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Poster of Jupiter from the “Wise Reinvented” series of collectible illustrations.
Zeus was the mighty god of thunder, the king of the Greek dodecatheon!
The series was created by the Greek illustrator Stavros Damos in collaboration with a Greek company, and includes the Gods, heroes and philosophers:
Zeus, Poseidon, Artemis, Aphrodite, Dionysus, Odysseus, Socrates, Aristotle, Hippocrates, Pythagoras.
DIMENSIONS: 60 × 90 cm
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Poster of Jupiter from the “Wise Reinvented” series of collectible illustrations.
Zeus was the mighty god of thunder, the king of the Greek dodecatheon!
The series was created by the Greek illustrator Stavros Damos in collaboration with a Greek company, and includes the Gods, heroes and philosophers:
Zeus, Poseidon, Artemis, Aphrodite, Dionysus, Odysseus, Socrates, Aristotle, Hippocrates, Pythagoras.
DIMENSIONS: 60 × 90 cm
More information about Jupiter:
Zeus was called Zeus in Ancient Greek, a word that in the general case was Zeus, from which the modern Greek name came.
According to mythology, Zeus is the god of the sky and of lightning in Greek mythology.
He is the youngest child of Saturn and Rhea.
In most traditions he is married to Hera. He is known for his love affairs.
This led to many pious and heroic descendants, including Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Persephone (from Demeter), Dionysus, Perseus, Hercules, Helen of Troy, Minos, and the Muses (from the Titan Mnemosyne).
From Hera she has acquired Mars, Hebe and Hephaestus (another source says that Hera fertilized Hephaestus herself), while from the oceanic Dione she acquired Aphrodite. Zeus has always been a meteorological god, controller of lightning, thunder and rain.
He was the strongest and greatest of all mythological beings and gods.
His other emblems were the eagle and the goat.
Jupiter, after coming of age, forced Saturn to vomit first the stone and then his siblings, in the reverse order of ingestion.
Hesiod tells us about the mythical Titanomachy, stating that Zeus and his brothers fought against Cronus and the Titans for dominion over the Earth.
Rushing from Mount Olympus, they fought the Titans who had fortified themselves on Orthi.
This relentless war lasted for ten years, until Zeus received Gaia’s advice to descend into Tartarus and free the Titans’ brothers, the Cyclops and the Hundred Hands.
In Tartarus he fought the mythical monster Kampi and after defeating it, he freed the Cyclops and the Hundred Hands, who have since become his allies. In gratitude, the Cyclopes gave Hades and Poseidon weapons of war and provided Zeus with lightning, thunder and the hammer, which have since become symbols of his power.
The Hekatogeroi accompanied Zeus to the battle, where with their help the gods defeated the Titans by overwhelming them in Tartarus, putting the Hekatogeroi as their guards. Saturn was imprisoned with the Titans in Tartarus and Night was appointed as his guardian.
Later, he was pardoned and became king of the Elysian Fields, where he slept eternally.
Zeus, at the suggestion of Gaia, assumes supreme authority among the Gods and divides the world into three kingdoms: the sky, the sea and the underworld, placing himself, Neptune and Hades respectively as leaders.
