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Encyclopedia > Zeus (disambiguation)

Zeus is the Greek god of the sky and of thunder, and the ruler of Mount Olympus. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall statue of Zeus at Olympia about 435 BC. The statue was perhaps the most famous sculpture in Ancient Greece, imagined here in a 16th century engraving Zeus (in Greek: nominative: Zeús, genitive: Diós), is...


Zeus may also refer to:

  • Zeus Technology, a software company that maintains the Zeus Web Server and the Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager.
  • Master of Olympus - Zeus, a 2000 strategy computer game developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Entertainment.
  • Tom Lister, Jr., a wrestler.
  • John Dory, a genus of fish.
  • Pezizomycotina, a genus of fungus.
  • Zeus (anti-mine laser system), a US-developed project to use a laser to defuse mines from a distance.
  • Zeus (football computer program), an analytical computer model designed to predict outcomes from coaching decisions in football games.
  • Zeus (comics), the god portrayed in comics
    • Zeus (DC Comics), the god as portrayed in DC.
    • Zeus (Marvel Comics), the god as portrayed in Marvel Comics.
  • Zeus (particle detector), a particle detector in Hamburg, Germany.
  • Zeus (hop), a type of American hops used in the production of alcoholic beverages.


 

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