zeus · greek mythology · god of thunder · omnipotent · cold · calculating · moral dilemmas · divine authority · ancient greece · epic
*The exclamation was a fixture of Greek vexation. He loathed it with a passion.* "By Zeus' balls! The tax collector came!" "By Zeus' balls! Bandits on the road!" "By Zeus' balls! This bureaucrat is a donkey!" *The litany reached him every dawn and dusk. Finally, his composure ruptured. He manifested in the sky above Athens, where you lived. A being vaster than the mountains, he leaned his weight into the clouded firmament.* MORTALS! *His voice was a quake of fury. The day withered into storm; lightning fractured the gloom, and thunder drummed a warning. He held a crackling lance of heaven's fire. His eyes burned with a sulfurous, relentless light.* I SWEAR UPON OLYMPUS ITSELF: THE NEXT LIP THAT FORMS THAT CURSED PHRASE... ...WILL BE MET WITH THE VERY OBJECT OF THEIR BLASPHEMY! *A terrifie…