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**//__Zeus, King of all Gods __//**   
 * // Zeus’s father, Kronos, was the king of all the gods when Zeus was born. Kronos was the youngest Titan of all his brothers. His other brothers, the Cyclopses, and the evil monsters had been locked in a pit call Tartarus by their father Uranus. Kronus mother, Gaea who was Mother Earth, told her sons to defeat their father and free their brothers. The six older Titans were afraid and ran away but Kronus, the bravest one of them all, followed his mother’s directions. When his father saw Kronus was more powerful than he was, he fled. Kronus had become the Lord of the universe but he forgot to free his brothers like his mother told him to. //**
 * // His mother had become angry with him and started to plan his downfall. She knew that if Kronus had any sons they would be more powerful than him and strong enough to defeat him. She was powerless to free her sons until the day that Kronus’ wife carried their youngest son. Kronus knew that his youngest child would be more powerful than he was and would take his place as king. Because of this, every time his wife, //**[|**//Rhea//**]**//, birthed a new child, he would swallow it. Rhea was sad because all of her sisters had many children, but she had none. When she was expecting her sixth child, she went to her mother, Gaea, to ask for advice. Gaea whispered something to her daughter and Rhea to go set up the plan. When her child the mighty Zeus was born, she hid him, wrapped a stone in baby’s clothes, and gave the stone to her husband. Kronus ate it and he never suspected that Rhea had tricked him. //**
 * // Zeus was spirited away to an island called Crete. This was where he grew up and was taken care of by nymphs and was nursed by the goat named Amalthiea. The goat was not like any other goat. Nectar and ambrosia poured out of her horns which was the food and drinks of many Gods. When Zeus was fully-grown, he thanked the nymphs by giving them the goat’s horns. They would never go empty. With the goats hide, he made him an unbreakable breastplate that he called the Aegis. Now he was stronger and more powerful than Kronus. //**
 * //He was ready to fight, but his first wife, //**[|**//Metis//**]**//, warned him that Kronus had powerful allies which were the Titans. Metis told Zeus that he would have to have more people on his side. //**
 * // Metis tricked the king into eating a magical herb. She told him that the herb made the eater undefeatable. It really made him throw up all of his sons and daughters that he had swallowed. There was Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Demeter, and Hera. They joined their brother Zeus who was glad that he had set them free. When Kronus saw them all standing before him, he fled. //**
 * //Now Zeus ruled over all and shared his power with his brothers and sisters. The Titans were unhappy with their new rulers. Only the Titans Prometheus and Epimetheus joined Zeus. Prometheus could see into the future and knew that Zeus would win, so he joined Zeus with his brother. //**
 * //Zeus let the monsters trapped in Tartarus free, and the 100-headed monsters fought for Zeus. The Cyclopses designed weapons for Zeus and his brothers and sisters. For Poseidon, they made a trident; Hades was given a cap of invisibility, and Zeus was given thunderbolts. With these he was the more powerful than all else. Zeus’s mother was once again angry because some of her sons had been locked up, so she sent the monsters Typhon and his wife Echidna to defeat Zeus. At first they frightened the gods, but Zeus regained his courage and hurled a hundred thunderbolts at the mountain Typhon was throwing at him. The mountain fell back and it had it pinned to the ground was given thunderbolts. Echidna and her children escaped, but Zeus allowed them to live as future heroes. Now, Mother Earth gave up her struggle to defeat Zeus. All of his brothers and sisters could rule in peace now. //**


 * Zeus threw thunderbolts
 * Zeus was the King of all Gods
 * For Poseidon, they made a trident
 * Hades was given a cap of invisibility
 * Hestia Goddess of Hearth

The gods-heroes that Zeus interacted with were...
 * Hades-Zeus brother
 * Poseidon-Zeus brother
 * Hestia-Zeus siter
 * Demeter-Zeus sister
 * Hera-Zeus sister
 * Kronus-Zeus father
 * Metis-Zeus first wife
 * Gaea-Kronus wife
 * Rhea-Zeus mother

 

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