Like all the Greek gods, Zeus is very tall, muscular, and handsome. He did admit that despite his affairs he did love Hera, at one point or another, even sacrificing his life to save hers from a giant.

Zeus was also an unfaithful husband, having several illicit affairs with mortal women and goddesses alike, that produced several illegitimate children. Over the course of his marriage, however, Zeus had several affairs that resulted in the birth of Apollo, Hermes, and Heron.Īccording to Hera, after the war Zeus did little than drink, carouse, and feed his every desire. He and Hera did have a son together named Ares. Zeus eventually took Hera's hand in marriage and became ruler of the Greek gods. The smith of the gods Hephaestus forged the grand automaton Talos to stand guard over the cauldron, forever sworn to keep it shut so that this evil would never return. Zeus ordered Hermes to gather their souls while their remains were cast into the ocean, to be forever swallowed by the tides. Until one day, Zeus convinced two of the giants to take up arms with the gods. Still, neither side would relent, and the two factions battled on endlessly, incapable of conquering the other.

The gods swore to defeat the giants and rid them from the earth. A hellish war known as the Gigantomachy then begun. These monsters were brought into the world for a single purpose: to destroy the realm of the gods. But as the last titan fell, he swore a curse on the gods, and when his blood struck the sea the Giants were born. Zeus revealed he was not raised by his father, and when they finally met he was forced to kill him.īanding together with his fellow gods, Zeus defeated the last titan.

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