Wrath of the Gods Page #4
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father as tokens so that Theseus could use them to prove his
identity.
SHEPHERD:
I wouldn’t give you much for those sandals, but
that’s a fine lookin’ sword!
The sword glows magically. The pattern on the hilt is the key
to the episode in the Banquet scene (page 38).
SHEPHERD:
Yeah, I couldn’t figure when that old guy buried
it a while back. Seemed like a funny place to be
storin’ armaments.
The sword and sandals have pinged into your inventory.
ROADSIDE SHRINE. To this day there are countless
roadside shrines in Greece. These are consecrated to the
Virgin Mary and various Christian saints, but in ancient
times they were sacred to pagan deities. A temple was
considered to be the house of a god. Its architecture was
often elaborate. In contrast, a typical small shrine consisted
only of a simple enclosure and an altar. In addition, there
might be a statue of the god or goddess to whom the shrine
was sacred. Sacrifices were placed within the sanctuary or
Shrine
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burned on the altar. Blood offerings consisted of the meat
of an animal, which was burned while wine was poured
into the flames. Bloodless offerings included vegetables and
fruits. Some cults featured cakes as the offering. One such
cake was made from wheat and honey.
An old woman (the Peddler) is kneeling in devotion beside
this shrine. As she stands up, she touches her heart then
raises her hand to heaven.
PEDDLER:
If you wish to make an offering to the gods, I
have one last honey cake. I might part with it…
(pause)
For a gem.
If you give the Peddler a gem, she hands you the cake.
PEDDLER:
(spookily)
If you wish to understand the language of
animals and insects, you must clean your ears.
A character from Greek mythology who understood the
language of animals was the seer Melampus (meh-LAM-pus),
who was kind enough to care for some young snakes after
their mother died. One night he awoke in terror to find them
licking his ears. This gave him the power to see into the
future.
The Peddler walks away. If you place the cake on the small
altar before the shrine, a Snake comes out and licks at it.
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RIVERBANK. You find yourself on the bank of a raging
river. The hero Jason once found himself in a similar
situation and made a fateful decision. Jason had been
abandoned at birth by his father, the king of Iolcus (eye-ALLkus),
and raised by Chiron (KYE-ron) the Centaur (SEN-tawr).
When he came of age, he set out to claim his rightful throne,
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