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Divinity · ◇ Light
Zeus
majorattested1300 BCE
King of the Greek gods, ruler of Olympus and wielder of the thunderbolt. Zeus overthrew the Titans, ordered the cosmos, and presided over gods and mortals as god of sky and justice.
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Signature powerThunderboltHurls the lightning that no god or titan can withstand.
◈ Open relationship graph →Its universe
The mythic order Zeus belongs to, who comes before and after in the story of this world.
The same idol, across the ages
Scholars have long read Zeus as one face of a wider figure that recurs under many names through history: the the sky-father.
Read why these are held to be one →Voices & connections
Figures bound to Zeus, family and rivals within the myth, and the thinkers and writers who shaped how we know them.