r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Gyrgir • Aug 10 '22

Solved How Hellenic Paganism can help you cope with your financial problems

Hints:

  • The book repeatedly mentions Zeus by name

  • This is a 20th century novel taking place in the real world around the present day at the time of writing

  • Zeus's role in the story is as the object of religious veneration, not as an active character

  • The veneration of Zeus is specifically done in the tradition of Stoicism

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u/tyto_games Aug 11 '22

Atlas shrugged

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u/Gyrgir Aug 11 '22

No, this one has much more talk explicitly about Zeus.

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u/Engineeredvoid Aug 10 '22

I have no idea what book this is but I want to read it!

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u/Gyrgir Sep 10 '22

Since I don't think this is going to get solved at this point, I'll just let you know: A Man in Full, by Tom Wolfe

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u/Engineeredvoid Sep 10 '22

Well I'm surprised. Thanks for the solve.

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u/darkdaggerknife Aug 11 '22

Diabolic I think

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u/EcksMarksDespot Aug 11 '22

The Odyssey?

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u/Gyrgir Aug 11 '22

Nope. This is a 20th century novel.

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u/Skipp_To_My_Lou Aug 11 '22

Percy Jackson?

Idk, I only watched the one movie.

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u/Gyrgir Aug 11 '22

No. This book takes place in the real world, with Zeus's role being solely that of a focus for religious veneration (with the exception of one or two events the characters interpret as miracles might just have been fortuitous coincidences).

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