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Zeus (Ancient Greek: Ζεύς, Modern Greek: Δίας) is the King of the Gods in Greek Mythology. Zeus was viewed as a king who oversaw the universe. In Hesiod's Theogony, he assigns the various gods their roles. In the Homeric Hymns he is referrred to as the chieftain of the gods. He is also called the "Father of Gods and men", according to Hesiod's Theogony. He ruled the Olympians of Mount Olympus in ways representative as both a father as head of the family and a king. He was the god of sky and thunder in Greek mythology. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull, and oak. Zeus is frequently depicted by Greek artists in one of two poses: standing, striding forward, with a thunderbolt leveled in his raised right hand, or seated in majesty. Zeus was the child of Cronus and Rhea, and the youngest of his siblings. In most traditions he was married to Hera, although, at the oracle of Dodona, his consort was Dione: according to the Iliad, he is the father of Aphrodite by Dione. He is known for his erotic escapades. These resulted in many godly and heroic offspring, including Athena, Apollo and Artemis, Hermes, Persephone (by Demeter), Dionysus, Perseus, Heracles, Helen, Minos, and the Muses (by Mnemosyne); by Hera, he is usually said to have fathered Ares, Hebe and Hephaestus. In Greek, the god's name is Ζεύς Zeús /zdeús/ or /dzeús/ (Modern Greek /'zefs/) in the nominative case and Διός Diós in the genitive case. ΕΛΛΑΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ ΖΕΥΣ ΔΙΑΣ ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝΑΣ ΑΔΗΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟΙ ΚΡΟΝΟΣ ΡΕΑ ΓΑΙΑ ΤΙΤΑΝΕΣ ΟΛΥΜΠΟΣ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΤΥΦΩΝ HELLAS GREECE MAKEDONIA MACEDONIA MACEDOINE MACEDON MAZEDONIEN MEGAS ALEXANDROS ALEXANDER THE GREAT ALESSANDRO MAGNO ZEUS HADES POSEIDON CRONUS RHEA TITANS GAIA DEMETER APOLLO OLYMPUS OLYMPIANS TYPHON