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Key words£ºZeus£¬Cronus£¬Rhea, Titan |
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Genre£ºmyth |
Topic£ºZeus |
Words:200 |
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Having vanquished his father and the other Titans,
Zeus imprisoned most of them in the underworld of
Tartarus. |
The story of
Zeus
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Author£ºUnknown |
Source£ºwww.mythweb.com
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Date£º2008-8-2 |
Editor£ºEdmund |
(Zeus, a 17th-century engraving, possibly by Philips Galle
in 1572)
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ZEUS (Roman name
Jupiter) was the supreme god of the Olympians. He was the father
of the heroes Perseus and Heracles, the latter of whom once
wrestled him to a draw.
Zeus was the
youngest son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. 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. 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 to
cast shadow puppets in the cave, creating images of baby Zeus
from the myth.)
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. Having
vanquished his father and the other Titans, Zeus imprisoned most
of them in the underworld of Tartarus.
Then he and his
brothers Poseidon and Hades divided up creation. Poseidon
received the sea as his domain, Hades got the Underworld and
Zeus took the sky. Zeus also was accorded supreme authority on
earth and on Mount Olympus.
Discussion£º
1. Who were Zeus's
parents?
2. How did Zeus become the
supreme god of the universe?
3. What do you think of
the relationship between Zeus and his father?
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