Zeus God on his throne
Once having grown up, Zeus dethroned his father and made him to vomit the children that he had already eaten. So, Zeus and his brothers started a war against the Titans. The Gods defeated the Titans and Zeus was established on the top of Olympus mountain and shared his power with his brothers Poseidon, who took over the power of the Sea, and Hades, who took over the power of the Underworld. Zeus would be the lord of the universe. He got married to his sister Hera who was his official wife even though Zeus used to be prone to women and he was chasing them continuously. This resulted in his having a lot of children. The illegal love affairs of Zeus were noticed by Hera who turned to be a jealous and revengeful wife.
Zeus was also transformed to a golden rainfall in order to enter the room where Danae had been imprisoned by her father who wanted to prevent her from becoming pregnant and giving birth to a child that would seize his power. The coupling with Danae resulted to the birth of Perseus.
Europa was also desired by Zeus who got transformed to a bull and kidnapped the young girl while she was collecting flowers from a field. Zeus brought Europa to Crete and mated with her, giving birth to Minos, Sarpedon and Rhadamanthos.
Apart from the children born after the coupling of Zeus with mortal or immortal women, nymphs and any other females he desired, he had also gave birth to children after having mated with Hera. The children of the married couple were Ares, who became the God of the War, Hebe, who got married to Hercules and Eileithyia who was the Goddess of birth-giving.
Zeus was called as the “thunder holder” by ancient Greeks because he was believed to ryle the thunders and the weather in general. According to the myth, Zeus had been given the thunderbolt by the Cyclopes as a gift once having set them free after their imprisonment by Cronus. Apart from the thunder, his emblem is also an eagle which symbolizes a threatening creature that lives up high the mountains. Among the propriertie of Zeus, there is the protection of the guests, known as “xenoi” foreigners in ancient Greece. For this reason he was also called Xenios.
The King of the Gods was worshipped by ancient Greeks in various towns where Temples to him had been erected. The most important Temple of Zeus was built in Olympia and most of the religious ceremonies related to Zeus used to take place in Olympia where the gold-ivory statue of Zeus had been placed. Of course, Athenians had erected a Temple for the King of the Gods in their own city and the remains of it can be seen even today.