Chapter 22 [Mythological Drama] matche2
Immediately behind the God-King, Encore saw that he had transformed himself into a noble boy, and he could turn himself into anything as long as he was interested, including of course, the only stunning man in the world. He was more than capable of making women remember him, he had become a golden bull to tempt Europa, the daughter of the Phoenician king, and he had become a white swan to approach the princess of Sparta, Leda, who had moved so swiftly that he had abandoned them as if he had succeeded, he did not care about losing a bad reputation, worldly ethics were not binding on a god like him, and he had learned how to enjoy the pleasure of chasing in the game of seducing women.
Zeus descended on the earth in a golden chariot, this young man who claimed to be the Prince of Olympus was different from mortals, he was the master of heaven and earth, and humans were his flock, if he came to the mortal world in human form, rather than that he turned himself into a ram and mixed into the pasture, how could he not be the most special one among them?
The golden chariot drove the clouds down to the magnificent building with seven gates, the city-state of Thebais founded by Cadmus, who had been blessed by the gods. Kharmonia, the wife of Cadmus, was the daughter of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, and the granddaughter of Zeus, the god-king. Harmonia gave birth to a beloved daughter, Princess Semere.
Princess Semele, who is in her prime, should be the great-granddaughter of Zeus, but when the medicine god king saw Semele for the first time, he ignited a raging fire of love from his heart, he put his former lover aside, and threw the queen of heaven Hera on the cold lonely pillow, the flame of true love has burned him to the point of physical and mental pain, and this time he doesn't want to become any animal to tempt the beloved Semele, nor does he want to hide his identity and wait for the opportunity to possess her*, he just wants to tell her the truth and let her know how beautiful she is to win the love of the god king, He wanted her to know that she was the luckiest woman in the world. He was happy to bring her honor and pleasure, for he had fallen hopelessly in love, and he would give the joy and sweetness of love to this beautiful and innocent princess, and make her proud of itβas a woman on earth, she would sleep with Zeus, the god-king, and enjoy the thunder and lightning of the clouds and rain that covered the earth, and drink the golden rain of heaven and earth! Not only that, but he also planned to elevate her to the Olympian gods as a long-lasting lover, giving her the soul and mana of the gods to make her an immortal being!
Of his many lovers, none of them were brought to the Olympians, nor were they given by him the throne of God, but the first woman on earth whom he decided to become a god against all odds, and from this alone we know how much her great-grandfather loved her. This unruly love between man and god is to blame for the naughty little god of love Cupid, even if he is as powerful as the god king Zeus can't escape the magic of the god of love, but will such a love between man and god really have results, I'm afraid that the will of this medicine god king with a hot head may not be reliable.
It all started three days ago, when Princess Semmele had a nightmare in which she saw her torso turn into a towering tree, her arms into branches of a tree, and her palms and fingers into branches and leaves, when a thunderbolt appeared in the sky, burning her hands and arms, and causing her great pain. The thunder fire must be a symbol of the nether realm of Zeus, which is the proverb explained to her by the great prophet Tirisias, but why she herself turned into a big tree in her dream was not prompted by Tirisias, who only told her father, Kadesmus, that Her Royal Highness should personally go to the temple of Zeus to sacrifice a bull to Zeus.
Princess Semele was unable to sleep because of this strange dream, why there was a thunderbolt and thunderbolt in her dream, which symbolized the nether realm of the god king Zeus, and she could not let go of fear and curiosity for a long time, until her father ordered the attendants to prepare a bull and all the sacrifices for her, and the next morning she personally came to the temple of Zeus with the sacrificial honor guard, and witnessed the attendants slaughtering the healthy and strong bulls, and then she soaked her whole body from head to toe with the blood of the bull. In this sacrificial ritual, the human world washes away its impurities with the blood of a bull, and at the same time borrows the life of a bull like Zeus the Great in exchange for an auspicious vow. This sacrificial ceremony was so grand that all the men, women, and children of the city gathered around in the distance, and Princess Semele's white and flawless jade body looked even more vivid and charming in the blood.
