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Zeus. Liebig illustrations, early 20C AD. Artist n/a.

The child Zeus is seen resting on the goat Amalthea which fed him while the CURETES in arms guarded him in the cave, clashing their spears on their shields, in order to prevent Cronos to hear his voice.

In this scene of the Titanomachy, Zeus is seen using the thunderbolt against an unidentified monster, presumably an ally of the TITANS.

Illustration showing some of the OLYMPIANS:

Zeus sits on the throne, holding the thunderbolt and sending the eagle somewhere. To his left are Hera and Ares, and behind him Hermes and Athena. Hebe pours nectar to Ganymedes; behind her is a dark-haired Apollo playing his lyre. The woman in the distance could be Hestia. Heracles 1, already a god, rests on his club while conversing with Hephaestus.

Zeus the bull carries Europa away. The landscape is Phoenicia, and the girl is ferried thence to Crete.

Hephaestus (with the red cap) has finished his work: the beautiful woman Pandora 1, whom he fashioned with earth and water. A goddess comes with the box (which was a jar) containing all evils, while Zeus contemplates the work he had ordered. Among Hephaestus' helpers, is one of the CYCLOPES.

Zeus smites Asclepius with a thunderbolt for raising the dead with his healing arts. A dead man is coming out from the grave, while others flee in panic. The serpent coiled around the staff is an attribute of Asclepius, who, despite this episode, is counted among the immortals.