The wind with teeth and the wind with tears blew down the mountain to push Artemisa down. The wind with teeth knocked Artemisa's head into a boulder, and our hero fell into a sleep. She slept for 17 days, and for each day asleep she remembered the events of a previous day. And thus she thought back and remembered from the beginning of her journey to present. So deep was her slumber, so deep in memory, that no matter what attacked during the 17 days, she would not wake. Giant waves sent from Poseidon climbed the mountain, and licked the cliffs, all vain attempts. All the winds together blew, but only the rocks moved, burying her, still asleep.
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The Epic of the Artemisian Mountain
PoetryThis is the epic tale of Artemisa's journey to the top of the mighty mountain of the gods to save all heroes to come. It is written as an epic poem, modeled after the Odyssey by Homer, except my poem is very short, one stanza per book or chapter. En...
