Reversing Greek Mythology

The Kingdom of Thebes launched a war against the Kingdom of Athens. This was not Luo Yin's first initiative.

In the original trajectory of fate, Luo Yin's cheap cousin Labdacos launched a war against King Pandion of Athens.

The Kingdom of Thebes was able to launch a war against the Kingdom of Athens because the external environment of the Kingdom of Athens was very harsh. There was the powerful Kingdom of Thebes to the north, the powerful Kingdom of Corinth to the west, and the Kingdom of Mycenae across the sea to the south.

In addition, the Kingdom of Athens is surrounded by sea on three sides and has to deal with various pirates.

Compared with the situation faced by the Kingdom of Athens, the Kingdom of Thebes has the island of Eubia to the east to block threats from the sea, and mountains to the north to isolate the nomads in the Thessaly region. The Calydonians in the mountains to the west pose no threat. Across the sea to the south, the Kingdom of Corinth was engaged in a long-term battle with the Kingdom of Mycenae.

Being in a situation where there was no threat from all directions gave the Kingdom of Thebes the opportunity to launch a war against the Kingdom of Athens.

As long as the Kingdom of Athens is eliminated, the Kingdom of Thebes can eliminate the only threat.

In the war launched by Labdacus against Pandion, the Athenians were unable to win on the frontal battlefield and could only retreat to the Acropolis, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and asked Oenomanos, King of Inlis, for help.

Oenomanos asked his brother Tereus, also the son of Ares, the god of war, to lead an army to rescue the city of Athens.

Tereus quickly led his army outside the city of Athens, and together with the Athenians drove the Thebans out of Attica.

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After the victory in this battle, Pandion held a banquet to thank Tereus.

Tereus saw Pandion's two beautiful daughters Procne and Philomela at the banquet, and proposed to Pandion to marry his eldest daughter Procne.

In order to thank Tereus for his help, Pandion readily agreed to Tereus' request.

After Tereus and Procne married, Procne soon gave birth to a son for Tereus.

In the fifth year of Tereus and Procne's marriage, Tereus fell in love with the young and beautiful Philomela again.

So he tricked Philomela into his own territory and imprisoned her.

In order to prevent his secret from being exposed, Tereus not only forcibly took possession of Philomela, but also cut off her tongue, leaving her unable to seek help from others, let alone tell her story.

When Procne finally discovered the truth about Philomela's suffering, in order to avenge Tereus, she sadly killed her son who was born to Tereus, and then escaped from Tereus with Philomela. The territory of Rios.

When Tereus discovered that his son had been killed, he pursued Procne and Philomela with his sword.

Eventually, through the intervention of the gods, Procne and Philomela were transformed into swallows and nightingales, and Tereus into their natural enemy, the hoopoe.

There is no doubt that this is a myth created by humans.

The only ones that may actually exist are the characters in myths and stories, or their prototypes.

The city of Thebes.

Throne Hall.

After Luo Yin's envoy came back, he told him in detail what he had experienced in the city of Athens.

Pandion would reject his request, which was what Luo Yin expected.

After all, Luo Yin's request was not only a humiliation to Pandion, but also a humiliation to the city of Athens.

"I made an unreasonable request to Pandion and asked him to give me the two Athenian princesses. I just wanted to find a reason to launch a war. Since there is a reason to launch a war now, let's gather the army to attack the city of Athens! "

After hearing Luo Yin's decision, the messenger couldn't help but say.

"King Pentheus! The Acropolis of Athens is built on a hill more than 100 meters high. There is only one channel to attack the Acropolis. It can be said that it is truly easy to defend and difficult to attack. In the past, even the great Mycenaean king Per Hughes could not conquer the city of Athens. He could only make up myths that deceived himself and others, claiming that he had completed the great cause of killing the Gorgon Medusa. Do you really want to repeat the mistakes of Perseus and challenge Perseus? A great deed that even Si can’t accomplish?”

"Do you think I am as incompetent as Perseus, or even more incompetent than Perseus?"

Luo Yin said with an unhappy expression.

"Don't think of me as an incompetent guy like Perseus. The city of Athens will definitely surrender at my feet."

King Perseus, the greatest hero in the era of the founder of the city——

It turned out to be the incompetence Luo Yin said!

Although he felt that Luo Yin was becoming more and more like an arrogant lunatic, the envoy still carried out Luo Yin's order and summoned the soldiers in Thebes.

Three days later.

Luo Yin personally led three thousand Theban soldiers to surround the city of Athens.

With the unbreakable Acropolis as the strongest fortress, the Athenians did not pay much attention to the city of Athens below the Acropolis, so the city of Athens was almost an undefended city.

When encountering a powerful enemy attacking the city of Athens, the Athenians would first fight the enemy head-on.

If they find that they cannot defeat them head-on, the Athenians will hide in the Acropolis and engage in a war of attrition.

In mythology, neither Perseus, who was protected by Zeus, nor Penthesilea, the Queen of the Moon, could break the Acropolis of Athens, allowing Athena, the patron goddess of the city of Athens, to increase her undefeated record.

Now Luoyin besieged the city of Athens, and the Athenians used the same tactics.

Before the Theban soldiers could attack, Pandion's two sons, Erechtheus and Portes, led two thousand soldiers out of the city to fight.

On the plain outside Athens.

Luoyin led three thousand Theban soldiers to confront two thousand Athenian soldiers led by Erechtheus and Portes.

Although in Greek mythology and real history, Pandion's son Portes is like a hidden and transparent man, Erechtheus is famous.

Even three thousand years later, there is still a temple to Erechtheus on the Acropolis.

Just as Athena is the only patron goddess of the city of Athens, Erechtheus is also the only heroic god of the city of Athens.

Erechtheus was able to hold such a high status in the city of Athens because when the Kingdom of Mycenae invaded the Attica Peninsula and occupied the city of Eleusis, Erechtheus took them with him in order to destroy the invaders. All his sons died in this war.

This war made Erechtheus the great heroic god who protected the Kingdom of Athens. It was also the prototype of Poseidon and Athena competing for the city of Athens in mythology.

Under the gazes of soldiers from both sides, Luo Yin jumped off the chariot and walked to the center of the battlefield and said.

"Prince Erechtheus! Prince Portes! In order to avoid the sacrifice of innocent soldiers, let us use a duel to determine the winner of this war!"

Erechtheus and Portus looked at each other, and then said to Luo Yin.

"We accept your proposal. Do you want to challenge me or Portus?"

"What a stupid question. Of course I want to challenge you two brothers. After all, this is the only way to convince you two that you have lost."

"You think you can beat the two of us-"

Erechtheus sneered angrily at being so despised by Luo Yin.

"No wonder you would launch a war against our city of Athens. Since you believe in your own strength so much, let me see if you are as powerful as a god."