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By[https://www.dailywire.com/authors/james-barrett JAMES BARRETT]
  
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May 4, 2017
  
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|infobox = MO
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|name = Zeus
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|image = 521TheMisguidedGod.png
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|gender = Male
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|status = Alive
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|home = [[Mount Olympus]]
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|relatives = seefamily
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|species = [[Deities|Deity]]
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|haircolor = Brown
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|eyecolor = Brown
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|portrayedby = [[David Hoflin]]
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|firstmention = [[Labor of Love]]
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|onlyappearance = [[Last Rites]]}}
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{{Quote|You know how some people say they look up to their older siblings like [[Deities|gods]]? Well, my older brother is a god... Zeus. Ever hear of him? He got everything he ever wanted. He rules [[Mount Olympus]], while I'm trapped ruling the [[Underworld]].|[[Hades]] to [[Zelena]]|Our Decay}}
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'''Zeus''' is a character on [[ABC]]'s ''[[Once Upon a Time]]''. He débuts, with his only appearance, in the [[Last Rites|twenty-first episode]] of the [[Season Five|fifth season]] and is portrayed by guest star [[David Hoflin]].
   
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Zeus is based on the character of the same name from [[Greek Mythology]] and the [[Disney]] film ''[[Hercules (Film)|Hercules]]''.
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Video footage highlighted by journalist Alfons López Tena presents a truly incredible scene featuring dictatorial Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro literally dancing with other members of the political elite as his militarized police force brutally represses his own citizens in the streets, shooting tear gas, physically assaulting them and reportedly killing many, as huge armored vehicles move through the city.
  
   
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==History==
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Watch (video may include "sensitive material" warning that requires your approval to view):
  
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{{Before First Curse|nohide|
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<p lang="en">Venezuela's dictator dancing in state TV while his police shoot tear gas, clash with protesters, kill them.<br />Normalcy[https://t.co/Gax2VveH7S pic.twitter.com/Gax2VveH7S]</p>
  
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Zeus is a [[Deities|deity]], the son of [[Kronos]] and the older brother of [[Hades]]. At some point, Kronos chooses Zeus to become the next ruler of [[Mount Olympus]], who gains everything that Hades had wanted. This fuels Hades's animosity towards both Zeus and Kronos. One day, Zeus goes to his father's bedroom, where he discovers the dead body of Kronos and he sees Hades taking the [[Olympian Crystal]], a powerful weapon belonging to the ruler of Mount Olympus. Understanding what happened, Zeus manages to stop Hades, as the latter tried to use the Olympian Crystal on his brother. To keep his brother from harnessing the Olympian Crystal, Zeus breaks it and then makes Hades' heart cease to beat. Hades is then unable to repair the crystal because using it requires a beating heart, and the stopped heart can only be reversed with [[True Love|true love's kiss]]. Eventually, Hades ends up becoming the ruler of the [[Underworld]].<ref name="Kronos">[[:File:521HiddenPageTwo2.png]]</ref> {{Ep|Our Decay|Last Rites}}
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— Alfons López Tena (@alfonslopeztena) [https://twitter.com/alfonslopeztena/status/860117669911113730 May 4, 2017]As one follower aptly pointed out, Maduro is clearly a student of history because he's doing his best imitation of another notorious tyrannical autocrat:
  
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<p lang="en">[https://twitter.com/timpastoor @timpastoor] [https://twitter.com/alfonslopeztena @alfonslopeztena] Nero was first! [https://t.co/Je4SZSye3U pic.twitter.com/Je4SZSye3U]</p>
  
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— Tering Nering (@TeringNering) [https://twitter.com/TeringNering/status/860140180774293504 May 4, 2017]If you haven't been keeping track of the economic and political upheaval playing out in Venezuela recently, the situation has reached dystopian nightmare levels. Despite sitting on [https://www.eia.gov/beta/international/data/browser/#/?pa=0000000000000000000008&c=ruvvvvvfvtvnvv1urvvvvfvvvvvvfvvvou20evvvvvvvvvnvvuvo&ct=0&tl_id=5-A&vs=INTL.57-6-AFG-BB.A&cy=2016&vo=0&v=H&start=1980 the world's largest known oil reserves], the once wealthy country's economy has utterly collapsed as [http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/what-caused-venezuelas-collapse-is-no-mystery-except-to-economically-illiterate-journalists/ the inevitable result] of socialist leader Hugo Chávez (president from February 1999 to March 2013) nationalizing more than 1,150 companies, including many banks, all public utilities, and, most notably, the entire oil industry. The darling of the left also handed out hundreds of billions to the poor, driving up the national debt and creating a culture of widespread dependency on the government.
  
