Reversing Greek Mythology

Luo Yin once promised to King Yin Assos of Arcadia City to help him find his only daughter.

This time Luo Yin came to Oris City to find Atalanta.

City of Oris.

royal palace.

Luo Yin broke into the hall where the throne was and saw a small banquet being held in the hall.

Young Nauplius sat on the throne, wearing a crown symbolizing the status of the king.

On the left side of the aisle in the hall sat a young prince wearing gorgeous robes and two little princes under ten years old. On the right side of the aisle sat a young king wearing a crown.

Seeing Luo Yin who suddenly broke in, Nauprios frowned and said with an unhappy expression.

"Dear stranger! We are discussing an important matter, so I cannot entertain you according to the etiquette of guests now. You can visit me at another time, or you can go to the guest room and wait for us to finish the banquet."

"I am Tantalus, King of Mycenae."

Luo Yin directly revealed his identity, and Nauplios immediately widened his eyes in shock.

After coming back to his senses, Nauprios forced a smile and said.

"Since you claim to be Tantalus, king of Mycenae, you are my distinguished guest. I hope you can attend today's banquet and witness with me my brother Elephnoa and the king of Scylos. The result of Lycomedes’ negotiation.”

Knowing that the young prince on the left side of the aisle was Elephnoa and the young king on the right side of the aisle was Lycomedes, the father-in-law of Achilles, Luo Yin walked to Lycomedes and sat down next to him and said.

"King Nauplius! I am happy to be a witness, but I need to know what the issues between the two parties are."

“My brother Elephnoa claimed that King Theseus of Athens had deposited part of his property with King Lycomedes, and now Elephnoa asked King Lycomedes to return Theseus’ inheritance to Theseus. King Lycomedes, the sons of Akamas and Demophon, claimed that the island of Scylos did not have any property belonging to Theseus. In order to resolve the conflict between the two parties, I specially held this banquet for them. ”

After listening to Nauplius's words, Luo Yin looked at the two little boys beside Elephnoa and said.

"These two children are Acamas and Demophon, the sons of Theseus?"

"Yes!"

After Elephnoa admitted the identity of the two boys to Luo Yin, Lycomedes immediately said to Luo Yin.

"King Tantalus! Theseus has so many relatives and close friends, there is no reason for him to store his property on the island of Skuros. Now Elephnoa claims that the island of Skuros has Theseus' inheritance, just because he wants to save it for Thes. The two sons of Sius took the island of Scyros and gave them a place to stand."

Luo Yin smiled and comforted Lycomedes.

"King Lycomedes! I will not believe the claims of Prince Elephnoa of Auris just because the city of Auris is stronger than the island of Scylos."

After Lycomedes thanked Luo Yin gratefully, Luo Yin looked at Elephnoa and said.

"Prince Elephnoa! You claim that Theseus deposited his property on the island of Skuros during his lifetime. Did Theseus already know that his rule was unbearable to the Athenians and that the Athenians would definitely overthrow his rule, so he Are you planning to transfer your property for a rainy day?”

Luo Yin's words immediately left Elefnoa speechless.

If Theseus's reign was favored by the Athenians, there would have been no reason for him to transfer his property during his lifetime.

If Elephnoa wanted to insist on his claim, he could only admit that Theseus knew that his rule caused dissatisfaction among the Athenians, so he transferred his property during his lifetime.

Without waiting for Elephnoa to respond to him, Luo Yin continued.

"Prince Elephnoa! Even if Theseus is aware of his mediocre rule and transfers his property to Skuros Island in advance, these properties do not belong to Theseus and his son. Because this is Theseus' It was obtained by using the identity of the King of Athens, so it belongs to the Kingdom of Athens, and only the Kingdom of Athens has the right to claim these properties from King Lycomedes.”

After hearing what Luo Yin said, Lycomedes immediately said with a happy smile.

"King Tantalus, are you the favorite of the wise goddess Athena? You are absolutely right. Even if there are properties belonging to Theseus on the island of Skuros, these properties should be returned to the Kingdom of Athens. Rather than the son of Theseus who was overthrown by the Athenians."

Nauprios shook his head at Elephnoa with a solemn expression. Elephnoa immediately pulled Acamas and Demophon to stand up and said.

"We may give up our claim to Theseus' inheritance, but we are not lying."

After saying this, Elephnoa left the hall with Akamas and Demophon.

The only guests in the hall were Luo Yin and Lycomedes. Nauplius said to Luo Yin with a smile.

"King Tantalus! Originally I had doubts about your identity, but now that I see you using the wisdom given by the gods to resolve the dispute between Elephnoa and King Lycomedes, I no longer doubt your identity. ”

Lycomedes followed.

"King Tantalus! I also doubted your identity at first, but I suspected that you were a god disguised as a human, and I did not regard you as a despicable person pretending to be Tantalus."

"I won't mind even if you still doubt my identity now."

Luo Yin looked at Nauprios with a smile and said.

"Now that the dispute between King Lycomedes and Prince Elephnoa has been resolved, let's talk about my affairs. King Nauplius, I want to know where Atalanta is."

Nauprios said with a troubled expression.

"Do you want to take revenge on Princess Atalanta because she brought the worship of Artemis, the goddess of hunting, to the city of Oris?"

"you misunderstood!"

Luo Yin shook his head and said.

"Although the descendants of Perseus suppressed Artemis during the era when they ruled the city of Mycenae, I have no hostility towards Artemis. Now I come to find Atalanta to complete the mission of Atalanta's father. At the request of King Assos, Atalanta returned to her hometown of Arcadia."

In the Bronze Age of mankind, because King Lycaon of Arcadia refused to surrender to the Mycenaeans, and Artemis, the patron saint of Arcadia, refused to surrender to Zeus, the Mycenaeans used a war to destroy Acre. Kingdom of Dia, and suppressed Artemis for a long time, showing the consequences of confrontation with the Kingdom of Mycenae.

In order to boast of the greatness of Zeus, the Mycenaeans deified the war that destroyed the Kingdom of Arcadia, claiming that Zeus and Poseidon would destroy all mankind with a great flood.

The Acadians who refused to surrender to the Mycenaeans were the Bronze Age humans.

Luo Yin was not a descendant of Perseus, and after Luo Yin became the king of Mycenae, he immediately let the goddess Hestia replace Zeus as the patron saint of Mycenae.

Thinking of this, Nauprios said with a hesitant expression.

"There is a sacred grove outside the city of Auris dedicated to Artemis, the goddess of hunting. Atalanta lives in the sacred grove."