The word baroque originates from the Portuguese word barocca, which
means "a pearl of irregular shape." Which characteristics are NOT
typical of baroque art?
simple lines and no ornamentation
bright colors, light, and shadow
movement, energy, and drama
intense spirituality
The definition of baroque. ... Anything with a complicated design can be baroque but it also refers to a style of art, music, and architecture from 17th Century Italy (and is then sometimes capitalized). Although it has roots in the Portuguese word barroco meaning "imperfect pearl" not everything baroque is imperfect.
I think in this quote, Zeus is referring to the fire as the "evil thing in which they may take pleasure to their gut," because he refers to it right before he uses the word evil to describe it.