‘If I succeed, I will return before the first rays of sunrise,’ he told them before he left. ‘You will see my boat leaving from the shore. If I am not within your sight before the sun breaks the horizon, go. Do not wait. Do not, under any circumstances, follow me to the island. Leave. Sail fast. You will have the gods on your side and the wind at your back. When you reach land, build an altar to the gods in my name. To my father. My siblings. If I do not succeed in my task, it will be of my inadequacies, not theirs. You will be free men. By Athena’s will, sell this boat and split the proceeds
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