GREEK MYTHOLOGY - 4

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Q. Why is Zeus called the 'king of the gods'?

A.      Zeus in Greek mythology is the king of the gpds, the ruler of Mount Olympus and god of the sky and thunder. His symbols are the thunderbolt, which he hurled at whoever displeased him, the eagle, the bull and the oak.
          Zeus was the son of two titans called Kronos and Rhea. Do you know who the titans were? These were giants who had a human form. Kronos, Zeus' father, became father of the gods by murdering his own father, Uranus. The dying Uranus put a curse on Kronos that one of his own sons would dethrone him. So, Kronos swallowed all his children when they were born!
          But Kronos's wife, Rhea, however, tricked him when she gave birth to a son, Zeus. She gave Kronos a stone wrappef in a baby's clothes to swallow, and hid Zeus witj a shepherd's family until he grew up.
          Zeus fought a mighty battle against his father, freed his brothers and sisters by making Kronos vomit them out, and became the king of the gods himself.
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