Beyond the kitchen

and servants'

quarters stood

cottages for smaller gods,

sheds

for chariots,

stables for horses,

kennels for hounds, and a

sort of zoo where the Olympians

kept their sacred animals.

These included a bear, a lion, a

peacock, an aegle, tigers, a cow, a crane,

snakes, a wild boar, white bulls, a

wild cat, mice, swans, herons,

an owl, a tortise, and

a tank full of

fish.

Robert Graves