Before Zeus was the king of the gods, he was raised by a magic goat named Amalthea, some things called Kouretes, and a few nymphs. When he grew up, he overthrew his father and saved his brothers and sisters. He and two of his other brothers became the rulers of the sky, the sea, and the Underworld, and Zeus became the ruler of them all. He was wise, according to the myths, and solved many disputes. He is the most commonly known Greek god, and there are many stories about him.
When Zeus was born, his father, the Titan ruler, Kronos, wanted to eat him just like he had eaten all of his other older brothers and sisters. There had been a prophecy that a child of Kronos would one day overthrow him and then rule in his place. Zeus’s mother, the Titan Rhea, gave Kronos a rock to eat instead of Zeus. She then took him to a place called Mount Ida and hid him in a cave, and there he was raised by the magic goat, Amalthea, the Kouretes, and several nymphs called, Adamanthea, Cynosura, and
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He was disguised as a servant, and was the cupbearer of Kronos. One day, the Titan goddess of wisdom, Metis, gave Zeus a wine to give to Kronos. The wine would make his Kronos vomit up all his children, Zeus’s brothers and sisters. After they got out, they fought Kronos in a war and defeated him by cutting him up into pieces and throwing him into Tartarus, the “bottomless” pit in the Underworld.
After that, the myths say that the three brothers, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades drew lots (or from Dictionary.com: one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance). Zeus ended up with the sky, and because of the prophecy, he was also the king. Poseidon ruled the sea. Hades got the worst part of the deal: ruling the Underworld. Even after deciding which part of the world they ruled, they still argued just like brothers normally