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Whatever the ancient Greeks may have thought, life among the gods up there on Olympus wasn't always a bowl of nectar. Take the case of Venus, or let Author Erskine take it. Her mother-in-law Juno was a suspicious, embittered shrew. Sister-in-law Minerva, an athletic type, tried to knife her as soon as her back was turned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Things Homer Never Knew | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

Dirty Looks. Venus had some right to feel dissatisfied with life on Olympus. Juno was forever quarreling with Jupiter, and whenever the conversation got lively she was apt to interrupt with, "Would you mind, all of you, finishing your soup before it's cold?" or "Don't forget that the domestics have their rights. They wish to remove the dishes. . ." When Venus dropped down to earth with Mars, the whole godly clan gave her dirty looks. Vulcan ran to father Jupiter like a spoiled brat crying, "I want Mars to keep his hands off her! If he doesn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Things Homer Never Knew | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

...CAPITAL Visitor to Olympus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAPITAL: Visitor to Olympus | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

Hallmark Playhouse (Thurs. 10 p.m., CBS). Robert Young in Yankee from Olympus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Sep. 5, 1949 | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

Down from the rocky ridges and snow-choked gullies the guerrillas straggled last week. Some were barefoot, some wore slabs of leather tied about their feet with string. Two Greek government forces, catching the rebels in a pincers northwest of Mt. Olympus, had driven them up the slopes of Mt. Pieria, up beyond the snow line. There the guerrillas' food gave out. Some ate their mules. By week's end, after a month of fighting, over 800 had been captured or had surrendered. They left the corpses of about 800 more behind them on the heights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Captain of the Crags | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

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