Have you ever wondered how Zeus became the ruler of the gods? His journey to power began when his mother, Rhea, saved him from being swallowed by his father, Cronus, who feared a prophecy that one of his children would overthrow him. Hidden in secrecy on the island of Crete, Zeus grew in strength until he was ready to challenge his father. Upon his return, Zeus forced Cronus to release his swallowed siblings—Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Poseidon, and Hades. This sparked the Titanomachy, a brutal ten-year war between the Olympians and the Titans. With the help of the Cyclopes, who gifted him the thunderbolt, and the Hundred-Handed Giants, Zeus led his siblings to victory. The defeated Titans were imprisoned in Tartarus, securing Zeus’s rule as king of the gods and master of the cosmos.

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