I think you're wrong there. Oranos is literally the manifestation of Sky, like Poseidon is of Sea. Zeus, on the other hand, rules the Heavens (Mt Olympus) as he is the King of all Gods. Yes, Zeus does rule the sky, but he is not Sky itself.
I think you're wrong there. Oranos is literally the manifestation of Sky, like Poseidon is of Sea. Zeus, on the other hand, rules the Heavens (Mt Olympus) as he is the King of all Gods. Yes, Zeus does rule the sky, but he is not Sky itself.
Uranus is both the sky and it’s personification.
He DID rule the heavens like Kronos and Zeus. And the language surrounding him is generally more “above” or “heavenly” than that of Zeus.
It is a bit confusing. But we also need to remember that the Greeks had a completely different cosmology than what we now think.
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