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* Countless instances in [[Greek Mythology]]. Proclaiming oneself smarter/mightier/prettier/better than the gods always brings immediate ruin down on the offending mortal (if the gods don't at least choose to be lenient and instead put said mortal to the test), yet [[Genre Blindness|mortals do this continuously.]] |
* Countless instances in [[Greek Mythology]]. Proclaiming oneself smarter/mightier/prettier/better than the gods always brings immediate ruin down on the offending mortal (if the gods don't at least choose to be lenient and instead put said mortal to the test), yet [[Genre Blindness|mortals do this continuously.]] |
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** In the story of the Seven Against Thebes, one of the leaders, Capaneus, stood just at the wall of the city and shouted that Zeus himself could not stop him from invading it. Zeus promptly killed him with a thunderbolt. |
** In the story of the Seven Against Thebes, one of the leaders, Capaneus, stood just at the wall of the city and shouted that Zeus himself could not stop him from invading it. Zeus promptly killed him with a thunderbolt. |
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