   
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At some point in his life, Zeus meets a human woman, who becomes the mother of his son, [[Hercules]]. As a [[Demigods|demigod]], Hercules is tasked to complete the Twelve Labors, in order to ascend to Mount Olympus, where he will be reunited with Zeus and become immortal. {{Ep|Labor of Love}} }}
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The collapse of oil prices and Maduro's continuation of his predecessor's socialist policies have resulted in a tragic and increasingly dire situation. The Telegraph's Jason Mitchell provides some of the [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/01/venezuela-collapsing-socialist-induced-chaos-yet-remains-corbynista/ stark numbers]:
  
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The country ran out of toilet paper five years’ ago. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/21/venezuelans-flee-across-border-colombia-caracas-braces-protests/ During the past year, the average Venezuelan has not had enough to eat and has lost 19 pounds in weight]. People are being forced to rummage through rubbish. They have even started to raid zoos and to eat giant anteaters and flamingos. Eight in ten medicines are not available. The minimum wage is 149,000 bolivars, the equivalent of £33 a month. The state pension is the same.
  
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Following the defeat of [[Hades]], Zeus greets [[Hook|Killian]] after his arrival to [[Mount Olympus]]. The god thanks him for helping his friends to take care of his misguided brother and he then escorts him to the place he belongs. As a reward for assisting in Hades' defeat, Zeus allows Killian to return to the [[Storybrooke|world of the living]] upon giving him a second chance at life. {{Ep|Last Rites}} }}
   
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==Magical Abilities==
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The country’s GDP collapsed by 19 per cent last year, imports are down 50 per cent, and inflation is running at more than 700 per cent.
  
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{{MagicalAbility|*|Divine Magic}}
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{{MagicalAbility|**|Immortality|Eternal unaging life. Can only be killed by erasing them from existance with the [[Olympian Crystal]].}}
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{{MagicalAbility|**|World-crossing}}
   
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==Family==
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At the heart of Venezuela’s economic chaos lies market distortions. Petrol is sold at less than 1p per litre, costing £12 billion in state subsidies. Price controls mean that it is unprofitable for small businesses to sell staple goods, creating shortages.
  
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With almost all of the country's cash depending on the oil market, all it took was declining prices for the whole socialist dream to go up in flames. Now, in order to keep himself in power, Maduro is doing what Marxist leaders like him do best: crush their own people.
  
