Nothin’ but Blue Skies from Now On
Zeus, Greek god of the sky, surveyed his creations from Mytikas Peak, feeling discontent at the view.
He caught sight of Athena. “Come, I have a quandary.”
Athena’s beautiful azure eyes met those of her father.
“If you could change one thing about my creation,” said Zeus, “what would it be?”
Athena, wrapped in her own thoughts, took a moment to respond. “The sky is too grey—make it the shade of my eyes. The sky will be Athena blue,” she said vainly.
Zeus made the adjustment. “Or perhaps,” he laughed, “We could call your eyes sky blue.”
Athena humphed!
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A different approach to the standard pourquoi stories. Delightful! We now have a new reason to smile when looking at a blue sky. Thanks for this enjoyable story.
Thank you so much, the Greek myths are so much fun anyway, and being able to create my own little personalities for the Gods and Goddesses is great fun 🙂
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleI always love your stories that incorporate our Greek Gods! I found this one so entertaining! Poor Athena has been most put out ?
Thanks, Emily. I’m sure she’ll figure some way of getting even, though it may take a little time!
Thanks, Carrie for this humorous altercation between Zeus and Athena. Athena the goddess of warfare, wisdom and handicrafts was certainly vain.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleThanks, Margarida. It’s a pity about the word restriction or I may have been able to list some of Athena’s attributes too ?
Oh dear, Carrie, Athena is definitely not amused! Emily’s comments sum mine up too and I love learning more and more about the Greek Gods thanks to your stories.
Thank you, Linda. It’s amazing what you can dig up about them when you start looking. There are lots of little stories that I still don’t know!
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleI’m sure Athena frowned. Thanks for this another great story of the Greek God, Carrie.
Thanks, Lotchie. Zeus enjoyed having little digs at his children, liked them to feel inferior to their all powerful father. It makes them good fun to write about
You’re welcome, Carrie.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleA fun twist in the story, showing the relationship between Zeus and Athena. While they are powerful gods, they also have their human, weak sides.
Thank you, Christer. I did play around with this myth a bit. If I remember rightly, Zeus granted her a wish and she wished the sky blue (I don’t think it mentioned anything about making the sky the colour of her eyes, so I shall use artistic license as an excuse!). I kind of made up the last bit because I could just imagine Zeus making some comment to spoil her moment… Read more »
Carrie, I love this! Especially Athena’s reaction to her Dad’s comment! I enjoyed reading this.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleThank you, Marianna. Yes, Athena will have definitely had a bit of a hissy fit at her father’s teasing!
Another wonderful tale. Highly recommended.
Thank you so much, Steven. I do enjoy getting a little creative with Greek mythology.
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