A black and white drawing, You approach one of the passers-by and state
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a black and white drawing
,
You approach one of the passers-by and state: 'I am Altheus
,
take me to the palace'
;
but the only reply is a furtive
,
'Don't mention that name
;
Theseus has forbidden it
.
'
'What Theseus is this
,
for Theseus is dead
?
' you cry
.
'General Etekon's son
.
He rules now
,
' the man answers and then scuttles off
,
apparently fearful lest he be caught talking to such a madman
.
Dirty
,
sea-stained
,
bearded and unrecognized
,
you walk through the streets of Athens
,
wrapping yourself tightly in your threadbare coat to keep out the wind and driving rain
.
The passers-by avoid you as a beggar or leper
.
At length you stumble inside an inn
.
As you start to dry off by the fire
,
you see the innkeeper coming towards you
,
evidently intent on throwing you out
;
but before he can do so
,
you are greeted by a group of balding men and plump matrons
,
who drag you to their table and ply you with wine and questions
.
The innkeeper retreats
,
mollified
,
and you sip at the spicy wine
,
wondering who these people are
.
Then you recognize them: these are the youths and maidens who accompanied you to Knossos and whom you saved from the Minotaur
.
But time has wrought its revenges
.
The youthful muscles have turned to fat
,
the bronzed flesh to paunches
.
The men are balding or greying
,
and the women's dimples have turned to wrinkles
.
From what they say
,
you learn that the city has ignored them
.
None of them received a hero's welcome and One of the youths has been stoned
.
Now they have sunk into sullen reminiscences about glorious days long ago
;
seven and a half years after coming home
,
the six surviving youths and five maidens of Athens are still fighting the darkness of Knossos
.
The girl who reminded you of your mother smiles
,
and something in the toothless grin
,
or perhaps the wine
,
makes you snap
.
Like a man who goes to greet his grandmother in the morning
,
and finds her dead
,
you rise hurriedly and stumble out into the street
,
retching
.
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