The Fall of the House of Zeus tells the story of Dickie Scruggs, arguably the most successful plaintiff's lawyer in America. A brother-in-law of Trent Lott, the former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Scruggs made a
Y.NewEBSCO_bspLibrary JournalWilkie, C. (2010). The fall of the house of Zeus: The rise and ruin of America's most powerful trial lawyer. New York, NY: Crown.Wilkie, Curtis. The Fall of the House of Zeus: The Rise and Ruin of America's Most Powerful Trial Lawyer. New York: ...
93). In Greek myths, the cornucopia implies the horn of the goat that suckled Zeus and is filled with flowers and fruits to represent opulence and fortune. Initially, the depictions of Hārītī were modeled on the goddess of the harvest, who also held a cornucopia, and Hārītī and her...
After the fall of the Titan-gods, Zeus and his brothers drew lots to divide rule of the cosmos - Zeus won the heavens, Poseidon the sea and Haides the underworld.Zeus devoured the pregnant goddess Metis when an oracle revealed that her son was destined to replace him as King of the ...
At the last his heart remembered how that many and many a son of Zeus himself in many a war had died, nor in their fall had Zeus availed them aught. Therefore he turned him from the Argives -- else, down smitten by the blasting thunderbolt, with Titans in the nether gloom he had...
Rather than trust the prince's good judgment, all three goddesses attempted to bribe Paris. Hera promised him dominion over the whole world. Athena offered certain victory in every battle. Aphrodite merely offered the most beautiful woman in the world: Helen, a daughter ...
Finally, through the intervention of Zeus and Hermes, at the end of the seven years, Odysseus is released.The PhaeaciansHe then reaches Scheria, the island of the Phaeacians (the modern-day island of Corfu). There, during a feast, Odysseus recounts his awe-inspiring story. Happy to ...
Ned said that his most famous ancestors were, in order of seniority, as follows: ".. . Zeus, Venus, Andrises [I believe that Andrises is "Andriscus," the son of Perseus, the last King of Macedonia], Julius Caesar, and Jonathan Edwards." The only one of these ancestors whom I ...
Zeus pronounced certain oracles, for, like many of the gods, Zeus often knew what the future held. As ruler of the heavens, Zeus imposed order on the universe. He placed all the planets and the stars in the sky. He also commanded meteorological phenomena. It was he who sent the rains ...
There were two alternative sets of Mousai--the three or fourMousai Titanidesand the threeMousai Apollonides. FAMILY OF THE MUSES PARENTS [1.1]ZEUS&MNEMOSYNE(Hesiod Theogony 1 & 915, Mimnermus Frag, Alcman Frag 8, Solon Frag 13, Apollodorus 1.13, Pausanias 1.2.5, Diodorus Siculus 4.7.1, ...