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  • 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)
  • I can name the nine Muses and the seven loves of Zeus.†   (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)
  • They looked at me like I was Zeus coming down from Mount Olympus.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • Charlie shot an incredulous glance at Carlisle, still standing by the front door; he looked like Zeus's younger, better-looking brother.†   (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)
  • Zeus enjoyed affairs with nymphs on earth and his wife, Hera, didn't quite approve of his extracurricular activities.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • "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)
  • 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)
  • No-one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the non-existence of Zeus or Thor-but they have few followers now.†   (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)
  • 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)
  • But Zeus and I have had some excellent marriage counseling sessions since then.†   (source)
  • I silently cursed Zeus for inventing ants.†   (source)
  • The real story of the Fleece: there were these two children of Zeus, Cadmus and Europa, okay?†   (source)
  • That's the only way to open Zeus's eyes, convince the Olympians they must accept your help.†   (source)
  • "Zeus ordained the explosion to destroy the children," she said, "because you defied his will.†   (source)
  • The god Amon was the prototype for Zeus ....for Jupiter ....and for every modern face of God.†   (source)
  • But everybody else ..."We have a majority," Zeus decreed.†   (source)
  • I did not ask for Zeus's master bolt, but since it is here, you will yield it to me.†   (source)
  • In his robes and sandals, Zeus looked like a really buff, really angry hippie.†   (source)
  • Usually Zeus requires me to work as a slave for some important demigod.†   (source)
  • They were about to get offered up as human sacrifices, when they prayed to Zeus to save them.†   (source)
  • Thalia sat alone at the Zeus table, but we couldn't sit together.†   (source)
  • Zeus will not harm them there:' "As you wish, my lord," Alecto said.†   (source)
  • Poseidon made some kind of suggestion, but Zeus cut him off.†   (source)
  • Flying up really high-that's Zeus's territory.†   (source)
  • She loved having Zeus around, bringing her presents, causing the sky to rumble.†   (source)
  • Your mother was born from Zeus's split skull, Annabeth.†   (source)
  • So I told Zeus everything, just as it had happened.†   (source)
  • Her shield is modeled after one her dad Zeus uses—also called Aegis—a gift from Athena.†   (source)
  • Zeus does not allow me to interfere much, I am afraid.†   (source)
  • As thanks for my bravery, Zeus has cut my probation at that miserable camp in half.†   (source)
  • Zeus had affirmed her right with a clap of thunder.†   (source)
  • Zeus's master bolt," Chiron said, getting worked up now.†   (source)
  • Did I fight a lot with Thalia, since she was a daughter of Zeus?†   (source)
  • She sprung from the head of Zeus in full battle armor or something.†   (source)
  • Zeus did not grant me mercy, and you will have none from me.†   (source)
  • My own father, Zeus, once took the form of a shiny blob to woo a mortal woman.†   (source)
  • Zeus would blast me into a million pieces.†   (source)
  • Prometheus sent Zeus a message with a bunch of excuses for supporting Kronos.†   (source)
  • Zeus was partying with satyrs, and Hermes was flying through the air on his winged sandals.†   (source)
  • It had Zeus's likeness stamped on one side and the Empire State Building on the other.†   (source)
  • She has to be careful not to let Zeus know, but she thinks Zeus is being ridiculous closing Olympus.†   (source)
  • Zeus didn't send that lightning bolt at the car.†   (source)
  • Standing at the foot of Zeus's throne, looking up at the stars, was Rachel Elizabeth Dare.†   (source)
  • I barely had time to master its major scales before Zeus zapped me at the Parthenon.†   (source)
  • "I sense the boy tells the truth," Zeus muttered.†   (source)
  • I had been busy hiding from Zeus's wrath at the time, which was a perfectly legitimate excuse.†   (source)
  • In return, the ever merciful Zeus had me chained to a rock and tortured for all eternity.†   (source)
  • Then, when Zeus sent you to hunt him down, you caught the thief.†   (source)
  • "But I thought Zeus did that to you," I said.†   (source)
  • Suddenly, I wasn't Percy Jackson, the cool guy who'd retrieved Zeus's lightning bolt last summer.†   (source)
  • Could I get a please, Miss Zeus's Kid?" an angel asked.†   (source)
  • "When I was about seven," she said, "Zeus started visiting Mom again.†   (source)
  • She landed on the top of Zeus's Fist and surveyed the carnage.†   (source)
