The story of Zeus in Greek mythology is often viewed in great contrast to the other tales of the Olympian gods. Greek gods and heroes are well known for their adventures and their battles with their enemies. The stories of Zeus though tell little of his ultimate leadership or his fights against strong enemies, stories that you would expect from the supreme god, and instead focus mainly on the love life of Zeus. Zeus was the ruler of the Olympian gods, being the son of Cronus and Gaea, previous rulers of the world. Zeus though had overthrown the rule of his father through the Titanomachy, when Zeus, his siblings and his allies, had risen up against the rule of the Titans. Through countless generations the tales of Zeus have focused on his relationships with female gods and mortals. Zeus was married three times, although it is the marriage of Zeus and Hera that was the one to last. The tale of Europa and Zeus is one many stories told of Zeus' relationships with a mortal. Europa is normally identified as being the beautiful daughter of Agenor, king of Tyre in Phoenicia, and his queen Telephassa (or Argiope). Agenor himself his said to have been descended from Poseidon. Europa was sister to Cadmus, Cilix and Phoenix. Zeus was observing his domain when he caught site of her, and as often happened with Zeus, was instantly overwhelmed with her beauty. Again as was normal with the tales of Zeus, the supreme god decided to act upon his desires, and sought to seduce her. Zeus hatched a plan that saw him transform himself into a perfect white bull, and made his way to the shore where Europa was gathering flowers along with her female ladies in waiting. The name of Europa survives today, as the name of the continent of Europe is derived from her. Additionally the tales of Greek mythology also tell of how Zeus went on to create the constellation Taurus in remembrance of the original white bull. The white bull also appears in the adventures of Greek heroes, especially that of Theseus and Heracles, this though is not surprising with the Cretans worshipping bulls for hundreds of years.
We will know that at this story that even gods have a lot of children’s according to the greek mythology like to the bible said that all of us is children’s of God, and we are like God our face they said that we are the highest among all creation of this world and we are the guide of all things in this world,
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