Zeus (Jupiter)

By Jove! Now we're talking!

Zeus (or Jupiter as the romans, who though he was so awesome they kidnapped him and made him their own king of the gods, called him).....king of the gods, god of the sky.  Weilder of thunder and lightning.  So awesome they named Thursday after him (in the romantic languages at least), oh...and this little tiny planet we'll call Jupiter.

Son of Cronus and Rhea he was hidden from his father until he was an adult to avoid the fate of being eaten like his siblings.  Then when he came of age, he confronted Cronus and cut his belly open and freed his brother and sisters.

Then with the help of his siblings and a bunch of other awesome creatures (giants, cyclops-es) he defeated the Titans in battle and became the king of the gods.

Then he shacked up with his sister Hera and started to breed the heck out of her (fathering Ares, Hebe, Hephaestus) and anything else that moved (also Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Persephone, Dionysus, Perseus, Heracles, Helen of Troy, Minos, and the Muses).  So yeah .. a bunch of gods and most of the heroes that you'd want to know.

Take that God and jesus....


Mostly noble, besides his screwing around, he tended to stay out of the day-to-day scheming that most of the other gods were involved in.  

He could be a bit of a jerk sometimes though - was pretty big on the eternal torture thing - Promethius for giving men fire, Atlas for fighting against him in the battle with the Titans, etc.  Also could transform folks into animals when he wanted, eagles if they were good and just, and tortoises if they skipped his wedding.  



And did I mention....Thunderbolts!!!!

***For the most part I will use the Greek and Roman gods interchangeably unless there is some major important difference between their stories or legacies.