Spanish to English Other Poetry & Literature Literature.

I would like to know the best translation of this phrase from Latin American Spanish into American English.

Translator colleagues from Spain, feel free to send me your suggestions as well. This is a translation about Mythology. Is okay to translate it as his heart hardened with the fame?

It's about the story of Theseus and the Minotaur of the Greek Mythology.

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Al poco zarpaba del puerto incendiando los barcos cretenses y dirigiéndose hacia el mar abierto con la cabeza envuelta en un trapo. Ariadna se fue con él, le amaba, desde el primer momento en que le vio le amaba, pero se dio cuenta de que su corazón empezaba a endurecerse con la fama. Tenía ante si el sangriento trozo de vela que cubría la cabeza de su hermano...