439: Athena
The Acropolis was founded in 580 BC and is 2,596 years old, hence the name of the city of Athens. During the Greco-Persian Wars, Athens was captured by the Persian army, and in 480 BC, the Acropolis was completely destroyed by the enemy. After the Greco-Persian Wars, the Athenians spent 40 years rebuilding the Acropolis, rebuilding the entire Acropolis in white marble. In fact, the original Acropolis was not what it is now, and now this ruin, all of which have been re-cultivated, used to be more magnificent than this. Later, the Acropolis was destroyed and destroyed several times, and after all these years, it has always been like this!
However, Xia Yu visited in the middle of the night today, and the ruins of this thousand-year-old acropolis will regain its glory back then!
Could it be that Xia Yu invisibly touched a certain mechanism?
Or is this place hiding a big secret?
Just when Xia Yu was puzzled, the statue of the goddess Athena actually moved!
It's a statue that came to life!
The statue of the goddess is 12 meters tall, and Athena's eyes were originally parallel and direct, but now, she is staring at Xia Yu condescendingly.
One person and one statue, four eyes facing each other, Xia Yu was suddenly terrified!
Athena is the daughter of Zeus and the goddess of wisdom, Metis, because Gaia and Ouranos had prophesied that the son born to Metis would overthrow the rule of Zeus, Zeus was afraid that the prophecy would come true, so he swallowed his wife Mosty into his belly, after which Zeus suffered from a very severe headache, Zeus had no choice but to ask the god of craftsmen Hephaestus to split his head, Hephaestus did so, but to the surprise of the gods of Mount Olympus, a graceful man, The beautiful goddess in a stubborn and stubborn shape jumped out of her split skull, radiant and glorious.
This born from the head of Zeus is Athena!
She has the power of Zeus, the perfect combination of wisdom and strength, is the ruler of clouds and thunder, the protector of agriculture and horticulture, she teaches all kinds of skills to mankind, and is also the goddess of law and order, and is also known as the goddess of war, she is no less important than Zeus, the owl and the snake are the symbol of Athena, which is a goddess who is worshiped and revered by the world, especially in Athens. In addition to wisdom and strength, Athena also has a beautiful face like a country and a city, and she is more masculine than other goddesses!
Athena, the legendary goddess, Xia Yu is also very familiar with her, but what he never dreamed of was that one day, he would be able to stand with this legendary goddess so closely, so real and appropriate, and most importantly, the Athena in front of him is not a statue, but a living person!
Xia Yu felt an unprecedented shock, and couldn't understand what was going on!
At this moment, Athena smiled at Xia Yu and said, "Hello! ”
"-"Xia Yu is completely confused!
She can actually speak Chinese, and she speaks so fluently and authentically!
Since the rise of Xia Yu, he has seen a lot of strange things, and now he can keep calm no matter what demons and monsters he sees, but now, he really can't be calm!
He is from the East, and those monks and demons in the East do exist, and it is completely acceptable for him to encounter them!
But are these myths of the West also true?
If so, where do those gods reside now?
Although Buddhism is powerful, the masters of these three worlds are still the heavenly immortals, but Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, these Western gods, have never heard of it, if they really exist, where will they be?
For a while, Xia Yu's thoughts were flying, and there were thousands of doubts in his heart!
At this time, Athena, who was high above, said: "I can give you the answer, you just ask!" ”
"Uh-you're a manifest body?" Xia Yu asked, since Athena said so, then Xia Yu is not welcome, because he does have a lot of doubts and puzzles now.
"That's right!" Athena said, her voice a little ethereal, echoing through the spacious temple, sounding intoxicating!
"Where are you from?" Xia Yu asked again.
"The place where I am does not belong to the Three Realms, but a cosmic world outside the Three Realms, that world is also boundless, and like the Three Realms, there is a very clear order, as well as advanced civilizations and systems." Athena said.
"As far as I know, the Three Realms belong to the Endless Void, could it be a certain world in this Endless Void?" Xia Yu asked.
"It can be understood like this!" Athena said.
"The Three Realms are boundless, isn't the Three Realms the center of the universe?" Xia Yu asked.
"There is a sky outside the sky!" Athena said meaningfully.
Xia Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing this, he really rose today, the magic of this cosmic world was far from what he could imagine!
"Why are you meeting me?" Xia Yu asked, it seemed that this was the point.
"Ancient Greece is the birthplace of Olympus civilization, and it is also the place where the gods once lived, which is the birthplace of the immortal road and India is the birthplace of the immortal Buddha, which has a very important meaning of existence, this is our homeland, so we have the duty and obligation to protect this land, and I, Athena, is the patron saint of this land, whenever the people of this land are about to encounter a catastrophe, I will appear to help them get through the difficulties!" Athena said.
"Do you manifest yourself every time you are in trouble?" Xia Yu asked.
