Harry Potter’s Morning Light

Chapter 3071 Libation Bearer (2)

When Thetis and her party, wearing a black veil, arrived at Olympus like cumulonimbus clouds rising to the sky in a whirlwind, she saw Zeus, the thundering son of Cronus, sitting in front of everyone. Among the immortal gods, Athena made room for Thetis. Hera handed an exquisite gold cup to Thetis's hand, and Thetis took the cup and drank it in one gulp.

Hera was the biological mother of Hephaestus. Although they "had conflicts", by the time the Iliad occurred, the conflicts had been "resolved". She had a good relationship with Thetis, her adoptive mother, at least she was smiling.

Facing a goddess whose son had just died, even if Hera could not weep and lament like other sea nymphs, is it appropriate for her to smile like this?

But it would be inappropriate for her to act solemn or solemn. This war originally started because the three goddesses were competing for the golden apple.

Smiling can at least show friendliness, and according to Thetis's mood at the time, she couldn't think about that much. Then Zeus conveyed the order to her.

It has become a standard ritual on the Trojan battlefield for both sides to stop the war in order to bury the dead. No matter how Hector killed Achilles's best friend and broke Achilles' heart, Hector could not continue to kill him. body detained.

Even though Hector was lost, Troy did not fall because of its strong walls, just as Polydamas said.

 Then after the Trojan Horse massacred the city, the victorious Achaeans and Spartans drove their ships back to their hometown.

Because of the sins they committed in the city, Odysseus and his companions encountered a shipwreck, and all the loot sank to the bottom of the sea. But there was an old hero named Nestor. He encountered danger before the disaster happened, so he sailed the ship to Euboea. The Spartan King Monera Osfor tracked them and also hid. After a huge disaster.

Not everyone in Achaeus was killed. Agamemnon returned to his palace smoothly, but no one could tell whether Odysseus was dead or alive.

In order to find out the truth, Odysseus' son left the home occupied by the suitors and came to Pylos under the guidance of Athena, where he found Nestor. At that time, they were worshiping Poseidon on the beach.

After the Council of Olympus confirmed Odysseus's return home, Athena immediately came to Odysseus' house, carrying a spear instead of a large shield when she left. She transformed into a mortal and entered the courtyard gate.

The "suitors" were sitting on the hide of a fattened cow, playing dice, and they were shouting loudly to keep their followers busy for them.

Some of these people used amphora to mix wine and water, and some were cleaning the table, preparing to put the roasted meat on it and share it later.

Telemachus sat among these suitors, his face full of indignation, but when he saw Athena's transformed mortal form, he still came to the door of the house and welcomed the guests in.

His house is like this. It is not appropriate to let people of unknown origins into the door anymore, but this is a host-guest etiquette in ancient Greece. The host must first entertain the guests with good food and drink, and then ask the guests where they are from. If it is violated, the host will Suffer retribution.

Likewise Nestor and his children, who were worshiping on the beach, entertained Telemachus, although he had some suspicion that they were pirates.

Sacrifice also required the killing of sheep and cattle. Nestor gave Telemachus and the others beef as a sacrifice to Poseidon. Before the official meal, wine was offered. Nestor first filled the golden cup with wine and passed it to the next person after praying devoutly.

 All mortals need blessings from the gods. Who doesn’t want Zeus to bring victory to him?

The disagreement between Agamemnon and the King of Sparta was also here. He planned to sacrifice part of the spoils to Athena to appease the goddess's anger.

But the Spartan king, perhaps like Achilles, did not want to take part of the spoils that had been distributed, or did not want to waste time, so in the end they left without a sacrifice.

“If you perform the ceremony properly, and after the sacrifice has prayed to the gods, and then gives the cup of mead to the person as a sacrifice, I think he will also pray to the immortal gods.”

Athena said this to Odysseus' son after seeing the wine that Nestor handed over.

 Is the sacrifice performed sincerely and spiritually, or does it follow complicated rituals?

Before Telemachus and the others took advantage of the night to leave by boat, they also made a simple sacrifice to Athena, using only wine, and Athena was in the same boat with them.

Telemachus decided to let the "guest", a mortal person transformed by Athena, be sacrificed first. When the wine glass was handed to the goddess's hand, she praised this smart and fair young man.

 Then she started to think something in her mind.

