Zeus

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Like all Greek divinities, was subject top leisure, pain, grief, and anger, but he was most susceptible to the power of Eros - love, which often got the objects of his desire in allot of trouble with his wife, Hera. The representation of was a most noble one - mighty, glorious, awesome and wise, although he did show a certain degree of surprising foolishness and naiveness when it came to hiding his love affairs. Some historians attribute this less than noble behavior of the "noblest one of all" to the fact that was most likely a compilation of many "supreme gods" from different areas. When his worship spread to an area which already worshipped another god, some of that god’s qualities as well as his wife or lover were transferred to . Aside from the endless affairs was different from other gods in that he did not participate in the arguments and the resulting petty scheming that made up the daily activities of other gods. Being this wise ruler, he also demanded just and ...

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