“It was not frivolous,” insisted Artemis.
“We will let our visitors decide,” said Dionysus. “It was the custom throughout Aetolia to make sacrifices to all the major gods at the beginning of every harvest. One time Oeneus forgot the sacrifice to Artemis—”
“He did not forget. It was a deliberate insult, an expression of his hubris,” Artemis insisted. “The altar was right there—how could he have missed it?”
“Nonetheless, every writer agrees that he did,” said Dionysus calmly. “And what did you do? You sent an enormous boar to ravage the countryside.”
“He could have done the righteous thing and begged for my forgiveness,” said Artemis. “Instead, he recruited warriors to kill it.”
“He tried to appease you, but you refused to heed his prayers,” said Dionysus. “In any case, it was during th
