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A 4 page analysis of the appeal of Zeus to Greek society. The paper argues that Zeus changed from a fickle and furious weather-god to a champion of justice, as his worshippers changed from illiterate tribesmen to the highest culture of the ancient world. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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more universally accepted when one is speaking, not of ones own God, but of the gods and goddesses of long ago. For example, it is possible to trace the history
of the Greeks, and see how the characteristics of their supreme deity, Zeus, changed over the course of their civilization. Early on in Greek history, as Edith Hamilton points
out, Zeus and his fellow Olympians were primarily used to explain otherwise inexplicable natural phenomena. She notes, for example, that "Thunder and lightning occur [on earth] when Zeus hurls his
thunderbolt" (Hamilton, 19). Although a whole pantheon of gods developed, each with his own specialty and distinctive characteristics, Zeus quickly became the personification of male patriarchal power (considered a positive,
not a negative, thing in Greek society). He thus assumed the position of "Supreme Deity." We should not make the mistake of assuming, however, that the Greeks regarded Zeus in
exactly the same way as Christians, Jews, and Moslems regard their God, for Zeus was very different. Zeus, even early on, had a definite personality and a number of very
human characteristics; most notable among these was his short temper. Many myths tell of his destructive fury; for example, one myth tells how Prometheus, at the cost of great personal
suffering, defended the human race against Zeus, who in his rage had wished to destroy it (Hamilton, 72). We can see that this characteristic is simply an analogy for the
sudden and inexplicable nature of storms, the facet of nature Zeus controls. Another one of Zeus most noteworthy characteristics was his tendency to chase after women. Hamilton traces this characteristic
to the earliest days of Greek consolidation, when the worship of Zeus would spread into areas which had up until that time worshipped another god. She notes that "When his
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