Zeus

Zeus:

The king of Olympus.His name means"bright" or "shinning".The Romans called him Jove or Jupiter.His father was Cronus(saturn) and his mother was Reha (Ops).There is an interesting story about his birth.
Cronus came to know that one of his children would dethrone him. so,he swallowed each of his five children just after their birth. At the birth of the sixth child , Rhea gave to her husband,instead of the child, a piece of stone covered in clothes.Cronus swallowed it believing it was the child.She sent the child secretly to Crete where he grew up to manhood among the shepherds.He was called Zeus.Later,Zeus expelled his father with the help of Prometheus and became the king of all gods and goddesses of Olympus.
Zeus married his sister Hera(Juno)who gave birth to Ares,Hebe and Hephaestus.Being the king he also enjoyed extra - marital relationship with many other and became father of many children.From his love with Demeter was born Persephone , with Leto were born Apollo and Artemis , with Maia was born Hermes; his love with Dione gave birth to Aphrodite , with Io gave birth to Epaphus , with Danae to Perseus.From his love with Alcmene came Hercules , with Aegina came Aeacus , the grand father of Achilles.From his amorous relationship with Leda were born Hellen and Pollux