Word: zeus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What elsewhere one sees only in travel brochures, one finds in Thailand daily. It often seems, in fact, as if ancient gods -- Bacchus, Neptune, Zeus and Venus -- conspired to make the land a composite of holidaymakers' fantasies. Here is a never-never land built on solid ground; a fairy-tale monarchy ruled by a Renaissance King and his classically beautiful Queen; an orchid-scented garden of scintillant temples, lush jungles, palmy white beaches and a capital built along tree-shaded canals; and a gentle Buddhist retreat filled with smiling, gracious people who make "tourist industry" sound like a contradiction...
Wars aren't completely out of mind. The awful chill of Munich precedes every reunion now. At least since Hitler and probably since Zeus, the Games have been an irresistible forum for political commentary, not to mention a handy occasion for defections. But the unfaded memory of the murders in the Israeli quarters still haunts the Olympics. It makes every volatile stop seem fearsome until the hosts -- the Korean people themselves, not the overgrown playground directors -- step forward. That will be the first event...
...Zeus...
...later in a classic monologue, the night is an extended comedy-drama of horseplay, taunting and hand-to-hand combat: "I'm tellin' Dad, I'm tellin' Dad . . ." "I never hit you, I never hit you . . ." Each outburst is followed by a visit from their father, who thunders like Zeus, "If I hear any more laughing . . . I'm going to KILL...
Euripides' tragedy, taken here at a wickedly fast pace, follows the fierce, vengeful exploits of the god Dionysus (Peter Becker). Disguised as a man, he has come to the ancient city of Thebes to humble and destroy those who have scorned the power of his father Zeus...