66 The Exiles

Hesiod's Fourth Era: The Heroic Age of Mankind (1471 BC – 1103 BC)

In this era, the tales of the most legendary heroes of Greek Mythology unfolded – from their quests and the wars they were part of, from the ones who earned the favor of the gods, to the ones who earned their wrath.

[This is a prelude to the next quest. As I said before, it is important to know or refresh your knowledge on some background myths]

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Athens – 1460 BC

The dismal clouds overcast the caliginous sky and the wind arose, causing the noise of the waves to prevail over that stormy night, where a lovely maiden cowered in fear from the sound it made. Inside the temple, she prayed for the storm to stop, for she was afraid of what was coming.

The gulls are tossed helplessly in a storm, in flashes of white in the grey, tumbling as they struggle against the gale. Beneath them the sea rises as great mountains, anger in the form of water, turbulent and unforgiving.