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
Letter to the Romans (Ignatius of Antioch) to 117 CE”, and “between the first year of Vespasian and the 10th year of Trajan” Although we do not know which specific year Ignatius wrote this letter, he does provide the month and day: August 23. Following his arrest in Syria, Ignatius traveled through many cities on his way to Rome for execution. "Romans" was written prior to his arrival in Rome, while he was in Smyrna. Our evidence for the Ignatius’ journey to Rome primarily comes from the fourth-century church historian Eusebius of Caesarea. "Romans" is part of a series of seven epistles that Ignatius wrote, each addressed