Stories from Plato and other classic writers : Hesiod, Homer, Aristophanes, Ovid, Catullus, and Pliny (1895)
Burt, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1850-1918 · Boston : Ginn · leaf 75
sky. Fire-crackers and sky- 62 STORIES FROM PLATO rockets would seem quite tameafter that. King Zeus grew very tired of itsometimes. He had it in his powerto make the earth glad with warmsunshine, but he grew tired of that, too. He couldmake the earthdreary and sadwith frost andcold. He couldcrush… … ZEUS. AND OTHER CLASSIC WHITERS. 63 events that were taking place justbefore him. He looked down on the earth andsaw men quarreling with one an-other and he thought about that.His wife, Juno, teased him, and hethought about that. His fellowgods on Mount Olympus playedtricks on him and he played…
