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  • “In all my life, Father Zeus, I have asked you for nothing,” he said.

    Lord of the Silver Bow Gemmell, David 2005

  • I will remain here a while with Father Zeus, and I will think, and I will pray.

    Lion Of Macedon Gemmell, David 1990

  • ‘Yea now, I will tell thee, and do thou mark and listen to me, and consider whether Athene with Father Zeus will suffice for us twain, or whether I shall cast about for some other champion.

    Book XVI Homer 1909

  • That beast was Our Father, say Father Zeus, in animal disguise.

    The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Andrew Lang 1878

  • Immortals, I that am the brother of Father Zeus, and whilst thou art here shalt thou be mistress over all that lives and moves, but among the

    The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Andrew Lang 1878

  • 'Yea now, I will tell thee, and do thou mark and listen to me, and consider whether Athene with Father Zeus will suffice for us twain, or whether I shall cast about for some other champion.'

    The Odyssey 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1878

  • And now I beseech thee, by thy Father Zeus, to tell me truly: is this Ithaca that I see, for it seems to me that I have come to some other country, and that thou dost mock me.

    The Story of the Odyssey Alfred John Church 1870

  • And he prayed within himself, "Grant, Father Zeus, that Alcinous may fulfil all that he hath said, and that I may come to my own land!"

    The Story of the Odyssey Alfred John Church 1870

  • All the world knows what your strength is; and I said that it was greater than that of Father Zeus; for that he had cast his son Hephaestos only on the earth, and your strong fist had cast your brother through the earth into the depths of Hades.

    A Thorny Path — Volume 06 Georg Ebers 1867

  • All the world knows what your strength is; and I said that it was greater than that of Father Zeus; for that he had cast his son Hephaestos only on the earth, and your strong fist had cast your brother through the earth into the depths of Hades.

    A Thorny Path — Volume 06 Georg Ebers 1867

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