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Most common depiction of Zeus: Imposing with long, oftentimes curly hair

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Zeus sitting on a cloud in Olympus. Detail of the painting "Olympus" by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo,18th century "Zeus and Thetis on Mount Olympus". Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) Jupiter & Juno on Mount Ida by James Barry. Detail, canvas, City Art Galleries, Sheffield, England. Source: Wikipedia "Jupiter, Mercury and the Virtue" by Dosso Dossi, 1515-18. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria Zeus killing his lover and mother of Dionysus, Semele, with his thunderbolt. "Zeus and Semele", painting by Peter Paul Rubens(1577-1640) The goat Amalthea nourishing Zeus by Jakob Jordaens, around 1640. Musée du Louvre, Paris Zeus, Hera and Nike. Frieze of the Acropolis Museum in Athens Greece "Apotheosis of Heracles". Zeus seated, his wife Hera in a frontal position, Heracles strides towards them wearing a chiton of lion skin. Acropolis Museum of Athens Greece Teracotta statue of Zeus abducting Ganymede. Archaeological Museum of Olympia (470 BC)

Zeus, the King of the Gods

Zeus, the King of the Gods



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- Temple of Zeus Olympios in Ancient Athens, Greece
- The Statue of Zeus in Ancient Olympia, Greece


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