I wonder about Zeus, sometimes. He seems to have a short attention span and is a bit overconfident about his power to control the immortal faction.  Now that the Trojans are seeing success in the wake of his assistance, he’s taken off for reasons unknown.  I’m back to wondering if he will continue to fulfill the promise he made to assist in seeing to the Trojan victory.   

With Zeus away, his brother shows up.  Did you know that Zeus and Poseidon are brother? Well, they are and sibling rivalry is just as real amongst the gods as it is the mortals.  In your modern day, you create what I believe you call them “family trees”.  These visual representations of the timeline of your genealogy are fascinating.  I also understand that rather recently, a modern man named Jon O. Newman, put together a “family tree” of the Greek gods.  I found information about his book in one of your chronicles.  Here, see for yourself:

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Apparently, this Newman was completing the work of his father, who had died before he was able to finish this work.  I’ll have to read Newman’s book; I may learn something new about the immortals.

Sorry, I got off the track for a moment.  You may remember that Poseidon was a bit miffed at Agamemnon and his men for messing up the beach.  I’m not sure what changed Poseidon’s mind, he is a bit fickle, but now it seems everything is forgiven and Poseidon has decided to help the Achaeans.  Had Zeus explained everything to Poseidon, things might have turned out differently.  Poseidon has no great love for Hera and had he known that Zeus had made a promise to me, he might have even assisted the Trojans.  After all, Poseidon had a thing for me once, same as Zeus.

And, where is Zeus?  Remember last time when I wrote that Hera must be too wrapped up in her anger to consider using her sexuality to influence Zeus?  I was wrong.  Hera has enlisted the help of Aphrodite and Sleep and the three of them concoct some magic to drive Zeus crazy with lust.  Really, like that would take any kind of magic.  Zeus can hardly be within a hundred miles of anything female without being driven to lust.  The plan was that once Hera and Zeus were finished having sex, Sleep would overcome Zeus.  I’m sorry to say that this worked and Hera informs Poseidon that he is free to continue assisting the Argives without fear of Zeus getting in the way.          

The Iliad of Homer, Trans. Richmond Lattimore. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1952. Print..

Weiser, Benjamin. "Here's Uncle Zeus, Aunt Hera, The Twins." The New York Times

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