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Zeus looked like a really buff, really angry hippie.

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
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Military City
USA
Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
Zeus
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Angry
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