Zeus God of Thunder Spheres of Influence- Storms Out of all of the Olympians, Zeus was the most powerful. Zeus' father Cronus was warned that one of his offspring would dethrone him. Wanting to remain the king, Cronus began eating all of his children as soon as they were born. Rhea, Zeus' mother, saved Zeus by wrapping a blanket around a rock and presenting it to her husband, who quickly ...