Since the incident in Tantalus, the God King began to restrain the gods from descending to earth at will. On the other hand, he also became more and more lustful.
How many lovers and heirs did this father of men and gods have? It’s hard to count.
Zeus and the fairy Taget gave birth to Lacedaemon. This powerful hero established a city-state named after himself and became the ancestor of the Lacedaemon people and the king of the Lacedaemon city-state.
This city-state later had another name among other Greeks - [Sparta].
Zeus transformed into the god Pan, who was half man and half goat, and abducted Antiope, the daughter of the river god Asopos, and had sex with her, giving birth to Amphion and Zetos of Thebes. But when the poor man
When the father of the river god was looking for his daughter, he was struck to death by Zeus with a thunderbolt when he finally learned about his daughter's whereabouts from Sisyphus.
Amphion later married Niobe, the daughter of Tantalus. After that, as mentioned before, Amphion, who loved music, got a beautiful harp from the Muses. The happy king held a celebration, and finally
However, he received the news that all seven of his sons had died, and finally committed suicide in despair.
Zetos married Aedon, the daughter of King Pandaos of Ephesus. They gave birth to a daughter, Aederos. Aedon accidentally killed his daughter by mistake, and he fell into endless sorrow and self-blame.
In the middle of the night, the gods turned her into a nightingale and made her mourn every night to express her sorrow for her daughter.
Zeus also disguised himself as a giant eagle and snatched away Aegina, another daughter of Asopus, and gave birth to Aeacus with her.
This handsome man married Endeis, the daughter of the famous centaur Chiron, and together they gave birth to the more famous Telamon and Peleus. Of course, the story of the two of them is even more magnificent, so it is not here.
Elaborated.
In Arcadia, Zeus fell in love with Callisto, the maid of Hunting Queen Artemis.
She was the daughter of the famous King Lycaon. She swore to remain chaste since she was a child and would not marry a man. Artemis admired this princess very much and often chased wild beasts with her in the mountains and dense forests.
After Zeus met this princess by chance, he transformed into Artemis. The joyful princess stepped forward to greet her. When Artemis started to kiss her, she realized that the person in front of her was not hers.
Mistress, but it's too late.
After getting pregnant, Callisto gave birth to Arcas, who was turned into a black bear by the angry Hera. So Arcas's grandfather adopted the poor little boy.
Fifteen years later, a young boy was hunting in the forest, but he saw a female bear lingering in front of him. The ignorant boy thought that the female bear was going to hurt him, so he wanted to shoot the female bear with his bow and arrow, but was killed by Zeus.
Seeing this, Zeus turned the two of them into constellations in the sky to prevent this human tragedy.
The mother and son were Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. When Hera found out later, she was deeply upset and sent hunters and hounds to transform into Boötes and Hounds to hunt down the bears. That is another matter.
In addition, Zeus also dressed up as a bull, attracted the girl Europa, took her to Crete and gave birth to the Minotaur Minos and his brothers.
He also seduced Io, the daughter of King Inachus, and gave birth to Epaphus with this smart and beautiful girl. Later, he became the king of Egypt...
There are countless others like this.
As he became increasingly indulgent and wanton, Zeus seemed to be indulging in sensuality, giving birth to his mortal children everywhere on the earth.
But because of this, there are more and more heroes and kings with the blood of Zeus on the earth. Zeus no longer directly manages the earth, but the earth's worship of Zeus is growing day by day.
However, after giving birth to so many outstanding children, Zeus was still not satisfied.
On the towering Mount Olympus, Zeus, sitting on the throne, was stroking his beard and frowning, as if thinking about something.
"It's not enough...it's far from enough."
He muttered something in a low voice.
Finally, as if the great god had made up his mind, he changed his body shape and quietly went to Tartarus.
Thanks to the experience of being caught by Hera for many years, Zeus has developed a good ability to leave quietly. Hera did not notice his departure, and the other gods also did not notice his departure.
In this way, Zeus passed through the underworld and came to Tartarus, the endless abyss.
Tartarus is almost endless. Although it cannot fully accommodate the monster, it is not a problem with Tartarus, but because the size of the monster is so huge that it is beyond normal.
Elsewhere in Tartarus, there is still an infinite amount of space where countless enemies of the gods are imprisoned.
In the dark and strange abyss, Zeus walked through it, passing many incredible things. Among them, there were many Titans who followed his father Cronus.
The cunning Cronus escaped at the end of the divine war, but the Titans were imprisoned in Tartarus and tortured.
The three hundred-armed giants monitored the enemies of these gods under the orders of Zeus, and these enemies of the gods roared and wailed in distress, but still tried to find opportunities unwillingly.
