What is Zeus?
{{Infobox deity | type = Greek | name = Zeus | image = Jupiter Smyrna Louvre Ma13.jpg | caption = ''Zeus de Smyrne'', discovered in [[Smyrna]] in 1680<ref>The sculpture was presented to [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] as [[Aesculapius]] but restored as Zeus, ca. 1686, by [[Pierre Granier]], who added the upraised right arm brandishing the [[thunderbolt]]. Marble, middle 2nd century CE. Formerly in the 'Allée Royale', (Tapis Vert) in the [[Gardens of Versailles]], now conserved in the [[Louvre Museum]] ([http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=car_not_frame&idNotice=27483 Official on-line catalogue])</ref> | god_of = God of the sky, lightning, thunder, clouds, hospitality, kingship, law, order, fate and justice | abode = [[Mount Olympus]] | symbol = [[Thunderbolt]], [[eagle]], [[bull (mythology)|bull]], and [[oak]] | consort = [[Hera]] and various [[Zeus#Consorts and offspring|others]] | parents = [[Cronus]] and [[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]] | siblings = [[Hestia]], [[Hades]], [[Hera]], [[Poseidon]], [[Demeter]], [[Chiron]] | children = [[Aeacus]], [[Agdistis]], [[Angelos (Greek mythology)|Angelos]], [[Apollo]], [[Ares]], [[Artemis]], [[Athena]], [[Dionysus]], [[Eileithyia]], [[Enyo]], [[Epaphus]] [[Eris (mythology)|Eris]], [[Ersa]], [[Hebe (mythology)|Hebe]], [[Helen of Troy]], [[Hephaestus]], [[Heracles]], [[Hermes]], [[Lacedaemon]] [[Minos]], [[Pandia]], [[Persephone]], [[Perseus]], [[Rhadamanthus]], the [[Graces]], the [[Horae]], the [[Litae]], the [[Muse]]s, the [[Moirai]] | Roman_equivalent = [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]]<ref name=Lar>''Larousse Desk Reference Encyclopedia'', [[The Book People]], Haydock, 1995, p. 215.</ref> | Norse_equivalent = [[Thor]] or [[Odin]] | Hinduism_equivalent = [[Indra]] | Slavic_equivalent = [[Perun]] }} '''Zeus''' ([[Greek language|Ancient Greek]]: Ζεύς, [[Greek language|Modern Greek]]: Δίας), is the god of the sky, lightning, and the thunder in [[Greek mythology|Ancient Greek religion]] and [[Greek mythology|mythology]], and ruler of all the gods on [[Mount Olympus]]. Z