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Authors: Emily Tilton
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Athena smiled. “It happens that heroes are often thirsty. I do not think that you know how interesting the life of a lake goddess can be, with a little help from the goddess of heroes.”
Thus had begun Argeia’s special task as the mistress of the lakes around Sparta and Pylos. The bards would perhaps never tell of her career after Photeros came; of the nights she lay with heroes, to give them strength and counsel. But those nights had taken away all the sting of the contrast of her lot with Thaleia’s and left only the sweetness behind.
So she sat, invisible, with her sister, upon the stone bench in Sparta, knowing that she would soon have to return to Lake Pankalos, where a particularly handsome Pylian hero had asked her aid in defeating a centaur.
“I thought I could almost see you in the light,” said Thaleia. “I have never known so clearly that you were here. I am sure of it now. And I am sure that Photeros is yours, my brave sister.”
She would give anything, Argeia thought, to be able to say, “Yes! Yes, and Photeros may not be as mighty, but Monocrates loves him, and you and your Spartans love him, and that is enough!”
She sighed with the frustration of it, and Thaleia, to her astonishment, said, “Argeia? Did you… I thought I heard…”
“Yes!” Argeia shouted, and suddenly Thaleia was crying.
“I can hear you,” she said. “I can hear you. I love you.” Argeia saw her glance toward the boys, and see that they were still absorbed in their game and would not notice that their mother seemed to have lost her wits.
“I love you, Thaleia. Photeros is mine, and he and Monocrates will do great deeds together.”
“Together,” said Thaleia, smiling through her tears.
The End
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