Chapter 12
Athena POV——-
What kind of leader doesn't know how to keep his emotions in check in a important meeting with a person of equal status? Oh, let's not call it leader. Call it 'King of an entire Godly Pantheon'. King should consider rhetoric, the art of argument, one of the essential R's. Rhetoric is the art of influence, friendship, and eloquence, of ready wit and irrefutable logic. And it harnesses the most powerful of social forces, argument.
Whether you sense it or not, argument surrounds you. It plays with your emotions, changes your attitude, talks you into a decision, and goads you to buy things. Argument lies behind political labeling, advertising, jargon, voices, gestures, and guilt trips; it forms a real-life Matrix, the supreme software that drives our social lives. And rhetoric serves as argument's decoder. By teaching the tricks we use to persuade one another, the art of persuasion reveals in all its manipulative glory.
'In conclusion...'
Ares POV———
Back in my old life, scientist believed The ancients considered rhetoric the essential skill of leadership—knowledge so important that they placed it at the center of higher education. It taught them how to speak and write persuasively, produce something to say on every occasion, and make people like them when they spoke. After the ancient Greeks invented it, rhetoric helped create the world's first democracies. It trained Roman orators such as Julius Caesar and Marcus Tullius Cicero and gave the Bible its finest language. It even inspired William Shakespeare. Every one of America's founders studied rhetoric, and they used its principles in writing the Constitution.
'In conclusion....'
Ares/Athena POV——-
'Zeus is not nor will he ever be fit to be king.'
Ares POV—-
Its only been about 5 minutes since the actual conversation/debate(I forgot the word for it, but its when two leaders or countries meet to discuss what's going on.) began, and Zeus has been embarrassing us. Zeus is too rash, vane, arrogant and STUPID to effectively rule.
'Something has got to change.'
I take a subtle look over at Athena and our eyes meet for a moment. Im sure she has the same thoughts.
'Time for a new change in leadership.'
Im sure I could get most of the gods and goddesses support if- no WHEN I overthrow Zeus.
Too bad they couldn't have seen this failure of a king, Zeus and Ra immediately erected a barrier so that only a select few gods may listen while the rest may mingle with each other. Zeus has allowed, Me, Athena, Hera, Poseidon and Hades to listen in. While Ra has allowed Osiris, Anubis, Horus, Isis, Seth and of course Thoth to listen.
3rd POV-
"You must understand lord Zeus, we as a pantheon are alarmed at the thought of war between us, however your mortal has started us on this path and yet you have no answer for it?" Thoth says in a condescending yet teaching tone.
"The mortal has nothing to do with us, you must understand lord Ra!!" Zeus pleads.
"Is that your answer for this problem lord Zeus." Isis answers back.
"Why are talk-"
Osiris-"Zeus, are you sure you are the king? Why would anyone chose this…CHILD as a leader?"
Zeus-" Y-YOU DARE INSULT MEEEE BOY!!!???"
Ra- "How are we to solve this if you are yelling 'Lord Zeus'"
Isis- "Please calm down, you wouldn't want to escalate this would you?"
Zeus still seething retorts at the women, "Why does this women speak for you 'Lord Ra'??"
"You would be wise to apologize to my wife, NOW?" Osiris angrily says.
"And what would you do, Ill chop you back into little pieces you GREEN FUCK!!!!"
Seth who was previously quiet starts to chuckle. Horus notices and immediately becomes angry, "You still have the gaul to laugh??? I SWEAR I WILL KILL YOU!!"
Athena after hearing Horus begins to smirk, unfortunately Seth notices.
"Hmph, a woman as a god of war??? Greece is even shittier than I thought.
Before Athena can retort, Ares immediately responds, "And yet Egypt was taken without a struggle."
Baffled at the hard truth the arguing gods come to a halt at Ares words. Ares unfazed, continues on.
"Nebuchadnezzar's Babylonian-Scythian-Mede-Persian forces shortly occupied and plundered you all, after annihilation of Egytian-Assyrian armies in Carcamesh.
Persians occupied Egypt for three centuries. Macedonians of Alexander invaded it and WILL keep it for three centuries until Cleopatra period, Romans WILL hold it for six centuries, turning it into a Christian nation. Muslim Arabs for five centuries, turning it into a Muslim nation, Crusaders, under AngloFrench King Richard, WILL hold it briefly, first of several French and British invasions.
Do you all know how I know this??"
All of the gods at the meeting are completely clueless at the information they have all received.
"You see, I am a TRUE god of war unlike you, you stupid fuck." Ares spits out right at Seth.
"I WILL CUT YOUR HEAD OFF AND SHIT DOWN YOUR THROAT-"
Before Seth can finish, Ares interrupts him, "Lord Zeus, may I have permission to Thrash this Dirt Demon straight to the gulag?"
An impulsive Zeus answers straight away, "LORD RA, IF MY SON WINS GREECE WILL OCCUPY EGYPT, THE MORTAL ALEXANDER OF MACEDONIA WILL BECOME THE NEXT PHARAOH-"
Ares finishes of his demands, "And I will be able to travel to and from Egypt and also be able to establish a mercenary group there in the future."
Ra unfazed by any of the events that have come to pass says, "And if Seth wins Egypt will occupy and unite Greece while destroying the cities of Rhodes, Athens, Delphi and Sparta."
Before Zeus can answer Ares does so for him, "Acceptable, *turns to look Seth in the eyes and whispers* im gonna fuck you up, you dumb son of a bitch."
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