Letter From Atlas To Hercules

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Letter from Atlas to Hercules Atlas S.P.D. Hercules Salve Hercules! It has been a very long time since the last time we have spoken. The previous time we came into contact with each other was a dreadful experience. As I stand here every day and struggle to hold the weight of the heavens, I envy and crave your ability to roam freely all around the world without anything ever holding you back. You are free to do anything and go anywhere you wish while I am stuck in one place with an entire world on top of me. I do not even have a voice to be heard or a choice to be made to change it. While I am trapped under a massive and heavy load that I can not escape, you are living a content and fulfilling life with anyone, anywhere. I am still in absolute …show more content…

This war was an outrage between the Titans and the Olympian gods and I, Atlas, was the leader of the Titans. Due to the Titans losing the war, Jupiter forced a punishment onto me that I could never overcome or finish. The punishment was to hold the entire weight of the heavens on my back for the rest of my life, and since I am a Titan, and I am immortal, that means I would hold it for an eternity. After the war had been over for a long time, Juno, the wife of Jupiter, was given a tree of golden apples as a wedding gift and my daughters, along with a dragon with the name Ladon, had the responsibility of watching over and keeping the tree out of harm’s way. You were ordered by the king to collect the golden apples from my daughters so you asked me for my help to find them. Since I agreed to helping you, you agreed to holding up the heavens while I looked for my daughters. I found them and I was enjoying not having the weight on my back for a short period of time so I wanted to return to holding up the heavens so soon. I decided I should take a little more of a break and take the apples to the king. You did not like that idea and decided the best option would be to deceive and betray me. You told me you needed help shifting the weight to make it more comfortable and easy to hold but you lied! You pushed all of the weight onto my back and took off to meet the king with the golden apples. I have now been imprisoned by this unbearable …show more content…

I want you to feel every bit of the pain that I have been feeling ever since you cheated and tricked me. I have suffered more than any man should ever have to suffer and it is all of your fault. I could have been a very happy and free man. I could have had with ability to wander wherever my heart wanted and wherever my feet took me. Instead of getting all of the benefits and luxuries I could receive from life, I am caught beneath the weight of the heavens and forced to live in pain and loneliness. This punishment is no longer fair to me and you are going to pay for how you have conned me and left me in a miserable state without even a second thought. I also want Jupiter to feel my wrath because he is the god that started this mess! He will never understand how much agony I go through every second, of every minute, of every day unless I make him understand. Every movement I make feels like being stabbed a thousand times and the weight of the heavens gets so heavy my entire body is shaking from fatigue. Jupiter needs to know the torture he puts me through. It is unendurable and is a punishment I am not willing to face. Both you and Jupiter will be avenged before I take my very last breath. Cura ut

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