chapter 10: the labors of heracles

22: ASCENSION TO OLYMPUS

Upon Mount Oeta, I build a pyre and surrender myself to fire. Lightning splits the sky as Zeus welcomes me to Olympus, my mortal pain left behind. Hera, once my tormentor, embraces me as a son, and I wed Hebe, goddess of youth. From the ashes of my suffering, I rise immortal, my labors eternal in memory.

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