"Human? A mortal?"
When these Titans saw a cloaked man with an unclear face walking through the abyss, they mistakenly thought it was a mortal who accidentally broke into Tartarus. The ecstatic Titans roared and stretched out their arms.
, trying to ask for help from him.
"Mortal! Come here quickly, you rescue us, and I will grant your three wishes."
"Do you want mountains of gold? Or do you want a stunningly beautiful woman? Or great power? Or eternal life? As long as you help us, we can give you anything!"
"Look at our side quickly..."
However, Zeus, wearing a cloak, paid no attention to them.
But the Titan screamed urgently, and the sound was loud and noisy, which made him feel irritated. The great god frowned, pointed a finger, and struck with a bolt of lightning.
"ah……"
Titan, who was hit by lightning, trembled all over, screamed subconsciously, and covered his head with his hands.
"You, you are Zeus!"
"Is that the son of Cronus?!"
"How could it be him?"
"Why did he come here???"
Amid the panic and noise, the Titans trembled.
This is not because of how powerful this thunder and lightning is, but simply instinctive fear. In that divine battle that shook the sky, these Titans were frightened by Zeus' thunder and lightning and no longer dared to fight against the thunder and lightning.
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Zeus glanced at these Titans, did not look at them again, and continued to go deeper.
Deeper in Tartarus are the mysterious enemies of the gods who are as old as the Titans or even older than the Titans.
Starting from Uranus, the god of the sky, and even to the era of Zeus, the three generations of god-kings have thrown all the enemies who dared to resist and oppose themselves into the endless abyss. Even if the gods have changed, the god-kings have changed,
There is absolutely no hope for these powerful enemies to be released.
However, even after going to such a deep place, Zeus still did not stop, because there are deeper and weirder depths than this, where Zeus hid the biggest secret in the entire world.
Finally, Zeus arrived. He reached the deepest part of Tartarus and saw a god, the oldest god.
Which god is the oldest among the gods? Is it Zeus? Of course not. Although Zeus is a god-king with infinite power, he also has a father, and his father is the cunning Cronus.
Is Cronus the oldest? No, although the cunning Cronus is older than Zeus, he also has his own father, and his father is Uranus, the god of the sky.
Is the oldest one the god of heaven, Uranus? Still not. The sky is great, but the earth is older than the sky. The mother and wife of Uranus, the god of heaven, are the broad-chested Gaia.
Is Gaia the oldest? Still not. Before Gaia, there was Chaos Chaos. It was chaos without a mind, and everything was brewing in Chaos.
So, is Chaos the oldest?
…
no.
The most ancient thing is the Creator of everything, the Father of Time.
Before him, time was not born; after him, time just appeared. Is there anything older than time itself?
At the beginning of the distant past, an incorporeal god with a human head, a bull's head, and a lion's head created everything. Because of his appearance, time existed, and time flowed from there.
It gave birth to Chaos of Chaos, the original egg of the universe, and within this egg of the universe there were countless gods and an infinitely prosperous world.
But even though he created everything, even though he was the beginning of everything, Father Time still lost his power and strength.
It is the creator and the father of time, but it has still perished. It has been forgotten by the world, and even the world no longer remembers it. Only this last trace, this no longer active body, proves that this creator
The existence of the world.
In the long past, when Zeus became the God King, he became aware of the remains of this ancient god hidden deep in the deepest parts of Tartarus.
The ancient god is long dead, but its remains are still waiting to awaken.
Zeus was initially unaware of the dead god's purpose, but later he realized that the remains of the god were waiting for him to awaken him.
It created the gods, including itself, and is the source of the gods, just like the great-grandfather of the gods. But Zeus is the god-king of this world and the current king of this dynasty of gods. Who is the former king or the current king?
Which one is more important? It’s self-evident.
Even though he created the world, this ancient God of Creation must obtain the permission of the God King if he wants to awaken.
Zeus didn't want it to wake up, because this super-primitive god was just like Gaia, a disruptor of the world. Sleeping forever should be the destination of these ancient gods, and waking up would only add obstacles to himself.
But now, if you want to achieve the goal in Zeus's heart, you can probably only let the creator wake up... even if that is not necessarily the way he hopes to wake up.
"You want to wake up, don't you?"
Zeus, who was wearing a cloak, looked at the wreckage in front of him. The wreckage didn't respond. At the moment, it was just a corpse.
Zeus looked carefully and suddenly laughed.
"Then be my son."
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One day a few years later, in the city of Thebes, Queen Alcmene suddenly became pregnant.