At the same time, the oracle spoke to the high idol of Zeus: "Lord of the gods, Lord of thunder and lightning, our eternal worship of the Father Zeus, have mercy on the ignorant and fragile people of the earth, have mercy on their princess Semele, daughter of their king Cadmus, for she is the daughter of the daughter of your daughter, for she is mortal but has always kept the glory of the gods, for although she is the heir of the gods, she has lost her immortality, but she is the eye of the whole city of Thebais, and she is the moon of the whole kingdom of Thebes, She is the jewel of the whole continent of Asia Minor, she is the goddess of all our royals and commoners, she is the pride of all our Medeans;! Grant her vows and fulfill your vows to her, for you are the patron saint of the oath, and please love her as you protect all the heirs of the Protoss, for you have loved the reckless Ares, the ugly Hephaestus, the cunning Hermes, the amorous Aphrodite, the arrogant Apollo, the competitive Athena, ......"
While he was chattering like this, the attendants were responsible for separating the beef bones from the beef, and peeling out the butter separately and covering the beef leg bones, and then placing the beef and cowhide in a regular shape on the stone platform outside the temple, after placing them, Princess Semerle herself took out a burning stick from the fire, and looked for the loosest place of the butter to lead the flame to the sacrifice, and the fire was soon lit by the wind, and a huge flame was ignited in front of the statue of Zeus, and the rich fragrance of butter spread to the god steps of Olympus. Hermes smelled the wonderful scent of butter and knew that the world would not sacrifice a bull to his father, Zeus, for no reason, and that it must have been a prince or nobleman who had made some vow or wanted to avoid some calamity, or he prayed for a smooth expedition, and when he wanted to know more about what had happened, he rode the golden cloud to the magnificent city of Thebes, with seven gates, and looked down on the Nether, the sacrifice ceremony of Princess Semele was over.
Hermes, the most knowledgeable of the gods of Olympus, saw that such a grand sacrifice ceremony was neither a prayer for good weather nor a prayer for victory on the battlefield, and the beautiful princess Semerus would not sacrifice in front of the temple of Zeus for no reason.
Hermes has been praised in many ways since he was promoted to the holy mountain of Olympus and listened to the messenger of his father Zeus, all saying that the companion is like a tiger, and it is indeed not easy to survive and develop in the tense relationship between the god king and the queen of heaven, and every day when Hera asks him about the whereabouts and intentions of the god king Zeus, his speech often affects the trend of the situation, so if you don't know the inside story when performing your duties, it will be self-defeating, and only the shrewd and capable Hermes can be qualified for the position of the divine envoy, and he is a well-deserved know-it-all in the divine realm. With his clever and ingenious wisdom, he always seems to be able to navigate the god-king couple with ease, and it seems that he can always detect the cattiness from some seemingly ordinary little things, just like a big butler can always sniff out different thoughts from the tone and eyes of each family member, and an experienced master can always capture their respective expertise from the looks and feedback of each apprentice, but in fact, he is always digging out his heart to spy on the god-king couple*.
Just like today, when Hermes saw such a grand sacrifice being held for no reason, he immediately went to inquire about the god of dreams, Hypnos. Hypnos was the son of Niks, the goddess of the night, and his three sons issued oracles in their dreams in the form of humans, birds, beasts, and inanimate creatures.
Hermes heard Hypnos say: "My eldest son Morpheus can become in a dream to any person who dreams the sleeper, if he wants the sleeper to do what he says, he can become a person whom the sleeper likes or respects, if he wants the sleeper to do the opposite, he can become a person whom the sleeper hates or despises, which works more for mankind than to dream directly in the image of a god, and he is nothing more than a god of dreams, and he has contributed in this way to countless good and bad things, Of all the methods of manipulating human thinking and behavior with divine powers, this ancient method has to be said to be the most direct and effective. My middle son Forbertor can become a running ground in the water of all the heavens and water in his dreams, from fierce beasts to insects, no matter what kind of animal, he can do good and bad things like a human because of his dreams, driving dragons and phoenixes and even launching insect plagues are his specialties, and his power and speed are no less than the destruction of a city-state by a powerful army. My youngest son, Fantasas, is a great skill, he can transform into any inanimate thing into the dreams of sleepers, mountains of gold and silver, hellfire, thunderbolts, storms, and visions of good or evil can be presented as he pleases, as a subtle and complex foreshadowing of the future, which is mostly valued by prophets, and from many previous experiences, for self-righteous humans, obscure oracles are more acceptable to them. So one of my three sons is more capable than the other, but they are only loyal to Zeus, the king of heaven, and Hera, the queen of heaven, and they will not obey any god except their husbands and wives. β
Hermes judged with a keen intuition that the god-king Zeus had secretly sent Fantasas into Princess Semele's dream, hinting at her fiery love, and then the surprised and helpless Princess Semele told the dream interpreter about the dream, and the dream interpreter proposed to the king to hold a great sacrifice in the temple of Zeus.
