Zeus is the supreme god who ruled from Mount Olympus. His parents were Kronos and Rheia, two of the twelve Titans, the mighty sons and daughters of Ouranos, the sky god. Kronos was the successor of Ouranos. His siblings were Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Hestia and Demeter. Zeus married his sister Hera and together they had 4 children, they were Hephaestus, Ares, Hebe and Eileithyia.

However, Zeus was struck by the arrows of the god of eternal love Eros and he could not resist love for other women.