Eutostea, the third princess of Thebes, is visited by the mysterious guest calling himself the God Apollo in bed. In pitch-black darkness, only an outline of him said, “I have come to share a one-night love with you. Once the night passes, you will not remember me, nor shall we meet ever again.” Soon, the three princesses band together to reveal his face while he is sleeping. But the candlewax melts off the tip of the candle in Eutostea’s hand and falls on the god’s shoulder. Apollo wakes, grabs the second princess, declaring, “Princess of Thebes, admire to your heart’s content. ‘Tis the face of the mere shell you sought so dearly.”

“I fell in love at that time. Because there weren’t any Olympian gods who approached the Titans without hesitation. I should have not trusted the fledgling god who said he’d fallen in love with me at first sight. I should have not given all my heart to the very handsome and kind man who loved me as a woman. Why did I not get the knack? Why did I run into you wholeheartedly? That was me at the time. But not now. Not anymore, Zeus!”


Leto shrieked as if she had a seizure and then suddenly shut her mouth. She kneeled at his feet. Every time she gasped for breath, her skinny back shook as if it was about to sink in at any time, 


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