Theseus was at a turning point in his fate. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info In his youth, he took Minos's daughter Ariadne away from Crete, and her little sister Waitra followed her because she didn't want to leave them. Later, Ariadne was robbed by the god bacchus, and Phaedra followed Theseus to Athens because she did not dare to return to her tyrannical father. It was not until her father's death that she returned to her native Crete and lived in the palace of her brother, King Deut Callion. She grew into a smart, beautiful girl.

Theseus had not married his wife Hippolyta since her death. He heard many people praise Huaidra for her charm, and secretly hoped that she would be as beautiful and kind as his sister Ariadne. The new king of Crete, Dicalion, developed a crush on Theseus. When Theseus returned from fighting at the bloody wedding of Peritous, the two kings formed an offensive and defensive alliance.

Theseus begged Deucalion to marry his sister Huaidra as his wife, and the king agreed. Soon Theseus returned from Crete with his young wife. His wife was really as beautiful as Ariadne, and he suddenly felt much younger. His newlywed was full of happiness and sweetness. His wife gave birth to two sons in succession, Akamas and Demophon. However, Waitra's attitude towards marriage was not as rosy as her appearance, and she was not a chaste woman. The king had a son, Hippolytus, who was exactly the same age as her.

He was young and handsome, dashing, and she liked him more than his father. Hippolytus' mother was an Amazonian woman, whom Theseus had kidnapped from the Amazon. His father sent the young Hippolytus to Trojan to be educated by his brothers in Etra. When Hippolytus grew up, he was willing to dedicate his life to Artemis, the virgin goddess, and he never had a ** for women.

Hippolytus returned to Athens and Eleusis, where he participated in sacred celebrations. When Huaidra saw him for the first time, he thought that there was a young Theseus standing in front of him. His graceful figure and pure heart ignited a fire in her heart. But she buried her feelings deep in her heart.

After Hippolytus left, she built a temple for the goddess of love in the castle of Athens, which became known as the Temple of Aphrodite, from which Trojan could be seen in the distance. She sat there every day looking out at the sea, her heart rising and falling with the waves.

On one occasion, Theseus traveled to Trope to visit relatives and sons. Waitra accompanied him. Here, she still suppressed her fiery passion, often looking for a lonely place, hiding under the myrtle tree to mourn her fate.

Eventually, she couldn't control it anymore and confided in her old nurse. This is a cunning, ignorant old woman who promises to convey her stepmother's lovesickness to Hippolytus. He was disgusted when he heard her message, and he was terrified when his unrighteous stepmother suggested that he overthrow his father and share the throne with her. He thought it would be blasphemy to hear such a sinful suggestion. He curses all women and hides from all women.

Theseus was out at this time, and Huaidra was trying to take advantage of the opportunity, but Hippolytus claimed that he would never be with his stepmother. After driving away the old nurse, he went hunting in the wilderness to serve his beloved goddess Artemis, thus keeping away from the palace until his father returned, at which point he would tell him about the situation.

After Huaidra was rejected by him, conscience and selfish desires fought fiercely in his heart, and in the end, evil thoughts prevailed. When Theseus returned, he found his wife hanging herself, holding a suicide note. It reads:

"Hippolytus ruined my reputation. I have no way out, and it is better to die than to be unfaithful to my husband. “

Theseus trembled with anger, he stood dumbfounded for a while, and finally stretched out his hands and pointed to the blue sky, and prayed: "Father Poseidon, you love me more than your own son." You promised to grant my three wishes, and now I ask you to grant them at once. All I have to do is fulfill one wish: that my despicable son should be destroyed before sunset today! As soon as his curse was finished, Hippolytus had returned from hunting. He knew that his father had returned, and immediately walked into the palace.

Hearing his father's curse, he calmly replied, "Father, my conscience is pure, and I have not done anything bad. Theseus did not believe it, he handed him the letter from his stepmother and expelled him. Hippolytus called on Artemis, the goddess of protection, to testify of his purity and innocence, and then left his adopted homeland of Trozen in tears.

