Chapter 103: The Greek Coalition Finally Departed

The heroes gathered in the harbor of Ollis, with an army of 100,000 men and ships 1,186. Before they set out, they were all making sacrifices at the altar on the shore, and suddenly a strange blood-red snake crawled out from under the altar, and it 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 confused, and the prophet Karcas stepped forward and revealed this meaning to them. He said that the heroes were to besiege the city for nine years, and only in the tenth year could they take Troy.

Hearing that it took ten years to capture Troy, these kings and heroes from all over the world suddenly hesitated, ten years of war, just for a woman, is it worth it?

At this time, Agamemnon, the lord of Mycenae, who had gathered all the kings and heroes, stood up, and he walked up to a high platform and said to the people: "All kings and heroes from different places, thank you very much for keeping your oath and being able to join me in the crusade against the prince of Troy.

A few years earlier, Helen's fame had spread so far that princes and heroes from all over the world had rushed to Sparta to marry her. Later, the king of Sparta, Tyndareus, fearing for the safety of the hero who had married Helen, made all the suitors swear in public, that all suitors would form an alliance with the bridegroom who was fortunate enough to be chosen to fight against anyone who was dissatisfied with the marriage.

My brother Menelaus, king of the Argosians, became the lucky one and married the most beautiful human woman in the world. At that time, all of you also kept your oath and made an alliance with Menelaus.

Now, the prince of Troy, by extremely inferior means, has intercourse with my brother. Then, while he was still in Crete, he swept away the gold, silver and jewels of the Spartan royal palace, and at the same time Helen, the most beautiful pearl of Sparta and the world.

His actions are a provocation to all of Sparta's and Mycenaean allies, which is why we will gather our allies to fight against him. Our alliance is correct, we are on the path of truth, whether it is ten or twenty years, our Greek coalition must make Troy pay.

I believe that after countless years, our army representing the truth will still be preached between heaven and earth. When the time comes, all heroes and warriors will be glorified like this. ”

(Note: Greek originally meant truth, truth, correctness, etc.) )

"Greece, Greece, ·····"

After he finished speaking, all the warriors below began to chant Greece, proud that they were part of the battle.

Not only the warriors, but even the many demigod heroes who led the army began to be excited, yes, since the birth of mankind, there has never been such a large-scale war. The 100,000-strong army marching across the sea is really exciting and exciting, what is the ten-year war?

It was also after this alliance that a large number of states, led by Mycenae, including Athens, Sparta, Argos, and Crete, began to be called Greece.

Agamemnon, Lord of Mycenae, the commander who led the coalition expedition to Troy, was called the King of Kings by all the Greeks, and was above the other kings.

Even later, the gods began to be influenced by the human world, and rarely referred to themselves as Kaos, and began to call themselves non-Greek gods. Of course, the Greek god system is destined to be a short-lived name.

Soon after the voyage, the Greeks landed in Mesia, which was ruled by Thelephos, the son of Hercules, and the Greeks began to attack the city under the belief that this was Troy.

Telephos is worthy of being the son of Hercules, he is so powerful that he directly killed several Greek heroes.

In the end, young Achilles stepped forward and duel with Telephos. Telephos was outnumbered by this invulnerable and powerful hero and fled into the city.

Early in the morning, when the Greeks were collecting the bodies of both sides, they realized that they had fought the allies and not the Trojans. As a result, the Greeks made peace with Telephos, but since Telephos was the son-in-law of Priam, the king of Troy, he was reluctant to go on an expedition against his father-in-law, but promised to help the Greeks appropriately.

He had to be like this, the demigod heroes on the other side were not as powerful as his father Hercules, maybe he would go to the underworld without a word.

After leaving the shores of Mycia, the heroes are disoriented by a terrible storm, and finally return to the port of departure Olis, marking the failure of their first expedition.

The Greek coalition dragged all their ships ashore and built a large barracks on the shore for the soldiers to live in. Unable to know the way to Troy, many of the heroes returned home, including Agamemnon, the commander of the Allied forces, who left Olis.

Soon after Agamemnon returned home, the heroic Telephos, the son of Hercules, who had fought them at sea, came to the door.

Telephos was also helpless, and in the battle with Achilles not long ago, he was stabbed by Achilles' spear, which seriously injured him in the thigh, and the wound hurt to the point of unbearable pain.

He traveled far and wide to the temple of Delphi to ask Apollo, the god of light, who was in charge of medicine, how he could heal his wounds. Pythia, the priestess of Apollo, told him that only Achilles could heal him, and he did not know where Achilles was, so he disguised himself as a beggar and went to Agamemnon, hoping to find Achilles by Achilles' strength.

