Supreme deity of the Greek Olympian pantheon, ruler of sky, thunder, and cosmic order. Son of Cronus, he led the Olympians to defeat the Titans. His numerous myths pervade all of Greek literature, encoding the principles of divine sovereignty, justice (dike), and the bounds of human behavior.
Theological anchor of Greek cosmology; embodied the principle of divine sovereignty and universal order; his mythology structured Greek understanding of power, fate, justice, and the cosmos.
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