Eryx and the garden of the Hesperides

By Patrice Martinez

When Eryx and his companion Boentos arrived at Massalia, the two thieves decided to despoil the Artemis sanctuary. To their dismay, that did not work: surprised by guards of the Phocaean city, they had to hurriedly leave Lacydon, the Massalia port, aboard a frail vessel. But what the two thieves did not know was that their adventures carried them beyond the columns of Herakles to Erytheia Island.
The most beautiful of orchards spans this wild area: the garden of the Hesperides!

• Language: English
• Publisher: BadPress
• Release date: Sep 8, 2017
• ISBN: 9781507189979

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Patrice Martinez

Eryx

and

the garden of the Hesperides

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Short story

Phanès-éditions

ISBN: 979-10-91877-46-6

Illustrated by- Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones- le jardin des Hespérides -

Intellectual property © jJanuary 2016, second edition, by Phanès-éditions

Martinez Patrice

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A blade stronger than the others threshed our frail vessel; the foam exploded in the coaster swaying under the rude shock of the wave. Above our heads, clouds as dark as the Titan Erebus, son of Chaos, progressed at lightning speed: the weather announced the arrival of a storm, of which only an offering to Zeus Zenoposeidon could have appeased the illustrious anger of the god Ocean. Under the fury of the elements, the sail swelled and slammed, ready to break the mast. During a moment of anguish, I cast a look of terror at the Screamer. He met my expectations with a half-smile:

I told you, Eryx, you do not joke with the Gods. If we survive this... I’ll offer you two nights of hell with a porn¹...

With eyes veiled by the spray, I stared at Boentos, nicknamed The Screamer, whose face had been damaged by small pox, and the stigmata masked by a yellowish beard