The Old King Athene Essay

Long ago, before Athens was a city, people were restless. There was nothing to do and nowhere to go. People had fire, they had civilization, but they were bored. Without entertainment, the people lost their will to live. They stopped praying at the god’s temples and stopped making offerings to the gods. That made the gods take notice of the humans’ situation.

“Have you seen the humans recently Zeus? They have stopped praying, and the seem to be very unhappy.” Said Athene.

“Yes, I have seen them, Athene, and I think we need to check up on the old king.”

“ The old king? In the village of Crete?” Off Zeus went to a small village on the island of Crete where the old king lived. When Zeus had just started ruling Mount Olympus, he gave the old king a box that contained entertainment. All music, dancing, reading, and writing were contained in that one small box. Continuing on, Zeus thought it would be best to disguise himself. Zeus turned himself …show more content…
The king’s greed was so great, that anything he could get would never be shared with anyone. So, he let Zeus and Apollo into his house. The king was no slouch when it came to decorating. His house was lavishly decorated with tiger fur couches and gold water pitchers. It truly was a collection of wealth instead of a house.

When inside, Apollo set the small box dow on the table and began to occupy the king by explaining what was in the box. Apollo said that the box contained the world's largest diamond. It was indeed the world’s largest diamond but, it had a charm on it. The diamond could make any person no matter how greedy, into a humble and wise person.

While Apollo was talking about the contents of the box, Zeus was sneaking into the king's vault to get entertainment out. Zeus grabbed his satchel and replaced entertainment’s box with an empty box that was inside his satchel. Then he hurried out of the vault to watch Apollo’s part in this