The sons and daughters of Hercules, after unremitting efforts and conquests, finally conquered the Peloponnese. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThey set up three altars to the patriarch Zeus and held sacrifices. Then they drew lots to divide the cities on the peninsula. The first sign was for Argos, the second for Rasi Timon, and the third for Mesonia. The method of drawing lots is as follows:

Each person throws the lot into a crockpot filled with water and has his name written on it. The twins of Themenos and Arisdotmos, Eurystones and Perloclus, both threw stones with their names written on them into the crockpot. The cunning Chrysfontes wanted to get Mesonia, so he picked a piece of soil and threw it into the water, and the clod of earth was instantly dissolved.

After throwing the stones, they decided that the first stone to be thrown out would be Argos. The result was a stone with the name of Temenos written on it. The second was to draw out the Terasitimon, and it turned out to be a stone with the name of the twin sons of Arisdotemos, and then they felt no need to draw a third stone. Thus, Chrysfontes got his wish and got Mesonia.

After dividing up the territory, they each went to the altar to offer sacrifices to the gods. Suddenly, they saw strange signs, and each of them found an animal on the altar of his sacrifice: a toad was found by those who were assigned to Argos, a snake by those who were divided into Rasitimon, and a fox by those who were divided into Mesonia. Suspicious, they consulted the local soothsayers, and the answer was:

"It is better for those who see toads to stay at home, because toads are easily injured, and those who go out without protection and see poisonous snakes on the altar are the greatest aggressors, and there is no need to be afraid that those who cross their borders and see foxes will neither attack nor defend, and their weapons to defend the land are tricks."

Later, these three animals became markings on the shields of the Argosians, Spartans, and Mesonians. The sons and grandsons of Hercules certainly did not forget the one-eyed Oxheros. They gave him the kingdom of Eris as a token of gratitude for his assistance. Today, only the mountains of Arcadia in the Peloponnese have not yet been occupied by the sons of Hercules. Of the three kingdoms established on the peninsula, only Sparta lasted for a longer period of time.

In Argos, Themenos betrothed his beloved daughter Hirnash to Daefontes, a great-grandson of Hercules. He obeyed Daefontes, and it was suspected that he wanted to pass on the throne to the beloved daughter and son-in-law. His sons were dissatisfied, united against their father, and killed him. Although the Argos still regarded the king's eldest son as king, they valued liberty and equality more, so they tried to limit the king's power so that the king and his descendants would only retain the name of a king, and could not hold actual power.

King Chrysphontes, the king of Mesonia, also suffered many hardships, and his fate was not much better than that of Themenos. He married Molobert and had many children, the youngest of whom was Ebitos. Melober was the daughter of King Koopserus of Agadia. Chrysfontes built himself and his children an ornate palace.

But he did not enjoy much happiness in the palace for long, for he was a wise monarch who was especially willing to help the common people. This made many of the rich men angry, and they gathered together and killed the king and his sons. Only the youngest son, Ebitos, escaped, and his mother hid him in Arcadia, leaving him to quietly live and be educated with his maternal grandfather, Kupseros.

Another son of Hercules, Polyphontes, usurped the throne of Mesonia. He forcibly married Molobert, and when he heard that Chrysfontes had an heir alive, he offered a large reward for his head. But no one wanted to, and no one could get the bounty, because no one knew exactly where the heir was hiding.

When Ebitos grew up, he quietly left his grandfather's palace to not let anyone know his purpose, and came to Mesonia alone, and Ebitos had already heard about the bounty offered for his head. He plucked up his courage and disguised himself as a stranger and came to the palace of King Polyphontes, without even recognizing him from his mother. In the presence of the king and queen, he said:

"Ah, king, let me tell you, I want to receive the bounty for the purchase of the little prince's head. As the rightful heir of Chrysfontes, he does threaten your throne. I knew him as well as I knew myself. I am willing to deliver him into your hands and leave him at your disposal. “

Hearing this, Molobert's face turned white with fright. She hurried to find a faithful old servant. The old servant had helped her to save Ebitos, and because he was afraid of the new king, he lived in seclusion far from the palace. Melopus sent him to Arcadia secretly to warn her son to be careful, or to bring him to Mesonia, where he could lead the people who hated the faint king against Polyphontes and reclaim the throne.

The old servant came to Arcadia and met King Kupseros and the rest of the royal family. They are all worried, because Ebitos is missing, and no one knows what happened to him. The old servant hurried back to Mesonia and told the queen everything. Both men believed that the stranger who had come to the king must have murdered Abytos in Arcadia and brought his body to Mesonia.

