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Zeus

He was the king of Gods and the Universe. Although opinion is divided on whether he or Poseidon (his brother) was the most powerful; the greeks worshipped him as the ruler and the personification of all-natural phenomenon. Although married to Hera, the queen of all goddesses in Greek mythology, he was known for his adventures outside wedlock. Called the great seducer and highly capable of taking various shapes and forms, he undertook quite a many romantic ventures, one of which was with Helen, a simple mortal, with whom he had intercourse disguised as a swan. This event is said to have caused the Trojan war at a later time.

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