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| [[File:ACOD Lightning Zeus.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Lightning Zeus|statue]] of Zeus on Mount Ainos, Kephallonia]]
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| '''Zeus''' is the [[Greece|Greek]] god of the sky, thunder and lightning, as well as the king of the gods. He is regarded as husband of [[Hera]] and the brother of [[Hades]], [[Poseidon]], [[Demeter]], and [[Hestia]].
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| His equivalent in [[Rome|Roman]] mythology is [[Jupiter]].
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| ==Biography==
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| According to the Greek mythology, Zeus was born as the youngest son of the [[Titan]] [[Kronos]] and his wife [[Rhea]]. In fear of a prophecy foretelling his overthrow by his child, Kronos devoured all of his children, save for Zeus, who was hidden by Rhea.<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
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| In time, Zeus fulfilled the prophecy and cast Kronos out, creating a new world order with his siblings and other gods, settling on [[Mount Olympus]] with eleven other [[Twelve Gods|mightiest]] deities.<ref name="ACOd" />
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| Zeus is infamous for his various relationships with multiple individuals, divine and mortal alike. Via these unions, Zeus is considered to have fathered multiple heroes of Greek mythology, including [[Herakles]], [[Perseus]] and [[Kastor and Polydeukes|Polydeukes]] as well as Greek deities, including [[Persephone]], [[Dionysos]], [[Charites]], [[Ares]], [[Eris]], [[Hebe]], [[Hephaistos]], [[Pan]], [[Apollo]] and [[Artemis]].<ref name="ACOd">
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| ==Influence==
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| During the 5th century BCE, multiple locations related to the stories told of Zeus' life were named after him throughout the [[Peloponnese]] and the [[Aegean Sea]].<ref name="ACOd" />
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| Several [[Statue of Zeus|statues]] of him also graced locations like [[Mount Ainos]] on the island of [[Kephallonia]], though most notable among them was the [[Statue of Zeus, Olympia|statue]] made by the [[Athens|Athenian]] sculptor [[Phidias]] in [[Temple of Zeus, Olympia|Temple of Zeus]] within the [[Sanctuary of Olympia]] in [[Elis]].<ref name="ACOd" />
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery captionalign="center" position="center">
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| ACOD Olympia Statue of Zeus.jpg|Statue of Zeus within the Temple of Zeus in Sanctuary of Olympia, Elis
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| </gallery>
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| ==Appearances==
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| *''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{C|statue only}}
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| *''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{C|statue only}}
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| [[Category:Greek deities]] | |