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-'''Zeus''' in [[Greek mythology]] is the [[king of the gods]], the [[ruler]] of [[Mount Olympus (Mountain)|Mount Olympus]], and god of the [[sky father|sky]] and [[List of thunder gods|thunder]]. His symbols are the [[thunderbolt]], [[eagle]], [[bull (mythology)|bull]] and the [[oak]]. Zeus is frequently envisaged by Greek artists in one of two poses: standing, striding forward, a thunderbolt leveled in his raised right hand, or seated in majesty. 
-The son of [[Cronus]] and [[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]], he was the youngest of his siblings. He was married to [[Hera]] in most traditions, although at the oracle of [[Dodona]] his [[consort]] was [[Dione (mythology)|Dione]]: according to the ''[[Iliad]]'', he is the father of [[Aphrodite]] by Dione. Accordingly, he is known for his [[erotic]] [[escapade]]s, including one [[Pederasty in ancient Greece|pederastic relationship]] with [[Ganymede]]. His [[tryst]]s resulted in many famous [[offspring]], including [[Athena]], [[Apollo]] and [[Artemis]], [[Hermes]], [[Persephone]] (by [[Demeter]]), [[Dionysus]], [[Perseus]], [[Heracles]], [[Helen]], [[Minos]], and the [[Muse]]s (by [[Mnemosyne]]); by Hera he is usually said to have sired [[Ares]], [[Hebe (mythology)|Hebe]] and [[Hephaestus]].+'''Rhea''' ({{pron-en|ˈriː.ə}}; [[Ancient Greek language|ancient Greek]] '''{{Polytonic|Ῥέα}}''') was the [[Titan (mythology)|Titaness]] daughter of [[Uranus (mythology)|Uranus]], the sky, and [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]], the earth, in [[Classical Greece|classical Greek]] mythology. She was known as '''"the mother of gods'''." In earlier traditions, she was strongly associated with Gaia and [[Cybele]], the [[Great Goddess]], and later seen by the classical Greeks as the mother of the [[Twelve Olympians|Olympian gods and goddesses]], though never dwelling permanently among them on Mount Olympus. In [[Apollonius of Rhodes]]' ''[[Argonautica]]'', the fusion of Rhea and Phrygian Cybele is complete.
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Rhea (Template:Pron-en; ancient Greek Template:Polytonic) was the Titaness daughter of Uranus, the sky, and Gaia, the earth, in classical Greek mythology. She was known as "the mother of gods." In earlier traditions, she was strongly associated with Gaia and Cybele, the Great Goddess, and later seen by the classical Greeks as the mother of the Olympian gods and goddesses, though never dwelling permanently among them on Mount Olympus. In Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica, the fusion of Rhea and Phrygian Cybele is complete.




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