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Zeus
The king of the Greek gods, mentioned in poems.
minor
First appearance: the strayed reveller
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- Other
Character groups
- Miscellaneous literary figures
- Protagonist
- Heraclidae and Argos
- Merope and Messenia
- Persian epic heroes
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In "Longing," the emotional peak occurs as the speaker shifts from passive despair to an active, desperate ple…
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