Hermes is a man who is good at observing words and is very clever in words, and in order to find out a little bit of information from Hypnos's mouth, he said to Hypnos: "O respected god of dreams, Hypnos, dreams are an important bridge between the heavens and the world, and this bridge is only in charge of you and your sons, you are the true god of the patron oracle, how can there be anything about the arrogant sun god Apollo, But whenever the sun god appears, you disappear silently, but you are never as proud as he was, and I have often heard of your virtues in the mouth of Hera, the queen of heaven, and there is no doubt that your three sons have inherited your virtues, and I don't think I need to repeat in front of you Hera's praise of hera, right? β
Although Hypnos was very happy to hear this, he secretly wondered in his heart, in fact, Hera, the queen of heaven, rarely used dreams to issue oracles to the world, just on the contrary, the god king Zeus often called their father and son to their side in the middle of the night to give orders, but Hermes did not mention the praise of the god king Zeus for their father and son, what does this mean?
The treacherous Hermes had already set a trap while praising him, waiting for Hypnos to get into it himself.
Hypnos recalls the events of the previous night: Zeus, the god-king, who was so sleepless that he was so passionately in love with the human woman that he became a great butterfly, a nightingale that was good at crying, and then a silver-white foal...... Let the queen Hera mistakenly think that he is sending her a signal that the couple is good.
There are many ways to get a mortal woman, but he doesn't bother to use it this time, he is good at using all kinds of methods to seduce women, and he has never thought so hard to create a beautiful encounter as he does now, because he is afraid of breaking the hazy beauty and seems at a loss.
After Hera fell asleep, Zeus put on a robe of golden gauze and went to the golden temple, summoning the god of dreams, Hypnos and his son, to come and meet him. The God-King sitting in the golden seat looked excited and anxious, like a fifteen-year-old boy who had been sleepless all night thinking about his lover but had not been sleepy at all. Hypnos brought his three sons, Morpheus, Phoptor, and Fantasas, to the Golden Temple. They are the heirs of the goddess of the night, and whenever night comes, they are energetic and stick to the call of the god king at any time.
Zeus summoned them to his side and whispered to them, "I want you to dream of the daughter of the tyrant of Thebais the woman named Semere, for there is no doubt that I am in love with her, and my heart is burning with a fire of thunder and lightning for her, and this flame and lightning are almost burning me to a charcoal, and my heart is as melancholy as the sea, for I do not wish to possess her in a rough and wild way, and you will tell her tactfully for me, that she has won the favor of Zeus with her beautiful posture and serene heart. Her body cannot be preempted by anyone, and her heart must wait for me to retrieve it, and it is her destiny that she will come to heaven to be my mistress for a long time. My words will turn into hard facts as soon as I say them, and this is my vow to her. β
After some research, Hypnos's youngest son, Fantasas, replied to Zeus: "In order to be able to 'tactfully' inform Princess Semerus of your 'strong' affection according to His Highness's wishes, the little god has no choice but to play a role here in place of his father and two brothers, because the little god is the best at using dreams to issue obscure oracles." β
As the saying goes, nothing is done without hair, and this matter is very important to the god-king Zeus, who said to the young Fantasas: "If you cannot convey my meaning completely, leave it to your brothers, for you cannot bear the punishment of Thor, and I will not allow anyone to ruin my good deeds." β
Hypnos, as a father, replied to Zeus: "In the name of Nikos, the goddess of the night, I assure you, the great god of thunder and lightning, that my youngest son is perfectly capable of accomplishing this mission on his own. "The reason why Fantasas is strongly recommended to issue an ambiguous oracle for the god king Zeus is because the father and son of Hypnos are well aware of the temperament of this god of flowers, and as the guardian of the oath, he is the first person to break the oath, so in order to prevent the goddess Hera from settling accounts after the autumn, their father and son must make preparations with both hands