Zeus

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~ ZEUS  also JOVE  JUPITER or
^u      DIOS or ZOOS
  his poetic name was ZEN
  current related names include ZENON XENON
  id+ SUPREME OLYMPIC DEITY
      HE PERSONIFIES HUMANITY including its
  IDEALS FLAWS and INCONSISTENCIES
  mty> ZEUS is ASSOCIATED with LIFE LIGHT and
       DELIGHT as in   JOVE JOVIAL even JUVENILE
  LIFE LIVING          ZOO ZOOLOGY
  HERO                 HIS MORTAL SONS WERE HEROES
  HEROES               ADOPTED THE NAME OF HIS WIFE HERA
  HERAKLION            REMIND US OF HERA AND
  JUNE                 for JUNO OR HER LATIN EQUIVALENT
  HOST HOSPITAL        HE WAS KNOWN AS "HOSPITALARIO"
  LORD MASTER          DON DONATE DONATIVE
  LIFE DEITY           DEUS DIOS ADIEU ADIOS
  OLYMPUS              HIS LOFTY OLYMPIC ABODE WAS
                       LIMPID LUCID and sp LIMPIO = CLEAN
                       IS AN IDEAL OR APEX OR SUMMIT FOR
                       HUMANS TO STRIVE AS OLYMPIC REWARDS
  CELESTIAL            CEILING SKY SKYLIGHT and
                       CELEST CELESTE or BABY BLUE
  SKY                  HE WAS THE "CLOUD GATHERER"
  THURSDAY             HE WAS THE "THUNDERER" and
  THUNBERBOLTS         PRODUCED BY THE CYCLOPS MADE HIM
  FULMINANT            HE WAS KNOWN AS "FULMINATOR"
  MONOGAMY             HE DIVORCED  HE WAS UNFAITHFUL BUT
                       HE WAS MONOGAMOUS
  NUDITY               NAKEDNESS WAS DIVINE
                       PUDOR WAS FOR MORTALS
  PATERNALISM          HE WAS "DIU PATER"
  STABLE STABILITY     HE WAS KNOWN AS "STATOR"
  STATUS QUO           RELIED ON HIS OLYMPIC CONTROL
  hx> SUPREME OLYMPIC DEITY and the
      MASTER OF THE GREEK PANTHEON
  symb> OAK TREE
        HIS ORACLE WAS DODONA
  who read his prophecies from the
  RUSTLING OF OAK LEAVES
  his favorite child was
  ATHENA           sug> ATHENEUM
  gr    ZEUS   = RULER OF HEAVEN
        DIOS     genitive of ZEUS
  sp    DIOS     GOD   sug> ADIEU   DIVINE
  lat   DEUS     idem        DEITY  DIVINITY
        DEI      idem        IDEA
  skt   DYAUS    SKY  DAY    DIARY
  sp    DIA      DAY         DAILY
  ukr   DEN      DAY         DIAPHANOUS
        DIA      ACTION      DIAMETRIC
        DIACH    CREATOR     DIAGRAM
  see>  IDEA and IDEAL found in AIDOS or EIDOS
  also  note
  ukr   BOH      GOD   LORD
        BOHATO   MUCH  RICHES
        ZHYTO    WHEAT
        ZHYTIA   LIFE
  sp    DIOS     GOD
  biol> DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA or
        JUPITER'S WHEAT    also
  pisc  ZEIDAE ZENION and ZENOPSIS
  med>  ZEUS uprising is linked with
  see>  CHIRON     sug> CHIROPRACTOR
        and in turn with
  ukr   CHIRURG = SURGEON
  gr    CHIRO     HAND
  myth> ZEUS is the 5th child of CRONUS CHRONOS or
        KRONOS & RHEA
  ZEUS BECAME THE MOST POWERFUL OF ALL GODS
  HE WAS SAVED BY HERA FROM
  BEING SWALLOWED BY HIS FATHER
  ZEUS WAS CONVEYED TO CRETE AND
  CONCEALED IN A CAVE ON MOUNT IDA
  THE NYMPHS ADRASTEA AND IDA NURSED HIM
  A GOAT AMALTHEA SUPPLIED HIS MILK
  TO AVOID KRONOS HEARING HIS CRIES
  THE KURETES or CURETES  sug> CURETTAGE
  MADE NOISES BY CLASHING
  SWORDS AND SHIELDS
  WHEN GROWN GAEA or PERHAPS METIS
  PERSUADED KRONOS TO YIELD BACK
  THE SONS HE SWALLOWED
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& ZEUS
  THE STORY OF ZEUS ALSO CONCERNS
  OMPHALOS             sug> OMPHALOCELE
  TITANS               sug> TITANIC
  OKEANOS              sug> OCEAN
  MOUNT OLYMPOS        sug> OLYMPIAD
  OTHRYS               sug> MOUNTAINS
  GAEA                 sug> GEOGRAPHY
  KYKLOPES or CYCLOPS  sug> CYCLE
  CENTIMANUS or        sug> HUNDRED HANDS
  HEKATONCHEIRES       sug> HANDINESS
  CHAOS                sug> ANARCHY
  KRONOS               sug> CHRONOMETER
  THE ISLAND OF CRETE  sug> CRETIN
  KRONIA or
  SATURNALIA FESTIVALS  sug> MARDIGRAS
  CRONIDES or KRONIDES KRONION
  DERIVED FROM HIS FATHER KRONOS
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& ZEUS
  ZEUS OFTEN VISITED THE EARTH AND THE POOR
  HE SAVED PHILEMON AND BAUKIS FROM THE FLOOD
  ZEUS MARRIED SEVEN TIMES
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& ZEUS
  ZEUS WAS INCONSTANT AND
  BLAMED HIS LUST ON EROS
  HE INDULGED HIS PASSIONS
  WITH MANY GODDESSES AND NYMPHS
  cont> in addenda under development see> ~& ZEUS
  THE LASCIVIOUS ZEUS       sug> LUST  LUXURY
  MADE HERA JEALOUS         sug> MORTIFIED
  note how SUCH STORIES DID NOT
       UPSET NOR CHALLENGE
  THE FUNDAMENTAL GREEK BELIEF IN
  MONOGAMY            sug> GAMETE
  note that in contrast to BARBARIANS
       WHO FOLLOWED RELIGION BLINDLY
  FOR THE GREEKS RELIGION INDUCED MEDITATION
  ply> | in " I SEE thus REALIZE " may denote
         the IDEA and IDEAL of "SEEKING THE LIGHT"
  or changing DARK CHAOS into DAILY ENLIGHTENMENT |