The Tale of Otus and Ephialtes

Chapter 2

The Giants' Ascent to Olympus

Boom! Boom!

The noise from the outskirts of Olympus grew louder. It wasn't just an earthly disturbance if it was audible in the palace of the gods on the clouds.

Could it be Hephaestus hammering at full force? The other gods were also beginning to feel uneasy.

"Is someone approaching Olympus?"

"But this sound..."

"Look over there!"

A lower deity pointed towards the ground.

Two enormous giants were constructing a path to Olympus by piling up mountains and filling the sea with rocks. Each time they threw …