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A new National Anthem for Greece


From Mount Olympus, mighty Zeus,

Your fearsome thunderbolts let loose

And spare us from the wretched role

Of being Europe’s begging bowl.


Where would the world without us be?

No ouzo, no Aegean sea,

No myth, no math, no feta cheese

No package deals, no Sophocles.


On treacherous seas now pitched and tossed,

Our drachma drowned, our marbles lost,

We founder in despair and swear

It’s gifts we need, not gifts we bear.


Melt Merkel’s heart, oh mighty Zeus,

And put the Bundesbank to use

By showering down on Greece, we plead,

More Euros than we’ll ever need.

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