Jupiter Male Deity
PARTICIPATION IN THE INVITATION
Other names Zeus, Otoptis, Pantoptis, Epopsios, Euryops, Panoptis, Epitimitor, Epopetis etc.
Symbols Lightning, eagle, bull and oak
Spouse-the Goddess Hera. Before Hera he had as wife the Oceania Metis and then the Titan Themis.
Companion-Aegina, Leto, Leda, Aigis, Alcmene, Anaxithea, Antiope the Boeotian, Asterope, Cambyses, Callisto, Carmis, Cassiopeia, Chalcedonia, Clymene, Danae, Demeter, Zeus, Dione, Elara, Electra, Europa (mythology), Eurymedusa, Eurynome (Oceania), Gaia (mythology), Himalia, Hora, Io, Iodama, Ision, Laodamea, Myra, Maia, Mnemosyne, Niobe of Phoroneus, Nysa, Othreis, Pandora, Persephone, Plutus, Plutus, Protogenea, Selene, Semele, Taygete, Thalia, Thrace, Thyia, Aphrodite, Calyx, Lamia, Podargi, Pyrrha, Calliope, Doris, Echidna, Heos, Eurydome, Aetna, Eliki, unnamed daughter of Borysthenes, Kontoumelia, Coryphi, Crete, Cyrno, Eurynome, Nemesis , Lamia and Phthia
Parents Titan Saturn and Titaness Rhea
Siblings Goddess Hestia, Goddess Demeter, Goddess Hera, God Pluto and God Poseidon. The centaur Chiron was his half-brother.
Children Goddess Aphrodite (according to Homer), goddess Persephone, god Ares, goddess Hebe, goddess Eileithyia, god Hephaestus (according to one version the goddess Hera spelled it herself), god Hermes, god Dionysus, Hersis (Drosia), Hecate, god Apollo, goddess Artemis, goddess Athena, the Fates (Klotho, Lachesis, Atropos), the Hours (Eunomia, Judgment, Irene), the Graces (Aglaia, Euphrosyne, Thalia), the Muses (Calliope, Cleo, Euterpe, Terpsichore, Erato, Melpomene, Thalia, Polymnia and Urania), the Coryvantes (according to one version), Epaphus, goddess Harmonia (according to one version), Endymion, god Panas, Tityus, Britomartis, Zagreus, Kar, Kurites, Cris, Minos, Rhadamanthys, Sarpedon, Greek, Hellene, Achaeus, Myrmidon, Magnis, Macedon, Bithynus, Dardanus, Thebes, Asopus, Amphion, Zethus, Locrus, Orchomenus, Trophonius, Herakles, Argos, Perseus, Nemea, Lacedaemon, Fair Helen, the Dioscuri (Castor and Polydevkis), Arkas, Megaros and Aiakos
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Temple of Zeus at Olympia
Kind
ancient Greek temple and archaeological site
Architecture
ancient greek architecture
Geographic coordinates
37°38′16″N 21°37′48″E
Administrative affiliation
Municipality of Ancient Olympia
Country
Hellas
Start construction
460 BC
Architect
Libon
Protection
declared archaeological site in Greece
Symbols of his power are the thunderbolt, the eagle, Victory, the scepter and the aegis.
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