Oleia waited on her mother’s piazza for his (her father's) return and although she knew he’d said it to provoke her mother, his remark about Pholus’s son stirred her imagination. Near sunrise, she fell asleep and dreamed that she stood by a river. Teleon’s haughty, puffed-up daughter Hestia stood beside her, and Old Nona was there too, about to announce the name of the next queen of
07 February, 2012
From ATALANTA AND THE GOLDEN APPLES, PART III OF MYTHS of HELICON MOUNTAIN .
Oleia waited on her mother’s piazza for his (her father's) return and although she knew he’d said it to provoke her mother, his remark about Pholus’s son stirred her imagination. Near sunrise, she fell asleep and dreamed that she stood by a river. Teleon’s haughty, puffed-up daughter Hestia stood beside her, and Old Nona was there too, about to announce the name of the next queen of
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