lonelyspelltoconjureyou:“Good kings, indeed, have dispositions similar to those of the Gods, and whi
lonelyspelltoconjureyou:“Good kings, indeed, have dispositions similar to those of the Gods, and which especially resemble those of Zeus, the ruler of all things. For He is venerable and honourable, through transcendency and magnitude of virtue. He is benign, because He is beneficent, and the giver of good ; and hence He is said by the Ionic poet [Homer] to be the father of men and Gods. He is also terrible and transcendent, because He punishes the unjust, and reigns and rules over all things. But He carries thunder in his hand, as a symbol of his formidable excellence.”From Diotogenes in his treatise concerning a kingdom Athena and Zeus; I BC, Louvre -- source link