Zeus — The Adventures of Hercules Character Profile

About Zeus

King of the gods, father of Hercules, whose stolen thunderbolts drive the plot.

Zeus — Character Profile

Alignment

Neutral

Species

God

Abilities

Thunderbolt control, Shape-shifting, Divine authority, Weather manipulation, Immortality

• Strength: 9/10
• Intelligence: 8/10
• Charisma: 9/10
• Morality: 6/10
• Influence: 10/10

Zeus's Known Relations

• Aphrodite — Unmarried partner
• Demeter — Unmarried partner
• Persephone — Unmarried partner
• Mnemosyne — Unmarried partner
• Leto — Unmarried partner
• Calliope — Unmarried partner
• Taygete — Unmarried partner
• Selene — Unmarried partner
• Europa — Unmarried partner
• Eos — Unmarried partner
• Io — Unmarried partner
• Leda — Unmarried partner
• Echidna — Unmarried partner
• Nemesis — Unmarried partner
• Alkmene — Unmarried partner
• Danaë — Unmarried partner
• Dione — Unmarried partner
• Lamia — Unmarried partner
• Callisto — Unmarried partner
• Maia — Unmarried partner
• Aegina — Unmarried partner
• Antiope — Unmarried partner
• Eurynome — Unmarried partner
• Pyrrha — Unmarried partner
• Aetna — Unmarried partner
• Plouto — Unmarried partner
• Doris — Unmarried partner
• Himalia — Unmarried partner
• Semele — Unmarried partner
• Electra — Unmarried partner
• Chaldene — Unmarried partner
• Niobe — Unmarried partner
• Elara — Unmarried partner
• Isonoe — Unmarried partner
• Nysa — Unmarried partner
• Thyia — Unmarried partner
• Protogeneia — Unmarried partner
• Laodamia — Unmarried partner
• Hora — Unmarried partner
• Calyce — Unmarried partner
• Carme — Unmarried partner
• Maera — Unmarried partner
• Clymene — Unmarried partner
• Podarge — Unmarried partner
• Pandora — Unmarried partner
• Thalia — Unmarried partner
• Othreis — Unmarried partner
• Iodame — Unmarried partner
• Aega — Unmarried partner
• Eurydome — Unmarried partner
• Plataea — Unmarried partner
• Thrace — Unmarried partner
• Cabye — Unmarried partner
• Dia — Unmarried partner
• Cassiopeia — Unmarried partner
• Helice — Unmarried partner
• Anaxithea — Unmarried partner
• Lamia — Unmarried partner
• Phthia — Unmarried partner
• Asterope — Unmarried partner
• Eurymedusa — Unmarried partner
• unnamed daughter of Borysthenes — Unmarried partner
• Contumelia — Unmarried partner
• Coryphe — Unmarried partner
• Crete — Unmarried partner
• Cyrno — Unmarried partner
• Eurynome — Unmarried partner
• Phoenissa — Unmarried partner
• Minos — Child
• Corinthos — Child
• Aphrodite — Child
• Athena — Child
• Apollo — Child
• Artemis — Child
• Ares — Child
• Hermes — Child
• Dionysus — Child
• Hephaestus — Child
• Persephone — Child
• Eileithyia — Child
• Mnemosyne — Child
• Clio — Child
• Calliope — Child
• Melpomene — Child
• Urania — Child
• Euterpe — Child
• Terpsichore — Child
• Erato — Child
• Polyhymnia — Child
• Thalia — Child
• Heracles — Child
• Perseus — Child
• Hebe — Child
• Hecate — Child
• Pan — Child
• Eris — Child
• Zagreus — Child
• Helen of Troy — Child
• Hesperides — Child
• Aoide — Child
• Ersa — Child
• Tantalus — Child
• Charites — Child
• Castor and Pollux — Child
• Rhadamanthus — Child
• Zethos — Child
• Horae — Child
• Aeacus — Child
• Atë — Child
• Tyche — Child
• Eirene — Child
• Amphion — Child
• Endymion — Child
• Hellen — Child
• Aethlius — Child
• Dardanus — Child
• Dike — Child
• Pirithous — Child
• Melete — Child
• Libyan Sibyl — Child
• Palici — Child
• Arcas — Child
• Achaeus — Child
• Myrtilus — Child
• Asopus — Child
• Korybantes — Child
• Tityos — Child
• Epaphus — Child
• Carpo — Child
• Arche — Child
• Euphrosyne — Child
• Mneme — Child
• Astraea — Child
• Enyo — Child
• Atropos — Child
• Sarpedon — Child
• Auxo — Child
• Clotho — Child
• Britomartis — Child
• Iasion — Child
• Lachesis — Child
• Sarpedon — Child
• Eunomia — Child
• Harmonia — Child
• Lacedaemon — Child
• Pandia — Child
• Scamander — Child
• Pasithea — Child
• Thallo — Child
• Thalia — Child
• Aletheia — Child
• Geraestus — Child
• Pelasgus — Child
• Colaxes — Child
• Magnes son of Aeolus — Child
• Megaros — Child
• Meliteus — Child
• Nemea — Child
• Arcesius — Child
• Targitaus — Child
• Myrmidon — Child
• Manes — Child
• Litae — Child
• Ceroessa — Child
• Corythus — Child
• Angelos — Child
• Caerus — Child
• Makedon — Child
• Aegipan — Child
• Melinoe — Child
• Latinus — Child
• Graecus — Child
• Thelxinoë — Child
• Car — Child
• Opus — Child
• Basileia — Child
• Aglaea — Child
• Bura — Child
• Carius — Child
• Chrysus — Child
• Cres — Child
• Crinacus — Child
• Cytus — Child
• Solymus — Child
• Taenarus — Child
• Balius — Child
• Acme — Child
• Themides — Child
• Acragas — Child
• Iardanus — Child
• Locrus — Child
• Pollux — Child
• Alagonia — Child
• Ogygias — Child
• Dodon — Child
• Olenus — Child
• Calligeneia — Child
• Adrasteia — Child
• Emathion — Child
• Arctus — Child
• Eetion — Child
• Acheilus — Child
• Aetae — Child
• Xanthus — Child
• Atymnius — Child
• Aegle — Child
• Bithynus — Child
• Dysis — Child
• Orchomenus — Child
• Arcesilaus — Child
• Carnus — Child
• Cronius — Child
• Cyrnus — Child
• Damocrateia — Child
• Dodone — Child
• Ellops — Child
• Ethalion — Child
• Eubuleus — Child
• Gargarus — Child
• Spartaeus — Child
• Opus II — Child
• Hydarnis — Child
• Thebe — Child
• Aegesthius — Child
• Hera — Spouse
• Themis — Spouse
• Metis — Spouse
• Rhea — Mother
• Cronus — Father
• Hera — Sibling
• Demeter — Sibling
• Poseidon — Sibling
• Hades — Sibling
• Hestia — Sibling
• Chiron — Sibling

Zeus appears in 6 titles

• Hercules (1983) — character page
• The Adventures of Hercules (1985)
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) — character page
• Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) — character page
• Immortals (2011) — character page
• Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Claudio Cassinelli

Appears in

The Adventures of Hercules (1985)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Zeus — Family Father — Hercules (Lou Ferrigno)

  Zeus is the divine father who commands Hercules to save humanity.

• Zeus — Conflict Enemy — King Minos (William Berger)

  Minos is the resurrected weapon created to overthrow Zeus.

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• Euryale (Serena Grandi)
• Deianira (Alessandra Canale)
• Aracne (Pamela Prati)
• First Amazon (Andrea Belfiore)
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