Oracle
“He had dressed as a lord of Mycenae today, not as a tumbler. He wore his best kilt, dark blue with gold flounces, a gold belt, and all the gold he possessed on his neck and wrists and ankles. Even his hair was held back with a gold circlet, studded with sapphires, a gift from King Atreus.
It had felt strange to paint his own face. Dora had always done it before.
He had painted Euridice’s face earlier. It shocked him how much one girl’s face resembled another once the black and ochre was applied... about the eyes, the red on lips and cheeks and heels, the hair in a black cloud above the silken costume, a new one quickly made to resemble the one Thetis had worn. The Chamberlain had sent jewellery for her to wear, too, as Thetis had taken her own.
The guards followed him as he slipped along the palace corridors to see how the feast was progressing. The laughter in the feasting chamber this afternoon was the loudest ever heard in Mycenae; the wine was being handed around unwatered. The guests had been given their gifts too.MoreLess
It had felt strange to paint his own face. Dora had always done it before.
He had painted Euridice’s face earlier. It shocked him how much one girl’s face resembled another once the black and ochre was applied... about the eyes, the red on lips and cheeks and heels, the hair in a black cloud above the silken costume, a new one quickly made to resemble the one Thetis had worn. The Chamberlain had sent jewellery for her to wear, too, as Thetis had taken her own.
The guards followed him as he slipped along the palace corridors to see how the feast was progressing. The laughter in the feasting chamber this afternoon was the loudest ever heard in Mycenae; the wine was being handed around unwatered. The guests had been given their gifts too.MoreLess
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