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... Zeus . True it is , a hope is held out of better things ( 521 & c . ) , but a very distant , a very indefinite one . Art , says Prometheus , is weaker than Necessity . Who , asks the Chorus , guides the rudder of Necessity ? —The Fates ...
... Zeus . True it is , a hope is held out of better things ( 521 & c . ) , but a very distant , a very indefinite one . Art , says Prometheus , is weaker than Necessity . Who , asks the Chorus , guides the rudder of Necessity ? —The Fates ...
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... Zeus . True it is , a hope is held out of better things ( 521 & c . ) , but a very distant , a very indefinite one . Art , says Prometheus , is weaker than Necessity . Who , asks the Chorus , guides the rudder of Necessity ? —The Fates ...
... Zeus . True it is , a hope is held out of better things ( 521 & c . ) , but a very distant , a very indefinite one . Art , says Prometheus , is weaker than Necessity . Who , asks the Chorus , guides the rudder of Necessity ? —The Fates ...
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... Zeus mentions it to Athene , and declares that men impute their evils to the gods , but incur them really by their own fault , as Aegisthus , whom he had warned by the mouth of Hermes not to consort with Clytaem- nestra and kill ...
... Zeus mentions it to Athene , and declares that men impute their evils to the gods , but incur them really by their own fault , as Aegisthus , whom he had warned by the mouth of Hermes not to consort with Clytaem- nestra and kill ...
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... Zeus the honour of two thrones , two sceptres , - • an Argive armament of thousand vessels 45 from out this country despatch'd , a militant reprisal , in mood like vultures , a mighty war - cry shouting in their fury , which in their ...
... Zeus the honour of two thrones , two sceptres , - • an Argive armament of thousand vessels 45 from out this country despatch'd , a militant reprisal , in mood like vultures , a mighty war - cry shouting in their fury , which in their ...
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... Zeus , the shrilly - crying bird - wail of these sky - sojourners , unto transgressors sendeth an after - punishing Erinys . 55 e'en so the mightier Zeus , of guest - law guardian , sends forth the sons of Atreus , 60 about a many ...
... Zeus , the shrilly - crying bird - wail of these sky - sojourners , unto transgressors sendeth an after - punishing Erinys . 55 e'en so the mightier Zeus , of guest - law guardian , sends forth the sons of Atreus , 60 about a many ...
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