient Greek religion → hasDeity → Zeus ⓘ

Mycenaean civilization → hasDeity → Zeus ⓘ

Greco-Roman mythology → hasMainDeity → Zeus ⓘ

Olympia → hasMainDeity → Zeus ⓘ

Typhonomachy → hasParticipant → Zeus ⓘ

Typhonomachy → hasVariantTradition → Zeus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zeus aided by Aegipan

Panhellenic Games → honoredDeity → Zeus ⓘ

Nemean Games → honours → Zeus ⓘ

Alcmene → impregnatedBy → Zeus ⓘ

Leda → impregnatedBy → Zeus ⓘ

Heracles cycle → includesCharacter → Zeus ⓘ

Gigantomachy → involvesDeity → Zeus ⓘ

Typhonomachy → involvesDeity → Zeus ⓘ

Mount Ida → isSacredTo → Zeus ⓘ

Iasion → killedBy → Zeus ⓘ

Gigantomachy → ledBySide → Zeus ⓘ

Titanomachy → ledBySide1 → Zeus ⓘ

Dione → linkedToDeity → Zeus ⓘ

Titanomachy → mainCombatant → Zeus ⓘ

Archaeological site of Olympia → mainDeity → Zeus ⓘ

Dodona → mainDeity → Zeus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zeus Naios

sanctuary of Olympia → mainDeity → Zeus ⓘ

subject surface form: Sanctuary of Olympia

Temple of Zeus at Cyrene → mainDeity → Zeus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zeus Olympios

Twelve Olympians → member → Zeus ⓘ

Titans of Greek mythology → motherOf → Zeus ⓘ

subject surface form: Rhea

Mount Taygetus → mythologicalAssociation → Zeus ⓘ

Corinth (through her association with Sisyphus) → mythologicalConnection → Zeus ⓘ

subject surface form: Corinth

this entity surface form: Zeus (as adversary of Sisyphus)

Calypso → obeys → Zeus ⓘ

Electra → offspringWith → Zeus ⓘ

Nike (Greek goddess of victory) → oftenShownWith → Zeus ⓘ

subject surface form: Nike

Atlas → opponent → Zeus ⓘ

Prometheus → opponent → Zeus ⓘ

age of the Titans → opposedBy → Zeus ⓘ

subject surface form: Age of the Titans

Iapetids → opposedBy → Zeus ⓘ

Titans → opposedBy → Zeus ⓘ

Titans of Greek mythology → opposedBy → Zeus ⓘ

subject surface form: Titans

Ogygia → orderedToBeLeftBy → Zeus ⓘ

Cronus → overthrownBy → Zeus ⓘ