Being chained to a rock sure gives you a lot of free time to think, especially when you can only watch anything on your palmtop by twisting your head 90degrees makes it impossible for long hours of viewing. And recently not suprisingly I have been thinking about the person who put me here, the villian to my story. The father killing, lighting bolt throwing, unreasonably power hungry , horny and neurotic tyrant, Zeus himself. Now you might get from that line that this post might be a bit bias so be warned.
For those that do not know Zeus, where have you been, living in a cave with Polyphemus? Anyway if you dont know look up 'The dictionary of Classical Mythology' by Grimal, which gives a good summary and sections on where you can find him in the ancient works. I know as the bearer of knowledge for mankind, this is pretty lazy but I be damned if I have to write a 'lets get to know Zeus' post in this blog. I know it is quite ironic of me to say that I am not damned already, seeing as I am chained to a rock and has a eagle peck out my liver everyday but it could be worse...hope no one in Olympus heard that.
Anyway, getting on with this blog, what do I think of Zeus, our great leader? Simply put by my good friend Aeschylus. He is a tyrant. I mean lets look at the evidence shall we:
-He has a group of lackey ministers, Kratos, Hermes, the list goes on and all of them not very helpful in the way of creative criticism to his actions
-Uses among all his ministers Kratos (strength) and Bia (Force) to chain me. Now I might be reading into this but the meaning behind this could be him trying to show that his strength is in force. I think there is something to this theory. Especially when you read the text in Prometheus Bound, which can be bought on Amazon, each purchase will donate a small amount to the 'Free Prometheus Fund:D.
-He is irrespondsible and acts unconstituionally by basically acting on laws he makes up for his own convenience. Poor Io for example, punished for not accepting Zeus's personal advances
-Oh his insatiable lust, how can a leader rule heaven, earth and hades when he spends so much time on the prowl for the thing he created to punish man with:S.
So I leave it up to you my good reader to choose if I am right about his Tyranny. And if you still think, let's give him a chance. Let me tell you one thing that might change your mind on Zeus's 'good' nature. When Zeus won the war with the Titans, he and me were quite close. I joined the Olympians forseeing the fall of the Titans ignorance for diplomacy. I was then tasked with choosing the ministers for Zeus's court and allocating each of the God's roles in Olympus. He probably saw my skills in using my brain which he lacked. Then me and Epimetheus were tasked with the creation of all living things too(If you dont believe me, look at Mark Griffith's Prometheus Bound p.3, He quote's Plato). Now Epimethues ran out of atrributes when he got to mankind, so I just gave them a boost with the use of fire. Now I know it was suspose to be a God thing but why be selfish. Anyway, after all I done for that bastard, he does even look at one thing I did for him in the past and punishes me to the extent of daily toture. You think it is fair? If you do, you need a check for a brain deficiency.
Like even his supporters can see his Tyranny, I won't say who but a certain someone who chained me to a rock said that Zeus was new to power and would eventually come to his senses of wrongdoing. So there, rebut that, I would say I hope he would get his retribution but I KNOW he will hahahahaha.
Prometheus OUT!
For those that do not know Zeus, where have you been, living in a cave with Polyphemus? Anyway if you dont know look up 'The dictionary of Classical Mythology' by Grimal, which gives a good summary and sections on where you can find him in the ancient works. I know as the bearer of knowledge for mankind, this is pretty lazy but I be damned if I have to write a 'lets get to know Zeus' post in this blog. I know it is quite ironic of me to say that I am not damned already, seeing as I am chained to a rock and has a eagle peck out my liver everyday but it could be worse...hope no one in Olympus heard that.
Anyway, getting on with this blog, what do I think of Zeus, our great leader? Simply put by my good friend Aeschylus. He is a tyrant. I mean lets look at the evidence shall we:
-He has a group of lackey ministers, Kratos, Hermes, the list goes on and all of them not very helpful in the way of creative criticism to his actions
-Uses among all his ministers Kratos (strength) and Bia (Force) to chain me. Now I might be reading into this but the meaning behind this could be him trying to show that his strength is in force. I think there is something to this theory. Especially when you read the text in Prometheus Bound, which can be bought on Amazon, each purchase will donate a small amount to the 'Free Prometheus Fund:D.
-He is irrespondsible and acts unconstituionally by basically acting on laws he makes up for his own convenience. Poor Io for example, punished for not accepting Zeus's personal advances
-Oh his insatiable lust, how can a leader rule heaven, earth and hades when he spends so much time on the prowl for the thing he created to punish man with:S.
So I leave it up to you my good reader to choose if I am right about his Tyranny. And if you still think, let's give him a chance. Let me tell you one thing that might change your mind on Zeus's 'good' nature. When Zeus won the war with the Titans, he and me were quite close. I joined the Olympians forseeing the fall of the Titans ignorance for diplomacy. I was then tasked with choosing the ministers for Zeus's court and allocating each of the God's roles in Olympus. He probably saw my skills in using my brain which he lacked. Then me and Epimetheus were tasked with the creation of all living things too(If you dont believe me, look at Mark Griffith's Prometheus Bound p.3, He quote's Plato). Now Epimethues ran out of atrributes when he got to mankind, so I just gave them a boost with the use of fire. Now I know it was suspose to be a God thing but why be selfish. Anyway, after all I done for that bastard, he does even look at one thing I did for him in the past and punishes me to the extent of daily toture. You think it is fair? If you do, you need a check for a brain deficiency.
Like even his supporters can see his Tyranny, I won't say who but a certain someone who chained me to a rock said that Zeus was new to power and would eventually come to his senses of wrongdoing. So there, rebut that, I would say I hope he would get his retribution but I KNOW he will hahahahaha.
Prometheus OUT!
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