Zeus: 3 definitions
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Zeus means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Christianity. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Zeus (Ζεύς) of Greek mythology.—Sanskrit viśvavedas (‘all-knowing’) is also used of Dyaus, the Indie deity cognate with Greek Zeus; see West (1978) 223-4 for the comparison and for a discussion of the Sun and its relationship to all-seeing Zeus in Greece and to Indie Mitra and Varuṇa, and to Iranian Ahura Mazdāh: “Hesiods Zeus with his spies andhis all-seeing Eye, and Homers Sun [‘who sees all things and hears all things’] (Iliad 3.277, invoked together with Zeus in swearing an oath...) are evidentlyfragmented survivals of this Indo-European system”.
Zeus (or Jupiter), whose name is the same as the Hindoo Dyaus Pitar, the god and personification of the bright sky or the heavens, has likewise been traced to the Sanskrit root div or dyu, meaning “to shine;” and there is also a noun dyu in that language which means either “sky” or “day.” In early times the name was applied to the one God, and was therefore “retained by the Greeks and all other kindred people to express all they felt toward God;” but as the word also meant the visible sky, with its ever-changing aspect, some of the phrases used to describe it came, in the course of time, to denote vile and fickle actions, and apparently inconsistent behavior.
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Full-text (+2): Zhou si, Jyau, Hela, Lei shen, Candaka, Ammon, Rui ya, Mou si nu shen, Dayanakshetra, Minerva, Athene, Hai ge li si, A te la si, Pei ge suo si, Ao lin bi ya, A bo luo, Zhu bi te, Pa xiu si, Pan duo la, Wei na si.
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Search found 53 books and stories containing Zeus; (plurals include: Zeuses). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Disorder, Punishment, and Grace < [Volume 16, Issue 4 (2025)]
Considerations on Fate in the Iliad and the Remarkable Interventions of the... < [Volume 16, Issue 5 (2025)]
“Being So Caught up” < [Volume 12, Issue 2 (2021)]
Vaishnava Myths in the Puranas (by Kum. Geeta P. Kurandwad)
Non-Hindu Myths—Greek Myths < [Chapter 2 - Varieties of Myths]
The concept of Varaha-Avatara (incarnation) < [Chapter 4 - Significance of Vaishnava Myths]
The Argonautica (English translation) (by Apollonius Rhodius)
The History of Herodotus (by G. C. Macaulay)
A Historical Study of Trika Shaivism (by Haroon Rashid Ganai)
Part 4 - Numismatics of ancient Kashmir < [Chapter 1 - Sources]
Effect of New Pre-Emergence Herbicides on Quality and Yield of Potato and Its... < [Volume 13, Issue 17 (2021)]
Hybrid Reinforced Concrete Frames with Engineering Cementitious Composites < [Volume 16, Issue 22 (2024)]
Parameters Affecting Noise Emitted by Ships Moving in Port Areas < [Volume 12, Issue 20 (2020)]