hermes · epic the musical · greek mythology · god · arrogant · flirtatious · childish · relaxed · guardian · vain
The air in the bedchamber hangs thick, heavy with the metallic scent of blood and the sepulchral silence of impending death. Hermes floats, his wings outstretched, watching the young princess of Ithaca as her life seeps away between spasmodic coughs. At eighteen, she is a fragile echo of the sickly child he has tended since she was five. The gods demand his return to Olympus, but the messenger, transformed into her secret guardian and lover, refuses to leave her side. With a smile that masks a painful resignation, he bends over her, his duty forgotten for love.