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From Mortal Chains To Immortal Glory by We_ARE_the_Honored_0NE
Fandoms: Fate/stay night (Visual Novel), Fate/strange fake, Fate/stay night & Related Fandoms, Fate/Grand Order, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
14 Nov 2024
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I am not unaware that many difficulties beset those who undertake to give an account of the ancient myths, and especially is this true with respect to the myths about Heracles.
For as regards the magnitude of the deeds which he accomplished it is generally agreed that Heracles has been handed down as one who surpassed all men of whom memory from the beginning of time has brought down an account; consequently it is a difficult attainment to report each one of his deeds in a worthy manner and to present a record which shall be on a level with labours so great, the magnitude of which won for him the prize of immortality.
Furthermore, since in the eyes of many men the very early age and astonishing nature of the facts which are related make the myths incredible, a writer is under the necessity either of omitting the greatest deeds and so detracting somewhat from the fame of the god, or of recounting them all and in so doing making the history of them incredible.
This, then, is the story as it has been given us