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Father Zeusby *GENZOMAN

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Zeus in Greek mythology is the king of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky and thunder. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull, and oak. In addition to his Indo-European inheritance, the classical "cloud-gatherer" also derives certain iconographic traits from the cultures of the ancient Near East, such as the 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.

Zeus was the child of Cronus and Rhea, and the youngest of his siblings. In most traditions he was married to Hera, although, at the oracle of Dodona, his consort was Dione: according to the Iliad, he is the father of Aphrodite by Dione. He is known for his erotic escapades. These resulted in many godly and heroic offspring, including Athena, Apollo and Artemis, Hermes, Persephone (by Demeter), Dionysus, Perseus, Heracles, Helen, Minos, and the Muses (by Mnemosyne); by Hera, he is usually said to have fathered Ares, Hebe and Hephaestus.

His Roman counterpart was Jupiter and his Etruscan counterpart Tinia. In Hindu mythology his counterpart was Indra with ever common weapon as thunderbolt.

A very old work, arround october of 2007
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~lancecruize May 9, 2013

Hello there GENZOMAN, is it possible if im gonna (ZEUS and other Greek Methology Art) use your image to my product? please reply ASAP.. im Timothy from the Philippines.

~Balsa1 Apr 9, 2013

Hello, I'm a student who's currently doing an Ancient Mythology concept art project at college; in this project I have to find some drawings and ask their respective artist some questions about them. I've seen this drawing and I really like it, so firstly I would like to ask your permission to use it in my project and secondly, if the answer to the previous question is yes, I would like to know if you could kindly answer some questions about your drawing. If you agree then please reply me back so I'll send you the questions, if not thank you anyway.

~SiameseWolf Mar 25, 2013

oh.....magawd.

~GigaScythe Mar 25, 2013

one can almost feel the Charisma emanating from the bad ass that is Zeus

~Chardactyl Feb 28, 2013

Impressive as always.

~AceBlk Feb 23, 2013

Spectacular!

~JorgeAracil Feb 3, 2013

Epic!

~DeathAngelAssasin3 Jan 16, 2013

awkward cuz my name is rhea but this is amazing

~dondukesofdeviantart Oct 11, 2012

ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY ZEUS!!!...Awesome rendition of the Greek king of the gods...Love the dark blue sky in the background really cool...Wicked awesome thunderbolts and the wardrobe is pretty tight too...Nothing bad I can really say about this art...Just another perfect GENZOMAN classic.

~GregLakowske Sep 26, 2012 Professional General Artist

cool

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