Heracles' Bow
Ratings8
Average rating2.8
Short and sad little story about Philoctetes' fate after Heracles' death. Ah, long live the tragic Greek myths! Miller could very easily expand on this idea and write their whole journey together in a novel-length book, but the short story here echoes nicely with the ephemerity of it all. Poor Philoctetes :'( He deserved better than being abandonned, but this shows how conceitedness and cockiness can have dire consequences.
This is not very good. Probably one of the first things she wrote I assume? I won't leave a bad rating since I like the author, but yea don't expect much from this one.
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I like Miller's writing and I sympathized with Philoctetes