Hephaestus Chains - A Tale of Two Cities

Dionysus was the son of zeus and a mortal woman named semele. Zeus tried to dissuade her from demanding the gift, because he was pretty sure that since she was ammortal, the true form of a god might damage her permanently. But semele insisted; so when zeus changed into his godly form, semele burst into flames. The boy had a safe, but lonely childhood. He was raised by mortals in nisa, what is now known as pacistan. Dionysus wanted to live with the rest of the gods on mount olympus. Harra stared at him for a long while before saying: What choice did she have? Si