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.”

Those who watched the trial deplored and put their hands on their foreheads. The horn bowl the muses were holding was now tinged with bright red color. 			


After Hera, Athena and Hermes threw their cards. Athena, entirely in a blue hue, tied her hair in a long ponytail, tamed with olive oil. She had been harboring hostility against Ares for a long time. But she didn’t take this vote personally. In order to show respect to Hera, she came forward to the horn bowl. And voted to keep her creed that law should be equal and stringently enforced regardless of high and low. 


Hermes voted in order to save her father, Zeus’ face. No matter what happened, didn’t he even swear on the River Styx? Zeus had to be justified in being unable to punish Apollo because, unfortunately, not everyone voted yes when he tried to, ostensibly, penalize him.


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