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Sam Greenblatt "Ozymandias, King of Kings" Breaking down the word "Ozymandas" in the original greek, one can realize that the kingdom no longer exists. Ozy comes from the Greek "ozium," which means to breath, or air. Mandias comes from the Greek "mandate," which means to rule. Hence, Ozymandias is simply a "ruler of air" or a "ruler of nothing". Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" becomes good advice, though in an opposite meaning than the king intended, for it comes to mean that despite all the power and might one acquires in the course of their life. In the end, the King's works are nothing, and the lines inscribed upon his statue are a sermon to those who read it. Rameses II (Ozymandias) ruled Egypt in the 13th century, the way Shelley describes the statue's shattered reputation "a shattered visage lies" but how at the same time reveals the legacy, "Which...

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