Reversing Greek Mythology

The city of Thebes, which occupies an important position in both Greek mythology and real history, was founded by Cadmus, an immigrant from the Phoenician region.

Therefore, Cadmus became the founding ancestor of the city of Thebes. Cadmus and his wife Harmonia were also worshiped as ancestor gods after their death.

As the founder of the city, Cadmus was undoubtedly the first king of Thebes.

After the death of Cadmus, his grandson Pentheus seized the throne.

Later, Cadmus' son Polydorus, as the orthodox heir, killed his nephew Pentheus and regained his throne.

Hundreds of years later, the worshipers of Dionysus, the god of wine, followed the worshipers of Apollo and directly used force to help Dionysus enter the Delphi temple, allowing Apollo and Dionysus to replace Delphi. The brother gods of Themis and Mnemosyne, the original owners of the Temple of Phoebe.

The person who fabricated the myth set up a life experience for Dionysus, making Dionysus’ mother Semele one of the daughters of Cadmus and Harmonia, and making Dionysus become Zeus. and the son of Semele.

In order to reflect Dionysus's military seizure of the Thebes area, the people who fabricated the myth created the idea that Dionysus wanted to become the patron saint of Thebes during the reign of Pentheus, but was rejected by the King of Thebes, Pentheus. , and used the power of gods to destroy the myth of Pentheus.

After the death of Polydorus, his son Labdacos succeeded to the throne.

But after the death of Labdacos, Amphion, a cousin of Labdacos, a relative of the Theban royal family, took the throne and expelled his young nephew Layos.

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Now Amphion and his wife Niobe ruled the city of Thebes. They not only developed the city of Thebes, but also built seven strong walls for the city of Thebes.

According to the setting in the myth, Layios is the cousin and nephew who are related by blood to Amphion, and Niobe is Luo Yin's aunt.

This is the reason why Layoin dared to take Luo Yin back to the city of Thebes.

As long as Layoos showed no ambition to regain the throne, Amphion, who was a cousin to his father Labdacos, could tolerate his existence.

In order to return to the city of Thebes as quickly as possible, Luo Yin and Layoos did not go by land, but took a boat from the Aetolia region to the Thebes region.

The city of Thebes.

Luo Yin and Layoos returned to this city that they were familiar with, and Luo Yin felt a little complicated.

Because in this era, the two patron goddesses of Thebes did not incarnate as human princesses.

In other words, Luo Yin could no longer hear their beautiful voices calling him [brother].

royal palace.

Luoyin and Layoos came to the gate to identify themselves. King Amphion, who learned the news, immediately came to greet Luoyin and Layoos in person.

As Luo Yin's cheap uncle and Layoos's cousin, Amphion would attach so much importance to the two of them, of course, because Amphion regarded Layoos as a threat to the throne.

In the myths fabricated by people hundreds of years later, Amphion was set as the son of Zeus and Antiope, the daughter of Nicotheus, the regent of the Kingdom of Thebes, and Niobe was set as Tanta, the son of Zeus. Rose's daughter.

According to the logic of mythology, except for illegitimate children with unknown fathers, only those who have made great contributions to the gods can receive the honor of being deified into demigods.

During the reign of Amphion, the city of Thebes had almost no interaction with the Mycenaeans.

Therefore, Amphion and Niobe became the sons and granddaughters of Zeus. There is a high probability that the Mycenaeans helped Zeus take the initiative and made the king and queen of the powerful Kingdom of Thebes the sons and granddaughters of Zeus.

Palace hall.

Luoyin and Laius followed Amphion here, and Amphion's wife Niobe and their seven sons and seven daughters also came.

The hall became lively, and Queen Niobe immediately ordered the palace maid to prepare a grand banquet.

After everyone sat down around the banquet table, Amphion and Niobe enthusiastically introduced their seven sons and seven daughters to Luoyin and Layos - that is, the seven daughters of Luoyin and Layos. two cousins ​​and seven cousins.

Seven - this is really a magical number.

During the reign of Amphion and Niobe, they built seven gates for the city of Thebes and had seven sons and seven daughters.

If the children of Amphion and Niobe have real prototypes, I am afraid that the seven sons of Amphion and Niobe represent the seven gates that guard the city of Thebes.

The seven daughters of Amphion and Niobe were the incarnations of the seven Muses in Thebes.

Although hundreds of years later, the Muses were the collective name for the nine daughters of Mnemosyne.

But in more ancient times, in addition to the trinity of Mnemosyne, there were seven Muses called the Seven Muses.

In the Thebes area, the origin of the Muses was originally the image of a priestess who performed with musical instruments and was absorbed by the goddess during a sacrificial ceremony.

Because in ancient times the number of musical instruments was small, the priestess who played three instruments was absorbed by the goddess and became the muse of the Trinity, Mnemosyne.

As the number of musical instruments increased with the development of the times, the Seven Muses emerged, and eventually the well-known Nine Muses developed.

The time when Amphion ruled Thebes was hundreds of years older than the time when the Nine Muses were born.

In other words, in this era when the Nine Muses had not yet been born, the seven daughters of Amphion and Niobe were the incarnations of the Seven Muses. This possibility did exist.

After Amphion and Niobe, as elders, introduced their identities to Luoyin, Layos and their children, Amphion couldn't wait to ask Layos.

"Dear Layos, although your father Labdakos and I are cousins, our relationship is like that of real brothers, and I treat you as my own son. Can you tell me, what is your return to the world? The purpose of Bisi City?”

Of course, Layos would not be so naive as to believe Amphion's words and show his ambition to regain the throne.

He explained carefully.

"Dear uncle, I only returned to the city of Thebes because I missed my hometown. Seeing that the city of Thebes is getting stronger and stronger under my uncle's rule, I just want to be an ordinary royal family and have no ambition to compete with my uncle for the throne."

Amphion had ruled the city of Thebes for so many years, and of course he would not regard young Layos as an enemy.

He was wary of Laius because he regarded Laius as a threat to compete with his sons for the throne.

Seeing that Layoos showed no ambition for the throne, Amphion nodded with satisfaction.

"Then you stay in Thebes City, and I will definitely take care of you as my own son."

Niobe also asked Luo Yin with a smile on her face.

"My child, why did you come to Thebes with Laius? My brother Pelops, how is he doing now?"

Hearing Niobe's question, Luo Yin could only force out a smile and said.

"I don't know how Pelops is doing. I came to Thebes to visit my lovely cheap daughters."

After speaking, Luo Yin looked at the seven daughters of Amphion and Niobe.

Since the Nine Muses are set to be the daughters of Mnemosyne, it is very likely that the Seven Muses are also the daughters of Mnemosyne.

As the husband of Mnemosyne, Luo Yin felt that the Seven Muses were also his cheap daughters.