Zeus Zeus Zeus (; , "Zeús" ) is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods of Mount Olympus. His name is cognate with the first element of his Roman equivalent Jupiter. His mythologies and powers are similar, though not identical, to those of Indo-European deities such as Indra, Jupiter, Perkūnas, Perun, Thor, and Odin. Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, the youngest of his siblings to be born, though sometimes reckoned the eldest as the others required disgorging from Cronus's stomach. In most traditions, he is married to Hera, by
King of the Romans king might retain the title "King of the Romans" for his entire reign. The title "Romanorum Rex" became functionally obsolete after 1508, when the Pope permitted King Maximilian I to use the title of "Electus Romanorum Imperator" ("elected Emperor of the Romans") after he failed in a good-faith attempt to journey to Rome. At this time Maximilian also took the new title "King of the Germans" or "King in Germany" ("Germaniae rex", "König in Germanien"), but the latter was never used as a primary title. The rulers of the Empire thereafter called themselves "Emperors" without going to Rome or soliciting