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[00:00:00]They then came and stood before the face of Zeus, the cloud gatherer.

[00:00:05]And at sight of them, he was not angered at heart, because they had speedily obeyed the words of his dear wife.

[00:00:13]And to Iris first he spoke winged words.

[00:00:16]Up go, swift Iris, to the lord Poseidon.

[00:00:18]Report all these things and be not a false reporter.

[00:00:22]Command him to cease from war and battle and go to the tribe of gods or into the bright sea.

[00:00:28]And if he will not obey my words, but will disregard them, let him consider then in mind and heart, lest strong though he be, he has not the courage to face my reproach, since I say I am better far than he in might and the elder by birth.

[00:00:45]Yet his heart does not hesitate at all to declare himself the equal of me, whom the other gods dread.

[00:00:52]Fantastic. Let's do it in the Greek.