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Car train 329 Posted 6 years ago
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Roar on? High made women?

Zeus who roars on high made women to be an evil for mortal men.


—>what does roar on mean? And what does high made women stand for???

help me understand this sentence pls!

  

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I read that wrong at first, as you did. It is quaintly put. Parse it Zeus (who roars on high) made women (to be an evil (for mortal men)) .

  • I read that wrong at first, as you did.
  • It is quaintly put.
  • Parse it Zeus (who roars on high) made women (to be an evil (for mortal men)) .
  • The *** roars.
  • He does so "on high", an idiomatic expression used as an adverb to mean "up in the heavens".
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I read that wrong at first, as you did. It is quaintly put. Parse it Zeus (who roars on high) made women (to be an evil (for mortal men)). The *** roars. He does so "on high", an idiomatic expression used as an adverb to mean "up in the heavens". He made women. He did so to vex male mortals.

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