An inscription from late archaic Miletus naming her as a protector of entrances is also testimony to her presence in archaic Greek religion. She is attested in poetry as early as HesiodвЂ™s Theogony. Hecate or Hekate (ancient Greek бј™ОєО¬П„О·, HekГЎtД“, pronounced /Л€hЙ›kЙ™tiЛђ/, in Shakespeare /Л€hЙ›kЙ™t/) is a chthonic Greco-Roman goddess associated with magic, witchcraft, necromancy, and crossroads. A 2013 BBC article quotes Exsekias Trivoulides, who says, вЂњPeople want to identify with something in the past вЂ“ where they came from вЂ“ so as to know where they are goingвЂ¦ If you donвЂ™t know your past, you donвЂ™t have a future.вЂќДЄrticle published on & owned by Some are members of a group called the Return of the Hellenes, and consider todayвЂ™s Greece to be under Christian occupation. Today, many Hellenic Pagans continue to honor Zeus and the other gods of the ancient Greeks. His word was to be obeyed by both men and gods alike. Olympus, Zeus was in charge of justice, morals and law. ZeusвЂ™ cup-bearer, the handsome Ganymede, earned HeraвЂ™s wrath when she discovered that the young man was also her husbandвЂ™s lover.ДЄs the supreme ruler of Mt. His extramarital activities werenвЂ™t limited to women, either. Zeus sired many of the Greek heroes and demi-gods during his amorous adventures. Hera jealously put up with his wandering ways, and often took revenge upon ZeusвЂ™ women by going after their children. Zeus hooked up with numerous other goddesses, mortal humans, the occasional nymph, and even a few animals.

Although he was married to his sister Hera, goddess of marriage, he strayed from her bed fairly regularly. In the last tower there is a great shrine and in it stands a great and well-covered couch, and a golden table nearby.вЂќ The way up them mounts spirally outside the height of the towers about halfway up is a resting place, with seats for repose, where those who ascend sit down and rest. In the center of this enclosure a solid tower has been built, two hundred and twenty yards long and broad a second tower rises from this and from it yet another, until at last there are eight. He described вЂњa square of four hundred and forty yards each way, with gates of bronze. Herodotus wrote a lengthy description of a temple to Zeus Belus in Babylon. He is often represented by a lightning bolt, and is sometimes depicted with an eagle, bull, or oak tree.Д«ecause Zeus was also considered a weather god вЂ“ after all, he was the one who threw thunderbolts down from the sky вЂ“ he was often worshiped on high mountaintops, including but not limited to Mount Olympus.Д®ventually, the cult of Zeus expanded beyond the borders of Greece, and into nearby empires, including Persia. In addition to being the head honcho of Olympus, Zeus is the god of thunder and lightning. One common form of honoring him appears to be the sacrificing of a white animal - sheep, bull, pig, etc. A number of different вЂњcults of ZeusвЂќ popped up throughout history. A colossal golden statue of Zeus was the site of many rites and rituals involving the athletes of the Olympics.ДЄlthough Zeus was venerated in many areas of Greece, there doesnвЂ™t seem to be much consistency about the methodology of this worship, and his temples (and titles) took a variety of forms. Citizens from all of the Greek city-states honored him, particularly at the Temple of Olympus, which became the site of a major festival every four years вЂ“ that religious festival eventually became known as the Olympic Games.

Zeus was the youngest son of Cronos and Rhea, and became the supreme ruler of all the gods of the ancient Greeks. Deities Associated with Thursday вЂ“ Zeus, Ruler of Olympus

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