  • "I'm the son of Zeus, yes," Jason said, "but we're not here to negotiate your contract.†   (source)
  • As she was dying, her father, Zeus, took pity on her and changed her into a pine tree.†   (source)
  • And thanks to the cruelty of Zeus, where I went, Meg went.†   (source)
  • "Address Lord Zeus, boy," Poseidon told me.†   (source)
  • Poseidon and Zeus have forced me into an agreement.†   (source)
  • We set our flag at the top of Zeus's Fist.†   (source)
  • I climbed Zeus's Fist and had a good view over the forest.†   (source)
  • Zeus threw a thunderbolt from his chariot.†   (source)
  • During the winter solstice, at the last council of the gods, Zeus and Poseidon had an argument.†   (source)
  • No. Zeus could not possibly expect me to fix this.†   (source)
  • She's the other child of Zeus who lived here—but not for long.†   (source)
  • We got to Zeus's Fist, a huge pile of boulders in the middle of the west woods.†   (source)
  • Mellie said, "Um, sir, this is Zeus's son.†   (source)
  • "Last I saw you," Percy said, "Zeus was chewing you out at the Acropolis.†   (source)
  • Zeus didn't even blink an eye when I told him my strange request.†   (source)
  • Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades had been set at each other's throats by someone else.†   (source)
  • We played capture the flag (though we all avoided Zeus's Fist).†   (source)
  • "There are no friends here, daughter of Zeus," the girl said.†   (source)
  • Corpse Breath will have Zeus's master bolt, so Zeus'll be mad at him.†   (source)
  • Does Zeus really have lightning bolts that do six hundred damage?†   (source)
  • I could barely recall what Zeus looked like, much less why he'd decided to toss me to earth.†   (source)
  • She kept our brothers locked up in Tartarus, tortured them always, until Zeus came.†   (source)
  • But the king wasn't sure it was really Zeus.†   (source)
  • In truth, Percy, this jar was a trap designed by Zeus and the other gods.†   (source)
  • I wanted to be on my feet when Zeus came to apologize.†   (source)
  • I don't know what, exactly, but Zeus banished them to Tartarus.†   (source)
  • Your father may fool Zeus, boy, but I am not so stupid.†   (source)
  • Oh, hey, that couldn't have been Zeus's lightning bolt.†   (source)
  • Zeus went a long time without having any children.†   (source)
  • The blast was so powerful I knew it could only be one thing: Zeus's master bolt.†   (source)
  • Jason glanced over at the huge statue of Zeus.†   (source)
  • The curse of the River Styx could kill me in its slow cancerous way, or Zeus could strike me down.†   (source)
  • Just after dawn, the quest group met at Zeus's Fist.†   (source)
  • "They were dedicated to Zeus when the dam was built," Thalia said.†   (source)
  • Zeus cast Kronos's remains into the darkest pit of Tartarus.†   (source)
  • I told you, Zeus gave me a deadline of last week to turn over the children.†   (source)
  • No. But Zeus gave your life to me, and I am helping you fulfill your destiny.†   (source)
  • The seat of Poseidon stood just to the right of Zeus's, but it wasn't nearly as grand.†   (source)
  • They don't know the statues are sacred to Zeus, but they know there's something special about them.†   (source)
  • My father, Zeus, has exiled me from Olympus.†   (source)
  • If Zeus and Poseidon weaken each other in a war, who stands to gain?†   (source)
  • Where Kampe had stood a moment before was a mountain of boulders, almost as tall as Zeus's Fist.†   (source)
  • "Well ...Zeus approves," Aeolus muttered.†   (source)
  • We passed under a big marble archway with statues of Zeus and Hera on either side.†   (source)
  • Lord Zeus rarely allows me to test a hero with one of my brood.†   (source)
  • Holy Zeus, what were those tourists thinking?†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, Zeus cast us away and relied on those fumbling Cyclopes.†   (source)
  • Yet Zeus had created a strict rule for baseball and prison sentences: Three strikes, you're out.†   (source)
  • But Zeus has ordered them to stay at his side.†   (source)
  • I was more certain than ever that Zeus was toying with me, keeping my vision and memory limited.†   (source)
  • As for you, daughter of Zeus, it seems Luke was wrong about you.†   (source)
  • Zeus himself got off easy because he's immortal, but he brought a terrible fate on his daughter.†   (source)
  • Yeah, Hephaestus said something similar, like Zeus was acting weirder than usual.†   (source)
  • I recognized Zeus with a lightning bolt, Ares with a spear, Apollo with his sun chariot.†   (source)
  • Tyson looked nervous, but he went to stand in the middle of the Council, and Zeus grunted.†   (source)
  • I wish I could say the same for you, son of Zeus.†   (source)
  • I balled my fists and wailed to the cruel sky, "Zeus, what have I done to deserve this?"†   (source)