They didn't think much about it, and wanted to kill the strangers who were already living in the palace. That night the queen, armed with a sharp axe, with the help of her faithful old servant, sneaked into the stranger's room and tried to hack him to death while he slept. The young man slept peacefully and peacefully. The moonlight shone on his face. Melober raised his axe and was about to cut it down, when the old servant suddenly screamed and hurriedly took hold of the queen's arm. "Stop!" He shouted, "The person you are going to kill is your own son Ebitos!" “

Hearing this, Molobert hung his arm and threw the axe to the ground. She threw herself on top of her son, who woke up. The two hugged each other. The son told his mother that he had come back to punish the murderers, to free his mother from the marriage she hated, and to return to the throne with the help of the townspeople. The three discussed a way to take revenge, and then went their separate ways.

Dressed in mourning clothes, Meloper came to the king and told him that she had just received the sad news that her youngest son had indeed died, and that she was determined to make peace with her husband and forget all the misfortunes of the past. This tyrant has fallen into a trap. He was very happy that he had been relieved of his troubles. He also promised to offer sacrifices to the gods to celebrate the destruction of all his enemies. He summoned the citizens to the square to participate in the ceremony. They reluctantly came to the square, still remembering the former king Crefontes and mourning his son Ebitos. While the king was making a sacrifice, Ebitos rushed out of the crowd and stabbed the king in the chest with a sharp sword. Melober also walked up to the crowd with his servants and announced to the townspeople that the stranger was Epitos, the rightful heir to the throne.

The crowd erupted in cheers. Ebitos succeeded to the throne on the same day, and then punished the murderers of his father and brother, and he won the respect of the Mesonians and enjoyed such high prestige that his descendants were no longer called descendants of Hercules, but descendants of Ebytos.

Theseus, king of Athens, was the son of Aegeus and Etra. Etra was the daughter of King Pitheus of Trozen, the elder king Ehrlich Tunios and the legendary Athenian mother who grew out of the ground, the most powerful Pelops among the Peloponnesian kings. Pelops' son, Pitus, founded the city of Trozen. On one occasion, he personally received King Aegeus, who had already ruled Athens the year before he set out for Iason's quest for the Golden Fleece.

Aegeus had no son, so he was afraid of his brother Pallas, who had a son and was hostile to him. He wanted to hide from his wife and quietly remarry, hoping to have a son, comfort him in his old age, and inherit his throne.

He confided his thoughts to his friend Pithos. Luckily, Pitheus happened to receive an oracle that his daughter would not have an open marriage, but would give birth to a prominent son. So Pyrethus decided to quietly marry his daughter Etra to Aegeus, even though Aegeus already had a wife. Aegeus married Etra and returned to Athens after spending a few days in Tro. He said goodbye to his new wife by the sea, and when he said goodbye, he put a sword and a pair of stumbling shoes under a boulder on the seashore, and said:

"If God bless us and give you a son, then bring him up quietly and let no one know who the father of the child is. When the child is old enough to move the rock, you bring him here. Let him take out his sword and his stumbling shoes, and tell them to come to me in Athens. “

Sure enough, Etra gave birth to a son, named Theseus. Theseus grew up under the tutelage of his grandfather, Pitheus. The mother never said who the child's biological father was. Pitheus said to the outside that he was the son of Poseidon, the god of the sea. The Trozeng people regarded Poseidon as the protector of the city and had special respect for him. They brought the fresh fruit they harvested each year to sacrifice to Poseidon. And the trident in Poseidon's hand is the symbol of the city of Trozen. Therefore, it is not at all an unhonorable thing for the king's daughter to bear a son to a revered god.

The child gradually grew up, not only strong and handsome, but also calm and witty, and brave. One day, the mother Etra took her son to a rock by the sea, confided in him his true origins, and asked him to take out the sword and stumbling shoes that would prove his identity to his father Aegeus, and take them with him to Athens.

Theseus grabbed the boulder and lifted it aside effortlessly. He put on his sword and put his shoes on his feet. Although his mother and grandfather repeatedly asked him to take the sea route, he was reluctant to take a boat. At that time, the overland route from the Isthmus of Corinth to Athens was full of robbers and thugs who stood in their way.