That evening, a messenger came to King Theseus and said, "O king, your son Hippolytus has departed from the earth. Theseus listened coldly to the news, and said with a wry smile, "She raped a woman as he had raped his father's wife, and was killed by the enemy, wasn't she?" “

"No, king," replied the messenger, "it was his chariot that killed him!" "Oh, Poseidon!" Theseus shouted, raised his hands in gratitude, pointed to the heavens, and said, "You have indeed obeyed my request today, just like my father!" But tell me, Messenger, how did my son die? “

The messenger told him:

"A few of our servants were brushing horses by the river. The host, Hippolytus, came over and ordered us to prepare our horses and wagons at once. When everything was ready, he raised his hands and prayed to the heavens, saying, "Zeus, if I am a bad person, then please get rid of me!" And, whether I live or die, let my father know that he has no reason to rebuke me! With that, he jumped into the carriage, grabbed the reins, and ran toward Argos and Ebydorias. We are close behind. We arrive at a deserted beach with rolling waves on the right and alpine cliffs on the left.

Suddenly, we heard a cacophony like the rumbling of thunder from underground. The horses pricked up their ears in surprise, and we carefully looked around, looking for where the sound was coming from. At this moment, we saw a mountain of waves rising from the sea, obscuring our vision, and we could not see clearly the opposite shore and the Corinthian Isthmus. The waves, with foam, roared and rushed over like a huge gable. In the midst of the waves, a youkai separated from the water and walked out. It was a huge bull, and it cried out, and the earth shook. At the sight of this monster, the horses pulling the cart were frightened. But Hippolytus grabbed the reins and, without panic, the horse began to run again. Just as the horses pulled the carriage up the flat avenue, the monster jumped up and blocked the way. The carriage turned to the edge of the rock to make way for the youkai, but the youkai forced the carriage anyway, so that the carriage finally hit the rock, and your unfortunate son fell headlong. The horses were still dragging him and the overturned wagon on the sand and rocks. It all happened so suddenly, and we people didn't have time to save him. Later, he disappeared at the bend in the mountain road, and the youkai of the sea disappeared, as if swallowed by the earth. “

Theseus stared silently at the ground. "I am not glad at his misfortune, but I am not saddened either," he said doubtfully, "if only I could see him alive and ask him about his iniquity." His words were interrupted by the cry of an old woman.

She pushed away the servants and ran over and knelt at the feet of King Theseus. This is the nurse of Queen Huaidra, who is deeply tormented by her conscience and does not dare to hide it anymore, so she tears up the innocence of the king's son and the evil of the queen. Before the unfortunate father could react, his son had been carried in on a stretcher, his limbs crippled, but still breathing. Theseus threw himself on his dying son with regret and despair. The son asked in a faint breath, "Has my innocence been proven?" The people around him nodded. Hippolytus was comforted and said as best he could: "Poor father, I forgive you! With that, he died.

Theseus buried his son under the myrtle tree. Under this tree, Phaedra had repeatedly struggled with love, and her body was buried in the place she loved, for King Theseus did not want her dead wife to lose her dignity.

Theseus formed a strong friendship with the young Peritous. Despite his age, he inspires bold, deep, and even reckless adventures**. Pyritous' wife, Hippodamia, died shortly after the marriage, and Theseus now lived alone, and the two agreed to go out together to get a wife for themselves.

At that time, there was a young and beautiful girl, and she was the famous Helen who became known all over the world. She was the daughter of Zeus and Leda, and grew up in the palace of her stepfather, King Tyndareus of Sparta. Theseus and Peritous went on an expedition to Sparta, where they saw her dancing in the Temple of Artemis. Neither of them could resist the **** of love, so they boldly broke into the temple, snatched her, and took her to Tegea in Argadia. Here they draw lots to decide who Helen belongs to. The two made an appointment, and those who won the lottery must help those who did not win the lottery to grab a beautiful woman.

Theseus won the lot, and he took Helen to Avedna, in the Attica region, where her mother, Etra, cared for her and had a friend protect her. Then, he and his friends plan to go on a great and amazing adventure. After losing Helen, Peritous decided to take Persephone, the wife of the Hades king Pluton, from the underworld and possess her for comfort. But their plan failed completely. The two were permanently detained in the underworld by Pu Lutong. Hercules tried to rescue both of them, but only Theseus was rescued.

While Theseus was imprisoned in Hades' dungeon, Helen's two brothers, Castor and Polydiucus, came to Athens. They politely demanded the return of Helen.

