Sentence examples for god zeus from inspiring English sources

Olive branches were chosen because of the tree's association with the paramount Greek god, Zeus.

His father was the great god Zeus and his mother was a mortal named Semele, one of Cadmus' four daughters.

"The muses are in retreat," muses the god Zeus, played by Tony Roberts, in the musical's poignant climax.

For the young men of Ancient Greece, the quadrennial sporting tribute to the god Zeus was also rehearsal for armed conflict.

Gradually Serapis became revered not only as a Sun god ("Zeus Serapis") but also as a lord of healing and of fertility.

Again: Was it right that Prometheus, in befriending humankind with the gifts of fire and the arts, should offend the presiding god Zeus and himself be horribly punished?

The Greeks called the king of the gods Zeus... Zeus Pater, on.

Perseus' father, according to mythology, was the king of the gods, Zeus.

By Ogden Nash The New Yorker, October 4, 1952 P. 33 The Greeks called the king of the gods Zeus... Zeus Pater, on View Article By Phil Klay By Troy Patterson By John Cassidy By Amy Davidson Sorkin.

By Ogden Nash The New Yorker, October 4, 1952 P. 33 The Greeks called the king of the gods Zeus... Zeus Pater, on View Article By Rivka Galchen By Ben Taub By Malcolm Gladwell By David Remnick.

"He seemed to me then, as he has ever since, to combine the power and beauty of the Greek gods Zeus and Apollo," Justice Ginsburg said in a 1995 speech.