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Quotation from The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum
“Thus, after many labors, Heracles passed away, a mortal passing into an immortal being in a great burning high above the sea.”
The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles, Part III, IV: The Life and Labors of Heracles (Project Gutenberg #2395)
The end of Heracles, burned on the pyre lit by Philoctetes and carried to Olympus in a chariot.
Citation: "Thus, after many labors, Heracles passed away, a mortal passing into an immortal being in a great burning high above the sea." — Padraic Colum, The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles, Part III, IV: The Life and Labors of Heracles (Project Gutenberg #2395). (id colum-the-golden-fleece-q6)
Portrait: PadraicColum, Unknown, Public domain.
