chapter 10: the labors of heracles

4: CURSE OF THE GODDESS

Peace turns to horror when Hera sends madness to seize my mind. In a frenzy, I slay my own wife and sons, and when clarity returns, I see my hands stained with their blood. Desperate for purification, I seek the Oracle of Delphi, who renames me Heracles, meaning the glory of Hera. My sentence is clear, twelve labors to cleanse my miasma through suffering.

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