twenty one

Third person POV

APOLLO was the God of Light, and it was his job to pull the sun across the sky in his 4-horse chariot every day. He has also been referred to as the God of music, poetry, art, medicine, knowledge, plague and archery.

Apollo was the son of ZEUS and Leto. He had a twin sister, ARTEMIS, who was the Goddess of Hunting. He was also famous for being an oracular god, and had two cults in Delphi and Delos.

People would come from all over the world to learn from Apollo what their future held. It was believed that, as the God of both medicine and plague, Apollo could heal people as well as cause disease by shooting people with his arrows.

Artemis is the Olympian goddess of the hunt, the moon, and chastity; in time, she also became associated with childbirth and nature. No more than few days old, she helped her mother Leto give birth to her twin brother Apollo.

Apollo. Artemis was very protective of her and her priestesses' innocence. Consequently, she wasn't very nice when some of them weren't so careful.

Even though Plato says that the name "Artemis" is related to her virginity and the Ancient Greek word for "unharmed" or "pure," we now know that its origin is undoubtedly different and possibly even Persian. However, scholars can't agree over its original meaning.

Artemis is almost universally depicted as a young, beautiful and vigorous huntress carrying a quiver with arrows and holding a bow, typically wearing a short knee-high tunic and often accompanied by some animal (stag, doe, or hunting dogs).

Eros – known as Cupid to the Romans – was the Greek god of sexual attraction, a constant companion of Aphrodite. Variously depicted as either a beautiful youth or a mischievous nude boy, Eros is most commonly represented with a bow and an unlimited number of arrows which he uses to overpower the reason and incite erotic feelings in any mortal or god

There are numerous different versions of Eros' parentage, and it seems that even Ancient Greek authors were aware of them, so some have even posited the existence of at least two different Eroses.

The first of these is Hesiod's Eros, a primordial being, "the most beautiful of the immortal gods," one of the very first few deities that sprung into existence. In this story, Eros was the son of Chaos, and the brother of Gaea, Tartarus, Erebus, and Nyx.

However, possibly due to the fact that Eros was constantly accompanying the goddess of love, later authors reimagined him as one of the many children of Aphrodite and Ares. In this case, there are at least three more winged love gods such as him, all of them his brothers: Anteros, Pothos, and Himeros. Together, they are often referred to as the Erotes.

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His mouth hung open as he looked at the smiling face of euryale. Her head intact and beautiful, tears were now staining his cheeks and he ran to her engulfing her in a bone crushing hug, he was so happy.

She smiled weakly and hugged him back just as tight. She knew before she explains he needed reassurance that she was actually here and alive, it was needed. He cried softly on her shoulder.

He backed up but still held her by her shoulders. "h-how? w-why are you here?" He asked his voice cracking a little bit. She smiled and held his face in her hand. "I'll explain everything, come sit" she beckoned him.

They sat on the ground and he started explaining everything.

*𝕗𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜*

𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞. 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫.

"𝐨𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝" 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫. "𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭" 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝. 𝐀𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫.

𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐀𝐡𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 "𝐚𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭" 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫.

"𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝" 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐲. 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝. "𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐩𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐬" 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝.

*𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐞𝐧𝐝*

She explained as carefully as he could. Priamoss eyes filled with anger given what he just heard. That was basically a crime, sending someone to Tartarus for no reason, how shitty and low.

"She knocked me out right after and I woke up here" she gestured around. Priamos shook his head and hugged euryale again. He couldn't wait until stheno found out that she was still alive.

"She showed me your head, acting like you were decapitated" he told her. She just laughed it off. It was actually pretty funny to her how Aphrodite showed them 'her head" when it wasn't actually her heard.

But of course all good things must come to an end.

There was loud roar and then footsteps. Priamoss head snapped to the place he heard the sound. The footsteps got closer and closer and closer and ...