Chapter 172: Troy 2 - The Golden Apple Is Just an Excuse
Zeus left the three of them and solemnly explained to them, ignoring the inexplicable expressions on the faces of the three of them, and said solemnly, "This is arranged by the noble lord, you must act strictly according to the arrangement, and there must be no mistakes", The three of them saw Zeus's expression was very solemn, so they agreed one after another.
A few days later, the news that Peleus, the king of Forteia, was going to hold a wedding spread throughout the Greek Federation, and what was even more surprising was that the gods of Mount Olympus were invited, and all the gods agreed to attend the wedding.
On the day of the wedding, the shining appearance of the gods made everyone present happy and convinced, and they patted their asses with their own etiquette, and all kinds of treasures and treasures were presented to the gods present as if they did not need money, and the gods saw Zeus without the slightest hesitation to accept the gifts, which all laughed at the offerings of the leaders, but in the end, all the kings of the Greek Federation on the scene found that one of the gifts in their hands was not sent, and the original owner of this gift was Eris, the goddess of quarrel and discord.
It's just that they didn't pay much attention to it, probably thinking that Eris couldn't come because of something temporary. But an accident happened later that changed everyone's minds and changed their fate later.
In the middle of the wedding, Eris, the goddess of quarrel and discord, suddenly came to the wedding scene, and the undisguised divinity made her shine, and everyone looked at the beautiful goddess, and Eris just took out a golden apple, leaving a sentence "for the most beautiful goddess", and then threw the golden apple to the Trojan prince Paris and disappeared into the scene.
In everyone's astonished eyes, Paris was at a loss for what to do with the shining golden apple, and he didn't know who was leading the coaxing, and soon everyone focused on the title of who was the most beautiful goddess on the scene, and it didn't take long for everyone's disagreement to appear, and the controversy mainly appeared on the three of Queen Hera, Athena, the goddess of war and wisdom, and Venus, the goddess of love and beauty.
Although the three goddesses are mother and daughter and subordinate relationships, but on this unofficial occasion, the three goddesses obviously feel that they are worthy of the title of the most beautiful goddess, and they all feel that they can deserve the title of the most beautiful goddess. In the end, there was no result, so all eyes were on Paris, the young Trojan prince, who was clearly the judge of the contest, and all three goddesses came to Paris, trying to make a condition that the referee would hand over the golden apple to herself.
Queen Hera said, "I can give you supreme rights"
War and Wisdom Athena said, "I can give you honor and the brightest minds in the world"
Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, chuckled and said, "I can give you the most beautiful woman in the world."
The young Trojan prince Paris was precisely at the age of bohemianism, and as a prince, Paris did not seem to lack power, and for honor and brains, what was that? So he gave the golden apple to Venus, the goddess of love and beauty.
"Hmph" Queen Hera just snorted softly. Athena, on the other hand, said angrily, "Troy, it will turn into a sea of fire!" ”
Venus took the golden apple with a smile and whispered in Paris's ear, "The most beautiful woman in the world is called Helen, he is now the queen of Sparta, I will help you get her"
Paris, who had a brain, only listened to Venus's words and ignored Athena's threat, but the kings of the Greek Federation were bright-eyed, as if they had seen Troy in ruins, and from then on, Troy, their biggest rival on the trade route, would cease to exist, and then the textiles of the Greek Federation could be sold as a monopoly commodity throughout the Western continent, and the resulting windfall profits made them red-eyed. Greed, one of the seven deadly sins of mankind, began to grow and spread in the hearts of these kings.
Photia was just one of the ordinary city-states in the north of the Greek Commonwealth, and after the wedding feast, the kings who had bid farewell to the gods began to return to their respective territories, but two gods remained, and Venus took the young prince Paris, taking advantage of the fact that the king of Sparta had not yet set off to return, and rushed to the location of Sparta in the south with Paris's guards. Why hasn't the Spartan king set out yet? Naturally, they were received by the goddess of war and wisdom.
