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HEPHAESTUS

What do you want me to do, Zeus? Here I am, as you ordered, all ready with my axe at its sharpest, even if I must chop through stones with a single blow.

ZEUS

That’s grand, Hephaestus. Now, down with it on my head and cut it in two. Cf. Pindar, Olympians, 7, 35.

HEPHAESTUS

Are you trying to see if I’m mad? Tell me what you really want me to do.

ZEUS

You heard. I want my skull split. If you don’t obey, I’ll be angry—and you know what that’s like already. When Zeus in anger threw Hephaestus out of heaven and he landed in Lemnos (Iliad, I, 589 ff.). Cf. On Sacrifices 6 and Charon 1. Hit away with all your might. Come on, hurry up. The birth-pangs shooting through my brain are killing me.

HEPHAESTUS

Take care, Zeus, or I may hurt you. My axe is sharp. You’ll find her a midwife that draws blood and quite different from Ilithyia. The goddess who helps in childbirth, See note on pp. 326-327. 5

ZEUS

Hit away, Hephaestus. Don’t be afraid; I know what’s good for me.