I, the once great and powerful Bellerophon, shall tell you the tale of how greed and jealousy led to my destruction. Born the son of a human mother and the God Poseidon, at birth my destiny pretold of a greatness disturbed. During my childhood on earth with my mother Eurynome and my foster father Glaucus, I developed a fascination with horses. Both of my fathers, known as expert horse riders, surrounded me with animals. This …
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…marry. A huge empire, a beautiful bride and loyal subjects were all mine. I lived like a god, yet I was not one. My greed overtook me and I traveled up to Mt. Olympus to meet the gods. However, before I could get there, Zeus struck me down. I fell to earth, became crippled, and worst of all, suffered the destiny of having to travel the world until the day I died a lonely death.