
Zeus was the lord of the gods in Greek mythology and is thus
identified with masculine and political power and the sky and heavens. He was married to the
goddess Hera, who was his sister, but had numerous affairs with other gods and mortals. He had
a child by another sister, Demeter (called by the Romans, Ceres), the
goddess of agriculture. That child was Persephone, who became identified with the changing of
the seasons.
Source:
-- Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Translated by A.R.
Maxwell-Hyslop Oxford: Basil Blackwell Publisher Limited, 1986.