1. Zeus, King of the Gods By: Regina Fleck

2. Overview Name- greek word dios meaning “bright” Symbols: lightning, scepter, eagle Chief judge and peacemaker “father of gods and men”-Homer any god who tried to defeat him, sent to Tartarus

3. Theogony Usurped the kingdom of the mortals from his father Cronus and Titans versus Zeus Escaped death as an infant Divided the universe after victory – Zeus: heavens – Poseidon: sea – Hades: underworld

4. Women and Children Hera, wife and sister Through children, gave man all he needed to live in ordered and moral way Seduced both gods and mortals Bore Athena on his own Apollo and Artemis: favorite children

6. Zeus in Art Thunderbolts, lightning Full beard Vast sky

7. Zeus in Oedipus Rex “Here are priests, by weight of age, as I am a priest of God.”-Priest of Zeus “Wisest in the ways of God.”-Priest of Zeus Fate which binds Oedipus “What is God singing in his profound Delphi of gold and shadow?”- Chorus “As for the criminal I pray to God…”-Oedipus