Zeus, the king of gods- the first Olympian
Zeus. The god of lightning, thunder, sky, law, order, justice. He is the youngest child of the Titans Cronus/Kronos and Rhea. Rhea saved Zeus from the fate of being eaten by his father, handing a rock over to her husband in the place of Zeus. Zeus was then hidden in many places, to be kept away from the eyes of Kronos. When Zeus came to of age, Rhea managed to get him a job as the cup-holder of Cronus. One day Zeus spiked the drink, and Cronus puked out all his other eaten siblings. Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Demeter and Hera were puked out by the retching Cronus. Being immortals, they were unharmed inside Cronus’s belly. Zeus called his siblings to arms and the Titan war began.
After defeating the Titans and exiling them to Tartarus, Zeus married Hera and then they set up the Olympian council. He had to children from her, Hephaestus and Ares. The story of Zeus's wooing for Hera was... well, scandalous. His wooing for her attention was a complete disaster. She rejected him before he could confess his love. So he transformed himself into a baby and when Hera carried the baby to her bossom. Zeus came out and raped Hera. Humiliated, Hera accepted Zeus's proposal for marriage.
Zeus had many children, coming from a scandalous amount of consorts. His godly children are:-Athena, Peresphone, Hephaestus, Ares, Apollo, Artemis, Hebe, Dionysus, Hermes. You can see that half of the Olympian council are his children. Perseus,Herakles/Hercules, Helen of Troy, etc. Those are his demi-god children.
After defeating the Titans and exiling them to Tartarus, Zeus married Hera and then they set up the Olympian council. He had to children from her, Hephaestus and Ares. The story of Zeus's wooing for Hera was... well, scandalous. His wooing for her attention was a complete disaster. She rejected him before he could confess his love. So he transformed himself into a baby and when Hera carried the baby to her bossom. Zeus came out and raped Hera. Humiliated, Hera accepted Zeus's proposal for marriage.
Zeus had many children, coming from a scandalous amount of consorts. His godly children are:-Athena, Peresphone, Hephaestus, Ares, Apollo, Artemis, Hebe, Dionysus, Hermes. You can see that half of the Olympian council are his children. Perseus,Herakles/Hercules, Helen of Troy, etc. Those are his demi-god children.
Zeus with his famous lightning bolt.