Macedonia (ancient kingdom)
The Classical Greek historians Herodotus and Thucydides reported the legend that the Macedonian kings of the Argead dynasty were descendants of Temenus, king of Argos, and could therefore claim the mythical Heracles as one of their ancestors as well as a direct lineage from Zeus, chief god of the Greek pantheon. Contradictory legends state that either Perdiccas I of Macedon or Caranus of Macedon were the founders of the Argead dynasty, with either five or eight kings before AmyntasI. The assertion that the Argeads descended from Temenus was accepted by the "Hellanodikai" authorities of the Ancient Olympic Games, permitting Alexander I of Macedon () to enter the competitions owing to his perceived Greek heritage. Little is known about the kingdom before the reign of AlexanderI's father Amyntas I of Macedon () during the Archaic period.
Zeus
Zeus has been portrayed by Axel Ringvall in "Jupiter på jorden", the first known film adaption to feature Zeus; Niall MacGinnis in "Jason and the Argonauts" and Angus MacFadyen in the 2000 remake; Laurence Olivier in the original "Clash of the Titans", and Liam Neeson in the 2010 remake, along with the 2012 sequel Wrath of the Titans; Anthony Quinn in the 1990s TV series ""; Rip Torn in the Disney animated feature "Hercules"; Corey Burton in "Hercules", "God of War II", "God of War III", "", "PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale", and "Kingdom Hearts 3"; and Sean Bean in "" (2010).