Zeus's thunderbolt · Atlas

spoken of as

1 expression

Zeus's thunderbolts1 mention

The Trojan Women (Greek)

and he promises to grant me his thunder-bolts to hurl on the Achaeans and fire their ships.

the trojan women ¶

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SuppliantsClassical · Greek

The divine weapon by which Zeus struck down Capaneus, repeatedly invoked in the lament.

Dost see yon corpse by Zeus’s bolt transfixed?

suppliants ¶

Oh that earth’s floor would swallow me, or the whirlwind snatch me away, or Zeus’s flaming bolt descend upon my head!

suppliants ¶

The Trojan WomenClassical · Greek

Zeus's lightning weapon, promised to Athena to use in setting fire to the Achaean ships as part of the gods' plan of vengeance.

and he promises to grant me his thunder-bolts to hurl on the Achaeans and fire their ships.

the trojan women ¶

You go to Olympus, and taking from your father’s hand his lightning bolts, keep careful watch against the hour when Argos’ army lets slip its cables.

the trojan women ¶

TheogonyClassical · Greek

Zeus's weapon of thunder and lightning, used to defeat Typhoeus.

And through the two of them heat took hold on the dark-blue sea, through the thunder and lightning, and through the fire from the monster, and the scorching winds and blazing thunderbolt.

theogony ¶

So when Zeus had raised up his might and seized his arms, thunder and lightning and lurid thunderbolt, he leaped from Olympus and struck him, and burned all the marvellous heads of the monster about him.

theogony ¶