クレタ島のゼウス・タライオスは、その教団に太陽系の要素を取り入れていた。「タロス」はヘリオースの現地語版である<ref>Karl Kerenyi, The Gods of the Greeks 1951:110.</ref>。
==Zeus in philosophy哲学におけるゼウス ==
In [[Neoplatonism]], Zeus' relation to the gods familiar from mythology is taught as the [[Demiurge]] or Divine [[nous|Mind]], specifically within [[Plotinus]]'s work the ''[[Enneads]]''<ref>In Fourth Tractate 'Problems of the Soul' The Demiurge is identified as Zeus.10. "When under the name of Zeus we are considering the Demiurge we must leave out all notions of stage and progress, and recognize one unchanging and timeless life."</ref> and the ''Platonic Theology'' of [[Proclus]].