Zeus God of Gods

Zeus is the greatest gods of the Hellenic Pantheon. Basic is the god of light, clear sky and thunder, but not identified with Heaven, just as Apollo did not identify with the Sun or the Sea Poseidon The Hellenic thought, the gods have lost cosmic value could have in another moment of its development, and Zeus are interested here only as a hero of legends.

From the Homeric poems creates the personality of Zeus, king of men and gods, who reigns on high light the sky. Currently stands at the summit of Mount Olympus, but also travels. For example, it is found in the country of the Ethiopians, pious people among all peoples, whose sacrifices particularly likes. Gradually, the house of Zeus was exilied from any specific mountain, and with the expression Olympus finally understand only the ethereal region where the gods lived.

Zeus presides over not only the heavenly manifestations, causes rain, lightning and throws lightning – power symbolized by his leadership – but, above all, maintain order and justice in the world. Charge to purify the murderers of the stain of blood, ensures the maintenance of oaths and the respect of duty to guests; is the guarantor of royal power and, in general, the social hierarchy. These powers are exercised not only in relation to men, but also within the society of the gods.

He himself is subject to the Fates, for which he is a interpreter which defends against the fantasies of the other gods, for example, “weighs” the destinies of Achilles and Hector, and when the dish containing the latter descends into Hades, Apollo prohibits intervene and leaves the hero to his enemy. God’s providence, conscious of its responsibility, is the only one not swayed by their whims – at least when it is not romantic whims, and even in this case, its apparent fantasies are not always exempt from certain policy. It is the dispenser of good and evil. Homer in the Iliad account in the door of his palace there are two jars, one of which contains the property, and the other evils. In general, Zeus takes the contents of an alternate and the other for each of the mortals, but sometimes drawn exclusively from one of the two, and then the resulting destination is at times, quite good, and sometimes, the most completely wrong.