Chapter 148 Participating in a Real War

Corinth Region - This region dominated by the Isthmus of Corinth is located in the northeastern part of the Peloponnese Peninsula.

The Isthmus of Corinth is not only the only connection point between the Peloponnese Peninsula and the European continent, but also separates the Gulf of Corinth from the Aegean Sea.

If ships in the North Aegean Sea want to enter the Ionian Sea and the Western Mediterranean, they have to spend more time detouring around the Peloponnese Peninsula.

About four thousand years ago, while the indigenous Thebans developed the Theban civilization that worshiped the earth goddess Mnemosyne, the Corinthian civilization also developed in the Corinth area that worshiped the ocean goddess Amphitrite.

At the same time, the Attica Peninsula did not develop the Athenian civilization due to its barren land and sparse population.

As maritime merchants, including Phoenician merchants, brought food in exchange for olive oil and other commodities from the Attica Peninsula, the population of the Attica Peninsula increased rapidly, and only then did the Athenian civilization that worshiped the goddess Metis emerge.

Because the goddess Metis was born later than the earth goddess Mnemosyne and the sea goddess Amphitrite, the goddess Metis was greatly influenced by these two goddesses.

It can even be said that the goddess Metis is a new deity born by absorbing the concepts of the earth goddess Mnemosyne and the sea goddess Amphitrite.

Therefore, both Thebes and Athens have traces of the creation myth of the Earth Goddess, who believe that humans are like plants, growing out of the soil.

The Dorians, a nomadic people in the northern Thessaly region, spread the myth of making humans out of clay, believing that humans were created by their ancestor god Hieron [Prometheus].

Later, the Dorians conquered the Peloponnese Peninsula and established their hegemony. The myth of the Dorian ancestor god Hieron [Prometheus] who made humans out of clay replaced the indigenous earth goddess' creation. Human beings were created from the soil. The myth that grows.

Crete also has a creation myth about the creation of humans by the goddess Europa.

However, in the myth of the creation of humans by the goddess Europa, humans neither grew out of the soil, nor did the goddess Europa knead the soil to create humans. Instead, Minos, the priest of the goddess Europa, and his wife threw stones behind them, and then the stones Transformed into a human by the divine power of the goddess Europa.

When the Dorian hegemony stopped in the Peloponnese, the myth makers immediately overturned the myth that the Dorian ancestor god Hieron [Prometheus] made humans out of clay, and let Deucalion [Minoan] The myth of Pyrrha [Pandora] and his wife Pyrrha [Pandora] creating humans from stones replaced the myth of Hieron [Prometheus] creating humans.

The Corinth area where the Corinthians lived was bounded by the Corinth Gulf leading to the Ionian Sea to the north and the Aegean Sea to the south.

This not only gave the Corinthians the foundation to develop into a maritime power, but also gave the Corinthians fertile and rich land to develop agriculture and animal husbandry.

Unfortunately, there were no copper mines in the Corinth area, so although the Corinthians had a population large enough to fight the Mycenaeans, they did not have the bronze weapons to fight the Mycenaeans.

This is also the reason why the Mycenaeans dared to wage war against the ancient and powerful city of Corinth.

If the Corinthians had sufficient bronze weapons, no matter how crazy the Mycenaean king Acrisios was, he would not lead Mycenaean soldiers to attack the city of Corinth.

The Mycenaeans migrated to the Peloponnese Peninsula as a foreign group. They were able to conquer the Argos region with overwhelming force because the indigenous Greeks were not only backward in civilization but also seriously lacked bronze weapons.

The Mycenaeans who used bronze weapons to fight the indigenous Greeks were like carrying out a dimensionality reduction attack on the indigenous people.

So in the ancient legend of another world, the Mycenaeans conquered the entire Peloponnese.

When the Dorians invaded the Peloponnese, they destroyed the Kingdom of Mycenae and inherited the hegemony of the Mycenaeans and controlled the Peloponnese.

Port of Piraeus.

At this time Roy was leading 350 soldiers onto ten large ships.

Procne, Philomela, Chione, and Pandora, who wore veils to hide their faces, came to the port to see Roy off under the protection of fifty personal guards.

After all the soldiers were on board, Roy came to the girls and said.

"I'm leaving now. You guys should hurry back to the Acropolis. Procne! Chione! You have to watch out for Pandora and don't let her reveal her identity. If Pandora's hiding place in the city of Athens is exposed, the city of Knossos will definitely Will wage war against the city of Athens."

Roy actually refused to let him take care of Pandora, Philomela said with a puffed up face in displeasure.

"Brother Roy, do you treat me like a child, that's why you can't trust me?"

Roy immediately put his left hand on Philomela's little head, and comforted him with a smile while using his head to kill.

"I think Sister You and Chione are enough. If you want to help take care of Pandora, of course I won't object."

"Hehe...that's pretty much it."

After Philomela became happy, Procne said worriedly.

"Brother Roy, my father said that a war involving thousands of people is taking place in Corinth. This war must be very dangerous. Why are you going to participate in such a dangerous war when we just returned to Athens from Knossos? ?”

"Procne! It's not that I want to participate in the war, it's that I have to participate in this war."

Roy explained with a solemn expression.

"If I don't intervene in this war, the Mycenaeans will conquer the Corinthians. After the Mycenaeans recover, they will take the Corinthians with them across the Isthmus of Corinth to attack us. If I assist the city of Corinth now, I can Prevent a massive Mycenaean invasion of Athens."

"I know……"

Tick ​​tick tick——

Tick ​​tick tick——

Procne said as she wiped the tears from her eyes.

"But every time you participate in a war, I will always worry that you will encounter a more powerful enemy on the battlefield."

Seeing the tears welling up in Procne's beautiful big eyes, Roy could only turn around and said cruelly.

"As long as you pray sincerely to the goddess Metis, I will definitely triumph."

After saying that, Roy boarded the flagship without looking back.

Standing on the deck of the flagship, Roy ordered in an agitated mood when he heard Procne crying louder and louder.

"start sailing!"

Following Roy's order, the sailors raised the sails and rowed the oars with all their strength, allowing the ship to gradually accelerate out of the port of Piraeus.

Watching Roy's fleet gradually go away, Philomela comforted Procne.

"Sister, please stop crying. No matter how much you cry, I won't be able to help crying. Brother Roy always comes back victorious every time he participates in a war. There is no need for us to worry about brother Roy's safety."

Chione followed.

"Princess Procne, let us follow Roy's words and return to the Acropolis!"

After saying that, Chione opened her eyes wide and was shocked to find that Pandora, who was standing with her, disappeared.

"There are fifty personal guards around us. Pandora can suddenly disappear - does she have the ability to become invisible?"

After recovering from the shock, Chione immediately spoke to Procne and Philomela.

"Two princesses, Princess Pandora disappeared."

Seeing that there was really no Pandora around, Procne immediately stopped crying.