Reversing Greek Mythology

The earliest inhabitants of ancient Greece were the Pilaskis from West Asia.

This is exactly the prototype of the story in the myth that Zeus brought Europa, the Phoenician princess of Western Asia, to Crete.

The prototype of Deucalion, the mythical ancestor of mankind, is Deucalion, the king of Crete.

Because of frequent exchanges with West Asian and North African civilizations, the ancient Greeks obtained food through animal husbandry and agriculture.

Four thousand years ago, Indo-European nomadic tribes migrated from the north to the Thrace region and became a symbol of barbarians in the eyes of the ancient Greeks. One group invaded the Thessaly plain and integrated their gods into the Greek world.

The nomadic people who invaded Thessaly were called Lapithians, and they were vilified as centaurs in mythology.

The gods they worshiped were Prometheus, Helen, Chiron and Aeolus.

In mythology, the images of Prometheus and Chiron overlap. Prometheus is the god of wisdom who guides mankind and is also the god who created mankind.

Chiron is the ancestor of the Centaurs and the sage who cultivated many heroes.

Because the Centaurs are the belittled and vilified image of the Lapiths in mythology, Prometheus and Chiron are two different images of the same god.

Helen and Aeolus are also the ancestors of the Lapiths. They are set as the descendants of Prometheus in mythology.

According to the logic of mythology, they may be different images derived from the same god, or they may be different gods worshiped by the Lapithians.

Because they are both deified ancestor gods, they are included in the same genealogy.

Although the Lapithians were nomadic, under the influence of the Greeks, Critos founded the city of Iolkas on the bay of Thessaly and passed the throne to his son Aeson.

Pheres, another son of Criteus, also founded the city of Fry with the help of his father.

In addition to Aeson and Pheres, Cratheus later gave birth to twin brothers Pelias and Neleus with his wife Tyro, who was also his niece.

When the two brothers grew up, Pelias killed his brother Aeson and expelled his nephew Aeson in order to seize the city of Iolcus.

After Yin Asong grew up, in order to regain the throne from Pelias, he went on a journey to the Golden Fleece as requested by Pelias. In the end, he was expelled by Pelias' son Acastus because of his lack of strength.

Acastus, the young king of Iolkas, has inherited the throne for ten years.

Unlike Pelias, who killed his brother Aeson to seize the throne, Acastus can be called a blameless king.

It is precisely because Acastus is not an ambitious robber that he becomes Peleus' target.

After Luo Yin left the city of Thebes with 300 soldiers, in order to reach the city of Iolkas as quickly as possible, he directly commandeered six warships and sailed from the Thebes area to Eubia Island. Euboea Bay to the port of the city of Iolkas.

After two days and two nights of sailing, six warships arrived at the port of Iolkas on the morning of the third day.

The city of Iolkas.

royal palace.

After learning about the arrival of Luo Yin with reinforcements, King Acastus sent an envoy to invite Luo Yin to the palace.

Luo Yin walked into the palace hall and saw Acastus, who was about twenty-five years old and wearing a golden crown, sitting on the throne.

After meeting Luo Yin's eyes, Acastus, who was originally looking sad, said with a bright smile.

"My dear friend, you are welcome to come to the city of Iolkas in this critical time."

"Dear King Acastus, it is a pleasure to meet you."

Luo Yin looked around the empty hall and asked with some surprise.

"Don't the nobles of Iolkas City intend to intervene in this war?"

Acastus said with a wry smile.

"Because my hope of victory is very slim, the nobles do not want to make Peleus an enemy."

"I heard that the king of Fry, your cousin Admetus, asked you to marry Alcestis. Didn't he also support Iolkas?"

"Although Admetus promised to assist me, he asked me to send my sister Alcestis to Frye City first."

After hearing what Acastus said, Luo Yin immediately looked at him with sympathetic eyes and said.

"It seems that Admetus wants nothing but Princess Alcestis, and has no intention of really helping you."

Although in mythology, Alcestis is famously a devoted wife.

But Admetus, who became Alcestis' husband, was old enough to be Alcestis' father.

In other words, Admetus already has a wife and children. He cannot be stupid enough to intervene in a losing war for Alcestis. He just wants to use this war to defraud Acastus into a child. Young beautiful bride.

In the myth, Alcestis is willing to die for Admetus, perhaps not because of loyalty and love, but because Alcestis would rather die than face an aging husband who is old enough to be her father.

"My dear friend! Even my relatives don't want to get involved in this war where I have no hope of victory. Why are you willing to help me?"

"Because as long as I come, it means that the goddess of victory is on your side."

Luo Yin said confidently.

"Acastus, now let's discuss how to divide the spoils and the rewards I deserve for helping you! If I don't ask you for expensive gifts, I'm afraid you won't believe that I really want to help you. ”

Acastus nodded and said.

"You're right, I really can't think of a reason for you to help me."

"Then let's talk about the division of the spoils! Although the king of Iolkas is nominally the king who rules the entire Thessaly region, you can't even protect yourself. So after this war is over , I will divide the Thessaly region into two regions: southeast and northwest. The northwest region of Thessaly, including the Olympus Mountains, will become my territory. From now on, you will rule the southeastern region of Thessaly. king."

Luo Yin wanted half of Thessaly including the Olympus Mountains. If it had been any other time, Acastus would never have accepted Luo Yin's request.

Now Acastus is facing the crisis of his own death and his country's destruction, so he doesn't find Luo Yin's request difficult for him to accept.

Seeing that Acastus did not offer a rebuttal, Luo Yin continued.

"Acastus, since you have no objection to half of Thessaly becoming my spoils of war, let's talk about compensation now. I hope you can give me your sister Princess Alcestis."

Acastus said with his eyes widened in surprise.

"Haemon! Like Admetus, you also want to be the husband of my sister Alcestis? But I heard that you not only have a fiancée, but also many girls around you who will become your concubine."

"You misunderstood. Admetus and I are different."

Luo Yin explained with a smile.

"Admetus wanted to replace his old and lustful wife, so he made the young and beautiful Alcestis his queen. But I just want you to give Alcestis to me as my aid. Your reward. Alcestis will not be my wife, or even my concubine."