Who was Zeus' mother?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/zeus-mother-98760.html" >Who was Zeus' mother?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

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.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about Zeus . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: Who was fated to overthrow Kronos? Why did Kronos eat his offspring? Why did Rhea conceal Zeus from Kronos? Who was Rhea? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research articles

A bull takes his prize.(Zeus and Europa) Magazine article from: Calliope ...even said she was Europa's mother. But Europa's mother lived...such claim, but declared that Zeus himself wanted Europa to follow...Ride! On his travels, mighty Zeus had chanced to see the beautiful...were picking enveloped them. Zeus could not resist. He licked...
ANIMAL CHARM RESCUES `ZEUS AND... Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) ...hand with the super-smart Zeus, a pooch who saves the day...Miko Hughes), whose dog Zeus gets the hots, so we're led...for a good man to marry their mother, the daughters of Quinlan...tiny submersible. Early on, Zeus himself almost doggy-paddles...
`ZEUS': HIGH CONCEPT MEETS LOW EXECUTION.(Entertainment)(Review) Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) ...the screen under the title ``Zeus and Roxanne.'' And it is...something went very, very wrong. Zeus is a scruffy dog, the pet of...biologist who is also the unattached mother of two daughters wavering between...communication that has sprung up between Zeus and Roxanne. The tale of friendship...
`Lassie' plus `Flipper' = `Zeus and Roxanne'.(VARIETY)(Review) (movie review) Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) About halfway through "Zeus and Roxanne," my 4-year...kinship formed between a dog (Zeus) and a dolphin (Roxanne...for "Apollo 13"), a single mother of two daughters (Jessica Howell...them together. Meanwhile, Zeus and Roxanne get together after...
Oh, to be Zeus for just a day Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday ...wife, Helen. Ursula, the mother, drinks secretly, clinging...of Greek mythology: Hermes, Zeus and Pan become interlopers on...acting upon his thoughts. So Zeus becomes the agent of his desire...surveying the suspended dawn (Zeus has instructed Hermes to hold...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.