in Greek mythology (= ancient stories), the greatest of the gods, the god of the sky and the weather, who ruled over human beings and the other gods

Before Zeus hurled his first thunderbolt from Olympus, the pre-Greek people occupying the land presumably offered sacrifices to their own gods and goddesses. 在宙斯从奥林匹斯山投下第一道雷电之前，在希腊人之前居住在这片土地上的人们可能会向自己的神祗献祭。