Love In Zeus Research Paper

Angel Vega
HUM 2310
Professor Karen Owens
April 13, 2016
Love in Zeus eyes
Zeus needs no introduction, as the Greek mythological god of the sky his name and tales are known throughout the world. Born from Cronus his father and Rhea his mother Zeus was the sixth son of the two. After Cronus ate his first five children Rhea gathered the strength to save her next child which was Zeus. Rhea tricked Cronus in to eating a stone by rapping it up in a swaddle of cloths instead of her new born; she sent her child to the island of Crete to Mt. Dikte where he was raised by a goatee. As Zeus matured to a young adult he became strong and made his father Cronus throw his siblings up. His five sibling concluded of Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon. The siblings shared rule of the world; the most known gods are Zeus whom made himself ruler of the sky, Poseidon who was given the sea and Hades was handed the Underworld. As the sky god Zeus acquired powers, responsibilities, and other perks; powers that included his weapons the lightning bolt, and the power to morph into man and animal, his reasonability to look over man enabled him to observe people in time of war and in their most personal of times. As a sky god Zeus was expected enrich the mortal chain; that lead him to have many loves and affairs.
Zeus loves initiates with his first marriage to Metis; born a titan later became the god

of wisdom. Metis was the titan that help Zeus during Titanomachy by creating plans and counselling Zeus. Metis devised the plan that showed Zeus how to make Kronos throw up his offspring. Zeus became obsessed and takes it upon himself to persuade Metis in to having sexual relation with him. Metis becomes pregnant with Zeus’s child and due to Metis prior saying “that, after giving birth to the daughter presently in her womb, she would bear a son who would gain the lordship of the sky” (****). Zeus being as remorseful and cunning crafts a plan to rid him of the foreseeing to come true. By challenged Metis to morph into different creatures ones she had turned herself into a small creature such as a fly Zeus devoured her. Athena being full of wisdom conceived an idea to create armor for her child. Athena was born in an unorthodox manner; the king of the gods Zeus became infected with a tremendous head ache. At this time Zeus has remarried to Hera more to that in the following passage. Zeus asks Hephaestus to take an axe to his head, while Hera finely finishing hacking into his skull Athena a full grown fully armored woman, the child of Zeus slings out of his head. Athena inherits her mother’s intelligence and becomes the goddess of reason and intelligent activity. Athena is born of Zeus and no mother as this method is typical of Greek culture.
Themis was the second wife of Zeus, she was the goddess of justice. Themis was Zeus’s wife, but also was his councilor and adviser. She helped Zeus maintain order on Mt. Olympus as well his on manner. In his marriage they bore The Fates Atropos, clothe, Lachesis, and also Horae (The hours), Eunomia (discipline), Dike (Justice) and Eirene (peace). With the children born Zeus brought order to the world. Continuing marriage number three was with Eurynome (the sister of metis) the goddess of water and meadows. They had three children the three graces Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia. Wife and sister of Zeus Demeter was the fourth wife of Zeus. The goddess of corn, grain, and harvest has a tale of her own; she is known to be correlated with the seasons Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, it goes as it is said that Persephone was abducted by Hades that wanted her as his wife. Demeter the goddess of harvest was infuriated her daughter’s absences that she decided to retract her gifts by cursing the land causing plants, die and the land to become barren. Zeus became angered about the earth being devastated he order for his daughters return. Persephone unfortunately had eaten food from the underworld she was cursed with having to stay in the underworld. There was a agreement that even though Hades had the claimed Persephone she would be allowed to return to the outer world , but has to return to the underworld four months each year. While Persephone is down in the underworld Demeter would become full of sorrow and take back her gifts the world to change seasons and experience winter.
Mnemosyne is the goddess of Memory, the fifth wife of Zeus.

The story of Mnemosyne is that of a love story with were Zeus sleeps with Mnemosyne for nine consecutive days and conceive the nine muses: the goddess who would inspire and promote in the areas of art, music and sciences. Clio the muse of history, Euterpe discover of musical instruments, Melpomene protector of traded, Thalia protector of comedy, Terpsichore invented and watch over dance, Erato saw over love and poetry, Polymnia invented geometry and grammar, Ourania protected the stars and Calliope was muse of justice and

serenity.
Finally Hera the supreme goddess of marriage and childbirth, was the sixth and final wife of Zeus. Hera is the sister of Zeus and initially decline to Zeus’s advances. Zeus being so conniving, and horny he devised a plan to get what he wanted. Zeus knew that Hera loved birds, and transformed in to an injured cuckoo. Hera saw this bird and tock pity on it and took the bird in her arms, then the king of the gods transforms himself back into his natural form and took advantage of his sister and raped her. Hera became shamed and to cover this up she decided to marry Zeus. As a result Hera and Zeus would occasionally argue and fight. Of this union Ares the god of war, Eileithyia and Hebe were created.
The affairs a god are definitely numerus, Zeus being the mightiest of the gods is to be included in this list. Zeus did not show forgives to the people that he found attractive and would seduce them to get what he wanted nonmatter if they were mortal or god and he did not respect if he was married and also the relation of his pray to the his own family. Zeus had affairs with countless mortals mostly women but some men. To name a few mortals that Zeus had sex with include Danae who was mother of Perseus, Antiope, Kallisto and affair that enraged Hera and turned the impregnated Kallisto into a bear and had her hunted. Some of the divine lovers he had are Asteria, Leto, Europa, Io, and Semele. Dione, Nemesis Danae, Dione. Almost no one could resist the king of the gods.
Zeus the most powerful god on Mt Olympus, with powers to shift as he pleases and seduces who he wants. A god a man a lover an adulterer a pansexual are all words that can be used to describe Zeus; with the ability to act on his instinct who can blame him for having so many partners. Zeus had Wives, and lovers with adventures that can only be called tales.

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