Several of the robbers had been killed by Hercules, but while he was a slave under the queen of Lydia, Omphale, the violence in Greece was rampant, and that was because no one could stop them. The journey from the Peloponnese to Athens was fraught with danger. His maternal grandfather, Pitus, described these robbers and thugs to Theseus, emphasizing that they were brutal to the foreigners. Theseus, however, was determined to follow Hercules' example. When Theseus was only five years old, Hercules came to visit his maternal grandfather. Theseus also had the honor of dining at the same table with the great hero. Hercules took off the lion's skin from his body and set it aside.

The other children were frightened when they saw the lion's skin, but Theseus was not afraid at all. He went out, took the axe from one of the servants, and boldly pounced on the lionskin. He thought it was a real lion in front of him! Ever since this meeting with Hercules, he had admired the hero and wondered how he could build up his exploits in the future. In addition, Hercules and Theseus were also related. Their mothers were cousins, so how could sixteen-year-old Theseus watch his cousin go about his career and avoid the struggle himself? "People regard me as the son of the god of the sea, and what will my true father say if I cross the sea safely, if my skewers and shoes are not stained with the dust of battle, and if there is no blood on my sword?"

Theseus's words were impassioned, and my grandfather was glad to hear them, for he had been a brave and warlike hero in the past. The mother listened to her son's words and hurriedly blessed him. Theseus packed his bags and bravely set out on his journey.

The first person Theseus met on his way to find his father was the thief Periftes, who wielded a stick and often beat passers-by into meatloaf, so he was nicknamed "The Stick Dancer".

When Theseus arrived in the area of Epidoros, the vicious robber burst out of the jungle and blocked his way. Theseus was fearless and shouted at him, "You came just in time! So saying, he threw himself at the robbers. The two fought for a few rounds, and the Dancing Stick King was killed. Theseus picked up the iron rod of the dead and carried it with him as a souvenir and weapon of victory.

When he arrives in Kozhintos, he encounters another villain, the tree thief Sinnis, because he is so powerful that he can pull down two pine trees at the same time with both hands. He tied the passerby he caught to the treetops, and then caused the treetops to bounce upward, tearing his limbs in half.

Theseus angrily brandished the iron rod and quickly killed the villain. Sinis had a beautiful and gentle daughter, Perrigina, who fled in terror when she saw her father killed. Theseus chased after him and searched everywhere. In desperation, the girl hid in the bushes and innocently begged the bushes to save her life. She swore that if the grove was willing to save her and cover her, he would never damage or burn the forest in the future. Theseus called for her to come out and promised not to hurt her, and that's when she walked out. From then on, she lived under the protection of Theseus. Later, Theseus married the girl to the king of Okaria, Daeanayus, the son of Eurythos. Her children and grandchildren have kept her promise and never burned the woods.

Theseus not only eliminated the robbers in his path, but also, like Hercules, fearlessly conquered ferocious beasts.

He defeated a ferocious boar, Fia, in Cromion. When he reached the border of Megaris, he was confronted by the thief Skeron. This robber, who usually haunts the wooded areas of Megaris and Attica, and lives in tall caves, has a bad habit of ordering strangers to wash their feet when they catch them. While he was washing his feet, he flew up and kicked them into the sea and drowned. Theseus did the same this time, kicking him into the river and drowning.

Later he entered the region of Attica, where he met the robber Kerkuon near the city of Eleusis. Kerkuon forced passers-by to wrestle with him, and those who lost to him were killed. Theseus accepted his challenge and overcame him, removing a great scourge for the place.

Soon, Theseus encountered the last and most brutal thief of the trip, Damaste, nicknamed the Iron Bed Bandit. The robber had two beds, one very long and one very short. If the stranger who passed by was a small man, he brought him to the big bed and said:

"You see, my bed is too long, friend, let me stretch you out and make you try to fit this bed! After saying that, he stretched the stranger's body with all his strength until he died and if the guest who came was tall, he let the guest sleep in a small bed, and then said, "I'm sorry, my good friend, this bed is too small to be made for you." Well, I'll help you. So saying, he cut off the guest's foot, which was exactly as long as the bed. Theseus seized the tall robber, forced him to sleep in a cot, and cut off his body with a sharp sword until he died in agony.

Theseus barely met a warm and friendly person during his difficult journey. Later, he came to the Fissos River and met several Fitalitens. They received Theseus warmly. At his request, his masters baptized him according to traditional customs, cleansed him of his blood, and entertained him to eat and drink at home. When he regained his strength, he thanked his upright master from the bottom of his heart and walked all the way to his father's hometown. To be continued.