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  • I can name the nine Muses and the seven loves of Zeus.†   (source)
  • "Zeus enjoyed affairs with nymphs on earth and his wife, Hera, didn't quite approve of his extracurricular activities.†   (source)
  • In our current state it would take the hand of Zeus to lift us.†   (source)
  • Aphrodite, Apollo, Hermes, and Zeus were all real, and had one Loric parent.†   (source)
  • He makes much of Zeus taking the swan's form to ravish Leda and beget Helen (of Troy) on her, and he sees the archangel's appearance to the Virgin Mary in terms of wings and birds as well.†   (source)
  • The cops will look and look and look, because he is not just good old Joe Blow from Kokomo; he is Paul Sheldon, the literary Zeus from whose brow sprang Misery Chastain, darling of the dump-bins and sweetheart of the supermarkets.†   (source)
  • At first he had wanted to call it Zeus Pickles & Preserves, but that idea was vetoed because everybody said that Zeus was too obscure and had no local relevance, whereas Paradise did.†   (source)
  • At once shining Hector took the helmet off his head and laid it on the ground, and when he had kissed his dear son and dandled him in his arms, he prayed to Zeus and to the other Gods: Zeus and ye other Gods, grant that this my son may be, as I am, most glorious among the Trojans and a man of might, and greatly rule in Ilion.†   (source)
  • In Greece the gods were called Zeus and Apollo, Hera and Athene, Dionysos and Ascle-pios, Heracles and Hephaestos, to mention only a few of them.†   (source)
  • Charlie shot an incredulous glance at Carlisle, still standing by the front door; he looked like Zeus's younger, better-looking brother.†   (source)
  • They looked at me like I was Zeus coming down from Mount Olympus.†   (source)
  • Zeus was in the back of the Jeep, tongue out, nose lifted to the wind as the Jeep sped toward the highway.†   (source)
  • His eyes were wild, jagged on homemade Zeus, that wonderful chemical that made gods out of men, with all the power and insanity that went with delusions of immortality.†   (source)
  • An irreproachable Zeus-like figure in the legal world did not pay a disbarred, discredited, deniable alcoholic "scum" like one Brendan Patrick Pierre Prefontaine an outrageous sum of money because his soul was with the archangels of heaven.†   (source)
  • They like to be flattered and led to believe that you revere their every word as if it has dropped from Zeus's tongue.†   (source)
  • "Ah!" said the military man, for whom Alessandro was as much a surprise as if he had sprung from the head of Zeus.†   (source)
  • Zeus and his children, Huitzilopoctli and his foul brood, Odin and his own.†   (source)
  • The impious individual was seen as a contaminant who, if not controlled or punished, might bring upon the city the wrath of the gods--Athena, Zeus, or Apollo--in the form of plague or sterility.†   (source)
  • Lou swallowed the lump in her throat and walkedup to the bench, where Atkins peered down at her, like Zeus to mortal.†   (source)
  • And not just the old dead ones with names like Zeus--no, but living Geniuses of Place and Person!†   (source)
  • Three years hence, when we have our own ICBM batteries emplaced, a big fleet of missile-toting subs, and Nike-Zeus and some other stuff perfected, they couldn't.†   (source)
  • No-one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the non-existence of Zeus or Thor-but they have few followers now.†   (source)
  • It was blasted into the air to a great height, golden in the morning sunshine, like Zeus when he had visited one of his girlfriends or other.†   (source)
  • Zeus meanwhile, from the utmost snowy height of ridged Olympos, gave command to Themis to call the gods together.   (source)
    Zeus = the most supreme of the gods (Greek mythology)
  • So the names Dyaus, Zeus, lov, and Tyr are dialectal variants of the same word.†   (source)
  • Things will have to get a whole lot worse before Zeus admits he made a mistake closing Olympus.†   (source)
  • The god Amon was the prototype for Zeus …. for Jupiter …. and for every modern face of God.†   (source)
  • Zeus would blast me into a million pieces.†   (source)
  • Had Zeus taken that long to decide what to do with me?†   (source)
  • They don't know the statues are sacred to Zeus, but they know there's something special about them.†   (source)
