Reversing Greek Mythology

Stories from Greek mythology usually have prototypes in reality.

Although Theseus went to Crete to kill the Minotaur and take away the goddess-like princess Ariadne - this story was made up by people hundreds of years later to seize the gold from Yin Asong. A retelling of the story of wool.

But in reality, Theseus did go to Crete and brought back his only wife, Phaedra.

Phaedra's identity was the princess of Crete, the sister of Ariadne.

After she married Theseus, she gave birth to Theseus' two sons, Akamas and Demophon.

After Phaedra died, Theseus and his friend Pirithous, who also lost his wife, snatched young Helen from Sparta in order to get a new wife.

city ​​of athens.

After a month of silence in the city during the mourning period for the former Aegeus, the king of Athens, the kingdom of Athens is now as lively as a festival.

Because the young King Theseus of Athens is about to hold a grand wedding with Princess Phaedra from Crete.

Royal families and nobles from various city-states gathered in this city from all directions in order to establish friendship with King Theseus of Athens.

Luo Yin and Ariadne were also guests who came to witness the wedding.

A luxurious carriage escorted by twelve Theban cavalry entered the city of Athens. Luo Yin, who was sitting in the carriage, was observing the streets leading to the palace.

Ariadne, who was also sitting in the carriage, kept staring at Luo Yin's side face.

When the carriage was about to arrive at the palace, Ariadne finally couldn't help but ask.

"Brother! Do you want to remember the layout of the city of Athens and prepare to occupy the city of Athena in the future?"

Hearing these words, Luo Yin hurriedly looked at Ariadne and said.

"Ariadne, if you say something like this in the city of Athens, Athena will definitely hear you."

Ariadne said with a wicked smile that looked like she was succeeding in a mischief.

"If brother doesn't want to be suspected by Athena, then keep your eyes on me!"

Seeing that Ariadne didn't want to be left out, Luo Yin put his arms around her slender waist and held her in his arms and said.

"We are attending your sister Phaedra's wedding now. You should think about your sister."

"She's not my real sister."

Ariadne said with a nonchalant smile.

"My elder brother doesn't regard Creon and Eurydice as his real parents, nor does he regard Menochus as his real brother. Do you want me to regard Phaedra as my real sister?"

Ariadne was speechless, Luo Yin put his forehead against Ariadne's and said.

"Ariadne! We, brother and sister, are in the same situation, so I won't ask you to treat Phaedra, a stranger, as your sister. But your current identity is Phaedra's sister, at least when attending the wedding. , you have to pretend to be a sister."

"Since this is my brother's request, I will play the role of Ariadne well."

Under the escort of twelve Theban cavalry, Luo Yin's carriage quickly arrived at the gate of the Acropolis in the center of Athens.

The Acropolis, which includes the Temple of Athena and the Royal Palace, is built on a 150-meter-high hill in the city of Athens.

Except for a mountain path on the west side of this hill, all other sides are insurmountable cliffs.

In the era of the founders of the city, the acropolis, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, was the prototype of the city of Athens.

Later, the population of the city of Athens increased and the city of Athens developed with the Acropolis as the center.

Nowadays, the Acropolis is no longer a fortress of the city of Athens, but an area where the royal family, nobles, and priests who serve the goddess live.

As the only entrance and exit of the Acropolis, the gate of the Acropolis is heavily guarded by the royal family.

After the Theban cavalry explained the identities of Luo Yin and Ariadne to the guards at the Acropolis Gate, the guards learned that Queen Phaedra's sister was sitting in the carriage. Not only did they immediately open the Acropolis Gate, they also sent two The guard led the way for Luo Yin's carriage.

On the way to the palace, Luo Yin saw a hundred-meter-high statue of Athena standing in the Temple of Athena.

Near the Temple of Athena, there is also a dome-style temple, which is obviously a temple dedicated to King Erechtheus of Athens.

Erechtheus, the king of Athens, was a contemporary hero of Perseus and a heroic god who became a god after his death.

After Perseus conquered the Argos region and controlled the Isthmus of Corinth, Perseus launched a second war to conquer the city of Athens.

With the support of Perseus, a Mycenaean prince led his soldiers to occupy the city of Eleusis, which was only about forty miles away from Athens. He wanted to establish the worship of Poseidon, the king of the sea, here, and let Poseidon Seidon replaced Athena as the patron saint of Attica.

In order to defend Athena, Erechtheus broke out in a war with foreign invaders.

Although he and his sons all died in the battle at Eleusis, they succeeded in wiping out the invaders.

Because the war to conquer the city of Athens failed again, the Mycenaeans used the story of Perseus to kill the Gorgon Medusa and fabricated the story that Poseidon took Medusa as his own and let Medusa The story of Sarah giving birth to two sons, Pegasus and Chrysaor.

This is also the prototype of the story in mythology where Poseidon once competed with Athena for the city of Athens.

Erechtheus paid a huge sacrifice to defend Athena, making him the heroic god of the city of Athens with this great achievement.

More than three thousand years later, there is still a temple of Erechtheus standing on the Acropolis of Athens.

However, because Erechtheus and his sons were all killed in battle, the throne of Athens was seized by Theseus's grandfather Pandion II, and this began the era of pseudo-royal rule over the city of Athens.

The incompetent rule of Theseus caused riots in the city of Athens, and Menastheus, the descendant of Erechtheus, finally regained the throne left by his ancestor.

Royal Palace of Athens.

The carriage stopped outside the palace, and Luo Yin and Ariadne walked into the palace courtyard.

After the guards informed Theseus of the arrival of Luo Yin and Ariadne, Theseus immediately brought Phaedra to the courtyard.

The four people met in the center of the courtyard and saw Ariadne, who had been abandoned by him on Naxos Island, reappearing. Theseus looked at Ariadne with a complicated expression and said.

"Dear Ariadne, have you come to see me on purpose?"

Ariadne's cheaper sister, Phaedra, looked at Ariadne with the vigilance of seeing a love rival.

Ariadne hurriedly hid behind Luo Yin and explained.

"Brother, don't get me wrong, I have nothing to do with this human being."

Then he addressed Theseus in a disgusted tone.

"Theseus! Although I helped you in Crete, don't think that I fell in love with you. It was just a deal between us. Unfortunately, you betrayed me in the end. Not only did you not send me back to my hometown, He also threw me on the island of Naxos, making me the target of competition between the god of wine Dionysus and the god of sea Glaucus. If my brother had not appeared in time to save me, I would have had no choice but to commit suicide to save it for him. My unmarried life.”

After listening to Ariadne's words, Phaedra breathed a sigh of relief and said.

"Dear sister, thank you for coming to my wedding. Is this King Haemon of Thebes my future brother-in-law?"