ZEUS (Roman name Jupiter) was the supreme god of the Olympians. He was the father of the heroes Perseus and Heracles, the latter of whom once wrestled him to a draw.

Zeus was the youngest son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. When he was born, his father Cronus intended to swallow him as he had all of Zeus's siblings: Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter and Hera. But Rhea hid the newborn in a cave on Mount Dicte in Crete. (To this day, the guides at the "cave of Zeus" use their flashlights to cast shadow puppets in the cave, creating images of baby Zeus from the myth.)

When he had grown up, Zeus caused Cronus to vomit up his sisters and brothers, and these gods joined him in fighting to wrest control of the universe from the Titans and Cronus, their king. Having vanquished his father and the other Titans, Zeus imprisoned most of them in the underworld of Tartarus.

Then he and his brothers Poseidon and Hades divided up creation. Poseidon received the sea as his domain, Hades got the Underworld and Zeus took the sky. Zeus also was accorded supreme authority on earth and on Mount Olympus.

wrestled him to a draw:和宙斯摔跤,结果平局,draw是平局，Cn.

      beat sb to the draw:比对手反应快：We beat them to the draw and got our proposal in first. 我们比他们行动更快，第一个提出建议。

To this day：= till today

cast shadow puppets:类似于中国的“皮影戏”，puppet是“木偶、傀儡”，可以当定语形容词。

vomit up his sisters and brothers：vomit up = vomit “吐出来”

wrest control of the universe from the Titans and Cronus：wrest——辛苦谋求、费力取得，vt

vanquish:征服、击败、战胜=conquer、defeat as in battle;克服=overcome eg:to vanquish one’s fears

克服恐惧

divided up creation：分享胜利果实,creation=the world、universe

got the Underworld and Zeus took the sky：got、take

accord:vt=grant、bestow

注：在希腊神话里，人物共分三类：普通人、神、神和人的孩子——英雄。英雄的身上一半的血是神的，当然有着人不具备的能力。

还有一个问题：Zeus是the Titans Cronus and Rhea最小的儿子，在他父亲名字前为什么要加the?文中出现的Zeus的父亲一共有三种说法：the Titans Cronus(para.1)、Cronus(para.2、3)、（the Titans and ）Cronus(para.3),最后还提到：“Having vanquished his father and the other Titans, Zeus imprisoned most of them in the underworld of Tartarus. ”也就是说整个世界受Titan家族统治，此家族的首领又是Zeus的父亲——Cronus,Zeus的父亲被称作the Titans Cronus是把姓放在名的前面(?)

到底他们家是姓Titan还是Titans,我不考证了，留给专家们吧。