  • She kept our brothers locked up in Tartarus, tortured them always, until Zeus came.†   (source)
  • Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades had been set at each other's throats by someone else.†   (source)
  • Zeus has kept the two sides apart for too long.†   (source)
  • As for you, daughter of Zeus, it seems Luke was wrong about you.†   (source)
  • Flying up really high-that's Zeus's territory.†   (source)
  • They were about to get offered up as human sacrifices, when they prayed to Zeus to save them.†   (source)
  • After that …. if I survive …. perhaps Zeus will restore me to Olympus.†   (source)
  • "I sense the boy tells the truth," Zeus muttered.†   (source)
  • Suddenly, I wasn't Percy Jackson, the cool guy who'd retrieved Zeus's lightning bolt last summer.†   (source)
  • "At least"-Chiron held up a hand-"that's what Zeus thinks.†   (source)
  • Many years later, when I killed the Cyclopes who made Zeus's lightning, it was no rash decision.†   (source)
  • We set our flag at the top of Zeus's Fist.†   (source)
  • She sprung from the head of Zeus in full battle armor or something.†   (source)
  • The Zeus cabin reminded Piper of a bank.†   (source)
  • Zeus was partying with satyrs, and Hermes was flying through the air on his winged sandals.†   (source)
  • Son of Zeus, do you have any power over the air?†   (source)
  • Seventeen years ago, Zeus fell off the wagon.†   (source)
  • Your mother was born from Zeus's split skull, Annabeth.†   (source)
  • Holy Zeus, what were those tourists thinking?†   (source)
  • Zeus had affirmed her right with a clap of thunder.†   (source)
  • As she was dying, her father, Zeus, took pity on her and changed her into a pine tree.†   (source)
  • We played capture the flag (though we all avoided Zeus's Fist).†   (source)
  • This, the time of Western civilization and the rule of Zeus, is the Fifth Age.†   (source)
  • I recognized Zeus with a lightning bolt, Ares with a spear, Apollo with his sun chariot.†   (source)
  • When I dreamed about Hera in her cage, she said Zeus was acting unusually paranoid.†   (source)
  • No. Zeus could not possibly expect me to fix this.†   (source)
  • Just after dawn, the quest group met at Zeus's Fist.†   (source)
  • That's the only way to open Zeus's eyes, convince the Olympians they must accept your help.†   (source)
  • So I told Zeus everything, just as it had happened.†   (source)
  • My father, Zeus, has exiled me from Olympus.†   (source)
  • It had Zeus's likeness stamped on one side and the Empire State Building on the other.†   (source)
  • Thalia sat alone at the Zeus table, but we couldn't sit together.†   (source)
  • Did I fight a lot with Thalia, since she was a daughter of Zeus?†   (source)
  • The real story of the Fleece: there were these two children of Zeus, Cadmus and Europa, okay?†   (source)
  • Just because you're the son of Zeus doesn't mean you're a one-man army.†   (source)
  • She landed on the top of Zeus's Fist and surveyed the carnage.†   (source)
  • Zeus gave birth to Dionysus out of his own thigh.†   (source)
  • Zeus punished him severely, as you may recall.†   (source)
  • Zeus's orders—very strange, even for him.†   (source)
  • I had to get the bolt back to Olympus and tell Zeus the truth.†   (source)
  • Zeus does not allow me to interfere much, I am afraid.†   (source)
  • Perhaps Zeus was too taken aback to react, but I knew he would never overlook such an insult.†   (source)
  • Oh, hey, that couldn't have been Zeus's lightning bolt.†   (source)
  • Zeus didn't send that lightning bolt at the car.†   (source)
  • "But I thought Zeus did that to you," I said.†   (source)
  • Oh yeah, Hades will be mad at both Zeus and Poseidon, because he doesn't know who took this.†   (source)
  • She's the other child of Zeus who lived here—but not for long.†   (source)
  • I barely had time to master its major scales before Zeus zapped me at the Parthenon.†   (source)
  • Lord Zeus has closed discussion on this matter.†   (source)
  • We got to Zeus's Fist, a huge pile of boulders in the middle of the west woods.†   (source)
  • I silently cursed Zeus for inventing ants.†   (source)
  • Does Zeus really have lightning bolts that do six hundred damage?†   (source)
  • Zeus went a long time without having any children.†   (source)
