Zeus appeared to her disguised as Artemis, or in some stories Apollo, gained her confidence, then took advantage of her ( or raped her, according to Ovid ).

Denying the immortality of Zeus, then, was the lie of the Cretans.

Zeus then commanded Hermes to kill Argus, which he did by lulling all one hundred eyes to sleep.

Zeus gave her the gift to be able to take her eyes out to rest, and then put them back in.

But then, says Cleanthes, Zeus uses the fire to " straighten out the common logos " that travels about ( phoitan, " to frequent ") mixing with the greater and lesser lights ( heavenly bodies ).

Zeus swore to give Semele whatever she wanted and was then obliged to follow through when he realized to his horror that her request would lead to her death.

Gaia then took Zeus and hid him deep in a cave beneath the Aegean Mountains.

Zeus then married his third wife Eurynome, who bore the three Charites ( Graces ): Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia.

"... then Zeus the father created the third generation of mortals, the age of bronze ...

Cronus then placed them back in Tartarus, where they remained, guarded by the female dragon Campe, until freed by Zeus.

Zeus drove Ixion from Mount Olympus and then struck him with a thunderbolt.

Zeus forced Cronus to disgorge the other children in the reverse order in which they had been swallowed, the oldest becoming the last, and youngest: first the stone, which was set down at Pytho under the glens of Parnassus to be a sign to mortal men, then the rest.

She then demanded that Zeus reveal himself in all his glory as proof of his godhood.

Hera then induces Semele to ask Zeus to come to her as a god, she dies, and Zeus seals the unborn baby up in his thigh.

Zeus then ordered Thanatos, god of death, to chain King Sisyphus down below in Tartarus.

37-" The Egyptians, then, having been taught to worship Antinous, will, if you compare him with Apollo or Zeus, endure such a comparison, Antinous being magnified in their estimation through being classed with these deities ; for Celsus is clearly convicted of falsehood when he says, ' that they will not endure his being compared with Apollo or Zeus.

They bring great advantage to those who venerate them ; but if someone dishonors them, then they go to Zeus and ask that Até be sent against that person.

Zeus then led his released brothers and sisters in rebellion against the Titans.

He then said to Zeus " If you think that you are so clever, make your son whole and un-harmed.

She then placed it on the mirrored shield called Aegis and she gave it to Zeus.

She then raised her hands and said a prayer, which was heard by Zeus who took pity on her and turned her into a tree.

In Homer's Iliad, an Oneiros is pictured as summoned by Zeus, receiving from him spoken instructions, and then going to the camp of the Achaeans and entering the tent of Agamemnon to urge him to warfare.

To punish the queen for her arrogance, Poseidon, brother to Zeus and god of the sea, sent a sea monster named Cetus to ravage the coast of Aethiopia including the kingdom of the vain queen.

Achilles, moved by Priam's actions and following his mother's orders sent by Zeus, returns Hector's body, and promises Priam a truce of twelve days to allow the Trojans to perform funeral rites for Hector.

Zeus had sent the Harpies to steal the food put out for Phineas each day.

Zeus, as punishment for the slaughter of Medea's own brother, sent a series of storms at the Argo and blew it off course.

After his death, his lyre was thrown into the river ; Zeus sent an eagle to retrieve the lyre, and ordered both of them to be placed in the sky.

Subsequently his remains were sent back to the Cretans, who placed them in a sarcophagus, on which was inscribed: " The tomb of Minos, the son of Zeus.

She is persuaded to release him by Odysseus ' great-grandfather, the messenger god Hermes, who has been sent by Zeus in response to Athena's plea.

When asked by other Cyclopes why he is screaming, Polyphemus replies that " Nobody " is hurting him, so the others assume that, " If alone as you are none uses violence on you, why, there is no avoiding the sickness sent by great Zeus ; so you had better pray to your father, the lord Poseidon ".

Poseidon and Apollo, having offended Zeus by their rebellion in Hera's scheme, were temporarily stripped of their divine authority and sent to serve King Laomedon of Troy.

The immortal Prometheus was bound to a rock, where each day an eagle, the emblem of Zeus, was sent to feed on his liver, only to have it grow back to be eaten again the next day.

This further enraged Zeus, who sent Pandora, the first woman, to live with men.

After Prometheus ' theft of fire, Zeus sent Pandora in retaliation.

Zeus sent the goddesses to Paris, who judged that Aphrodite, as the " fairest ", should receive the apple.

His ship was wrecked by a storm sent by Athena, who borrowed one of Zeus ' thunderbolts and tore it to pieces.

Because Prometheus helped Zeus, he was not sent to Tartarus like the other Titans.

According to the ancient Greeks, Zeus sent out two eagles to fly across the world to meet at its center, the " navel " of the world.

* King Sisyphus was sent to Tartarus for killing guests and travelers to his castle in violation to his hospitality, seducing his niece, and reporting one of Zeus ' sexual conquests by telling the river god Asopus of the whereabouts of his daughter Aegina ( who had been taken away by Zeus ).

Myiagros was a god in Greek mythology who chased away flies during the sacrifices to Zeus and Athena, and Zeus sent a fly to bite Pegasus, causing Bellerophon to fall back to Earth when he attempted to ride the winged steed to Mount Olympus.

He was originally sent by his royal parents to seek out and escort his sister Europa back to Tyre after she was abducted from the shores of Phoenicia by Zeus.

After his sister Europa had been carried off by Zeus from the shores of Phoenicia, Cadmus was sent out by his father to find her, and enjoined not to return without her.

' Whereas Christians ( who have learned that their eternal life consists in knowing the only true God, who is over all, and Jesus Christ, whom He has sent ; and who have learned also that all the gods of the heathen are greedy demons, which flit around sacrifices and blood, and other sacrificial accompaniments, in order to deceive those who have not taken refuge with the God who is over all, but that the divine and holy angels of God are of a different nature and will from all the demons on earth, and that they are known to those exceedingly few persons who have carefully and intelligently investigated these matters ) will not endure a comparison to be made between them and Apollo or Zeus, or any being worshipped with odour and blood and sacrifices ; some of them, so acting from their extreme simplicity, not being able to give a reason for their conduct, but sincerely observing the precepts which they have received ; others, again, for reasons not to be lightly regarded, nay, even of a profound description, and ( as a Greek would say ) drawn from the inner nature of things ; and amongst the latter of these God is a frequent subject of conversation, and those who are honoured by God, through His only-begotten Word, with participation in His divinity, and therefore also in His name.