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Look up: Zeus

  1. Zeus
    The highest of the Greek gods. He is responsible for the sky, weather, mountains and fire, and is the protector of cities, royalty, law and morals. He was widely worshipped, especially at Olympia, where his cult statue by Phidias was one of the wonders of the ancient world.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  2. Zeus
    son of Cronus and Rhea, brother and husband of Hera; defeated Cronus to become the greatest of the Olympian gods; read the Homeric Hymn to Zeus to learn more.
    Found on http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glo

  3. Zeus
    [zyOOS] The king of the gods. Zeus was the most powerful of the ancient Greek gods.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgree

  4. Zeus
    [n] - (Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient mythology 2. [n] - type genus of the family Zeidae
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Zeus
    In Greek mythology, the chief of the Olympian gods (Roman Jupiter). He was...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  6. Zeus
    Zeus noun (Gr. Myth.) The chief deity of the Greeks, and ruler of the upper world (cf. Hades ). He was identified with Jupiter .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/Z/3

  7. zeus
    The chief deity of the Greeks, and ruler of the upper world (cf. Hades). He was identified with Jupiter. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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  8. Zeus
    genus Zeus noun type genus of the family Zeidae
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. Zeus
    noun (Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods; counterpart of Roman Jupiter
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. Zeus
    • (n.) The chief deity of the Greeks, and ruler of the upper world (cf. Hades). He was identified with Jupiter.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. Zeus
    in ancient Greek religion, chief deity of the pantheon, a sky and weather god who was identical with the Roman god Jupiter. His name clearly comes ... [48 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/z/6

  12. Zeus
    Zeus is a Greek boy name. The meaning of the name is `Powerful` Where is it used? The name Zeus is mainly used In Greek Mythology. The name Zeus doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Zeus seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Zeus

  13. Zeus
    Zeus (zOOs) , in Greek religion and mythology, son and successor of Kronos as supreme god. His mother, Rhea, immediately after his birth concealed him from Kronos, who, because he was fated to be overthrown by one of his children, ate all his offspring. Rhea gave him a stone wrapped in swaddling clo...
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  14. Zeus
    Zeus was the third king of the Greek gods. He had his throne on mount Olympus. He was a son of Cronos and Rhea. When Zeus was born, to prevent him from being eaten by his father, a fate which had befallen his five elder siblings, his mother gave him to mountain nymphs to raise in secret in Crete. On...
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  15. Zeus
    In Greek mythology, the chief of the Olympian gods (Roman Jupiter). He was the son of Kronos, whom he overthrew; his brothers included Pluto and Poseidon, his sisters Demeter, Hestia, and Hera. As the supreme god he dispensed good and evil and was the father and ruler of all humankind, the fount of kingly power and law and order. His emblems we...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  16. Zeus
    most famous of the Greek Olympian gods and son to Kronos and Rea. Meaning the sky. Reputed birthplace to be the Dikteon Cave on Crete. Kronos had previously eaten all five of their children, out of fear of one becoming victorious over him, and Zeus only escaped the same fate by virtue of his mother ...
    Found on http://www.makeitcrete.com/crete_mytholo

  17. ZEUS
    An experiment located at the DESY laboratory. ZEUS uses the electron-proton collider called HERA. For more information, see
    Found on http://www.interactions.org/cms/?pid=100

  18. Zeus
    Chief deity of the Olympian pantheon, god of the sky and weather, and sender of thunderbolts and lightning.
    Found on http://www.religionfacts.com/greco-roman

  19. Zeus
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    Found on http://foldoc.org/Zeus

  20. Zeus
    In `-->; Ancient Greek: ; Πατὴρ Θεῶν τὲ καὶ Ἀνθρώπων-->) who ruled the Olympians of Mount Olympus as a father ruled the family. He is the god of sky and thunder in Greek mythology. His Roman counterpart is Jupiter and hi...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus

  21. Zeus
    (Marvel Comics) `Zeus` is a fictional character, a god in the Marvel Comics universe based on the god of the same name from Greek mythology. Zeus first appears in Daring Mystery Comics #6 (September 1940) and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Fictional character biography: Zeus i...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus

  22. ZEUS
    (particle detector) `ZEUS` was a particle detector that operated on the HERA (Hadron Elektron Ring Anlage) particle accelerator at DESY, Hamburg. It began running together with HERA in 1992 and was functional until HERA was decommissioned in June 2007. The scientific collaboration behi...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZEUS

  23. Zeus
    (American football) `Zeus` is a computer program developed by End Game Technologies that models and predicts the outcomes of coaching decisions in American football games. The program is designed to produce statistical outputs showing the expected odds of winning given choices of potential pl...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus

  24. Zeus
    (roller coaster) `Zeus` is a wooden roller coaster located at Mount Olympus Water and Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. The ride was built by Custom Coasters International and opened in 1997. The ride operates with a single train built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company that has fiv...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus

  25. Zeus
    (fungus) `Zeus` is a genus of fungi within the publisher=The Field Museum, Department of Botany, Chicago, USA -->--> This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species `Zeus olympius`. References: External links:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus



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