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Zeus, King of the Gods. By: Regina Fleck. 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. Theogony.
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Zeus, King of the Gods By: Regina Fleck
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
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
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
Zeus in Art • Thunderbolts, lightning • Full beard • Vast sky
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