Zeus are found on the Greek 2-euro coin and on the United Kingdom identity card for visa holders. Mary Beard, professor of Classics at Cambridge University, has criticised this for its apparent celebration of rape. 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
The Cults of the Greek States the beginnings of cult in Greece and the cults of Cronus, Zeus, Hera and Athena. The second volume focusses on Artemis, Hecate, Eileithyia and Aphrodite. The third volume focusses on Demeter, Kore-Persephone, and Hades/Plouton, followed by the fourth volume, which focusses on Poseidon and Apollo. The fifth, and final, volume focuses on Hermes, Dionysus, Hestia, Hephaestus, Ares and minor cults. Farnell, Lewis Richard. "The Cults of the Greek States", vol. 1 (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1896). Frazer, James George. "The Golden Bough" (Oxford University Press, 1994). Berriedale, Keith A. "The Classical Quarterly", Vol. 4, No. 4 (Oct., 1910), pp. 282–285. (Cambridge