Chapter 498 Rejection of Zeus's Mother Dione

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Roy watched Dione [Zeus] vomit, which was obviously a provocation and humiliation to Dione [Zeus].

The goddess Dione glared at Roy angrily and yelled.

"Human! You are as crazy as ever, how dare you blaspheme the great goddess Dione."

Hearing Dione's words, Roy rolled his eyes and smiled.

"Zeus, don't lie to me because I read a lot. The name Dione is the feminine form of [Zeus], ​​so you who claim to be a goddess are actually Zeus who became a goddess."

"Stupid humans!"

After being exposed by Roy, Dione, the mother of Zeus, said with a proud look on her face.

"Don't you really know that our gods have no gender. So we can come as male gods according to human needs, or we can become goddesses to meet human needs."

Gods have no gender—

In other words, gods can change gender at will, from male gods to goddesses, and from goddesses to male gods - this is of course something Roy has known for a long time.

In another world's history, Lelvani, the god of the underworld in Hittite mythology, was originally a male god.

The god of the underworld, Lelvani, may be the Amorite god of the underworld, Mot [Hades Nergal], who was later transformed into a goddess under the influence of the goddess worship of the Hittite Kingdom.

The snake-demon Iluyanka in Hittite mythology is a debased form of the goddess Istannus.

In Hittite mythology, Iluyanka once fought with Taishub and took away his heart and eyes. He was later killed by Taishub in revenge.

The real history corresponding to this myth is the war that took place between the Eblas who worshiped Istanus and the Amorites who worshiped Taishub [Hadad Marduk Zeus].

Although the Eblas once defeated the Amorites, the Amorites finally defeated the Eblas completely.

Istannus was reduced to the demon Iluyanka in the myths concocted by the Amorites, and even her gender was concocted as male.

"You said that gods have no gender, are you trying to fool me like a fool?"

Roy teased jokingly.

"If gods have no gender, why are you, Poseidon, and Hades all male gods? Perhaps in ancient times, when you were worshiped by the Aryans as Thunder, you did have no gender. After a long historical evolution , now you have a fixed gender as a male god. Now you will become a goddess, just to replace the goddess worshiped by the Illyrians and gain the faith and worship of the Illyrians in the shortest possible time. If the demi-humans forget the goddess they worship, you will surely regain the identity of the male god Zeus.”

The Illyrians not only worshiped male gods such as Ares and Hermes, but also worshiped the goddess of the sea and the forest goddess under the influence of the Pilaskis.

In the Greek mythology of another world, Leda, who gave birth to the Gemini star gods Castor and Polydeuces to Zeus, Queen Clytemnestra of Mycenae, and Queen Helen of Sparta, was Eto. The goddess of the sea in the Leah region.

The Illyrians in the Calydon region also worshiped the mountain goddess named Altea.

In the history of another world, after the Dorians conquered the Peloponnese, the Mycenaeans and Acadians who did not want to be enslaved by the Dorians migrated in large numbers.

The Arcadians migrated to the Calydon region, allowing Artemis to replace the Calydon region's native goddess Althea.

This is the basis for the story of the Calydonian boar hunt.

The Calydonian prince Meleager fell in love with Atalanta, the incarnation of Artemis, and killed his two uncles for Atalanta, and was eventually killed by his mother Althea.

In this story, after Althea kills Meleager, he also takes his own life.

Atalanta became the biggest winner - symbolizing Artemis replacing Althea as the patron goddess of the Calydon region.

The Mycenaeans migrated to the Dodona area in the Epirus region, and Zeus replaced the local goddess and became the patron goddess of the Dodona area as the goddess Dione.

This is where the Dodona sanctuary of Zeus comes from.

The Mycenaeans did not let Zeus replace the local goddess with the identity of the male god Zeus, apparently because the Mycenaeans migrated here as if they were fleeing and did not have the absolute strength to defeat the local ethnic groups.

This is also Zeus's consistent style.

For example, when the Hyksos conquered Egypt, because the number of Hyksos was too small and they did not suppress the absolute strength of the Egyptians, they asked Zeus to replace the local Egyptian storm god Seth with the identity of the storm god.

When the Mycenaeans, a branch of the Hyksos, migrated to the Argos area with Zeus, because the Argives worshiped Hestia, the goddess of thunder, they asked Zeus to replace the locals with the identity of the God of Thunder. Hestia, goddess of thunder.

When the Hittite Kingdom conquered the Amorites in the Yamhad region, the Amorites asked Haddad [Zeus Marduk] to replace the local goddess of earth and thunder Inara with the identity of the thunder god Teshub.

The more unfavorable the situation is to Zeus, the more Zeus can compromise.

Not to mention changing his godhead, even changing his gender is not a big deal to Zeus.

Although the Mycenae Kingdom established by Perseus now has an area of ​​200,000 square kilometers and a population of millions, there are only a few thousand Mycenaeans who worship Zeus.

Almost all of the millions of people in the Kingdom of Mycenae were Illyrians who worshiped the goddess.

In this case, it is quite normal for Zeus to become a goddess in order to gain the faith of the Illyrians.

As for thousands of Mycenaeans forcing millions of Illyrians to worship the male god Zeus——

Even Roy didn't dare to do such a crazy thing.

Even if Roy stood in Perseus's position, he could only make Zeus a goddess to replace the local goddess worshiped by the Illyrians, and it was impossible to force the Illyrians to believe in male gods.

"Human! I am also a goddess now."

Dione looked at Roy expressionlessly and said.

"If you defeat Perseus, will you let the goddess Dione become the goddess of the Athenian Empire?"

"Don't ask such stupid questions!"

Roy said immediately.

"Even if your divine body really turns into a goddess, I still treat you as a male god. So after I defeat Perseus, I will only expel you and never let you become a goddess worshipped by the Athenian Empire. Did you become the goddess Dione not only to replace the local goddess worshipped by the Illyrians, but also to join the Athenian Empire after Perseus's defeat?"

"Perseus is the favorite of Zeus, the great king of gods, so Perseus will never lose to you."

"I also hope that Perseus can beat me and end my life as a human being."

After responding to Dione, Roy looked at Perseus who was confronting him and said.

"Perseus! Your father Zeus really has high hopes for you, and I also want you to kill me. Don't let us down, let me see if your soldiers can use bronze weapons to defeat the dimensionality reduction attack of the Athenian soldiers using iron weapons."

"Roy, I won't lose to you."

Perseus said with a serious expression, and took the initiative to lead his soldiers to attack Roy.