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,

and the goddess Hera (HEE-ruh), the queen of Olympus

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