All 50 Uses of

Zeus

in

The Odyssey - translated by: Fitzgerald

Of these adventures, Muse, daughter of Zeus, tell us in our time, lift the great song again.†
Chpt 1

In the bright hall of Zeus upon Olympos the other gods were all at home, and Zeus, the father of gods and men, made conversation.†
Chpt 1

In the bright hall of Zeus upon Olympos the other gods were all at home, and Zeus, the father of gods and men, made conversation.†
Chpt 1

The grey-eyed goddess Athena replied to Zeus: "O Majesty, O Father of us all, that man is in the dust indeed, and justly.†
Chpt 1

O Zeus, what do you hold against him now?†
Chpt 1

Then here's a course for you, if you agree: get a sound craft afloat with twenty oars and go abroad for news of your lost father- perhaps a traveller's tale, or rumored fame issued from Zeus abroad in the world of men.†
Chpt 1

Poets are not to blame, but Zeus who gives what fate he pleases to adventurous men.†
Chpt 1

If you choose to slaughter one man's livestock and pay nothing, this is rapine; and by the eternal gods I beg Zeus you shall get what you deserve: a slaughter here, and nothing paid for it!†
Chpt 1

Zeus forbid you should be king in Ithaka, though you are eligible as your father's son.†
Chpt 1

Telemakhos kept his head and answered him: "Antinoos, you may not like my answer, but I would happily be king, if Zeus conferred the prize.†
Chpt 1

Whatever he desires, may Zeus fulfill it.†
Chpt 2

Friends, by Olympian Zeus and holy Justice that holds men in assembly and sets them free, make an end of this!†
Chpt 2

If you choose to slaughter one man's livestock and pay nothing, this is rapine; and by the eternal gods I beg Zeus you shall get what you deserve: a slaughter here, and nothing paid for it!†
Chpt 2

Now Zeus who views the wide world sent a sign to him, launching a pair of eagles from a mountain crest in gliding flight down the soft blowing wind, wing-tip to wing-tip quivering taut, companions, till high above the assembly of many voices they wheeled, their dense wings beating, and in havoc dropped on the heads of the crowd-a deathly omen- wielding their talons, tearing cheeks and throats; then veered away on the right hand through the city.†
Chpt 2

I'll go to sandy Pylos, then to Sparta, for news of Father since he sailed from Troy- some traveller's tale, perhaps, or rumored fame issued from Zeus himself into the world.†
Chpt 2

This was the divine speech Telemakhos heard from Athena, Zeus's daughter.†
Chpt 2

Now they made all secure in the fast black ship, and, setting out the winebowls all a-brim, they made libation to the gods, the undying, the ever-new, most of all to the grey-eyed daughter of Zeus.†
Chpt 2

Peisistratos in the lead, the young prince, caught up their hands in his and gave them places on curly lambskins flat on the sea sand near Thrasymedes, his brother, and his father; he passed them bits of the food of sacrifice, and, pouring wine in a golden cup, he said to Pallas Athena, daughter of Zeus: "Friend, I must ask you to invoke Poseidon: you find us at this feast, kept in his honor.†
Chpt 3

As to the other men who fought that war, we know where each one died, and how he died; but Zeus allotted my father death and mystery.†
Chpt 3

Think: we were there nine years, and we tried everything, all stratagems against them, up to the bitter end that Zeus begrudged us.†
Chpt 3

So evil days came on them, and she who had been angered, Zeus's dangerous grey-eyed daughter, did it, starting a fight between the sons of Atreus.†
Chpt 3

Here was the bane from Zeus.†
Chpt 3

But Zeus, not willing yet, now cruelly set us at odds a second time, and one lot turned, put back in the rolling ships, under command of the subtle captain, Odysseus; their notion was to please Lord Agamemnon.†
Chpt 3

Out on the winedark sea in the murmuring hulls again, he made Cape Malea, but Zeus who views the wide world sent a gloom over the ocean, and a howling gale came on with seas increasing, mountainous, parting the ships and driving half toward Krete where the Kydonians live by Iardanos river.†
Chpt 3

When Zeus's daughter spoke, they turned to listen, and soon the squires brought water for their hands, while stewards rilled the winebowls and poured out a fresh cup full for every man.†
Chpt 3

