Chapter 359 A Real Wedding Is Necessary

Hippolyta has always wanted to marry Roy in order to use Roy and bring huge benefits to the Amazon tribe.

In fact, Roy also wants to get the territory of the Amazon tribe.

After all, the Macedonian Plain and the Thracian Plain ruled by the Amazon tribe can not only become rich grain-producing areas, but also have super large gold mines and underwater oil and other resources.

Unfortunately, Roy has not yet completely solved the food problem of the Kingdom of Athens. If the Amazon tribe's population of more than 100,000 is incorporated into the Kingdom of Athens, the difficult-to-solve food problem will be on Roy.

So even if Roy is eager to turn the Macedonian Plain and the Thracian Plain into the grain-producing areas of the Kingdom of Athens, eager to obtain super large gold mines, and eager to obtain oil resources, Roy must now firmly reject Hippolyta.

When the Kingdom of Athens is self-sufficient in food, and even rich enough to feed the Amazon tribe's population of more than 100,000, even if Hippolyta does not want to marry Roy, Roy will conquer the Amazon tribe with war.

Time flies to the first day of July-the day when Roy marries Procne and Philomela.

On this day, as if holding a grand festival for the gods, the city of Athens slaughtered dozens of cattle and sheep, made barbecue and distributed them to every family in Athens.

Acropolis of Athens.

All the guests attending the wedding gathered in the Temple of Metis to witness the wedding.

It was noon.

After Roy, Procne and Philomela dressed up, Roy held Procne and Philomela's hands, and the three of them walked into the recently built, 12-meter-high Temple of Metis.

Hundreds of guests stood on both sides of the aisle in the temple, watching Roy wearing a golden crown, a golden belt around his waist, and golden shoes on his feet, and Procne and Philomela wearing a white dress, a golden necklace, a golden belt, and golden sandals on their feet.

Pandion and Zeuxipe stood at the foot of the statue of Metis waiting for the three people.

Roy, Procne and Philomela walked up to Pandion and Zeuxipes. Pandion looked at the two daughters who were about to truly belong to Roy with a complicated expression, his eyes full of reluctance.

In this era, unmarried girls belonged to their fathers and brothers.

Married girls belonged completely to their husbands.

In other words, after Roy married Procne and Philomela, Roy, as a husband, was the most important family member to them.

Under the gaze of the guests, Pandion put away his reluctance to his two daughters getting married, and said loudly with a serious face.

"Roy! In the presence of the great goddess Metis and all the guests, are you going to marry Procne and Philomela and become a husband who will love them forever?"

Roy said without hesitation.

"Goddess Metis and all the guests bear witness that I will become the husband of Procne and Philomela, and love and take care of them forever."

"The great gods and guests have witnessed your vows, and I hope you will never forget this day."

After Pandion instructed Roy, Zeuxippe said to Procne and Philomela.

"Procne! Philomela! In the presence of the great goddess Metis and all the guests, are you willing to marry Roy and become a loyal wife to bear children for him?"

After Procne and Philomela looked at each other, they said in unison.

"The great goddess Metis and the guests bear witness that we will become the wives of Roy's brother and fulfill the responsibilities and obligations of a wife for Roy's brother."

In the era 3,600 years later, men and women will be legally recognized couples as long as they register and obtain a marriage certificate.

But in this era, if you want to become a legally recognized couple, you must hold a wedding witnessed by the gods and guests.

If there is no formal wedding, no matter how many sweet words a man says to a woman, the woman's identity is only the man's concubine or even lover.

Common men usually cannot have three wives and four concubines, so even if there is no wedding, it will not affect the relationship between husband and wife.

Of course, the ones who really need a wedding are the royal family and nobles who can have many women.

Women who marry royal families and nobles need a wedding to establish their status as the main wife and ensure their identity and the inheritance rights of their children.

In the myth of another world, Jason can abandon Medea without scruples because Medea's identity is only Jason's concubine or lover.

Without a wedding as a guarantee, even if Medea lived with Jason for ten years and gave birth to three children for Jason, Medea's identity is not Jason's wife.

Medea, who was confused by the power of the goddess of love Aphrodite, gave herself to Jason, who neither provided her with a wedding nor a house, in a dark night in a strange cave. Her tragedy was doomed from the beginning.

Roy had always rejected the girls around him because he didn't want to be a scumbag like Jason, and insisted on marrying them before making them his wives.

Now——

Roy completed the wedding with Procne and Philomela, which meant that Roy could finally exercise the power of a husband.

Procne and Philomela said the oath witnessed by the gods and guests, and Pandion immediately threatened Roy with reluctance.

"My son! If you dare to hurt Procne and Philomela, I will never let you go."

Roy rolled his eyes fearlessly and said.

"Dear father-in-law! Now Procne and Philomela belong to me completely. Don't worry, I will never let anyone else hurt them."

"Am I worried about others? I'm worried about you--"

After the wedding, the guests began to present gifts to Roy.

They presented gold and silver ornaments, pearls and gems, or beautiful slave women.

When a former city-state king of Naxos presented gifts, the former city-state king came to Roy and said.

"Great King of Athens, I have prepared a special gift for you and the two queens. I hope you can come to the square outside."

Special gift?

Roy led everyone to the outside of the temple, and the former city-state king of Naxos immediately walked up to the two tall slave men and said.

"Now it's your turn to perform. I will let the winner among you be free as agreed."

Then, the former city-state king asked his followers to hand over the bronze spear and wooden shield to the two slave men.

Seeing the two slave men pick up the bronze spear and wooden shield and start fighting, Roy realized that the so-called special gift was actually a gladiatorial performance between slaves.

Slave owners let slaves fight each other to please themselves, which started in ancient times.

In the Roman era, professional gladiators were developed.

In order to watch the performances of gladiators, 1,500 years later, the Romans built the circular arena, which was called an architectural miracle.

Seeing that the guests - the original ruling class of the Kingdom of Athens were all interested in watching the fight between two slaves, Roy's face turned ugly.

Although the Roman Empire admired gladiator performances, it also caused the slave uprising launched by Spartacus of Thracian.

Roy did not want the Kingdom of Athens to become the second Roman Empire and create professional slave gladiatorial performances.