ZENODOTUS. _See_ HOMER. ZEUS. Son of Cronus, and of Rhea, who saved him at birth in the manner described under CRONUS. With the help of the Cyclopes, who gave him the thunderbolt, and of the Giants, he overthrew Cronus and the other Titans, imprisoned them in Tartarus, and established himself as king of the Gods. The Giants afterwards revolted, but were crushed with the assistance of Hera. Zeus now became the father of Persephone by Demeter, of the Muses by Mnemosyne, of Apollo and Artemis by Leto, of Hebe, Ares, and Ilithyia by Hera, and of Athene, who was born from his head. He was the lover also of the mortals, Danae, Semele, Europa, Io, and many others, in various disguises. On one occasion Posidon, Hera, and Athene conspired against him, but were frustrated by Thetis and Briareus. Zeus in gratitude, at the request of Thetis, punished the Greeks, for their ill-treatment of Achilles by persuading Agamemnon, with a lying dream to make a premature attack upon Troy. His superiority to the other Gods is expressed in the boast alluded to in _Dialogues of the Gods_, xxi. Lucian also refers to the Cretan story, according to which Zeus lay buried in that island. His usual attributes are the sceptre, the eagle, and the thunderbolt. The famous statue of Zeus at Olympia was by Phidias. In Egypt he was identified with Ammon. ZEUXIS. Celebrated painter of Heraclea, 424-400 B.C. ZOÏLUS. _See_ HOMER. ZOPYRUS. A Persian who mutilated himself horribly to gain entrance to Babylon and betray it to Darius. ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS (Roman numerals indicate the volume, and Arabic the page.) In this table all the titles are given in the English list. The other lists are added for those to whom the Greek or Latin names are familiar; but they do not contain the titles that are practically identical with the English ones. ENGLISH TITLES Alexander ii 212 Anacharsis iii 190 Apology ii 27 Book-fancier iii 265 Charon i 167 Cock iii 105 Cynic iv 172 Defence iii 24 Demonax iii 1 Demosthenes iv 145 Dependent Scholar ii 1 Dialogues, Dead i 107 Dialogues, Gods i 62 Dialogues, Hetaerae iv 52 Dialogues, Sea-Gods i 90