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Zeus. Supreme ( 至高無上的 ) ZEUS (zoose or zyoose; Roman name Jupiter) was the supreme god of the Olympians.

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1 Zeus

2 Supreme ( 至高無上的 ) ZEUS (zoose or zyoose; Roman name Jupiter) was the supreme god of the Olympians.

3 to a draw ( 平手 ) He was the father of the heroes Perseus and Heracles, the latter of whom once wrestled him to a draw.

4 Titans ( 巨神族 ) Zeus was the youngest son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea.

5 Swallow ( 吞 ) When he was born, his father Cronus intended to swallow him as he had all of Zeus's siblings: Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter and Hera.

6 Crete ( 克里特島 ) But Rhea hid the newborn in a cave on Mount Dicte in Crete. (To this day, the guides at the "cave of Zeus" use their flashlights( 手電 筒 ) to cast shadow puppets in the cave, creating images of baby Zeus from the myth.)

7 cave of Zeus

8 vomit up ( 嘔吐 ) When he had grown up, Zeus caused Cronus to vomit up his sisters and brothers, and these gods joined him in fighting to wrest control of the universe from the Titans and Cronus, their king.

9 Tartarus ( 寒冰地獄 ) Having vanquished his father and the other Titans, Zeus imprisoned most of them in the underworld of Tartarus.

10 Domain ( 領土 ) Then he and his brothers Poseidon and Hades divided up creation( 天地萬物 ). Poseidon received the sea as his domain, Hades got the Underworld and Zeus took the sky.

11 Mount Olympus ( 奧林帕斯山 ) Zeus also was accorded( 給 予 ) supreme authority on earth and on Mount Olympus.


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