Reversing Greek Mythology

Thebes, Athens, Corinth—

In the actual history a thousand years later, these are the three largest city-states in Greece with the richest economy and the largest population.

Even now, a thousand years ago, these three city-states are undoubtedly large city-states.

Now these three major city-states are all under Luo Yin's control, which means that the fate of all Greece will be controlled by Luo Yin.

City of Corinth.

Throne Hall.

Luo Yin sat on the throne that originally belonged to Sisyphus, holding Amphitrite in his arms to appease her dissatisfaction.

"Dear Amphitrite, from now on we will be the king and queen of Corinth. I will not let anyone shake your authority in Corinth."

Amphitrite complained with a puffy face.

"Are you trying to confuse me with such sweet words again? If you really love me, then marry me and let me really become your queen."

"Well--"

Luo Yin was immediately speechless and said with an embarrassed expression on his face.

"About our marriage... I want to ask Mnemosyne, Themis and Athena what they think."

"If they don't agree, you won't marry me?"

Faced with this difficult question, Luo Yin could only change the subject.

"Now that the crisis in Corinth has just been lifted, in order to prevent the Mycenaeans from coming back, we must find a way to suppress them."

Amphitrite looked at Luo Yin for a moment with her beautiful blue eyes, and then said expressionlessly.

"The Mycenaeans not only conquered the Argos region, but now also control the Arcadia region. In order to increase the area controlled by the Mycenaeans, Perseus has decided to support Pelops and help him conquer Yin Lys area. If you want to suppress the Mycenaeans, do you want to directly mobilize the army to attack the city of Mycenae, or do you want to attack the Mycenaeans step by step? "

"I want to replicate today's situation and use the Mycenaeans to seize the Yinlis area."

After hearing Luo Yin's answer, Amphitrite said suddenly.

"You want to watch Pelops attack the Yinlis area. When Pelops is about to conquer the Yinlis area, you can drive Pelops away and then easily conquer the Yinlis area."

"This is called the mantis stalking the cicada, with the oriole behind."

Pelops——

Without Luo Yin's intervention, he would have become King Yin Lis.

Atreus and Agamemnon, the descendants of Pelops, would replace the descendants of Perseus as kings of Mycenae.

In mythology, Perseus was the son of Tantalus, the sinner.

In order to test whether the gods were really all-knowing and omnipotent, his father Tantalus made his son Pelops into a roast and offered it to the gods.

The gods were angered by Tantalus's stupid and crazy behavior. Even though he was originally the beloved son of Zeus, Zeus personally threw him into the abyss of hell and subjected him to eternal punishment.

Although Tantalus was a great sinner, the gods believed that Pelops was innocent, so they resurrected Pelops and made Poseidon, the king of the sea, the protector of Pelops.

Because the gods sent Tantalus to hell, the city-state Sipylos ruled by Tantalus was invaded by the neighboring city of Troy. Pelops was expelled by the Trojan king and could only come to Pelopon. Nyssa surrendered to Perseus.

There is no doubt that the stories of Pelops and Tantalus were false myths fabricated by people hundreds of years later.

But in real history, their prototypes do exist.

It's just that the stories in myths obviously reverse the effects of real history into causes.

In the myth, it was because Tantalus was cast into hell by Zeus and the young Pelops was unable to protect the city of Sipylos that the city of Sipylos was attacked by the neighboring city of Troy.

But in reality, it is probably because Tantalus lost to Troy that he became the great sinner in mythology.

After all, the logic of mythology is to kneel down and lick the strong. Troy was the most powerful city-state in the western part of Asia Minor. Even if they did not worship Zeus, the Mycenaeans still had to set the ancestor of the Trojans as The beloved son of Zeus claimed that the founder of the Trojans was able to build the great city of Troy solely because of Zeus's favor with him.

In the logic of myth, it is very obvious for Zeus to take the initiative to kneel down and lick the king of a powerful city-state.

If Tantalus ruled the powerful city of Sipylos during his lifetime, it was only after his death that the city was conquered by the Trojans——

According to the logic of myth, even if Tantalus had nothing to do with Zeus originally, he would become Zeus's favored son in the myth. There is no reason to become a sinner.

So the real reasonable explanation is that Tantalus is a branch of the Mycenaeans who immigrated to the Asia Minor Peninsula.

At that time, the cities of Mysia and Troy near Sipylos were founded by descendants of immigrants from Crete.

The Mysians and Trojans abandoned their old gods and assimilated with the natives to accept the new gods.

The city of Sipylos was ruled by Tantalus, but he insisted on worshiping Zeus, so he became Zeus's favorite son in mythology.

The Mycenaeans also provided a large amount of manpower and material resources to the city of Sipylos, helping the city to gain a foothold in the Asia Minor peninsula.

But in the end——

The city of Sipylos, which the Mycenaeans spent a lot of manpower and material resources to support, was defeated under the rule of Tantalus, and Zeus failed to gain a foothold in the Asia Minor Peninsula.

Just like Zhao Kuo, who was an armchair strategist on paper, became the biggest sinner of Zhao State because of losing the battle of Changping.

Tantalus's city of Sipylos was destroyed, which is why he became the great sinner in mythology.

Although Tantalus was defeated and died in battle and was regarded as a shame and sinner by the Mycenaeans, his son Pelops was, after all, a blood relative of Perseus.

So Perseus not only took in Pelops, but was also willing to support him in conquering the Inlys region.

In the myth of Pelops, after he came to the Peloponnese Peninsula, he participated in the courtship competition held by Oenomanos, the king of Inlys, and met Oenomanos' daughter Hippoda. Mia marries and inherits the throne.

Anyone in their right mind would understand that Oenomanus, as king, had many women, so it was impossible for him to have only one daughter, Hippodamia.

If Oenomanus had a son among his children, his throne would not be succeeded by Pelops or Hippodamia.

Therefore, in the myth, Pelops inherited the throne of the Kingdom of Inlis by marrying Hippodamia.

But in reality, it must have been Pelops who defeated Oenomanos in war and made Oenomanos' beautiful daughter Hippodamia his trophy.

In order to reflect the cruel reality, in the myth of Pelops, he bribed the Acadians to destroy Oenomanus's carriage when participating in the courtship competition, causing Oenomanus to die in the competition.

After witnessing the death of Oenomanus, Pelops drove directly to the burning palace and snatched Hippodamia away.

As the prototype of the myth, Pelops was waging war against Oenomanos, king of Inlys, with the soldiers he gathered from Arcadia.

Pelops had Acadian soldiers under his command, which is the prototype of the myth that he used the Acadians to kill Oenomanus.