zeus mcdougall Zeus is the greatest of the gods, father of gods, goddesses and men, god of thunder lightning, and maintainer of the moral order. He was mothered by Rhea, an earth goddess, by Cronus, leader of the titans, both children of Gaea, the mother of earth, by her son Uranus (the heavens). Gaea, sister of nyx(night), and Erebus, the primeval darkness, were all children of Chaos who is formlessness and the beginning of all things. His children with Hera, sister of Zeus, goddess of marriage childbirth, and fidelity include Ares, god of violence, brute force, and the slaughter of war; Hebe, goddess of eternal youth, and the cupbearer of the gods; and Hephaestus, god of fire, and smith of the gods. He also fathered children through Eurynome, Mnemosyne, Themis, Metis, Demeter, Dione, Maia, Leto, electra, danae, europa, leda, anchises, coronis alcmena, and by Semele. As the father of twenty-two children, most of which were gods, Zeus was the most powerful god living at Mt Olympus, home of the Olympian gods. A goat skin shield is the emblem of his power along with the thunderbolt which is his weapon he uses against titans giants and monsters. 040226 what's it to you? who go blather from