All 11 Uses of
Zeus
in
Oedipus the King
- The Priest of Zeus.†
- OEDIPUS THE KING Suppliants of all ages are seated round the altar at the palace doors, at their head a PRIEST OF ZEUS.†
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- PRIEST Yea, Oedipus, my sovereign lord and king, Thou seest how both extremes of age besiege Thy palace altars—fledglings hardly winged, and greybeards bowed with years; priests, as am I of Zeus, and these the flower of our youth.†
- 1) Sweet-voiced daughter of Zeus from thy gold-paved Pythian shrine Wafted to Thebes divine, What dost thou bring me?†
- 1) First on Athene I call; O Zeus-born goddess, defend!†
- Golden child of Zeus, O hear Let thine angel face appear!†
- Father Zeus, whose hand Doth wield the lightning brand, Slay him beneath thy levin bold, we pray, Slay him, O slay!†
- 2) All wise are Zeus and Apollo, and nothing is hid from their ken; They are gods; and in wits a man may surpass his fellow men; But that a mortal seer knows more than I know—where Hath this been proven?†
- OEDIPUS O Zeus, what hast thou willed to do with me!†
- O Zeus, reveal thy might, King, if thou'rt named aright Omnipotent, all-seeing, as of old; For Laius is forgot; His weird, men heed it not; Apollo is forsook and faith grows cold.†
- 1) For he of marksmen best, O Zeus, outshot the rest, And won the prize supreme of wealth and power.†
Definition:
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(Zeus) Greek mythology: the most supreme of the gods