Reversing Greek Mythology

The Sea of ​​Marmara is the smallest sea in the world, connected to the Mediterranean Sea through the Dardanelles Strait in the south and the Black Sea through the Bosporus Strait in the north.

As a hub connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, the Sea of ​​Marmara plays an extremely important role economically, politically and militarily.

However, in the current Sea of ​​Marmara, because maritime trade in the Mediterranean world and the Black Sea world has not really emerged yet, it has not attracted the attention of the surrounding powers.

The Argonauts entered the Sea of ​​Marmara and were driven by the westerly wind blowing from the Thracian region to the island of Kitchikos.

In mythology, the island of Kitchicos was inhabited by both Douliona and indigenous giants.

The Argonauts landed on the island of Chichikos, where they were warmly received by King Chichikos and attacked by natives with six arms.

The Argonauts fought bravely to defeat the indigenous giants, and then left by boat.

As a result, the wind direction changed at night, and the Argonauts were blown back to the island of Chichikos by strong winds. They fought with the Duliona people who had entertained them, and killed the enthusiastic king Chichikos.

In this myth, Kitchikos, king of the Duliona people, has the same name as the island of Kitchikos.

Apparently Kitchikos was not the king's real name.

The prototype of this myth may be that the Argonauts arrived on the island of Chichikos, and the Argonauts were warmly received by the local residents.

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However, after the Argonauts learned about the strength of the Duliona people, they launched an attack on the Duliona people who entertained them warmly, killing their king and queen.

After conquering the island of Chichikos, Polyphemus, one of the Argonauts, stayed here and became king, while the others continued to the Colchis region.

After departing from Chichikos, the Argonauts embarked on an exploratory voyage along the eastern coast of the Sea of ​​Marmara.

When encountering powerful indigenous tribes, the Argonauts paid a friendly visit to replenish food and water.

Encountering weak indigenous tribes, the Argonauts conquered the local residents and helped their companions become the new kings who ruled here.

Not all of the fifty Argonauts are city-state kings, nor are they all princes who are the first heirs to the throne. Many of them are ordinary royal families who have no right to inherit the throne.

If an ordinary royal family wants to obtain territory and become a king, conquering the indigenous residents in a land far away from their hometown is the easiest way.

By the time the Argonauts passed through the Bosporus and entered the Black Sea, the number of Argonauts had been reduced to forty-five.

Five of the Argonauts remained in the conquered lands and became kings.

The narrow and curved Bosporus became the prototype of two huge colliding rocks floating on the sea in mythology.

In the story of the Golden Fleece, the Argonaut's journey through the Bosporus was very dangerous.

Both sides of the strait turned into two huge rocks that kept colliding. Only birds could safely pass through the two colliding rocks, so the process of the Argonauts crossing the Bosporus was very dangerous.

In fact, the narrowest point of the Bosporus Strait is 750 meters, so there will be no danger when the Argonauts pass through the Bosporus Strait.

After the Argonauts entered the Black Sea, they sailed eastward along the southern coast of the Black Sea.

At this time, the southern shore of the Black Sea and the northern part of the Asia Minor peninsula were ruled by an empire guarded by the Queen of the Sun and the Queen of the Moon.

Even the gods who protected the Argonauts did not dare to challenge the two queens of the gods who ruled a million people and a vast territory as the patron saints of a city-state that ruled a city and a place. Of course, the Argonauts did not dare to The landing of the empire guarded by the Queen of the Sun and the Queen of the Moon can only reduce the empire to a country of Amazons ruled by women. The men in the empire are all slaves of women.

The Argonauts sailed around the mouth of the Termodon River and reached the island of Ari after two days of sailing.

The inhabitants of the Isle of Ari discovered the Argonauts and attacked the Argonauts with bows and arrows.

The heavily armed Argonauts came to the island with shields and fought back against the arrows of the indigenous residents, and finally defeated the indigenous residents easily.

In mythology, the indigenous people of Ari Island are portrayed as strange birds capable of shooting feathered arrows.

When the Argonauts arrived at Ari Island, a group of strange birds attacked the Argonauts with feather arrows. After being defeated by the Argonauts, they flew to the coast opposite Ari Island.

But the reality is not a fabricated myth. After being defeated, the indigenous residents of Ari Island did not fly away like the mythical strange birds, but hid deep in the island.

Yin Asong took some of the Argonauts deep into the island to search for food, while Luo Yin and others stayed on the Argonaut ship to protect the ship.

When Yin Asong and others returned to the Argonaut ship, there were four more ragged young men in their team.

Night falls.

Yin Asong not only prepared new clothes for the four strangers, but also let them enjoy food with the Argonauts.

In order to justify this, Yin Asong introduced the identities of the four young people to the heroes.

"My dear friends! It may be hard for you to believe that I would meet my relatives in a strange land. These four young men are all sons of Phrixus, my cousins. Theirs The mother is Chalchiope, the daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis. I believe they can help us seize the Golden Fleece, so we should treat them as companions."

The eldest of the four brothers also said to the heroes.

"Our grandfather Aeetes was a very cruel man. He was the son of the sun god Helios and had the power of a god. He ruled over countless races in the Colchis region, and there was a golden fleece next to it. A terrifying dragon is watching over you, so you will definitely need our help."

Hearing these words, Luo Yin couldn't help but complain.

"Although the story of Phrixus is a fabricated myth, I can lower my IQ to believe that Phrixus really exists. But lowering my IQ is my limit. I really don't want to think of myself as a Fool. According to the setting of the myth, Phrixus was a character from a hundred years ago, but you are young people around twenty years old. Normally, Phrixus would have been dead before you were born. !”

After hearing Luo Yin's words, everyone looked at each other, and then looked at Luo Yin with strange eyes.

"I understand! I understand!"

Seeing everyone's reaction, Luo Yin complained helplessly.

"Since the setting of the myth is that Phrixus had four sons who were about twenty years old a hundred years ago, I should accept the setting of the myth without thinking like a fool, instead of studying the unreasonableness in the myth. After all, The myth was made up by people hundreds of years later. If you study it carefully, there are certainly more and more unreasonable settings. The appearance of the four of you is just to add another reason for Medea to help Yin Asong. . But what I want to know is, what is your true identity as the four sons of Chalchiope? Chalchiope, Circe, and Eos are different identities of the same goddess. What a coincidence. What’s more, not only does Chalchiope have four sons, but Eos also has four sons who are called the Four Wind Gods. Are you four brothers actually the incarnations of the Four Wind Gods, my cheap sons?”