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kattypollin
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Was Zeus an immortal or a titan?

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Posted by kattypollin on Sunday July 12, 2009 at 12:39 AM and tagged with history, immortal, question, titan, zeus.

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  1. joe30pl
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    Interesting question. Zeus was the son of Chronos (king of the Titans) so technically he would be a Titan, but I do not recall him ever being referred to as one.

    As far as immortal, yes, Zeus was immortal as the other gods. He was not omnipotent (an important note) and there is the implication that he could be killed (by his fellow gods if nothing else).

    By what standard was he immortal? He seemed to have stopped aging, but his powers again were limited (mostly to the sky. Which meant he was still pretty darn powerful).

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    Posted by joe30pl on Sunday July 12, 2009 at 1:35 AM