Zeus God of Thunder
Spheres of Influence- Storms
Out of all of the Olympians, Zeus was the most powerful.
Zeus' father Cronus was warned that one of his offspring would dethrone
him. Wanting to remain the king, Cronus began eating all of his children
as soon as they were born. Rhea, Zeus' mother, saved Zeus by wrapping a
blanket around a rock and presenting it to her husband, who quickly swallowed
it. When Zeus grew up, he managed to make Cronus vomit out his swallowed
children by poisoning his father's drink. Poseidon then held Cronus at
bay, while Zeus struck Cronus dead with a lightning bolt.
The death of Cronus angered the Titans, who attacked Zeus and his siblings. The gods were less powerful than the Titans, so Zeus freed the Hundred-handed Ones and the Cyclopes from Tartarus. With their help, the Olympians prevailed. Zeus and his two brothers Poseidon and Hades, drew straws to determine who would rule where. Zeus won the skies, Hades the Underworld, and Poseidon received the oceans.
As the king of the gods, Zeus' rule was full of promiscuity and creative punishments for those who offended him.