Zeus
[zju:s]
Definition
(noun.) type genus of the family Zeidae.
(noun.) (Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods; counterpart of Roman Jupiter.
Editor: Shelton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The chief deity of the Greeks, and ruler of the upper world (cf. Hades). He was identified with Jupiter.
Typist: Shelby
Definition
n. the greatest of the national deities of Greece son of Cronos (Saturn) and Rhea brother of Poseidon (Neptune) Hades (Pluto) Hestia (Vesta) Demeter (Ceres) and Hera (Juno). His consort was Hera; his supreme seat Mount Olympus in Thessaly.
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n. The chief of Grecian gods adored by the Romans as Jupiter and by the modern Americans as God Gold Mob and Dog. Some explorers who have touched upon the shores of America and one who professes to have penetrated a considerable distance to the interior have thought that these four names stand for as many distinct deities but in his monumental work on Surviving Faiths Frumpp insists that the natives are monotheists each having no other god than himself whom he worships under many sacred names.
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Examples
- Clearly when he does what the man is said to do in the tale of the Arcadian temple of Lycaean Zeus. Plato. The Republic.
- When it thundered loudly, the ribald Aristarchus could ask him: Won't you do something of the sort, oh Son of Zeus? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Shall they listen to the narrative of Hephaestus binding his mother, and of Zeus sending him flying for helping her when she was beaten? Plato. The Republic.
- We worship the Naiad with her urn as well as Bacchus with his flask, and the union of both produces a drink fit for Father Zeus. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- By Zeus, he said, the problem to be solved is anything but easy. Plato. The Republic.
- He is not lost in rapture at the great works of Phidias, the Parthenon, the Propylea, the statues of Zeus or Athene. Plato. The Republic.
Editor: Miles