A terrible bombardment

Echoes till the ridges.

The God of thunder is

Having his feast.

Skewering the Earth with

His magnificent lightning bolt.

A heinous weapon that

Blinds the living creatures,

And turns the

Grounds into ashes.

Why this gluttony?

Why this fury?

It must be a foolish mortal

Who dared to defy the Father.

The dimwit they call a hero.

To enrage the most revengeful

And the highest in the Heaven.

Is to invite a disaster

Without proportion.

To appease the mightiest Olympian

Is a want of our time.

To refuse the supplication

Marks the end of our time.

Citizen of Athens!

Cast your hero out and

Be merry till ripe age.

Shelter the rebel and you

Shall bring ruin to your home.

The cost of revolution

Is onerous.

The path to freedom

Is ceaseless.

The Father does not tire.

Those who resist him

Will be slaughtered.

Choose your battles wisely!

Struggle to become Kings,

And build empires that

History shall remember.

The Gods bless the

Best of men.

Aspire to become a God;

You will be mutilated and

Your corpses thrown into Hades.

The Gods are merciless

To usurpers.

Zeus will host no man.

Decide the price of your lives!

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