The recent controversy surrounding Sonny Perdue’s “pray for rain” vigil on the Capitol steps Tuesday has been played out for centuries. Nay! Millennia! The scene below from the Greek comedy, The Clouds, proves it.
From The Clouds by Aristophanes
But by the Earth! is our father, Zeus, the Olympian, not a god?
Zeus! what Zeus! Are you mad? There is no Zeus.
What are you saying now? Who causes the rain to fall? Answer me that Read the rest of this entry »
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