(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
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type genus of the family Zeidae
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Zeus \Zeus\, n. (Gr. Myth.) The chief deity of the Greeks, and ruler of the upper world (cf. {Hades}). He was identified with Jupiter.
In Europe, the prefix is as old as the continent. 'Euro' comes from 'Europa' (Greek: Europe), the Phoenician princess abducted by the Greek god Zeus who appeared in the form of a white bull.
The remaining monuments on the list _ the statue of Zeus in Olympia, Artemis' temple in Ephesus, the Colossus of Rhodes, the mausoleum of Halicarnassus in Asia Minor and the Pharos lighthouse in Alexandria _ were destroyed by warfare or earthquakes.
Zeus is credited with 11 felony arrests and gained the nickname "land shark" because he once pulled a prowler out of some bushes.
The city has since announced it will foot the entire $1,400 cost of Zeus' operation and the prosthesis.
Standard & Poor's Corp. lowered its rating on Zeus Components Inc.'s $22 million of subordinated debentures to triple-C from single-B-minus.
Meanwhile, Zeus will return to training in about three weeks to determine whether his other senses will compensate enough for the loss of the eye to let him return to full-time police work, Dion said.
Last week a fire near Olympia, the sanctuary to Zeus that played host to the first Olympic Games in the eighth century B.C., destroyed a pine forest and killed two firefighters.
Metropolitan Museum gods were not amused when a copy of their Zeus statue appeared at another New York museum, adorned with a baseball bat and a futuristic G-string.
A Zeus spokesman said, "We don't have any real comment."
The Whitney closed the Zeus gallery May 12, took pictures of it, and opened the revised version Friday.