Most of us know the name of the ancient Greek god Zeus from the school bench. A huge number of myths and legends are associated with this great thunderer. A gigantic number of films and plays are based on events in the life of a god. The life of the inhabitants of Mount Olympus has always attracted mere mortals. How are they? What do they eat? What do they drink? What is the name of Zeus' daughter? Why does Perseus hate his father? And there are many more such questions. In this article, we will try to figure out how many female children the great ruler of Olympus had.
The famous work "Iliad" by Homer sings of the beauty of Aphrodite, who, according to the author, is the daughter of Zeus and Dione. Embodying the ideal of female beauty, the slender, tall and delightful goddess was called by the Romans Venus. They believed that the girl appeared from the sea itself - from the depths of its foam. The cult of Aphrodite was spread everywhere: beauty and love arethe true values that she knew. Her power extended not only to mere mortals - even the gods could not resist the spell of the beautiful Venus.
Aphrodite is also directly related to the Trojan War. It was this mistress of beauty who promised Paris that he would marry the daughter of Zeus and Leda, the most beautiful mortal, Helen. This goddess assisted in the construction of a ship to visit Sparta. It was on this ship that the beautiful Greek woman sailed away from Menelaus.
In his numerous works, Homer claimed that Aphrodite was the wife of Hephaestus (son of Zeus and Hera). However, the goddess loved only Adonis all her life.
Another daughter of Zeus is Athena. The second name is Pallas. Myths say that the supreme god of Olympus was predicted that his son from his wife Metis would take away the power of his father. Therefore, when his wife was in position, Zeus swallowed her. The retribution for this was an unbearable and excruciating headache. In order to get rid of the disease, Hephaestus, on the orders of his father, cut his head in half. And the daughter of Zeus, Athena, was born, with a helmet on her head, with a spear in one hand and with a shield in the other. This is how she is depicted in numerous paintings.
In mythology, it is believed that it is Athena who represents wisdom and justice. It was believed that she helps the heroes, protects cities and settlements. The Greeks believe that only thanks to the daughter of Zeus they have the city of Athens and the sacred tree that brings delicious fruits - the olive. Among other things, the goddess did not ignore andordinary workers. Artisans, potters, weavers and blacksmiths all worshiped her.
Multiple sources claim that it is Athena who is the mother of the most courageous and beautiful god of Olympus - Apollo.
In addition, in ancient Greek mythology there are muses, who, as the scriptures say, were also the daughters of Zeus. Girls were patrons of creativity. The most important of them was Kleo (Klio). History and epic poetry were its subjects. Lyric poetry was under the rule of Euterpe. Thalia, the daughter of Zeus, was the third muse. She patronized fun and comedy. It is also believed that she was subject to manage plants and flowers. The names of the other muses: Erato, Urania, Terpsichore, Melpomene, Calliope, Polyhymnia.
