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Chapter 2 Sea Salt & Ivory

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Broteas was a child of Hephaestus and or Tantalus, depending on the setting. He never respected Artemis, so she drove him mad and caused him to immolate himself.

God like every piece of symbolism fits, madness brought on by gods, the relationship with Artemis (ie Maya), the motif of fire and setting himself on fire.

So Broteas and Niobe, siblings to Pelops which I wanted to design. And unlike Pelops they had inherited their infamous father's pride. And both would punished via Artemis and Apollo.

Most people know about Niobe, Queen of Thebes who boosted about her children and they were all slain by the godly twins Artemis and Apollo. Thus she be turned into a statue/stone that would weep endlessly.

Die Tage in Athen waren nur das Vorspiel, die Ouverture, das Appetishäppchen so zu sagen. Jetzt geht es ans Hauptgericht, zum ersten Akt, zum eigentlichen Grund der Reise. Meinen Wagen bekomme ich von einem Verleiher in der Nähe der Metrostation Sygrou–Fix, eine Gegend, die wohl fast ausschließlich auf Autoverkehr abgestimmt ist. Für den Fußgänger, wie ich es noch bin, eine Challenge. Doch…