Zeus

"It takes the simplicity of a child to teach us the most obvious lesson. Evander was right. Sometimes we can just start over."

— Zeus in "Full Circle"

Zeus

Biographical Information

Gender

Male

Status

Alive (HTLJ)

Deceased (XWP)

Residence

Olympus

Race

Olympian God

Cause of Death

Stabbed with Rib of Kronos in first timeline removed

Killed by

Hercules

Relationships

Mother

Rhea in the myth

Other Family

Olympain

Romances

Hera, Demeter in the myth

Alcmene, Leda of Aetolia,Leucosia, Lysia

Behind the Scenes

Portrayed by

Anthony Quinn
Peter Vere- Jones
Roy Dotrice
John Bach
Charles Keating
Peter Rowley

First Appearance

Hercules and the Amazon Woman

Last Appearance

XWP: "God Fearing Child"

Zeus is the powerful King of the Olympian Gods and the God of sky, and Lightning and Thunder. His father, Kronos, was King of the Titans, when his son Zeus tried to take his throne, Kronos called forth all the Titans into a war council, in which he appointed Atlas as his field general. (XWP: "The Titans") In order to destroy Kronos once and for all, Zeus found the rib of Kronos. (XWP: "God Fearing Child") With it, Zeus was able to kill Kronos and became the King of the Gods. (HTLJ: "Reunions") the war against Kronos and anyone who supported him in an event that came to be called the Titanomachy which ended with Zeus killing his father and taking his place as King of the Gods.

Zeus married with Hera who became queen of the Olympians. Zeus was a great lover of mortal women. He took many human lovers and thus fathered many Half-Gods, when he fathered Hercules with Alcmene he took the form of Alcmene's dead husband Amphitryon.

Biography[]

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Personality[]

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Powers and Abilities[]

Powers[]

Zeus is probably the most powerful earthly God ever seen in the series. Zeus's signature weapon is the lightning in all its forms. Although lightning is occasionally used by other Gods, Zeus exclusively uses it, and is more proficient with it. As a God Zeus has a special connection with the sky, its elements, the rain, the lightning, the winds and the clouds, for that he is known as the God of Sky.

As king of the Olympians, Zeus possesses the Powers and Abilities of an Olympian God but at much higher level. Zeus specials powers are:

Precognitive Dream: Zeus can perceive future events in his dreams, he knew of the danger in the future by the darkness of his dreams, but he did not know specifically what was the danger (the birth of Eve). To know more, Zeus consult the fates.
Power Over Nature: Zeus has the power to control and manipulate the weather as well as all kinds elements on a large scale.
Resurrection: Zeus like Hades can resurrect dead mortals, as he was able to resurrect Lyla. But reviving a person is not a common matter,as there are rules and circumstances like when resurrecting Evander a Demi god as well as a dove he combined his power with Hera in order to do so.
Power Over Lightning: Zeus has a great ability to create powerful lightning bolts.
Reality Warping: Zeus, along with Hera, created mortals and several ecosystems as Hera and Zeus said in (Episode: Full Circle).
Portal Creation: Zeus has enough power to create portals leading to other dimensions. Something that Ares and Callisto had to join their forces to open a portal.
Zeus can kill other Gods, he can also remove, bestow and restore All godly powers. He bestowed and stripped Hercules of his divinity , other godly powers of Zeus are.
Immortality: Zeus has the ability to live infinite life span as well as immunity to all sorts of diseases.
Invincibility: Zeus is invincible to all sorts of weapons (swords,axes,crossbows) as well as all magical powers from the Gods although these powers can hurt him but not kill him.
Teleportation: Zeus has the ability to teleport to any place whatever he sees fit either on earth or Olympus.
Conjuration: Zeus has the power to create anything out of thin air like when he created a flower for Deianera.
Cursing: Zeus cursed one of his sons to be as ugly as his heart can be so he became a Minotaur.
Time Manipulation: All gods have the power to manipulate time but they often don’t use unless it’s extremely necessary and because it’s restricted by Zeus himself.
Super Strength: Zeus’s super strength can send people flying as well as gods he lift up Ares like he was a feather, his strength is equally or even more powerful than Hercules.
Energy Blasts: Zeus has the power to shoot powerful white Energy blast capable of killing mortals and hurting Gods.
Invisibility: All Gods have the power to make themselves invisible to all mortals they can't be seen or heard by them.
Telekinesis: Zeus has the ability to move objects , mortals as well as gods with his mind
Healing: All gods have the power to heal mortals but they can’t heal mortal wounds this ability is restricted by Zeus as well as Athena .
Magic: Not only that Zeus has all kinds of godly powers that is he used also som kind of magic to block Hercules punches.
Shapeshifting: Zeus has the power to alter his appearance to take whatever form he likes whether mortals or monsters or Gods but like when he disguised himself as an old man several times.

Abilities[]

Genius-Level Intellect: To be added
Master Combatant: To be added
Master Tactician: To be added

Equipment[]

Weapons[]

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Relationships[]

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Trivia[]

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Background[]

Along with Hercules, Iolaus and Hera, Zeus is one of four characters to appear in both Hercules and the Amazon Women and Full Circle. Along with Hera, he also appears in Hercules's final appearance in God Fearing Child.
Of all the Olympians shown in the Xenaverse, Zeus's portrayal is generally the most consistent with his mythological counterpart: aloof yet outrageous, neutral but with a love of humanity.
Zeus's role as an advisor and mentor to Hercules in the telemovies properly belongs to Athena in mythology. This portrayal is also directly at odds with his portrayal in both HTLJ and YH, where he is very aloof, with Hercules rarely seeing him and deeply resenting his absence.
Anthony Quinn portrayed Zeus in the Hercules telemovies. Peter Vere-Jones played him in "Judgment Day," while Roy Dotrice took over the role at the end of Season 4. Charles Keating played Zeus on the final episode of Hercules and in "God Fearing Child." John Bach played him in the Young Hercules episode "Valley of the Shadow." His voice actor in Hercules and Xena - The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus was voiced by Peter Rowley.
In the comic version of Xena the past changes and the events of the twilight occurred differently, this makes Zeus alive as well as other Olympians killed in the confrontation against Xena and Eva.