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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Whom did the Greeks worship as their chief God?
A
Poseidon
B
Zeus
C
Athena
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Zeus, in ancient Greek religion, chief deity of the pantheon, a sky and weather god who was identical with the Roman god Jupiter .

Detailed explanation-2: -Greek religion, Beliefs, rituals, and mythology of the ancient Greeks. Though the worship of the sky god Zeus began as early as the 2nd millennium bc, Greek religion in the established sense began c. 750 bc and lasted for over a thousand years, extending its influence throughout the Mediterranean world and beyond.

Detailed explanation-3: -Zeus () is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus. His name is cognate with the first element of his Roman equivalent Jupiter.

Detailed explanation-4: -Zeus was considered the most important of all the Olympic gods. He was originally worshipped as a god of meteorological change. He quickly became the god of fertility however, and was worshipped as Zeus the “infernal” (hthonios) or “farmer” (georgos).

Detailed explanation-5: -Of all of the gods and goddesses worshiped in ancient Greece, it is Zeus who has lasted the test of time and has remained a recognizable and revered religious figure in Western and Eastern cultures alike.

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