Zeus and the U.S President

Research and Presentation: Moutsopoulou IoliSklivanos ChrisTeacher: Kyriakidou E.

Zeus (in Greek: nominative: Ζεύς Zeús, genitive: Διός Diós) in Greek mythology is the king of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus, and god of the sky and thunder.

His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull and the oak.

Zeus is frequently envisaged by Greek artists in one of two poses: standing, striding forward, a thunderbolt leveled in his raised right hand, or seated in majesty.

Zeus’s symbol—the Eagle—can nowadays be seen on a very well-known emblem…the United States Presidential Emblem!!

Recognized— perhaps negatively all over the world—the U.S emblem is inspired from Zeus’s symbol: The Eagle and the Bolt!!

Why? Well…the connection is evident: Zeus was the King of the Gods and the U.S president aspires to be… “King of a Nation and King of the Universe??”

So, it goes without saying that a country with such high ambitions would choose a symbol of Divine origin as its State Symbol….that is, the majestic Eagle and the powerful bolt.

In this way, the U.S.A not only “borrows” the glory and magnificence of Zeus but also his mythical powers and abilities as an Absolute Ruler.