Poseidon, **** of the surrounding earth, hear my prayer and do not refuse our prayers. Let all things come to pass. Give glory to Nestor and his sons, endless favor to all Pylos, and allow Telemachus Come back home with me after everything is done.

 Then she handed the cup to Telemachus.

 In fact, there are other ways to appease Poseidon's anger, such as offering sacrifices according to his requirements. In the past, the queen of Isopia kept showing off her beauty, which offended the wife of Poseidon. She asked Poseidon to avenge her, so Poseidon sent monsters to ravage Isopia unless the king sacrificed his daughter.

Just when the sea monster was about to swallow the princess, Perseus passed by and caught a glimpse of the tragedy. So he immediately took out the head of the Gorgon Medusa, turned the sea monster into stone, and rescued the princess.

Later on, I didn’t hear that Poseidon sent any more monsters to continue to ravage Isopia. Anyway, no one, including Athena, thought about it.

 Nestor waited until the guests were full and asked them about their origins and reasons for coming. Telemasco told the truth, and then Nestor told the long story.

The suitors at Odysseus' house, after satisfying their desire to drink and eat meat, were thinking of other "entertainments" and arguing about who should share Penelope's bed.

They would all be like this with Telemask here, if they knew Telemask was gone...

Fortunately, those people loved to hear the singer's lament, which calmed them, although Penelope did not like the tune to be heard in her house.

Leviathan is often described as a whale-like sea monster. Although whales look huge, they are actually very gentle animals and often "sing" in the sea. Although they have huge mouths, they feed on tiny plankton, except for sperm whales, which dive into the deep sea to hunt giant squid, but they will not harm humans.

 Humans seem to have some misunderstandings about these "big guys".

Just as the four of them were following Barnaby's dog Dexter around the school looking for the missing Kelly Walton, they met Hagrid.

Pomona remembered that he seemed to be looking for Sparky, but he couldn't find him last night. What was he doing in the castle now?

The children immediately gathered around Hagrid when they saw him. Dexter even ran around in circles at Hagrid's feet, and occasionally jumped on Hagrid's legs. Although Dexter was no longer a puppy, he was just a puppy. Can jump on Hagrid's calf.

"Good dog." Hagrid bent down and patted Dexter on the head with his big hand. "You have grown up a lot, little guy."

 “Have you found her? Hagrid,” Tonks asked.

Pomona looked at Tonks in surprise, then looked up at Hagrid.

"I've searched all over this floor." Hagrid said helplessly, "I never heard that Kelly is a master of 'hide and seek'."

Pomona recalled quickly. She did remember that Hagrid was also in the auditorium when she left - he was not the teacher.

　　　‘You are the one taking the lead! ’ Pomona glared at Hagrid, but Hagrid was completely unaware of Pomona’s gaze and was still exchanging information with the children.

Hagrid is kind-hearted by nature, even though he is a descendant of a "brutal giant".

Looking at Hagrid, Pomona's mind echoed with the sound of heavy footsteps. The footsteps seemed to come from ancient times, but also seemed to appear from mythology and history.

 Poseidon is the brother of Zeus and Hades, both sons of Titans, and both have experienced Titan wars.

 After the victory of the war, the three divided the territory...

 “You’re skipping class!” Peeves suddenly appeared above them. “You’re finished!”

 “Don’t mind your own business!” Tonks shouted at Peeves. She was not as good-tempered as the fat monk.

 “I’m going to tell the others~” Peeves sang his own song and disappeared from everyone’s eyes.

 It didn't matter to Cooper and Barnaby, they were about to graduate anyway, but Tonks couldn't stop Peeves even if she wanted to.

"Just a little, you idiot!" Tonks was not afraid at all. Instead, she made faces in the direction where Peeves disappeared. "If you want to tell the truth, just go ahead."

Peeves didn't go far. He turned around and made faces at Tonks.

 Then Pomona saw the natural disguise magus and Peeves competing to make faces.

Peeves has no physical body, and his face can be rounded or flattened at will.

Pomona really couldn't look at these two "childish ghosts". Her eyes inadvertently passed over Dexter, who was ignored by everyone, as if she had discovered something, and she smelled along an invisible line.

 She followed Dexter without alerting the others.

 It shouldn't be up to these students to take risks, even though these little trolls are too adventurous.

 (End of this chapter)