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{{S|Notes:
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*Zeus and Hercules' mother were never married}}
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==Trivia==
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|-|Character Notes=
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===Storybook Notes===
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*A hidden page from the [[Underworld Once Upon a Time (Book)|Underworld storybook]] reads:<ref name="HiddenPage">[[:File:521HiddenPageTwo.png]]<br>[[:File:521HiddenPageTwo2.png]]<br>[[:File:521HiddenPageTwo3.png]]</ref>
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<center>welling in his eyes. Only these were not tears of sad-<br />ness. They smoldered with rage.<br />"You're wrong about me, Father. I will make a great<br />king."<br />[[Hades]] wiped the tears away as he said this, though his<br />voice was a vacuum of emotion. With cold determina-<br />tion, he approached a towering pedestal on the far side of<br />the bed chamber where an ornate filigreed box was left<br />unattended. Hades face betrayed a slight smile. He<br />knew this box held the prize he sought, and no one<br />would stop him from taking it now. He opened the box<br />and inside was an ancient crystal shaped like a crude<br />lightning bolt.<br />"The [[Olympian Crystal]]", he said reverently, with more<br />love than he had ever shown for leathery old [[Kronos]].<br />"So…" a voice boomed from across the bed chamber.<br />Hades turned to see Zeus in the room, looking at him in<br />Judgment while touching the lifeless frame of their father<br />for one last time. "…your heart really is sickened."<br />Zeus stepped forward to his brother, in all his chiseled<br />might. And every inch of his muscle nauseated Hades,<br />but he maintained an even keel. For now.<br />"Will you not take a moment to mourn our father?
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"Who loved you?"<br />Zeus felt genuine compassion for his brother. And the<br />olive branch he offered bore no hidden thorns, only the<br />promise of reconciliation. That Zeus was capable of such<br />forgiveness only stoked the flames within Hades further.<br />"No, Zeus", Hades spat. "He only loved you."<br />Hades took the crystal into his hands. It was his now,<br />and no one would take it from him. Not even the<br />mighty Zeus. The powerful magic within it glowed fora moment.<br />"That power is not yours to wield," Zeus warned.<br />"The Olympian Crystal is dangerous. It belongs to the<br />king"<br />"I should have been king," Hades said, wielding the<br />crystal like a septer. "And once I use this to kill you,<br />I'll rule any kingdom I desire.<br />He approached his brother, and for a moment, Zeus<br />{{S|[illegible word]}} knowing that the crystal was powerful enough<br />to kill a god, even him. But Zeus bravely, perhaps<br />{{S|[three illegible words]}} proud. Hades raised the crystal,<br />had it pointing up at Zeus' chest, looking his<br/>brother in the eye as he prepared to strike him down, by<br />{{S|[illegible word]}} it right into Zeus' heart, when…<br />{{Ep|Last Rites}}</center>
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|-|Production Notes=
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===Production Notes===
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*His casting call name was "Prince Marcus".<ref name="Cast" />
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**A [[Marcus Tremaine|character]] named Marcus was later introduced in the [[Season Seven|seventh season]] of the [[Once Upon a Time|show]].
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*The casting call describes him as "Male. Late 30s-Late 40s. Looks and acts like he was born to be King. He is wise, handsome, and authoritative. A ruler who will deal harsh justice when it is necessary, but he also knows the power of kindness and forgiveness".<ref name="Cast">{{Cite web|url=http://desperationandgin.tumblr.com/post/139935742388/a-little-more-casting-news-prince-marcus-late|title=A little more casting news….|date=February 24, 2016|author=desperationandgin|quote=PRINCE MARCUS: Late 30s-Late40s. Looks and acts like he was born to be King. He is wise, handsome, and authoritative. A ruler who will deal harsh justice when it is necessary, but he also knows the power of kindness and forgiveness.|publisher=[[Tumblr]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904184619/http://desperationandgin.tumblr.com/post/139935742388/a-little-more-casting-news-prince-marcus-late|archivedate=September 4, 2018}} <small>([[:File:TUdesperationandgin-Zeus.png|Screenshot]])</small></ref>
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===Set Dressing===
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*There is a statue of an eagle in [[Hades' Lair|Hades' lair]].<ref>[[:File:512DidYouHear.png]]</ref> The eagle is the symbol of Zeus, who is [[Hades]]' brother in [[Greek Mythology|Greek mythology]] and the [[Once Upon a Time|series]]. {{Ep|Souls of the Departed|The Brothers Jones}}
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==Appearances==
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*Zeus is mentioned in the [[Underworld Once Upon a Time (Book)|Underworld storybook]] in "Last Rites".<ref name="HiddenPage" />}}
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You know how some people say they look up to their older siblings like gods? Well, my older brother is a god... Zeus. Ever hear of him? He got everything he ever wanted. He rules Mount Olympus, while I'm trapped ruling the Underworld.

—Hades to Zelena src

Zeus is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. He débuts, with his only appearance, in the twenty-first episode of the fifth season and is portrayed by guest star David Hoflin.

Zeus is based on the character of the same name from Greek Mythology and the Disney film Hercules.