  • But you can't trust Hera, especially since we're children of Zeus.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, Zeus cast us away and relied on those fumbling Cyclopes.†   (source)
  • Usually Zeus requires me to work as a slave for some important demigod.†   (source)
  • But first, Father Zeus, I must speak to you privately.†   (source)
  • Your father may fool Zeus, boy, but I am not so stupid.†   (source)
  • "Even Zeus understands the order of things," Aeolus said.†   (source)
  • It's just … the daughter of Zeus, the Lord of the Sky, afraid of heights?†   (source)
  • I don't know what, exactly, but Zeus banished them to Tartarus.†   (source)
  • He hid it in the Underworld, knowing full well that Zeus would blame Poseidon.†   (source)
  • YOUR FAULT, Zeus's voice rang in my head.†   (source)
  • Jason glanced over at the huge statue of Zeus.†   (source)
  • "They were dedicated to Zeus when the dam was built," Thalia said.†   (source)
  • "We will speak of this no more," Zeus said.†   (source)
  • I balled my fists and wailed to the cruel sky, "Zeus, what have I done to deserve this?"†   (source)
  • But Zeus and I have had some excellent marriage counseling sessions since then.†   (source)
  • Where Kampe had stood a moment before was a mountain of boulders, almost as tall as Zeus's Fist.†   (source)
  • My own father, Zeus, once took the form of a shiny blob to woo a mortal woman.†   (source)
  • Word leaked out about the Zeus-Poseidon standoff.†   (source)
  • But everybody else … "We have a majority," Zeus decreed.†   (source)
  • "I'm the son of Zeus, yes," Jason said, "but we're not here to negotiate your contract.†   (source)
  • My kid, Zeus …. he's got this whole 'tough love' disciplinarian hang-up, you dig?†   (source)
  • "There are no friends here, daughter of Zeus," the girl said.†   (source)
  • It's not something all children of Zeus go through.†   (source)
  • "Address Lord Zeus, boy," Poseidon told me.†   (source)
  • I climbed Zeus's Fist and had a good view over the forest.†   (source)
  • I had been busy hiding from Zeus's wrath at the time, which was a perfectly legitimate excuse.†   (source)
  • Zeus will fire you if you don't help us!†   (source)
  • When Hades found out about the girl, he wasn't too happy about Zeus breaking his oath.†   (source)
  • Zeus used to say, Don't get on the wrong side of my lightning bolts, boy.†   (source)
  • Could I get a please, Miss Zeus's Kid?" an angel asked.†   (source)
  • But your arrival has inflamed Zeus's temper.†   (source)
  • No. But Zeus gave your life to me, and I am helping you fulfill your destiny.†   (source)
  • Well, the eagle is the symbol of Zeus, so that makes sense.†   (source)
  • Her shield is modeled after one her dad Zeus uses—also called Aegis—a gift from Athena.†   (source)
  • Zeus sent out his sons and daughters to find the stolen bolt— Artemis, Apollo, my father, Hermes.†   (source)
  • Up in Mount Olympus, Zeus must have been having a good laugh at my expense.†   (source)
  • During the winter solstice, at the last council of the gods, Zeus and Poseidon had an argument.†   (source)
  • Zeus seemed to consider egotism a trait the boy had inherited from me.†   (source)
  • Of course, Zeus eventually stopped coming by again.†   (source)
  • Even Zeus, who knew her best, did not often speak of her.†   (source)
  • Then, when Zeus sent you to hunt him down, you caught the thief.†   (source)
  • If he is a son of Zeus, he could be the one we've been watching for.†   (source)
  • "And Zeus might promote you," Jason finished.†   (source)
  • I hoped Zeus would cut me some slack, considering the circumstances.†   (source)
  • Zeus must have been really angry with me.†   (source)
  • I was more certain than ever that Zeus was toying with me, keeping my vision and memory limited.†   (source)
  • But she said something about Zeus giving her my life as a peace offering.†   (source)
  • He was crippled when he was a baby, thrown off Mount Olympus by Zeus.†   (source)
  • And thanks to the cruelty of Zeus, where I went, Meg went.†   (source)
  • But Zeus and Poseidon-they both had, like, a bazillion kids in the myths.†   (source)
  • I wish I could say the same for you, son of Zeus.†   (source)
  • His poor mother was destroyed when she found out she'd fallen in love with Zeus.†   (source)
  • But Zeus believes your father convinced a human hero to take it.†   (source)
