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Zeus was the son of Cronus and Rhea. his siblings were swallowed whole by his father. He was saved by his mother by being hidden while his mother gave Cronus a stone to swallow instead. He went off to live on an island with a goat to nurse him. When he was of age, Zeus went back to his father and forced him to cough back up his siblings. Zeus then married his sister Hera, and gained control of Mount Olympus while sending his brothers Hades and Poseidon to the underworld and the sea. Zeus, although married, “was infamous in Greek mythology for his adulterous affairs… Therefore, he had many offspring.” (Cartwright)

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In the odyssey, Zeus does not play a big role in the story in general. He acts as the narrator and also will occasionally help out Odysseus and gives Athena persimmon to help out Odysseus herself. But other than assisting Athena or Odysseus, Zeus did not have any other reason to have. “ [researchers speculate] he was absent from the non-Homeric narratives because they ‘were not compelled [to] make the kind of narrative decisions’ that are the province of Zeus'' (Ready). Zeus had no major role in the odyssey other than to help out others.

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Zeus is known as the most powerful god, and the famous lighting bolt he is always holding is well known. Zeus is the god of sky and thunder and always faces his battle without armor because of how invincible he is. Strength, confidence, immortality, wisdom, and especially protection. Zeus is known to never wear armor because he doesn’t need it, and that he is capable of protecting himself without shielding. Him being the main and most powerful god of sky and thunder asserts the idea that he protects  everyone under the sky.

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Cartwright, Mark, “Zeus”, World History, 25 May 2013,

https://www.worldhistory.org/zeus/ , Accessed 10 December 2021

Ready, Jonathan. “Zeus in the Odyssey (review)”. Project Muse. 15 April 2010

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/379400. Accessed 10 Dec. 2021