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They Named Me Zeus

From East to West let my servant's trumpet announce this victory over those who defied me; no Greek dares to fight me: I am their uttermost deity! They named me Zeus and look to me for guidance, I carry the thunderbolt and I strike all enemies with vengeance; they fell by the dozen in the battlefield below Athens, the ones who survived will challenge me again: a huge temple can be destroyed and be rebuilt in a year or less, not a life of a warrior whose voice can be silenced by a spear! On the Mount of Olympus I'm watchful of conspirers, I've sent Ulysess on a journey he will land on the peninsula of Italy, it's his second home more prosperous than Greece, there Greeks will colonize and build temples to deities in valleys to withstand weather and time! They named me Zeus and I ride the golden chariot, Greek women bow down, Greek men shout and fight; I instill in them valor and grit, and they'll persevere in their quest: win or die, victory or loss are carried inside until they have won!

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