you mentioned agamemnon, hector, odysseus. how do you know about them? search your most distant memories, those of the thousands of years past, and i am there. your fathers knew me, and your father's fathers. i am apollo. and i am the tsar of all the russias. mr. chekov. i'm sorry. i never met a god before. and you haven't yet. readings, doctor. simple humanoid, captain. evidently not so simple. earth... mother of the most beautiful of women in the universe. that at least has not changed. i am pleased. us, athena, aphrodite, artemis-- a gallant band of travelers. we knew your earth well 5,000 of your years ago. all right. we're here at your invitation. would you mind telling us what you want without all the olympian generalities? you will not leave this place. transporter room. your transportation device no longer functions. enterprise, come in. i will not permit that device to work, either, captain. what is it you want? you will worship me, as your fathers did before you. if you want to play god and call yourself apollo, that's your business. you're no