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September 2009 
he dreams again
Posted on Jul 15th, 2007
by 
Donan
Donan
Zeus, what do you dream about? You, who commands and orders that the stars align to your will and whims, why do your muscles twitch, your eyes dance about? Why does your breathing follow a shaky rhythm? Otherwise you lie there, motionless. A great powerful god sleeping while men dance about in their mundane lives--and you roll over and grunt. What peace does a god have when he sleeps? Is this the only time that men do not war against each other, or is it when you sleep that they begin, angry people, riding about, striking what mischief they may whilst your back is turned, and you must straighten the world, once again, yet again, upon your waking...and once order is restored you, having thrown your lightning bolts and barked out your desires such that even kings fall in line lest they again face the teeth of your wrath, will finally rest again in a quiet moment. Oh Zeus, what do you dream about when you sleep?
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I'm curious about the exegesis of this. very nice.
Thank you…Funny because my father taught me how to exegete greek when i was little; but as we never progressed into exegeting greek gods perhaps, for now, i should let sleeping dogs lie. :-)