Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ZEUS TOO IS A VICTIM, by ASCLEPIADES OF SAMOS Poet's Biography First Line: Great god! Snow, hail! Make darkness! Thunder! Burn! Last Line: Thee through the brazen bower in gold, o jove. Alternate Author Name(s): Asklepiades Of Samos Subject(s): Zeus | ||||||||
GREAT God! snow, hail! make darkness! thunder! burn! On earth thy store of purpling storm-clouds turn! Slay me, and I will cease; but while I live, I revel on, though worse than this thou give. The god that mastered thee leads me; he drove Thee through the brazen bower in gold, O Jove. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SO HELP ME SAPPHO by ANNE WALDMAN LEDA AND THE SWAN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS HELIADES: ZEUS, BRAZEN THUNDER-HURLER by AESCHYLUS THE SUN-THIEF by RHYS CARPENTER TRANSLATIONS OF PINDAR: 4. TO PSAUMIS OF CAMARINA by REGINALD HEBER THE CHILDHOOD OF ZEUS by MOERO A TOMB BY THE SEA by ASCLEPIADES OF SAMOS |
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