Analysis Of Greek Mythology By David Stuttard

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Greek mythology by David Stuttard. ““Drawing lots with his brothers, Hades and Poseidon, to see who should rule each of creation’s three zones – the land (together with the heavens); the sea; and the Underworld (of Hades) – Zeus won the earth and sky. Enthroned on the ridge of Mount Olympus, which is today called Stefani, and holding in his right hand a golden sceptre, he ruled both gods and men. A passage from the Iliad, said to have inspired his celebrated statue at Olympia, describes the sheer power of his presence: ‘Zeus, the son of Cronus, spoke, and he inclined his head with his dark brows, and the mighty king’s hair, anointed with ambrosial oil, fell forward from his immortal head. And great Olympus trembled.’ As well it might. For the