Zeus presentation grade 9 for students.pptx

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1. Zeus Group 1

2. Who is Zeus? Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods of Mount Olympus. His name is cognate with the first element of his Roman equivalent Jupiter. But Zeus is recognized as the king of the Gods because of his power, justness and absolute authority

3. Zeus was born to two powerful, cosmic beings known as Titans. His mother Rhea was the daughter of Gaia, the deified Earth. His father was Kronos, son of the sky deity Ouranos. Kronos and Ouranos had a troubled relationship and Kronos only gained control of the cosmos by overthrowing his father. He didn’t want the same thing to happen to him so ate his first five children; the Gods: Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter and Hera. Finally his wife Rhea stepped in and hid her last son Zeus . And instead wrapped a stone in a blanket for Kronos to consume instead. Years later Zeus returned and tricked his father into drinking a potion that made him regurgitate (throw up) the five Gods. And then those Gods defeated the Titans and claimed control over the heavens. Zeus and his siblings set about ruling the world on Mount Olympus. Zeus’ Parents

4. Mount Olympus Present Day

5. It wasn’t long after the fight that Zeus took a wife. His first wife was a titan named Metis; It was a very short marriage. At one point Metis became pregnant; and Zeus worried that his son may continue the cycle of his family and defeat him. So he swallowed his wife Metis whole. However Metis was pregnant with a daughter who sprung out of Zeus’ forehead fully grown. Zeus named her Athena and she forever remained his favorite child. After this Zeus married his main wife in Greek mythology, his sister Hera. With Hera, Zeus had two sons and one daughter: Ares, Ilithyia and Hebe. He married his other sister Demeter and bore a child named Persephone . Zeus’ marriages

6. Zeus’ Affairs

7. Zeus’ Death There is no classical reference to Zeus’ death and it is believed that he died of old age. This is believed because Zeus never got defeated because he was a strong and tremendous ruler. He only almost lost a battle against Typhoeus, a hundred headed, monstrous giant who attempted to capture heaven

8. Zeus’ Full Family Tree