zeusZeus was the ruler of the Olympian gods and the god of the sky. He didn’t earn the throne in a traditional matter though. Instead, he overthrew the current ruler, his father, with the help of his siblings.Athena was Zeus’s favorite child, and no wonder – she was born directly from Zeus’s forehead! Athena, goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare, was conceived by Zeus and his Titan wife Metis. When a prophecy declared