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Zeus

The father of all fathers, the wisdom and light. The king of the gods after killing his father, Kronos who ate Zeus's siblings but their mother managed to save baby Zeus. When Zeus grew up he fed Kronos a mixture of wine and mustard to make him vomit his immortal siblings who had grown up in Kronos's stomach. Zeus is the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky, thunder and lightning. Though he is married more then once, his real queen is Hera. Zeus is the father of Hermes, Hephaestus, Dionysus, Athena, Ares, Apollo, and Artemis. Some also say that Aphrodite is a daughter of Zeus, but this is a false statement.

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