Now finally Telemakhos and Athena bestirred themselves, turning away to the ship, but Nestor put a hand on each, and said: "Now Zeus forbid, and the other gods as well, that you should spend the night on board, and leave me as though I were some pauper without a stitch, no blankets in his house, no piles of rugs, no sleeping soft for host or guest!†
Chpt 3

Here we had someone fromOlympos-clearly the glorious daughter of Zeus, his third child, who held your father dear among the Argives.†
Chpt 3

He mixed and poured his offering, repeating prayers to Athena, daughter of royal Zeus.†
Chpt 3

Could we have made it home again-and Zeus give us no more hard roving!†
Chpt 4

This is the way the court of Zeus must be, inside, upon Olympos.†
Chpt 4

But splendid Menelaos had overheard him and spoke out on the instant to them both: "Young friends, no mortal man can vie with Zeus.†
Chpt 4

I swore I'd cherish him above all others if Zeus, who views the wide world, gave us passage homeward across the sea in the fast ships.†
Chpt 4

A twinging ache of grief rose up in everyone, and Helen of Argos wept, the daughter of Zeus, Telemakhos and Menelaos wept, and tears came to the eyes of Nestor's son- remembering, for his part, Antilokhos, whom the son of shining Dawn had killed in battle.†
Chpt 4

The opiate of Zeus's daughter bore this canny power.†
Chpt 4

She drugged the wine, then, had it served, and said-- taking again her part in the conversation- "O Menelaos, Atreus' royal son, and you that are great heroes' sons, you know how Zeus gives all of us in turn good luck and bad luck, being all powerful.†
Chpt 4

O Father Zeus, Athena, and Apollo!†
Chpt 4

He made reply at once: 'You should have paid honor to Zeus and the other gods, performing a proper sacrifice before embarking: that was your short way home on the winedark sea.†
Chpt 4

For the gods hold you, as Helen's lord, a son of Zeus.'†
Chpt 4

- Zeus blast the life out of him before he's grown!†
Chpt 4

Now Medon, the alert and cool man, answered: "I wish that were the worst of it, my Lady, but they intend something more terrible- may Zeus forfend and spare us!†
Chpt 4

And now the pain around her heart benumbed her; chairs were a step away, but far beyond her; she sank down on the door sill of the chamber, wailing, and all her women young and old made a low murmur of lament around her, until at last she broke out through her tears: "Dearest companions, what has Zeus given me?†
Chpt 4

Come, bathe and dress your loveliness afresh, and go to the upper rooms with all your maids to ask help from Athena, Zeus's daughter.†
Chpt 4

The Lady Penelope arose and bathed, dressing her body in her freshest linen, rilled a basket with barley, and led her maids to the upper rooms, where she besought Athena: "Tireless child of Zeus, graciously hear me!†
Chpt 4

And the master of heaven and high thunder, Zeus, went to his place among the gods assembled hearing Athena tell Odysseus' woe.†
Chpt 5

For she, being vexed that he was still sojourning in the sea chambers of Kalypso, said: "O Father Zeus and gods in bliss forever, let no man holding scepter as a king think to be mild, or kind, or virtuous; let him be cruel, and practice evil ways, for those Odysseus ruled cannot remember the fatherhood and mercy of his reign.†
Chpt 5

Zeus made me come, and not my inclination; who cares to cross that tract of desolation, the bitter sea, all mortal towns behind where gods have beef and honors from mankind?†
Chpt 5

But it is not to be thought of-and no use- for any god to elude the will of Zeus.†
Chpt 5

Then Demeter of the tasseled tresses yielded to Iasion, mingling and making love in a furrow three times plowed; but Zeus found out and killed him with a white-hot thunderbolt.†
Chpt 5

But it was I who saved him-saw him straddle his own keel board, the one man left afloat when Zeus rent wide his ship with chain lightning and overturned him in the winedark sea.†
Chpt 5

But now there's no eluding Zeus's will.†
Chpt 5

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(Zeus)
Greek mythology: the most supreme of the gods

Zeus in The Odyssey - translated by: Fitzgerald

Zeus

in

The Odyssey - translated by: Fitzgerald