  • Zeus has demanded that Poseidon return the bolt by the summer solstice.†   (source)
  • But first, Father Zeus, I must speak to you privately.†   (source)
  • We've got to get an audience with Zeus and convince him to defend the city.†   (source)
  • But Zeus believes your father convinced a human hero to take it.†   (source)
  • Perhaps Zeus was too taken aback to react, but I knew he would never overlook such an insult.†   (source)
  • And a child of Zeus—I mean, it doesn't get any more dangerous than that.†   (source)
  • It's just ...the daughter of Zeus, the Lord of the Sky, afraid of heights?†   (source)
  • My kid, Zeus ...he's got this whole 'tough love' disciplinarian hang-up, you dig?†   (source)
  • "At least"—Chiron held up a hand—"that's what Zeus thinks.†   (source)
  • Things will have to get a whole lot worse before Zeus admits he made a mistake closing Olympus.†   (source)
  • Zeus didn't want any of us to leave the front line.†   (source)
  • She doesn't have kids with anyone but Zeus.†   (source)
  • Oh yeah, Hades will be mad at both Zeus and Poseidon, because he doesn't know who took this.†   (source)
  • Zeus seemed to consider egotism a trait the boy had inherited from me.†   (source)
  • Word leaked out about the Zeus-Poseidon standoff.†   (source)
  • It's not something all children of Zeus go through.†   (source)
  • Regardless, Zeus had held me responsible for Octavian's delusions of grandeur.†   (source)
  • Return Zeus's master bolt to me," I said.†   (source)
  • Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades, the eldest brothers among the gods—they're called the Big Three.†   (source)
  • YOUR FAULT, Zeus's voice rang in my head.†   (source)
  • "And Zeus might promote you," Jason finished.†   (source)
  • Accelerated healing was the least Zeus could do for me.†   (source)
  • I mean, Lord Zeus, I've been in the presence of Hades.†   (source)
  • Your father's bitterest rival is Zeus, Lord of the Sky.†   (source)
  • Zeus must have been really angry with me.†   (source)
  • If Zeus knew I was contacting you, he'd have my hide.†   (source)
  • Many years later, when I killed the Cyclopes who made Zeus's lightning, it was no rash decision.†   (source)
  • It was the only place in the cabin not in Hippie Zeus's line of sight.†   (source)
  • Your father and Zeus are having their worst quarrel in centuries.†   (source)
  • Lord Zeus doesn't see anyone unannounced.†   (source)
  • Even Zeus, who knew her best, did not often speak of her.†   (source)
  • I was created to be Zeus's replacement, born to destroy the lord of the sky.†   (source)
  • She ...she knew Dad was Zeus, and I think that was too much for her to take.†   (source)
  • My bus is in flames
    My son is older than me
    Please, Zeus, make it stop†   (source)
  • And Zeus has never trusted Poseidon since.†   (source)
  • "Er," Jason said, "I'm the son of Zeus, yeah."†   (source)
  • When Hades found out about the girl, he wasn't too happy about Zeus breaking his oath.†   (source)
  • Zeus used to scold me about that constantly!†   (source)
  • But your arrival has inflamed Zeus's temper.†   (source)
  • Had Zeus taken that long to decide what to do with me?†   (source)
  • Just because you're the son of Zeus doesn't mean you're a one-man army.†   (source)
  • Son of Zeus, do you have any power over the air?†   (source)
  • After that ...if I survive ...perhaps Zeus will restore me to Olympus.†   (source)
  • With a blinding flash of lightning, Zeus was gone.†   (source)
  • "Lycaon invited Zeus to dinner," she said.†   (source)
  • Zeus, the Lord of the Gods, wore a dark blue pinstriped suit.†   (source)
  • Zeus used to say, Don't get on the wrong side of my lightning bolts, boy.†   (source)
  • He lives in fear of Zeus and Aeolus, but he's still powerful.†   (source)
  • Olympians forced to choose sides between Zeus and Poseidon.†   (source)
  • Zeus gave birth to Dionysus out of his own thigh.†   (source)
  • I raised Zeus in a commune with a bunch of naiads and kouretes.†   (source)
  • The Zeus cabin reminded Piper of a bank.†   (source)
  • But his wife hid baby Zeus, and gave Kronos a rock to eat instead.†   (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)
  • Zeus will fire you if you don't help us!†   (source)
  • You've been nothing but a curse to every child of Zeus for ages.†   (source)
  • Zeus was punishing the whole camp because of me.†   (source)
  • Zeus or Poseidon could go down to the Underworld and bust some heads.†   (source)
  • But she said something about Zeus giving her my life as a peace offering.†   (source)
  • Lord Zeus has closed discussion on this matter.†   (source)
  • Of course, Zeus eventually stopped coming by again.†   (source)
  • You were the satyr who tried to rescue Thalia, the daughter of Zeus.†   (source)
  • You couldn't stand knowing Zeus had two children with my mom.†   (source)
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