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+Jupiter means j=jupiter u=uranus p=pluto i=i dont know t=theweously e=extremely r=racing
-[[Image:JupiterAndThetis Ingres1811.jpg||right|thumb|350px|The Roman deity Jupiter.]]
-'''''I''n [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek mythology] '''Zeus (pronounced [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English /ˈzuːs/] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English /ˈzjuːs/]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek Ancient Greek]: Ζεύς; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Greek Modern Greek]: Δίας, Dias) is the "Father of Gods and men", according to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesiod Hesiod]'s Theogony, who ruled the Olympians of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Olympus Mount Olympus] as a father ruled the family; he was the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_father god of sky] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_thunder_gods thunder] in[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek mythology].
-As Walter Burkert points out in his book, Greek Religion, "Even the gods who are not his natural children address him as Father, and all the gods rise in his presence."(Iliad, book 1.503;533) For the Greeks, he was the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Gods King of the Gods], who oversaw the universe. As Pausanias observed, "That Zeus is king in heaven is a saying common to all men".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus#cite_note-2 [3]]</sup>
-In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesiod Hesiod]'s[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theogony Theogony], Zeus assigns the various gods their roles. In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeric_Hymns Homeric Hymns] he is referred to as the chieftain of the gods. His symbols are the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt thunderbolt], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle eagle], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_(mythology) bull], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak oak]. In addition to his Indo-European inheritance, the classical "cloud-gatherer" also derives certain iconographic traits from the cultures of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Near_East Ancient Near East], such as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scepter scepter]. Zeus is frequently depicted by Greek artists in one of two poses: standing, striding forward, with a thunderbolt leveled in his raised right hand, or seated in majesty. His [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mythology Roman] counterpart was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology) Jupiter] and his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_mythology Etruscan] counterpart [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinia Tinia].
-[[File:Ju1.jpg|thumb]]
-Zeus was the child of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronus Cronus] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhea_(mythology) Rhea], and the youngest of his siblings. In most traditions he was married to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hera Hera], although, at the oracle of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodona Dodona], his consort was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dione_(mythology) Dione]: according to the[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad Iliad], he is the father of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite Aphrodite] by Dione.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-aphrodite_1-1" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus#cite_note-aphrodite-1 [2]]</sup> He is known for his erotic escapades. These resulted in many godly and heroic offspring, including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena Athena], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo Apollo] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis Artemis], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes Hermes],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persephone Persephone] (by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeter Demeter]), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus Dionysus], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus Perseus], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracles Heracles], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen Helen], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minos Minos], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muse Muses] (by[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemosyne Mnemosyne]); by Hera, he is usually said to have fathered [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares Ares], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebe_(mythology) Hebe] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hephaestus Hephaestus].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hamilton1942_3-0" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus#cite_note-Hamilton1942-3 [4]]</sup>
-In Greek, the god's name is ΖεύςZeús /zdeús/ or /dzeús/ (Modern Greek /'zefs/) in the[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_case nominative case] and ΔιόςDiós in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genitive_case genitive case]. The earliest forms of the name are the[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenaean_Greek Mycenaean Greek] di-we and di-wo, written in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_b Linear b] syllabic script.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; ">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus#cite_note-4 [5]]</sup>
-[[Image:Jupiterstatue.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Statue of Jupiter Tonans at Museo del Prado (Madrid, Spain.)]]
-==Worship==
-*[[Zeus]]
-== External links==
-* [[wikipedia:Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter on Wikipedia, from which this article is excerpted.]]
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