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Zeus (Jupiter)

Zeus (Jupiter)

What? You don't know who Zeus is? Have you been living under a rock?  He's basically the most powerful guy on Mount Olympus, the king of the gods. Everybody, gods and mortals, has to do what he says. Cross Zeus the wrong way, and you might just get a lightning bolt in the face – or worse. (Don't believe us? Just ask Prometheus and Pandora.) It's Zeus' job to make sure that the good are rewarded and the evil are punished.

Basic Information

NameZeus
NicknameJupiter, Jove
SexMale
BirthdayI don't like to think about it, because my father tried to eat me (true story).
Current cityMount Olympus

Work & Education

OccupationKing of the Gods
Lord of the Sky
God of Weather
Enforcer of the Law and Justice
EducationI was born knowing everything.

Beliefs

Political viewsOlympians rule, Titans drool (in Tartarus)

Family & Friends (& Enemies)

ParentsCronus (dad), Rhea (mom)
SiblingsHestia, Demeter, Hades, Poseidon, Hera
ChildrenApollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite (maybe), Athena, Dionysus, Hebe, Hephaestus (maybe), Hermes, the Muses, Pan, Persephone, Helen, Heracles (a.k.a. Hercules), Minos, Orion, Perseus, and so many more … (see relationship status)
FriendsMy brothers Poseidon and Hades (most of the time)
EnemiesMy dad, Cronus
The Titans
Typhon
Echidna

Relationships

Relationship statusMarried to my sister Hera. It's really complicated.
In relationships with Io, Leda, Europa, Danae …
Interested inNymphs
Goddesses
Mortals
Oh, and sometimes my wife

Favorites

Quotations"It's a man's world."
– James Brown

"I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies."
– Napoleon Bonaparte

"Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage."
– Ambrose Bierce

"I'm too sexy for my shirt."
– Right Said Fred

"If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it."
– Julius Caesar

"My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave."
– Arnold Schwarzenegger
BooksThe Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell
To the Virgins to Make Much of Time (Gather ye rosebuds) by Robert Herrick
"The Lightning is a yellow Fork" by Emily Dickinson
The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman by Timothy Ferriss
MusicLightning Strikes by Aerosmith
Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin
AC/DC
Lightnin' Strikes by Lou Christie
Jupiter from The Planets by Holst
MoviesI Think I Love My Wife
The Godfather
Clash of the Titans
TV ShowsGame of Thrones
The Weather Channel
Kings
Shmoop favorites

Activities & Interests

LikesThe sky
Lightning bolts
Oak trees
Eagles
ActivitiesThrowing lightning at people
Punishing my enemies
Disguising myself as animals to seduce innocent young maidens
InterestsMeteorology
Thunderstorms, I really like thunderstorms
GroupsGods of Olympus
Titan War Vets