Brave Hoplite Hiktos Nuluk is lost, the lands look so different and are very cold. Perhaps this Great Lady could help him.
He explains to the Great Lady about that terrible day when he boasted at a Dionysus festival that as the bravest hoplite warrior in Greece, he had no fear of man, beast, nor even a god. How was he to know that one of the revelers was Ate'-Goddess of Mischief, in disguise and that she would take affront of his boast! Ate' decided to take this boastful hoplite down a peg or two and have a good laugh about it at the same time. Her curse was creative to say the least as it came in three parts:
1-Time and again the "Brave" Hiktos Nuluk will be brought face to face with a host of the most powerful/infamous/dangerous/gods/demigods/monsters/villains the Greek world had to offer.
2-While he can be hurt, he will fully recover-he cannot be killed (what would be the fun of him dying after the first encounter).
3-He will remember each encounter. He will not remember that he can't be killed but he will remember all the pain and suffering (fear can be such a motivator)!
The Great Lady is none other than the Norse Goddess Freyja, Hiktos is indeed far from home. While she does feel sorry for the lost Greek, she is under the orders of Oden to continue the curse placed on Hiktos by the Greek Goddess Ate' as it appears that Oden owes the beautiful Ate' for some favors she granted him. So goes the life of Brave Hiktos Nuluk, cursed to forever face the horrible creatures of Greece and the Norse for the amusement of the gods.
Brave Hiktos Nuluk is a 25mm (1 inch) metal piece I painted in the 1970's. I use him to give an idea of the size of the bigger pieces I paint.
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