About 50 results for ‘Zeus’
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Zeus
In the ancient Greek religion, Zeus is the "Father of Gods and men" (πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε, patēr andrōn te theōn te) who rules the Olympians of Mount Olympus as a father rules the family. He is the god of sky and thunder in Greek mythology. His Roman counterpart is Jupiter and Etruscan counterpart is Tinia. His Hindu equivalent is Indra. Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, and the youngest of his siblings. In most traditions he is married to Hera, although, at the oracle of Dodona, his consort is Dione: according to the Iliad, he is the father of Aphrodite by Dione. He is known for his erotic escapades. These resulted in many godly and heroic offspring, including Athena, Apollo and Artemis, Hermes, Persephone, Dionysus, Perseus, Heracles, Helen of Troy, Minos, and the Muses; by Hera, he is usually said to have fathered Ares, Hebe and Hephaestus. As Walter Burkert points out in his book, Greek Religion, "Even the gods who are not his natural children address him as Father, and all the gods rise in his presence. " For the Greeks, he was the King of the Gods, who oversaw the universe. As Pausanias observed, "That Zeus is king in heaven is a saying common to all men". In Hesiod's Theogony Zeus assigns the various gods their roles. In the Homeric Hymns he is referred to as the chieftain of the gods. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull, and oak. In addition to his Indo-European inheritance, the classical "cloud-gatherer" also derives certain iconographic traits from the cultures of the Ancient Near East, such as the scepter. Zeus is frequently depicted by Greek artists in one of two poses: standing, striding forward, with a thunderbolt leveled in his raised right hand, or seated in majesty.
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Enlèvements d'Aigina et de Céphale
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- Field(s):
- Ancient Greece
- Archaeology
- Ceramic
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- Portrayed subject:
- Aegina
- Aurora (mythology)
- Kidnapping
- Zeus
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- Date:
- 5th century BC
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L'enlèvement d'Europe
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- Field(s):
- Ancient Greece
- Archaeology
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bull
- Kidnapping
- Zeus
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Peter Paul Rubens
Ixion roi des lapithes trompé par Junon
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cloud
- Ixion
- Juno (mythology)
- List of conspiracies (political)
- Peafowl
- Putto
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Antonio da Correggio
L'ENLEVEMENT DE GANYMEDE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dog
- Ganymede (mythology)
- Kidnapping
- Zeus
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Léda
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Individual
- Leda (mythology)
- Nudity
- Swan
- Woman
- Zeus
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Léda
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Leda (mythology)
- Nudity
- Swan
- Woman
- Zeus
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Figure de Ganymède
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ganymede (mythology)
- Man
- Zeus
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Hendrick van Balen
L'enlèvement d'Europe
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bull
- Cupid
- Kidnapping
- Zeus
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Giulio Romano
La chute de Phaéton
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Astrological sign
- Chariot
- Cloud
- Falling (accident)
- Horse
- Lightning
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Claude Michel
Vénus et l'Amour, avec Léda et le Cygne
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Michel Corneille the Younger
Clytemnestre faisant assassiner Agamemnon
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Clytemnestra
- Palace
- Serviceman
- Statue
- Zeus
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- Date:
- 17th century
- 18th century
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Leda, Pollux et Hélène
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Helen of Troy
- Leda (mythology)
- Swan
- Zeus
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Field(s):
- Vitreous enamel
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- Designation:
- gobelet
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bull
- Flower
- Flower bouquet
- Ganymede (mythology)
- Kidnapping
- Littoral zone
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Costume
- Gallo-Roman culture
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- Designation:
- bague à intaille ; intaille
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Zeus
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- Date:
- 3rd century
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- Artist(s):
- Félix Boisselier
Léda
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Leda (mythology)
- Swan
- Zeus
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- Date:
- 18th century
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- François Boucher
Léda et le cygne (Le cygne s'approche de Léda et de sa su...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Leda (mythology)
- Swan
- Zeus
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Designation:
- plat (rond, historié) | tondino ; décor mythologique
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Designation:
- gourde (historiée) | décor mythologique
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bow and arrow
- Breastfeeding
- Child
- Cloud
- Dog
- Helmet
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Field(s):
- Ancient Rome
- Archaeology
- Ceramic
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- Designation:
- lampe à huile ; lampe à bec rond
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- Portrayed subject:
- Divinity
- Mercury (mythology)
- Zeus
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L'enlèvement de Ganymède
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dog
- Ganymede (mythology)
- Kidnapping
- Mountain
- Thunderstorm
- Zeus
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- Date:
- 16th century
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- Artist(s):
- Sébastien Bourdon
Miracle présumé de saint Martin ; Miracle de Saint Grégoi...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Architecture
- Crowd
- Lightning
- Martin of Tours
- Miracle
- Statue
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Colosses célèbres, Jupiter olympien, sculpteur Phidias 44...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crowd
- Musician
- Olympia, Greece
- Prayer
- Serviceman
- Soup
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- Date:
- 20th century
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