History

Before First Curse

Zeus is a deity, the son of Kronos and the older brother of Hades. At some point, Kronos chooses Zeus to become the next ruler of Mount Olympus, who gains everything that Hades had wanted. This fuels Hades's animosity towards both Zeus and Kronos. One day, Zeus goes to his father's bedroom, where he discovers the dead body of Kronos and he sees Hades taking the Olympian Crystal, a powerful weapon belonging to the ruler of Mount Olympus. Understanding what happened, Zeus manages to stop Hades, as the latter tried to use the Olympian Crystal on his brother. To keep his brother from harnessing the Olympian Crystal, Zeus breaks it and then makes Hades' heart cease to beat. Hades is then unable to repair the crystal because using it requires a beating heart, and the stopped heart can only be reversed with true love's kiss. Eventually, Hades ends up becoming the ruler of the Underworld.[1] ("Our Decay," "Last Rites")

At some point in his life, Zeus meets a human woman, who becomes the mother of his son, Hercules. As a demigod, Hercules is tasked to complete the Twelve Labors, in order to ascend to Mount Olympus, where he will be reunited with Zeus and become immortal. ("Labor of Love")

After Third Curse

Following the defeat of Hades, Zeus greets Killian after his arrival to Mount Olympus. The god thanks him for helping his friends to take care of his misguided brother and he then escorts him to the place he belongs. As a reward for assisting in Hades' defeat, Zeus allows Killian to return to the world of the living upon giving him a second chance at life. ("Last Rites")

Magical Abilities

Family

Kronos †[1]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hades †Zeus
 
 
 
Human Woman
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hercules †

Notes:

  • Solid lines denote parent-child blood relationships
  • Dashed lines denote marriage relationships that result in offspring
  • † denotes the deceased
  • Zeus and Hercules' mother were never married

Trivia

Storybook Notes


welling in his eyes. Only these were not tears of sad-
ness. They smoldered with rage.
"You're wrong about me, Father. I will make a great
king."
Hades wiped the tears away as he said this, though his
voice was a vacuum of emotion. With cold determina-
tion, he approached a towering pedestal on the far side of
the bed chamber where an ornate filigreed box was left
unattended. Hades face betrayed a slight smile. He
knew this box held the prize he sought, and no one
would stop him from taking it now. He opened the box
and inside was an ancient crystal shaped like a crude
lightning bolt.
"The Olympian Crystal", he said reverently, with more
love than he had ever shown for leathery old Kronos.
"So…" a voice boomed from across the bed chamber.
Hades turned to see Zeus in the room, looking at him in
Judgment while touching the lifeless frame of their father
for one last time. "…your heart really is sickened."
Zeus stepped forward to his brother, in all his chiseled
might. And every inch of his muscle nauseated Hades,
but he maintained an even keel. For now.
"Will you not take a moment to mourn our father?


"Who loved you?"
Zeus felt genuine compassion for his brother. And the
olive branch he offered bore no hidden thorns, only the
promise of reconciliation. That Zeus was capable of such
forgiveness only stoked the flames within Hades further.
"No, Zeus", Hades spat. "He only loved you."
Hades took the crystal into his hands. It was his now,
and no one would take it from him. Not even the
mighty Zeus. The powerful magic within it glowed fora moment.
"That power is not yours to wield," Zeus warned.
"The Olympian Crystal is dangerous. It belongs to the
king"
"I should have been king," Hades said, wielding the
crystal like a septer. "And once I use this to kill you,
I'll rule any kingdom I desire.
He approached his brother, and for a moment, Zeus
[illegible word] knowing that the crystal was powerful enough
to kill a god, even him. But Zeus bravely, perhaps
[three illegible words] proud. Hades raised the crystal,
had it pointing up at Zeus' chest, looking his
brother in the eye as he prepared to strike him down, by
[illegible word] it right into Zeus' heart, when…
("Last Rites")

Production Notes

  • His casting call name was "Prince Marcus".[3]
  • The casting call describes him as "Male. Late 30s-Late 40s. Looks and acts like he was born to be King. He is wise, handsome, and authoritative. A ruler who will deal harsh justice when it is necessary, but he also knows the power of kindness and forgiveness".[3]

Set Dressing

Appearances

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:521HiddenPageTwo2.png
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:521HiddenPageTwo.png
    File:521HiddenPageTwo2.png
    File:521HiddenPageTwo3.png
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 desperationandgin (February 24, 2016). A little more casting news….. Tumblr. Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. “PRINCE MARCUS: Late 30s-Late40s. Looks and acts like he was born to be King. He is wise, handsome, and authoritative. A ruler who will deal harsh justice when it is necessary, but he also knows the power of kindness and forgiveness.” (Screenshot)
  4. ↑ File:512DidYouHear.png
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