3 Stars
Lovely battle scene with Herakles and Iolaus versus Ares and Cycnus. Brothers against father and son with the requisite god meddling ahead of time. Nicely done if brief. I wandered over to read it after The Seven Against Thebes because I was so enamored with the shields' descriptions in it and so totally worth it. The shield itself is a set of stories. But it ends with a nice bang:
Even so, the son of Amphitryon, unsated of battle, stood eagerly face to face with Ares, nursing courage in his heart. And Ares drew near him with grief in his heart; and they both sprang at one another with a cry.
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