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zeus |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Zeus \Zeus\, n. (Gr. Myth.) The chief deity of the Greeks, and ruler of the upper world (cf. {Hades}). He was identified with Jupiter. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Zeus n 1: the supreme god of ancient mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned and husband and sister of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods [syn: {Zeus}] 2: type genus of the family Zeidae [syn: {Zeus}, {genus Zeus}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: Zeus {Berkeley Yacc} From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: ZEUS, n. The chief of Grecian gods, adored by the Romans as Jupiter and by the modern Americans as God, Gold, Mob and Dog. Some explorers who have touched upon the shores of America, and one who professes to have penetrated a considerable distance to the interior, have thought that these four names stand for as many distinct deities, but in his monumental work on Surviving Faiths, Frumpp insists that the natives are monotheists, each having no other god than himself, whom he worships under many sacred names
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