Reversing Greek Mythology

Adrastus, the king of Argos, was undoubtedly an ambitious king. It was he who initiated the Seven Heroes' war against Thebes.

Adrastus had five children, among whom were two beautiful daughters, Alchico and Deyinpil.

The banished Prince Polynices of Thebes and Prince Tydeus of Calydon wandered to the city of Argos. Adrastus immediately married his two daughters to them and regained the throne for them.

The attack on the city of Thebes was only the first war launched by Adrastus.

If he successfully helps Polynices regain the throne, Adrastus will launch the Calydon War to help Tydeus regain the throne.

Adrastus wanted to launch two wars to help Polynices and Tydeus regain the throne. Of course, it was not for the two sons-in-law, but for his own benefit.

As long as the two sons-in-law Polynices and Tydeus become the kings of Thebes and Calydon respectively, the city of Argos can replace the city of Mycenae and become the Argonauts with the assistance of two large city-states. The overlord of the Sri Lankan region.

The great king who ruled the entire Argos region would no longer be Eurystheus, king of Mycenae, but Adrastos, king of Argos.

Because the Theban War was initiated by Adrastus, the seven heroes participating in this war were all relatives of Adrastus.

These seven heroes are Adrastus himself, his two sons-in-law Polynices and Tydeus, his two brothers Hippomedon and Mecosteus, and his nephew Capaneus. and his brother-in-law Amphiaraus.

When the Seven Heroes led the seven thousand coalition troops through the Kingdom of Athens to the city of Thebes, they were not blocked by the Kingdom of Athens.

After all, there is no room for others to snore on the side of the bed.

The Kingdom of Thebes and the Kingdom of Argos are both neighbors of the Kingdom of Athens, and both have the power to threaten the Kingdom of Athens.

For the Kingdom of Athens, it was in the interests of the Kingdom of Athens to let both Thebans and Thebes suffer losses or even perish together.

The Seven Heroes marched day and night and arrived in Thebes a few days later.

This was the second day after Luo Yin returned to Thebes.

Knowing that the enemy was stationed outside the city, the seven leaders guarding Thebes took the initiative to leave the city with 10,000 soldiers and attacked the depleted Seven Heroes coalition.

Seeing that the defenders of Thebes City took the initiative to leave the city, the Seven Heroes could only command the coalition forces to fight against the Thebes defenders.

The banks of the Insmenos River.

After the confrontation between the Thebes defenders and the Seven Heroes coalition, looking at the high morale of the Thebes defenders, the prophet Amphiaraus said to his allies in frustration.

"This war has not yet begun. I have already predicted that only when Polynices gets the support of his father Oedipus can we have the legitimacy to attack the city of Thebes and get the support of the gods. The victory of the war. It is a pity that Oedipus was brought back to Thebes by Haemon, which made us lose our only hope of winning this war. We must leave with our soldiers before the war begins. here."

Although Amphiaraus prophesied that the war would inevitably fail, his allies believed in their own strength more than Amphiaraus's prophecy.

Amphiaraus had no choice but to accept Adrastus's order and attack the Thebes defenders with his allies.

The two armies collided, and the balance of victory and defeat tilted from the beginning.

In the center of the battlefield, Melanipos first confronted Tydeus, who would be promoted to the immortal god by Athena in the future.

Etecles and Capaneus fought together.

The opponent of Insmarus was Hippomedon.

The rival of Periclemenos was Mecistheus.

The aged Creon confronts the equally aged Adrastus.

Luo Yin's opponent is Polynices.

While the two sides were fighting, Zeus, the patron saint of Argos, and Pallas Athena, who doted on Tydeus, also arrived on the battlefield.

"Cousin Haemon!"

Polynices, who was confronting Luo Yin, took the initiative to speak to Luo Yin.

"I am the eldest son of Oedipus, and the throne of Thebes should belong to me. Since we are cousins, and you are Antigone's fiancé, I hope you can withdraw from this war."

Luo Yin shook his head and said.

"After this war is over, I will become the undisputed king of Thebes. If I withdraw from this war now, I will not be able to gain the support of the Thebans."

"You want to compete with me for the throne?"

Polynices angrily raised his spear and pointed at Luo Yin and said.

"It seems that I want to teach you a lesson to make you understand that you are weak and have no qualifications to compete with me for the throne."

Seeing Polynices jumping down from his chariot, Luo Yin said with a smile.

"Polynices, you don't have to fight me, because your real opponent is not me, but Etecles."

After speaking, Luo Yin looked at the other people fighting.

At this time, the battle between Melanipos and Tydeus had reached the stage of deciding the winner. Melanipos prayed to Themis, the patron goddess of Thebes, and Tydeus also prayed to Pallas, who loved him. ·Athena asks for aid.

On the walls of Thebes.

Antigone and Insmene helped the blind Oedipus to a place suitable for observation.

After Melanibos prayed, Antigone seemed to hear something and looked at Melanibos.

Athena, who stood above the battlefield like a towering giant, also looked at Tydeus.

A clanging sound——

With the sound of fierce collision of spears, Melanipos's spear pierced Tydeus' heart, causing Tydeus a fatal injury.

The blade of Tydeus's spear also stabbed Melanipos in the belly.

Seeing Tydeus lying weakly on the ground waiting for death, Melanipos returned to the city of Thebes to find a doctor. Luo Yin turned to Pallas Athena and joked.

"It seems that in this area of ​​Thebes, the power of the goddess Themis is more powerful than that of Pallas Athena."

Athena glared at Luo Yin with a fierce look, and then mocked Zeus.

"Zeus! Are you willing to accept the shame of losing to Themis?"

Zeus said nonchalantly.

"Using this war to consume Themis's strength is my real purpose. It is not shameful for me to lose to Themis. As long as the next war conquers the city of Thebes, Themis and Mnemo Xune will become my trophy."

Of course Athena knew that the city of Mycenae was the true foundation of Zeus.

The city of Argos was so powerful that it could threaten the city of Mycenae, but it would instead lead to internal strife among the city-states in the Argos region.

The failure of the war initiated by the Seven Heroes led to the rapid decline of the strength of the city of Argos, which instead helped the city of Mycenae to integrate all the city-states in the Argos region.

After Zeus had finished speaking, Etecles killed Capaneus with his spear.

Insmarus also killed Hippomedon with his sword.

Polycermenos even smashed Mecistheus with a stone so that he was beyond recognition.

In the blink of an eye, only Polynices, Adrastus and Amphiaraus were left alive among the seven heroes who attacked Thebes.

The aged King Adrastus of Argos and the aged prophet Amphiaraos were just decorations on the battlefield.

Of the Seven Heroes, only Polynices is actually left.