Zeus
noun uk/zjuːs/ us/zuːs/
宙斯（希腊神话中的主神）
in Greek mythology (= ancient stories), the greatest of the gods, the god of the sky and the weather, who ruled over human beings and the other gods
Before Zeus hurled his first thunderbolt from Olympus, the pre-Greek people occupying the land presumably offered sacrifices to their own gods and goddesses. 在宙斯从奥林匹斯山投下第一道雷电之前，在希腊人之前居住在这片土地上的人们可能会向自己的神祗献祭。
See also: Jupiter
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- The founding legend of the Olympic Games was depicted on the east pediment of the temple of Zeus at Olympia.
- To the north rises a conical hill, bristling with pine forest, where, according to legend, Zeus wrestled his father, the Titan Kronos, for control of the world.
- In Greek mythology Zeus impregnated Danae in the form of golden rain.
- Prometheus knows Zeus will be overthrown by one of his own sons, and Zeus is desperate to know which one.