{"id":43489,"date":"2012-12-12T09:34:07","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T14:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=43489"},"modified":"2013-02-03T02:43:56","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T07:43:56","slug":"zeus-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/12\/zeus-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeus, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/The_Chariot_of_Zeus_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_14994.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/The_Chariot_of_Zeus_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_14994-300x190.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"The_Chariot_of_Zeus_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_14994\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-43490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/The_Chariot_of_Zeus_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_14994-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/The_Chariot_of_Zeus_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_14994.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>On protectionism,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lj.libraryjournal.com\/2012\/12\/opinion\/peer-to-peer-review\/ebooks-and-the-candlemakers-petition-peer-to-peer-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">e-books, and candlemakers<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>Biologist Edward O. 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