Editing Zeus (section)

=== Other myths ===
When [[Hades]] requested to marry Zeus's daughter, [[Persephone]], Zeus approved and advised Hades to abduct Persephone, as her mother [[Demeter]] would not allow her to marry Hades.<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#146 146].</ref>

In the [[Orphism (religion)|Orphic]] "Rhapsodic Theogony" (first century BC/AD),<ref>Meisner, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ethjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 1], [https://books.google.com/books?id=ethjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA5 5]</ref> Zeus wanted to marry his mother [[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]]. After Rhea refused to marry him, Zeus turned into a snake and raped her. Rhea became pregnant and gave birth to [[Persephone]]. Zeus in the form of a snake would mate with his daughter Persephone, which resulted in the birth of [[Dionysus]].<ref name=":0">West 1983, pp. 73&ndash;74; Meisner, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ethjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA134 p.&nbsp;134]; Orphic frr. [https://archive.org/details/orphicorumfragme00orphuoft/page/16/mode/2up?view=theater 58] [= [[Athenagoras of Athens|Athenagoras]], ''[[Athenagoras of Athens#Legatio Pro Christianis|Legatio Pro Christianis]]'' 20.2] [https://archive.org/details/orphicorumfragme00orphuoft/page/192/mode/2up?view=theater 153] Kern.</ref>

Zeus granted [[Callirrhoe (daughter of Achelous)|Callirrhoe's]] prayer that her sons by [[Alcmaeon (mythology)|Alcmaeon]], [[Acarnan]] and [[Amphoterus (son of Alcmaeon)|Amphoterus]], grow quickly so that they might be able to avenge the death of their father by the hands of [[Phegeus (king of Psophis)|Phegeus]] and his two sons.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://topostext.org/work/150#3.7.6 3.76].</ref>

Both Zeus and [[Poseidon]] wooed [[Thetis]], daughter of [[Nereus]]. But when [[Themis]] (or Prometheus) prophesied that the son born of Thetis would be mightier than his father, Thetis was married off to the mortal [[Peleus]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://topostext.org/work/150#3.13.5 3.13.5].</ref><ref>[[Pindar]], Isthmian odes [https://topostext.org/work/21#8.25 8.25]</ref>

Zeus was afraid that his grandson [[Asclepius]] would teach resurrection to humans, so he killed Asclepius with his thunderbolt. This angered Asclepius's father, [[Apollo]], who in turn killed the [[Cyclopes]] who had fashioned the thunderbolts of Zeus. Angered at this, Zeus would have imprisoned Apollo in Tartarus. However, at the request of Apollo's mother, [[Leto]], Zeus instead ordered Apollo to serve as a slave to King [[Admetus of Pherae]] for a year.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%3Atext%3DLibrary%3Abook%3D3%3Achapter%3D10%3Asection%3D4 3.10.4]</ref> According to [[Diodorus Siculus]], Zeus killed Asclepius because of complains from Hades, who was worried that the number of people in the underworld was diminishing because of Asclepius's resurrections.<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], ''[[Bibliotheca historica]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/133#4.71.1 4.71.2]</ref>

The winged horse [[Pegasus]] carried the thunderbolts of Zeus.<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-eng1:270-303 285]</ref>

Zeus took pity on [[Ixion]], a man who was guilty of murdering his father-in-law, by purifying him and bringing him to Olympus. However, Ixion started to lust after Hera. Hera complained about this to her husband, and Zeus decided to test Ixion. Zeus fashioned a cloud that resembles Hera ([[Nephele]]) and laid the cloud-Hera in Ixion's bed. Ixion coupled with Nephele, resulting in the birth of [[Centaurus (Greek mythology)|Centaurus]]. Zeus punished Ixion for lusting after Hera by tying him to a wheel that spins forever.<ref>Hard 2004, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA554 p. 554]; [[Bibliotheca (Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg002.perseus-eng1:e.1.20 Epitome 1.20]</ref>

Once, [[Helios]] the [[Solar deity|sun god]] gave his chariot to his inexperienced son [[Phaethon]] to drive. Phaethon could not control his father's steeds so he ended up taking the chariot too high, freezing the earth, or too low, burning everything to the ground. The earth itself prayed to Zeus, and in order to prevent further disaster, Zeus hurled a thunderbolt at Phaethon, killing him and saving the world from further harm.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' [https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/Metamorph.php#anchor_Toc64105482 1.747]&ndash;[https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/Metamorph2.php#anchor_Toc64106101 2.400]; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''De astronomia'' [https://topostext.org/work/207#2.42.2 2.42.2]; [[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' [https://archive.org/details/dionysiaca03nonnuoft/page/102/mode/2up?view=theater 38.142]–[https://archive.org/details/dionysiaca03nonnuoft/page/122/mode/2up?view=theater 435]</ref> In a satirical work, ''[[Dialogues of the Gods]]'' by [[Lucian]], Zeus berates Helios for allowing such thing to happen; he returns the damaged chariot to him and warns him that if he dares do that again, he will strike him with one of this thunderbolts.<ref>[[Lucian]], ''[[Dialogues of the Gods]]'' [http://lucianofsamosata.info/wiki/doku.php?id=home:texts_and_library:dialogues:dialogues-of-the-gods#section25 Zeus and the Sun]</ref>