"That's right, it's just that no one knows I've been here!" Athena said.
"That's really a bit incomprehensible, Greece has been invaded and occupied many times since ancient times, some of them have been ruled for hundreds of years, since you will help each other secretly, how can you tolerate this kind of thing, and it is still hundreds of years?" Xia Yu asked.
If that's a covert help, then you're too incompetent!
Athena smiled and said: "The change of dynasty, this is the trend of the times, caused by the way of heaven, the birth of every empire, glory, decay, and destruction are replaced, all have the value of existence, this is the progress of civilization, I can't forcibly strangle it!" ”
"Because of the way of heaven, do you also pay attention to the way of heaven?" Xia Yu asked in surprise.
"That's right!" Athena said.
"Since the change of dynasty is caused by the way of heaven, how can this Acropolis be explained? It has been destroyed again and again, and now it cannot be restored even if it is rebuilt, this is the temple dedicated to your gods, and now it is in ruins, and even your statue has been stolen, don't you care? Xia Yu asked.
"The perpetrators of evil have been duly punished, blasphemy is a heinous crime. It's just that these statues and temples don't represent anything, worship is in the heart, not the appearance, the world built these for worship, flashy, and this is caused by historical changes, it has always existed better, and it doesn't matter if it is destroyed! Athena said.
These gods in the West are worshiped everywhere, and sculptures and statues of gods can be said to be everywhere. The same is true in Huaxia, Sanqing, Guanyin, God of Wealth, God of Stove, can be seen everywhere, destroy one place, how can these gods care!
Xia Yu smiled helplessly, and then asked, "Then who is your master?" ”
"My father, Zeus, the third king of the gods!" Athena said.
Xia Yu sighed and said, "It seems that like our Immortal Dao lineage, you have also experienced three great tribulations!" ”
"In the beginning, heaven and earth were a chaotic place, only Kaos, whose shape is indescribable, it was an boundless, nothing-owned space, and the existence of Kaos was similar to Pangu in the East. Later, in this chaos, the mother of the earth [Gaia], the god of the abyss of hell [Tartarus], the god of darkness [Orebos], the goddess of the night [Nix], and the goddess of love [Eros] were born, and our world began here! ”
"Ouranos, the god of the sky, the first king of the gods, was born from the fingers of Gaia, the mother of the earth, Ouranos is Gaia's son and also Gaia's husband, and then, the two gave birth to the Titan, the cyclops and the hundred-armed giant, the three major gods. However, due to the brutal rule of Ouranos, the rebellion eventually led to the rebellion and the dictatorship was overthrown by one of the Twelve Titans, [Kronos], that is, the son of Ouranos. ”
After Ouranos was overthrown by his son, he prophesied that Cronus would eventually be overthrown by his son, and in order to avoid the prophecy coming true, his wife [Rhea] would devour Kronos directly as soon as she gave birth to a child. And [Zeus], that is, my father, was lucky enough to escape this catastrophe under the protection of Rhea. ”
"When my father learned of his origins, he was determined to rescue his siblings, and then my father married my mother, Metis, and followed my mother's plan, and finally succeeded in freeing the siblings, and united in a war against my father, Kronos."
"The war lasted for ten years and threatened to destroy the entire universe, but it was always impossible to distinguish between victory and defeat, and then my father followed the advice of the prophet [Prometheus] to save the Cyclops and the Hundred-armed Giants who were imprisoned by Ouranos. In order to repay this kindness, the cyclops gave Zeus Lightning, the [Poseidon] trident, and the [Hades] invisible helmet; The hundred-armed giants fought valiantly on the battlefield and finally defeated Kronos. My father, on the other hand, imprisoned Kronos and the defeated Titans in prisons in the underworld, and put the hundred-armed giant and the three-headed dog in charge of guarding them! ”
At this time, Gaia, the mother of the earth, gave birth to a monster named [Typhon], which is known as the strongest giant god with a hundred dragon heads, this demon is terrifying, poses a great threat to the world, and openly fights against the gods. But in the end, Typhon was defeated by my father! ”
"A few years later, because Gaia held a grudge against my father for imprisoning the Titans, that is, her sons, she instigated Alcuonius, the king of the giant tribe, to rebel against my father, but was eventually defeated by Hercules and the gods."
"When the time came to decide who would reign after the great victory, my father and his brothers were not at odds with each other, and seeing that there was another war between them, Prometheus proposed to decide by lot. Eventually, my father became the king of the heavens, Poseidon the kings of the sea, and Hades the kings of the underworld. From then on, my father was able to rule the world safely, becoming the supreme ruler of the universe, and living in the palace on Mount Olympus with his brothers and sisters. And many years ago, like the migration of the two veins of immortals and Buddhas, we all left the earth and found a new address in the vast universe! Athena said.
After hearing this, Xia Yu couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It seems that the legend is not false, all of this is true!" ”
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