179. Hubris
Hubris
Eras into posterity,
mortals will tell stories
about how the Gods hate hubris.
What they will not say
is how it was Zeus
who hated it most.
The Titans had determined
that they would win.
That Zeus and his siblings
were outnumbered.
Victory was already
marked by Titan pride.
When the war first began,
the Titan brothers utilized
every strength they had,
and for an eon, it looked
as though Zeus and his siblings
were easy enough to defeat.
But Zeus was a wily God
and he knew that old deities
would also have old enemies
waiting to be recruited.
He appealed to his grandmother,
Gaia, who sent aid his way.
The Titans did not realize that Zeus
and his siblings were driven
by a vengeance so powerful
it could destroy everything.
Even the most ancient
of Titan Gods.