  • Zeus used to scold me about that constantly!†   (source)
  • And a child of Zeus—I mean, it doesn't get any more dangerous than that.†   (source)
  • But the Sea God is too proud to try convincing Zeus of that.†   (source)
  • I raised Zeus in a commune with a bunch of naiads and kouretes.†   (source)
  • "So Zeus turned him into a wolf," Piper said.†   (source)
  • The curse of the River Styx could kill me in its slow cancerous way, or Zeus could strike me down.†   (source)
  • I mean, Lord Zeus, I've been in the presence of Hades.†   (source)
  • But the king wasn't sure it was really Zeus.†   (source)
  • I wanted to be on my feet when Zeus came to apologize.†   (source)
  • Zeus's master bolt," Chiron said, getting worked up now.†   (source)
  • I could barely recall what Zeus looked like, much less why he'd decided to toss me to earth.†   (source)
  • He changed clothes and checked his reflection in Zeus's shield.†   (source)
  • Zeus, the Lord of the Gods, wore a dark blue pinstriped suit.†   (source)
  • Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades, the eldest brothers among the gods—they're called the Big Three.†   (source)
  • Regardless, Zeus had held me responsible for Octavian's delusions of grandeur.†   (source)
  • But his wife hid baby Zeus, and gave Kronos a rock to eat instead.†   (source)
  • I've got a friend, Thalia Grace, who's the daughter of Zeus.†   (source)
  • Yet Zeus had created a strict rule for baseball and prison sentences: Three strikes, you're out.†   (source)
  • And you, Percy Jackson, would be the first to feel Zeus's wrath.†   (source)
  • "Last I saw you," Percy said, "Zeus was chewing you out at the Acropolis.†   (source)
  • And later, when Zeus grew up, he tricked his dad, Kronos, into barfing up his brothers and sisters-†   (source)
  • In his robes and sandals, Zeus looked like a really buff, really angry hippie.†   (source)
  • Accelerated healing was the least Zeus could do for me.†   (source)
  • Your father's bitterest rival is Zeus, Lord of the Sky.†   (source)
  • If Zeus knew I was contacting you, he'd have my hide.†   (source)
  • You couldn't stand knowing Zeus had two children with my mom.†   (source)
  • Lord Zeus doesn't see anyone unannounced.†   (source)
  • I thought about the fate of Thalia, daughter of Zeus.†   (source)
  • "When I was about seven," she said, "Zeus started visiting Mom again.†   (source)
  • I didn't want … I assumed it would be Zeus… .†   (source)
  • "Lycaon invited Zeus to dinner," she said.†   (source)
  • Poseidon made some kind of suggestion, but Zeus cut him off.†   (source)
  • She has to be careful not to let Zeus know, but she thinks Zeus is being ridiculous closing Olympus.†   (source)
  • Then again, Poseidon has tried to unseat Zeus before.†   (source)
  • Yeah, Hephaestus said something similar, like Zeus was acting weirder than usual.†   (source)
  • Someone stole Zeus's master bolt, and Hades's helm, and framed me because I'm Poseidon's kid.†   (source)
  • "Well … Zeus approves," Aeolus muttered.†   (source)
  • "Er," Jason said, "I'm the son of Zeus, yeah."†   (source)
  • If Zeus and Poseidon weaken each other in a war, who stands to gain?†   (source)
  • Zeus himself got off easy because he's immortal, but he brought a terrible fate on his daughter.†   (source)
  • It was the only place in the cabin not in Hippie Zeus's line of sight.†   (source)
  • Zeus cast Kronos's remains into the darkest pit of Tartarus.†   (source)
  • You've been nothing but a curse to every child of Zeus for ages.†   (source)
  • "I have spared him once already," Zeus grumbled.†   (source)
  • Mellie said, "Um, sir, this is Zeus's son.†   (source)
  • I had to get Zeus's thunderbolt back to Olympus.†   (source)
  • She loved having Zeus around, bringing her presents, causing the sky to rumble.†   (source)
  • Corpse Breath will have Zeus's master bolt, so Zeus'll be mad at him.†   (source)
  • I was created to be Zeus's replacement, born to destroy the lord of the sky.†   (source)
  • Zeus sometimes spoke Latin, the second time he stayed with Mom.†   (source)
  • Zeus has demanded that Poseidon return the bolt by the summer solstice.†   (source)
  • She doesn't have kids with anyone but Zeus.†   (source)
  • Zeus was punishing the whole camp because of me.†   (source)
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