Telephos first met Clytencestra, Agamemnon's wife, who at this time was a woman of great kindness. When he saw that Telephos was in too much pain, he suggested to him that when Agamemnon came in, he could pick up Agamemnon's son Arestes from the cradle and threaten Agamemnon to help him.

Sure enough, Agamemnon was terrified and agreed to cure him, but only if Telephos told him the sea route to Troy, and Telephos agreed to his request.

When Agamemnon sent someone to find Achilles, he was testing his skills with his new friend, Odysseus, who was also a disciple of Iathion.

After the news came, Achilles did not know how to heal Telephos's wounds, and his spear was a gift from the centaur Cyron when his parents got married, and he used it for the first time.

Achilles didn't know, but Odysseus next to him did, and he told Achilles that the antidote was rust on the tip of the spear.

When rust was sprinkled on Telephos' wound, his terrible wound healed quickly, as if he had not been wounded.

Therephos, who had recovered from his wounds, agreed to lead the people to Troy, but the sea was still blowing. Through their own channels, these heroes sought confirmation from the gods that Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, had killed the goddess's deer, and the chaste goddess was very angry.

The heroes had to sit and wait for the wind to stop, but the wind never stopped. Finally, the prophet Calcas told everyone that the Greeks would only be forgiven if Agamemnon's daughter Iphigenia was sacrificed to the goddess, and Agamemnon preferred to abandon the expedition when he learned of this request.

Menelaos, Helen's husband and brother of Agamemnon, repeatedly begged him, but Agamemnon finally relented and sent messengers to Mycenae to conceal from his wife that her daughter was betrothed to Achilles and that she was going to bring her to the barracks.

When the first messenger left the camp, Agamemnon repented and sent a second messenger to tell his wife the truth, but the second messenger was intercepted by Menelaos and condemned Agamemnon for his betrayal. While the two were arguing, Agamemnon's wife and daughters, Clytennestra and Iphigenia, had arrived at the Greek coalition.

Agamemnon was grieved, but pretended to be calm to see his wife and daughter, and Iphignaia saw that her father had something unspeakable, but she didn't know what it was. 、

The king of kings and kings wanted to go out to Calcas, the prophet, and ask if there was any other way, but as soon as he went out, Achilles came in and demanded that the army set out, and if they did not go, let everyone go home. At this time, Clytnestra, seeing the young and powerful Achilles, constantly congratulated the fiancé of this daughter.

Achilles did not know why, but at this moment a second messenger appeared, telling Agamemnon's wife and the truth. Clytnestra wept profusely and begged Achilles to protect her daughter. Achilles agreed to Clytnestra's request, and he could not bear to see the beautiful and lovely Iphigenia hurt.

However, Helen's husband, Menelaos, in order to settle the matter quickly, secretly sent someone to spread the news to the soldiers, and the soldiers in the barracks began to stir up when they learned about it.

But Agamemnon was unmoved, and when he had no choice but to do so, Menelaos led his soldiers to Agamemnon's tent, while Achilles stood inside the tent and decided to protect Iphigenia to the death. In the midst of tension, Iphigenia stepped forward to ask for self-sacrifice and persuaded Achilles not to protect her, but Achilles obeyed her will, although she was unwilling.

Iphigenia walked to the altar, the herald Tartibios ordered everyone to be silent, and Calcas took out the sacrificial sword and shouted the name of the goddess Artemis, praying for a smooth journey.

When the knife touched the girl's body, a miracle appeared in the sky, Artemis took Iphigenia away, and the knife only touched a red deer, and everyone rejoiced in the mercy of the goddess and did not want the girl's life. At this moment, the sea finally began to blow a tailwind, and all the soldiers were ready to set off at last.

Agamemnon, who had set off on his journey, did not notice that his wife, who was looking away from the shore, had a light of hatred and hatred in her eyes.

Not only that, but within the coalition forces, there were already many contradictions as soon as they set off.

Achilles was very dissatisfied with Menelaos, who was ashamed to fight for his own daughters when others fought for his wife, but he could sacrifice other people's daughters. And Agamemnon, who could sacrifice his daughter for the sake of the so-called victory. If he hadn't agreed to fight together, Achilles would have wanted to leave.

Odysseus had conflicts with the prophets Calcas and Palamedes, and he was forced by these two people to come to him because he didn't want to go out to fight. For him, the so-called glory is used to deceive fools, and he just wants to be at home, with his wife and newborn son.