Zeus

[ zoos ]

noun

1. the supreme deity of the ancient Greeks, a son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, and Poseidon, and father of a number of gods, demigods, and mortals; the god of the heavens, identified by the Romans with Jupiter.

Zeus

/ zjuːs /

noun

1. the supreme god of the ancient Greeks, who became ruler of gods and men after he dethroned his father Cronus and defeated the Titans. He was the husband of his sister Hera and father by her and others of many gods, demigods, and mortals. He wielded thunderbolts and ruled the heavens, while his brothers Poseidon and Hades ruled the sea and underworld respectively Roman counterpartJupiter

Zeus

1. The chief of the Greek and Roman gods, who defeated the Titans to assume leadership of the universe. He lived atop Mount Olympus , from which he hurled thunderbolts to announce his anger. Despite his awesome power, he had a weakness for mortal women. ( See Leda and the swan .)

Example Sentences

Gaia fled with the desperate Rhea, to a far-away land, where she birthed her grandson, Zeus.

From Nautilus

Around 150 publishers use The Post’s ad platform Zeus, which the publication aims to integrate with “any major identity partner” to make sure publishers and advertisers can use the tech they prefer, Dicker said.

From Digiday

The Washington Post’s Zeus suite serves as just one example of the kind of technology that empowers publishers to increase ad revenue, optimizing ad supply and also the speed with which ads are served.

From Digiday

After spending much of last year building one side of its advertising marketplace, Zeus, the Washington Post is gearing up to open the other.

From Digiday

Zeus currently offers more than 4 billion impressions per month across its participants’ owned-and-operated sites, a number that goes up when one includes their inventory in places like Apple News, which buyers can also target.

From Digiday

And please, please for the love of Zeus (himself a floral crown wearer) use real flowers.

From The Daily Beast

So that makes 6.8 billion examples of perfection, 6.8 billion sparks of Zeus.

From The Daily Beast

But, as Brian Krebs reported, Zeus was also used to send out bogus emails to .

From The Daily Beast

“Zeus is a perfect case study of what the world looks like,” says Joffe.

From The Daily Beast

Fey, whose name and image hardly suggest box-office prowess, is bigger than Zeus.

From The Daily Beast

Zeus then granted his petition and gave Minerva to him for a bride, so that "arts and arms" should thenceforth be wedded together.

From Project Gutenberg

In the imagination of the Greeks Zeus was endowed with all the noblest elements in human character.

From Project Gutenberg

The bust of Zeus reproduced in our illustration is thought to be a far-away copy of the head of Phidias's statue.

From Project Gutenberg

He was a brother of Zeus, the sky and atmosphere deity, and had bull and horse forms.

From Project Gutenberg

Alcamenes represented him as a sort of humanized Zeus or Jupiter.

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