Zeus: King of the Gods Zeus, Lord of the Heavens, King of the Gods, was the last brother of the Titan Kronos and the Titaness Rhea. He would have suffered the same fate as the other five Olympians, Demeter, Hestia, Poseidon, Hades and Hera, having been swallowed alive, if his mother had not hidden him and tricked Kronos into eating a large stone. He was raised in a cave with nine spirits, the Kouretes, and a goat, Amaltheia, who nursed him with her milk and the mountain bees provided honey. As a child, besides the fact that his voice boomed, being the god of thunder, he was quite loud and would have attracted the attention of his father, but the Kouretes beat their shields to drown out the child's cries (Atsma) (Atsma) . Zeus grew up and prepared to fight his father but couldn't do it alone. There are two historical accounts that Zeus himself ripped open his father's stomach to free his brothers or that the nymph Metis gave Cronus an emetic so that he would vomit up the gods and the false Zeus stone. But both accounts agree that once the other gods were freed, the Titan War began. Zeus led the offensive and freed the Cyclopes, the Hundred Hands, and the Hecatonchires from Tartarus. He and the other gods fought alongside these gigantic humanoids, and the Cyclopes and their brothers taught Zeus how to create lightning. The war was devastating but the gods prevailed over the Titans and imprisoned them in Tartarus with the Hundred Hands as their captors ("Zeus"). Some were pardoned for their participation, such as Metis, Mnemosyne, and Themis (Camfield). With the end of the war, the gods reclaimed Mount Olympus as their new kind of headquarters and... mid-document... May 2014. .Atsma, Aaron J.. "ZEUS: Greek King of the Gods, God of the Sky and time |. Mythology, with images |. ZEUS: Greek king of the gods, god of the sky and time |. Roman Jupiter. 1 January 2011. Web. 23 May 2014. . "Titanomachy: The Coming of the Gods and Titans." About.com Ancient/Classical History. 1 January 2012. Web. 23 May 2014. .("Zeus")Cartwright, Mark. "Zeus." Ancient History Encyclopedia Limited, 1 January 2009. Web. 27 May 2014. .