"I saw a prophecy." Athena's first words made the king of Sparta tremble. "But that prophecy is not clear, it is just related to you, I need to meditate and retreat for seven days before I can understand the prophecy, and you will be by my side to protect the Dharma during this time."
The king of Sparta did not dare to disobey, coupled with the fact that the country has been peaceful for many years, and the busy trade has made Sparta a lot of benefits over the years, and the king of Sparta, who did not have any internal and external troubles, heard that a god was very important to his prophecy, so he obeyed Athena's arrangement, but he never imagined that in these seven days, what kind of monstrous disasters would happen in Sparta.
Paris and his guards, a group of 200 men, led by Venus, reached Sparta, a southern coastal city-state, in only three days. Turning into a caravan, they easily deceived the guards at the city gate, and then successfully infiltrated the palace under the disguise of the palace guards provided by Venus.
Young Paris finally met Helen, the most beautiful woman in the human world, not long after Helen became the queen of Sparta, this political marriage was not what he expected, so the two fell in love at first sight, and Paris decided that no matter what the consequences were, he would take the young queen for himself. After arranging the ship to return to Troy, Paris found that his group had not been noticed by the palace guards, so he ransacked the Spartan palace treasury on the day the two eloped, and tried to burn the Spartan palace to the end, but the palace guards finally reacted at this time and nipminated the possible fire in the bud, but the two treasures of the Spartan kingdom, the palace treasure and Queen Helen, were laughed at by the Trojan prince Paris.
Just as they stepped on the deck of the ship returning to Troy, Athena finally ended her seven-day retreat, and Athena, who looked a little haggard, immediately summoned the king of Sparta and said anxiously.
"I have seen it, I have seen it all, your country has been sacked, your women have been robbed, the fire that did not burn in Sparta will be rekindled in Troy and burned to ruins, go, go for revenge, great Spartan warriors!"
After saying that, Athena's body fell backwards, but was hugged by a young man beside him, and the king of Sparta did not care about the man's rudeness, and his face changed so much that he only had time to bend down and say thank you, and then ran out with his attendants in a hurry.
After the group left, Athena quietly opened her eyes, suddenly wrapped her arms around Hongjun's neck, and said playfully, "How is it?" Aren't they okay? ”
Hongjun pecked lightly on Athena's red lips, and saw Athena's charming eyes like silk, Hongjun laughed, hugged Athena and walked inside, and soon there was a strange squeaky sound.
For some reason, Athena's curse at the wedding and the prophecy that followed began to spread throughout the Greek Federation, and even before the king of Sparta had time to return to the country, the kings of the Greek Federation began to move.
A few days later, the king of Sparta looked at his sacked palace and wanted to cry without tears, at this time his brother, Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae, came to Sparta, and the two brothers hugged their heads and cried, and the king of Sparta, who was humiliated, could not bear it anymore, and decided to unite the kingdoms of the entire Greek Federation, intending to use the power of the entire Federation to avenge himself.
After issuing the summoning order, the kingdoms responded one after another, and finally gathered 100,000 Greek coalition troops, on more than 1,000 warships, trying to cross the Aegean Sea and conquer Troy, thus officially began the famous Trojan War in history.
In the harbor of Olis, the coalition troops were making sacrifices at the altar on the shore, and suddenly a blood-red snake crawled from under the altar, which bent into a ring and climbed up the tree, climbed to a nest at the top of the tree, ate a female and eight chicks, and then turned into a stone. The crowd was puzzled, and the prophet Karcas revealed the meaning to them, saying that the heroes would besiege the city for nine years, and that Troy would be captured only in the tenth year.
Everyone didn't care, as long as they could pull out Troy, the nail that affected the trade of the Greek Federation, they could accept it even if they could only besiege the city and not take it, they could also achieve their goal, and their purpose was not to realize Athena's so-called fable at all, only for their interests, since Troy was built, their textile trade had been greatly impacted, and their income was much lower than that of the previous Greek kings, all they needed was an excuse, As long as Troy could not continue to produce and trade, then most of their goals would be achieved. Of course, it would be even more beautiful to occupy Troy and even the rich places nearby.