But the Athenians said that the young princess was not in Athens, and they did not know where Theseus hid her. The brothers were furious and threatened to use force. The Athenians were terrified, and one of them, Acatmose, knew Theseus' secrets and told them that Helen was hiding in Aphdna. Kastor and Polydius immediately laid siege to the city, which they soon captured.

At the same time, something happened in the city of Athens that was unfavorable to Theseus. Eric Thous's grandson, Menas Theus, established himself as the leader of the people. He wanted to usurp the throne, so he bewitched the nobles in the city, saying that the king had let them move from the countryside to the city, in effect controlling them and enslaving them.

He told the freedmen that they had abandoned the temples and shrines of the country, and were no longer dependent on the local nobles, large and small, in favor of a foreign tyrant, in order to stir up discontent against the king. Now that Aphdena had been captured by Tyndareus' people, and the Athenians were terrified, Menastheus took advantage of the panic of the people and persuaded the inhabitants to open the gates to Tyndareus's two sons and greet them amicably, for Castor and Polydius were only against Theseus taking their sister.

The facts also prove what Menas Thos said. Although the foreign soldiers rushed in through the open gates and took control of all the areas of the city, they did not harm a single person. They rescued Helen and left Athens and returned to their homeland, escorted by the citizens.

Theseus, upon his return from Hades' hell, became a serious old man. He was relieved to hear that Helen had been rescued by her brother, for he was ashamed of what he had done. Although he returned to power, the country was in chaos, and Menestheus was the leader of the rebellion, supported by the nobility.

The nobles called themselves the Pallasmen in honor of Theseus' uncle Pallas and his sons. Those who hated him in the past are now fearless of him. Ordinary people, instigated by Menastheus, were also unwilling to obey the king's orders.

At first, Theseus tried to suppress it by force, but his efforts failed due to opposition either explicitly or overtly. So, the unfortunate king decided to abandon the uncontrollable city altogether. He had already sent his sons Akamas and Demophon to Eubea and asked them to defect to King Elphnoa. He solemnly pronounced a curse on the Athenians in Gargetos, a small town in Attica, and the place where he cursed the people was still marked until much later.

He dusted off his body and sailed to Skulos. He regarded the inhabitants of the island as his special friends, as the king there kept a large fortune left to him by Theseus' father.

The king who ruled Sculos at that time was Lycomedes. Theseus demanded that he return his father's inheritance so that he could live there. However, fate led him to a dead end. Perhaps Lycomedes was afraid of the hero's reputation, or perhaps he had a secret agreement with Menastheus, in short, he planned to get rid of Theseus as an uninvited guest.

He took Theseus to the edge of a cliff on one of the island's peaks and lied about showing her his father's former possessions. He took advantage of Theseus's unpreparedness and slammed him from behind, pushing him off the cliff, and Theseus fell upside down into the sea.

In Athens, the ungrateful Athenians forgot about Theseus shortly after his death. Menas Thos came to power, as if he had legitimately inherited the throne of his ancestors. The sons of Theseus were treated as ordinary soldiers and accompanied the hero Elephnoah on the expedition to Troy, and it was not until the death of Menastheus that they returned to the scepter. Hundreds of years later, the Athenians fought the Persians in Marathon. The soul of the great hero Theseus was revealed from beneath the earth, and he led his people to defeat the invading Persians.

So, the oracle of Delphi asked the Athenians to retrieve the remains of Theseus and bury him with ceremonies. But where do people go to find his remains? And, even if his grave was found on the island of Skulos, how could they recover the remains from the barbarians?

At this time, there was a famous man in Greece, and that was Simon, the son of Miltzeats. He conquered the island of Skulos in a new crusade. As he was vigorously searching for the grave of the national hero, he saw an eagle hovering over a hillside. The eagle suddenly lunged down like an arrow, cutting open the dirt of a grave with its claws. Simon saw this phenomenon as divine will. He ordered people to dig there, and in the depths of the earth, they found a large coffin, next to which an iron spear and a sword were buried.

Neither Simon nor his retinue doubted that this was the tomb of Theseus. They carried the sacred remains to the three-oar warship and transported them back to Athens. The Athenians lined up to greet the remains of Theseus as if Theseus had returned home alive.

Hundreds of years after Theseus's death, his descendants expressed their infinite gratitude and respect to the hero who gave them freedom and created the constitution of Athens, but his impudent contemporaries opposed him and owed him a huge debt. (To be continued.) )