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Bookmark or Share- Persephone – MythopediaEventually, Zeus determined that Adonis would spend part of the year with Aphrodite and part of the year with Persephone. Terracotta loutrophoros (ceremonial water jug) attributed to the Darius Painter (ca. 340–330 BCE). The upper register of the body shows Zeus between Persephone and Aphrodite regarding Adonis.
- Europa - Greek MythologyIt was a beautiful day and they went off gathering flowers by the sea. Zeus noticed this charming group, particularly Europa, who was the prettiest of the maidens. According to some sources, Eros induced him into action with one of his arrows, although Zeus never really needed much persuasion. In any case, Zeus appeared to the group in the form ...
- Hera :: Queen of the Gods - Greek MythologyIxion fared even worse: Zeus fooled him into making love with a cloud fashioned in Hera’s image, and then ordered Hermes to bind him to a perpetually turning wheel of fire. By most accounts, Hera gave Zeus four children: Ares, the god of war, Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, Hebe, the goddess of eternal youth, and Hephaestus, the god of ...
- Olympians - Greek MythologyThe Olympians were twelve and comprised of Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Hermes and either Hestia or Dionysus. Their name, Olympians, originates from Mount Olympus , which was their place of residence; therefore, although sometimes Hades and Persephone were included in the Olympians, they ...
- ⚡ Zeus :: Greek God of the Sky and Thunder, King of the GodsZeus' Lovers However, theirs would prove to be a bittersweet marriage, because Zeus, to say the least, was a promiscuous god. Bearing the shape of many different animals, he had numerous love affairs with many nymphs and mortals , which made Hera jealous; some say that, when she scolded him for this, disguised as a serpent, he even slept with ...
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