Reversing Greek Mythology

In Greek mythology, Hercules participated in a battle of giants before completing the twelve tasks given to him by Eurystheus, the king of Mycenae.

These giants were created by Gaia, the Mother Earth Goddess, a being close to a god.

The giants have power that rivals the gods, but they do not possess the same immortality as the gods.

Gaia created these giants because after Zeus overthrew the rule of the Titans, he imprisoned Gaia and the sons of Uranus, the god of the sky, in Tartarus, the abyss of hell.

Gaia created these giants in order to retaliate against Zeus, in an attempt to have these giants overthrow Zeus's rule and release the imprisoned Titans.

Before the war of giants began, the gods knew that a human hero must participate in the war in order for the gods to win the war.

The human hero who was prophesied to be able to help the gods was Hercules.

With the help of Hercules, the gods succeeded in wiping out all these giants who could become immortal just by standing on the earth [Gaia's body].

There is no doubt that even the fictional hero Hercules was made up by people hundreds of years later, and the so-called War of the Giants is certainly a made-up myth.

But looking back at the origin, the War of the Giants may have a prototype in real history.

In the mythical setting, these giants were born on the Pallini Peninsula in northern Greece.

Some of these giants have the same name as King Agrios of Calydon, some have the same name as King Eurytus of Ocaria, some have the same name as Prince Hippolytus of Athens, and some have the same name as Athena, the patron saint of Athens. Same name.

The Parini Peninsula, the Kingdom of Calydon, the Kingdom of Ocaria, and the Kingdom of Athens——

Without exception, these places were all located to the north of the Mycenaean kingdom.

In other words, the prototype of the War of the Giants is most likely the Mycenaeans launching a war of conquest against the northern city-states. If the war failed, the local rulers would be reduced to evil giants, and Zeus would destroy these giants in mythology.

This is exactly the spiritual victory method of self-deception used by the Mycenaeans.

As for whether this spiritual victory method works or not——

Marduk of the Mesopotamia became the king of the gods because, as the protector of the Babylonian Kingdom, Marduk had truly accomplished the great feat of conquering the Mesopotamia.

Amon, the sun god in Egypt, became the king of the gods because, as the protector of the country, Amon really accomplished the great feat of conquering northern and southern Egypt.

Did Zeus become the king of the gods in Greek mythology because Zeus became the Greek protector of the country and accomplished the great feat of conquering Greece?

No!

Before the Dorians invaded the Peloponnese Peninsula and destroyed the era of city-states with divine right to kings, Zeus was only the patron saint of city-states from beginning to end, and he never completed the great cause of conquering Greece.

Even Agamemnon, the king of kings touted by the Mycenaeans in mythology, only used the Trojan War to become the leader of the coalition, and did not become the co-owner of each city-state.

The process of Zeus becoming the king of the gods was entirely dependent on the Mycenaeans using spiritual victory methods to make up myths and praise Zeus.

People who live in the present may regard the Mycenaeans as fools and wonder if they are embarrassed.

However, people one thousand, two thousand, or three thousand years later will really think that Zeus is the powerful king of the gods and has the authority to rule the entire Greece because they do not understand past history.

Few people will seriously study history and discover that Zeus, the patron saint of the Mycenaeans, cannot leave the Peloponnese Peninsula at all, let alone Mount Olympus, the sacred mountain of the northern nomads.

The city of Calydon.

royal palace.

On the throne deep in the hall.

Hearing that Hercules led the Mycenaeans to invade, Luo Yin was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing.

"I didn't expect that one of the prototypes of the War of the Giants, the Mycenaeans' invasion of the Kingdom of Calydon ruled by Agrios, would happen to me."

Thinking that without his intervention, Agreus had now expelled Tydeus and became King of Calydon, Luo Yin stood up from the throne and said.

"Since I sit on the throne instead of Agrius, of course I should face this war."

Then, Luo Yin looked at the nobles and leaders in the hall and said.

"Originally, I was still thinking about how to punish you traitors who supported Agrios. Now I am going to give you a chance to atone for your sins. As long as you work with me to eliminate the invaders, I will forgive your crimes and let you You continue to enjoy the high status of nobility and leadership."

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After hearing Luo Yin's words, the nobles and leaders immediately expressed their gratitude excitedly.

When Luo Yin led the nobles and leaders to leave the city of Calydon and headed to the coastal areas to fight the invaders, Oeneus and Tydeus stood on the city wall and watched Luo Yin go away, with complex expressions on their faces.

Although Luo Yin is protecting the Kingdom of Calydon, Oeneus is more worried that Luo Yin will not only shake the throne of Althea, but also take away the throne of the Calydon royal family.

Northern Gulf of Corinth.

Hercules, with three hundred heavily armed Mycenaean warriors, had occupied a large fishing village.

After Luo Yin arrived with the nobles, leaders and their 2,500 warriors, he did not directly order to attack the invaders.

Because although Calydon soldiers have a numerical advantage of more than eight times, these Calydon soldiers are almost all farmers and hunters who have been temporarily recruited.

Not only were Hercules' soldiers true warriors, their weapons and equipment were superior to those of Calydon's soldiers, plus the Mycenaeans occupied the village as defenders.

If they forcefully attack these invaders, even if the Calydon Kingdom can win, it will pay an extremely heavy price.

What's more, the commander of the Mycenaeans was the demigod hero Hercules, who could defeat ten thousand with one.

Without Luo Yin's participation, the Calydonians together would not be able to defeat Hercules.

Luo Yin observed for a while, and finally decided to participate in the war personally, so that the Calydonians could easily defeat the Mycenaeans.

"Although the number of invaders is not large, their soldiers are experienced warriors, and their commander is Heracles, the most powerful hero among mankind. Since I used my identity as the future King of Calydon to shake Altai God of Asia, it’s time to fulfill your duty to protect all Calydonians. Next, I will fight the invader’s commander, and you will seize the opportunity to eliminate the enemy’s ordinary soldiers.”

After giving his orders to the nobles and leaders, Luo Yin walked alone to the fishing village occupied by the Mycenaeans.

Seeing Luo Yin's figure, Hercules also walked out of the fishing village.

After Luo Yin and Hercules met outside the fishing village, Luo Yin looked at Hercules who was expressionless and treated him as a stranger and teased.

"Heracles, for you, this is the first time we have met, but this is not the first time I have seen you. Because of our bad fate in the past, I will give you a chance to live and take you with me right away. The warriors left Calydon."

Hercules said with a smile on his young, bushy-bearded face.

"Proud Meleager, I do not want to bring war to the Calydon region. As long as you, the Calydonian royal family, surrender to the great Mycenaean king Eurystheus, both of us can avoid war."