Reversing Greek Mythology

The king who now rules over Mycenae is Sterneros, grandson of Perseus and father of Eurystheus, and his wife is the daughter of Pelops, king of Inlys.

Luo Yin's current identity is the youngest son of Pelops, which means that King Sterneros of Mycenae is Luo Yin's brother-in-law.

The current ruler of Tiryns, a vassal city of Mycenae, is Amphitryon, the grandson of Perseus, and his wife is Alcmene, the wife of his uncle Electryon.

In Greek mythology, Amphitryon and Alcmene were expelled by King Sterneros of Mycenae and wandered in the city of Thebes before they married and gave birth to Inphicles and Hercules. .

But in the more orthodox myth, Amphitryon and Alcmene were not expelled, and the city of Tiryns was the birthplace of Hercules.

In fact, if you think about it seriously, Hercules has already moved to the city of Thebes, and the Mycenaean king Eurystheus can still order Heracles. This is a very anti-intellectual story.

When people made up myths hundreds of years later, they obviously did not consider logical issues because ordinary civilians and slaves were ignorant and illiterate.

They made up the setting of Hercules and his family living in Thebes just to highlight that Hercules was the true heir to the throne of Mycenae. It was only because of being persecuted by gods and humans that Heracles He had no chance to inherit the throne.

When Luo Yin entered the city of Tiryns, he saw that the residents here were all talking about the same thing - Alcmene, the queen of King Amphitryon of Tiryns, had given birth to a son.

To Luo Yin's surprise, Alcmene did not give birth to twins Inphicles and Hercules, but only Inphicles.

Luo Yin was not too surprised that Hercules, a completely fictional hero, was not born.

After all, according to the life experience of Hercules, Amphitryon and Alcmene moved to the city of Thebes before Hercules was born.

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After leaving the city of Tiryns, Luo Yin came to the city of Mycenae ruled by his cheap brother-in-law Sterneros.

Mycenae.

royal palace.

After Luo Yin revealed his identity to the gate guard, he was quickly taken to the hall by the maid sent by King Sterneros of Mycenae.

Luo Yin walked into the hall and saw young Sterneros sitting on the throne deep in the hall. On both sides of the aisle were Mycenaean nobles sitting on the floor.

"Chrysippus——"

When Luo Yin looked at the scene in the hall, the young nobleman closest to the throne raised his hand and motioned Luo Yin to come to him.

Guessing that the other party was Coprous, the son of Pelops, who was also his cheap brother, Luo Yin quickly walked up to Coprous and said.

"Brother Coprous, long time no see."

Then, Luo Yin said to King Sterneros of Mycenae on the throne.

"Great King Sterneros of Mycenae, I am Chrysippus."

Sterneros said with a smile.

"Dear Chrysippus, you are my wife's brother, that is, my brother. You should not regard me as the king of Mycenae. You should regard me as your brother. When you come to the city of Mycenae, it is like returning to the city of Mycenae. It’s like being at home.”

After Sterneros finished speaking, Coprous continued.

"Crysippus, I have heard some bad rumors recently, saying that Atreus and Thyestes did something stupid to murder you. Now that I see that you are safe and sound, I can finally rest assured."

Luo Yin said with a smile.

"Brother Sterneros! Brother Coprous! I don't want to disturb you, so we'll leave the conversation between our families until later. Now you can continue the meeting!"

After saying that, Luo Yin sat down next to Coprous.

Seeing that a foreigner participated in this important meeting as a matter of course, the nobles of Mycenae did not raise any objection.

After all, Luo Yin was not only the brother-in-law of King Sterneros of Mycenae, but also the son of King Pelops of Yinlis.

The Inlis royal family, like the Mycenaean royal family, are descendants of immigrants from Crete.

In other words, Luo Yin, who is a member of the Yinlis royal family, is a trustworthy member of the Mycenaeans.

This is also the reason why Atreus could become the king of Mycenae in the original destiny trajectory.

Because the Yinlis royal family was one of the Mycenaeans, the nobles of Mycenae did not object to Atreus seizing the throne.

Sterneros said after looking away from Luo Yin.

"Now those pirates are getting more and more rampant. They not only rob our food at sea, but even come to the shore to steal our cattle and sheep. If we don't care about these robbers, we will be short of food in winter. Hundreds of people would starve to death in Mycenae.”

In this period, the piracy problem faced by the Mycenaeans was so serious that even mythology can reflect it.

In order to solve the problem of pirates, Electryon, the father-in-law of King Amphitryon of Tiryns, all died in the battle with the pirates.

Even decades in the future, pirates have the ability to attack Lemnos Island and turn Lemnos Queen Hypercybele into a slave trader.

It can be seen that the strength of pirates is enough to rival small or even medium-sized city-states.

"To completely solve the pirate problem, we must go to their hometown and eliminate their tribesmen, or make them afraid to attack us Mycenaeans again."

In this era of barter, the various fleets on the sea were basically controlled by the royal families or nobles of their hometowns.

When these fleets arrive in powerful areas, they are maritime merchants carrying out normal trade.

In areas with backward civilization and weak strength, normal maritime merchants will turn into pirates and conduct business without capital.

If you want to really fight against pirates, the most direct way is to attack the pirate's hometown.

If you don't attack the pirates' hometown, you can only engage in endless battles with the pirates on the sea.

Seeing that Sterneros had made up his mind to attack the pirate's hometown, Coprous said with a solemn expression.

"According to the information we received from Crete, most of the pirates currently active in the Aegean Sea come from the Cilicia Plain area in the southeast of the Asia Minor Peninsula. This area is located in the northeastern corner of the Eastern Mediterranean, close to Cyprus. The island is across the sea. It is not a simple matter for us to conduct an expedition here.”

Cilicia——

Hearing this name, Luo Yin couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise.

Because the pirates of Cilicia are famous in real history.

More than a thousand years later, Cilicia pirates even kidnapped Julius Caesar.

More than a thousand years later, with the powerful Rome establishing maritime order in the Mediterranean world, pirates in Cilicia were so rampant that even Julius Caesar was poisoned by pirates.

Now more than a thousand years ago, there is no powerful maritime power to establish maritime order in the Mediterranean world, and it is conceivable that the pirates of Cilicia are rampant.

It is no wonder that Sterneros was determined to attack Cilicia, the hometown of the Cilicia pirates.

Because only if the Cilicia pirates feel the crisis, will they no longer regard the Aegean coast as the main target for plunder.