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Keep a Lid on It, Pandora!

Keep a Lid on It, Pandora! book cover
Guess who Yep it’s Hades back again to debunk another Greek myth Want to guess why I’m debunking The answer’s a four-letter word that starts with the letter Z If you guessed Zeus bingo My Underworld Dictionary defines bunk as claptrap or twaddle Check your own dictionary I’ll bet it says the same thing My little brother Zeus is the Boss of Bunk He’s so full of bunk he ought to sleep in a bunk bed When Zeus decided to redo The Big Fat Book of Greek Myths he bunked up the myths but good He threw out parts he didn’t like He made up new bits and stuck them in wherever he felt like it The big myth-o-maniac old Greek speak for big fat liar basically lied up a storm to make himself look like a powerful thunder god He heaped on the bunk so thick that now it’s impossible for you mortals to tell what really happened and what he just felt like tossing in Take the myth about Pandora You’ve heard the expression opening up a Pandora’s box The only reason anyone ever says that is because they’ve bought Zeus’s version of the myth hook line and sinker Here it is in black and white Go on Read it straight