Talk:Zeus (mythology)

Jerka$$ Gods
According to TV Tropes, and I personally agree with this belief, the Olympians were, for the most part, spoiled brats with fancy powers at best and Complete Monsters at worst, with Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Ares, Enyo, and Athena being among the absolute worst of them. Exceptions to this are Hades (who rarely bothered mortals and was actually a rather fair god), Hemes (who reserved his mischief for fellow gods and only punished mortals when they deserved it beyond even modern doubt), Demeter (whose only trangression was unintentional: she was just trying to find her daughter), Hephaestus (who was actually rather decent, which is surprising, given all the terrble things his fellow gods did to him) and Hestia (who never got involved in...well, anything). Among the heinous acts the Olympians committed were: Now, ancient sources may simply believe these actions to be justified, but if we look back now, I think I'm right in saying that the Olympians were some of the worst kinds of villains, happily skipping over the MEH for petty reasons or no reason at all. They are Complete Monsters!
 * forcing mortals to settle their own petty arguments for them, showing a complete lack of responsibility, perhaps even laziness.
 * starting bloody wars amongst the people who dutifully worshiped them for petty reasons or for sick amusement.
 * were generally rapacious, and made no attempts to protect any children that might be born as a result.
 * sent monsters after mortals and made 'heroes' fight them simply for entertainment.
 * would cast horrible, drastic curses on people whom they believed offended them, even if the hapless mortal did nothing to deserve it.
 * would often take their anger out on mortals whenever there was an argument between them.
 * impersonating certain mortals in order to frame said mortal for a crime that he/she would obviously never commit, then leave the mortal to face unjust punishment.