Zeus was the ruler of the Olympian gods and brother to Poseidon and Hades. Zeus was worshiped throughout the Greek world, the ...

They are not based on facts or reality ... Atlas bore the weight of the heavens on his shoulders. A Greek myth is that Zeus, a God, threw down lightning bolts on to earth when he was in a rage.

Greek mythology often reads like a soap opera for deities. One moment Zeus condemns a traitor to have his liver pecked apart by vultures for eternity, the next he disguises himself as a swan so he can ...

In Greek mythology, Aether was a god of light and the god of the Upper Sky. He had an especially prominent role in Orphic mythology.