Reversing Greek Mythology

As the second most powerful country in the Peloponnese, the Kingdom of Sparta also had the potential to dominate the Peloponnese and even the entire Greece.

In real history more than two hundred years later, the Dorians who invaded the Peloponnese Peninsula used the Sparta region as their base to conquer the Pylos region, a rich agricultural plain, and then dominated the Peloponnese Peninsula.

Before the Kingdom of Sparta's dream of hegemony was shattered by the Kingdom of Thebes, the Kingdom of Sparta even defeated the Kingdom of Athens, which had never been defeated since the age of mythology.

Now King Tyndareus of Sparta wanted to choose fiancés for his two daughters Clytemnestra and Helen, and the unmarried princes who received the invitation came to the city of Sparta one after another.

Because Tyndareus was over seventy years old and married Clytemnestra and Helen, he would be able to compete for the throne of Sparta in a few years and enter the stage of fighting for hegemony.

If the royal family of a large city-state married Clytemnestra and Helen, they would be able to achieve a powerful alliance and immediately overturn the existing power structure.

The city of Sparta.

In order to entertain the royal guests who came from various city-states, King Tyndareus of Sparta drove the elders and nobles of Sparta back to their territory, and then used the palaces of the elders and nobles as temporary residences for the royal guests.

After Luo Yin took Yin'ele and Atmeta to the city of Sparta in a carriage, on the way to the palace, he saw the royal family gathered everywhere on the streets. Atmeta couldn't help but marvel. road.

"The charm of Clytemnestra and Helen is really great. The rumor that a hundred suitors came to this event may be true."

Seeing Yin Ele nodding in agreement, Luo Yin immediately said with a smile.

"There will be a hundred suitors at this event—don't take such ridiculous rumors seriously!"

In the myths fabricated by humans hundreds of years later, Helen was fabricated to have one hundred suitors, and these one hundred suitors were also asked by King Tyndareus of Sparta to swear an oath to protect Helen.

One hundred Greek coalition princes during the Trojan War were Helen's one hundred suitors.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, you will know how absurd this story is.

Agamemnon, the commander-in-chief of the Greek coalition, had already married Clytemnestra and had children when Tyndareus proposed marriage for Helen. Agamemnon could not have been Helen's suitor in the first place.

Nestor, king of Pylos, was not only married and had children, but he was old enough to be Helen's father, so he could not have been Helen's suitor.

There are also Diomedes, Philoctetes, Elephnoa, etc., all of whom are too old to be suitors.

Achilles, Odysseus, Patroclus and others are too young to be suitors.

After all, a group of ten-year-old boys proposed to Helen, who was about twenty years old. Anyone with a right mind would know that such a thing would never happen.

Before the Trojan War began, Agamemnon needed the eloquent Palamedes, Calchas and others to persuade various city-states to join the war. It can also be seen that the oath to protect Helen did not exist.

It is precisely because they are not bound by a non-existent oath that Odysseus and Achilles avoid the messenger sent by Agamemnon.

Luo Yin's carriage arrived at the gate of the palace and was stopped by the soldiers guarding the palace.

After identifying himself to the soldiers, Luo Yin looked at Yin'ele and Atmeta in the carriage and said.

"Two princesses! Next we have to walk into the palace to visit King Tyndareus. Do you want to go with me, or stay in the carriage to rest?"

Atmeta said immediately.

"We'll go with you and meet Clytemnestra and Helen."

Yin Ele said with a complicated expression.

"It just so happens that I have something to tell Clytemnestra."

"Then let's go together!"

Luo Yin took Yin'ele and Atmeta to the palace hall, but was stopped by the soldiers guarding the hall.

Seeing that Luo Yin, Yin Ele, and Atmeta were all wearing noble and gorgeous royal clothes, the soldier took the initiative to explain.

"The King of Sparta is currently receiving important guests. You can only enter the hall with the permission of the King of Sparta."

After saying that, one of the soldiers went in to report.

After a while, the soldier who went in to report hurried back and said.

"Our king is ready to receive new guests, you can go in now."

Luo Yin took Yin'ele and Artemeta into the hall. First, he saw Tyndareus with white hair and an old face sitting on the throne deep in the hall. The slim and beautiful princess Clytemnestra and Helen stood next to the throne, one on the left and the other on the right.

In addition to the father and daughter of the Spartan royal family, Agamemnon and Menelaus were also standing in the aisle of the hall. Obviously, these two brothers were the important guests Tyndareus had just received.

After Luo Yin's eyes collided with Agamemnon's, Agamemnon showed Luo Yin a provocative smile, while Menelaus glared at Luo Yin with an angry look.

"The new guest is you!"

Tyndareus on the throne broke the eye contact between Luo Yin and Agamemnon and said in a very dissatisfied tone.

"Tantaros! I really didn't expect you to come to my palace so shamelessly. Are you coming to me now as a suitor or as a witness?"

Luo Yin looked at the pretty and expressionless Clytemnestra, and then said with a smile.

"I won't let anyone take away what's mine."

Tyndareus glanced at Yin'ele and Atmeta behind Luo Yin, then squinted at Luo Yin and said.

"If you are ready to marry Clytemnestra, I will hold a wedding for you tomorrow that will be witnessed by the gods and humans. If you want my daughter to be one of your concubines, I will never I won’t let my precious daughter be bullied and humiliated by you.”

As soon as Tyndareus finished speaking, Agamemnon stood up and said.

"King Tyndareus! As I just said, I don't mind that Princess Clytemnestra was once Tantalus' fiancée. As long as you marry your daughter to me, I guarantee that she will always be mine My wife, I will respect her and love her and never let her suffer any injustice.”

Menelaus also said.

"I have fallen deeply in love with the beautiful and lovely Helen from the first moment I saw her. As long as you marry Helen to me, I am willing to marry into the Spartan royal family and serve you as a son from now on."

Looking at Agamemnon and Menelaus who wanted to cuckold him, Luo Yin couldn't help but have a murderous intention in his eyes.

Looking away from Agamemnon and Menelaus, Luo Yin looked at the expressionless Clytemnestra and the unhappy Helen with a bulging face and said.

"King Tyndareus! The marriage of Clytemnestra and Helen is related to whether Mycenae and Sparta will become enemies. If you marry your two daughters to the wrong person, you will The day when his two daughters got engaged was the day when Mycenae declared war on Sparta.”

Tyndareus said with an angry smile.

"Tomorrow is the day when I choose a fiancé for my two daughters. I will look forward to your performance. Now let my servants take you to a temporary residence to rest!"