There were hundreds of city-states throughout Greece, and Athens and Sparta were the two largest, and compared to Athens, which represented democracy, freedom, reason, and wisdom, Sparta has always been a symbol of power, autocracy, militarism, and arrogance.

In fact, when the Roman Empire investigated the political system of the Greek city-states, it finally came to the conclusion that both Athens and Sparta were countries under the dictatorship of the slave-owning aristocracy, and the so-called democracy was only the democracy of the slave-owners, and the so-called citizens were actually nobles, and the two were actually the same thing.

Sparta had only 9,000 inhabitants, 250,000 inhabitants, and more than 400,000 slaves.

As a powerful and autocratic state, the power of the citizens' assembly in Sparta was great in theory, but in practice it was not large, and as a superstructure, it was composed of the king, the citizens' assembly, the elders' council, and the procurator.

The power of the Citizens' Assembly was theoretically great, but the citizens could not meet at all times, so the Council of Elders performed the duties of the Citizens' Assembly as a permanent body, and they shared the power of Sparta with the kings.

In "Spartan 300 Warriors", the Persian army attacked, because the Persian king Xerxes I bribed the councilors of the Spartan Council of Elders, so even Leonidas, who was the king of Sparta, could only stare dryly if he wanted to send troops to stop the Persian army, and had no choice but to go to the spa in person to take his 300 personal guards against the Persian army of 500,000.

The reason is that the power to decide the war is not in the hands of the king, but in the citizens' assembly, and the citizens' assembly only has the right to discuss and vote, and only the council of elders can put forward bills, and if the council of elders does not put forward bills, then the citizens' assembly has no right to vote, and the king cannot send troops, which shows the great power of the elders of the council of elders.

Hercules led the army of the Thracian rebel Ressos with a total of 300 men to stay under the Spartan city-state and present his credentials to the Spartan garrison. If Hercules was still just a mercenary, the elders of Sparta probably wouldn't have had time to meet him, but Hercules came to visit as the king of Thrace, and the king and elders of Sparta had to pay attention, even if Hercules did not take bribes like the Persian envoys.

Of course, if you don't pay for it, the degree of attention is limited, and in this era of city-states, although there are no mature diplomatic norms like modern ones, some diplomatic principles are still born.

For example, the principle of diplomatic reciprocity, at this time Greece was lined with hundreds of city-states, large and small between the city-states, Sparta had a population of 400,000 and a land area of 8,400 square kilometers, which was one of the largest countries at that time, and some city-states had an area of only a few hundred square kilometers, with a population of tens of thousands, thousands or even hundreds of people, and it was impossible to be equal between the two.

Since it is an alliance, it doesn't matter who is big or small between the allies, they are theoretically equal, so Hercules came to visit as the king of Thrace, and theoretically his identity is equal to the king of Sparta, if Hercules is willing to join the alliance of Sparta on behalf of Thrace, then this importance is really important.

The former was only nominal, and according to the practice of the principle of reciprocity, the kings of Sparta and Thrace met with each other, while the latter attached importance to the meeting of the two kings of Sparta and Thrace, with the participation of the council of elders.

Outside the palace gate, King Cleomemonus II of Sparta himself walked out, he was a young king, his sturdy body told of his youth, handsome did not look like a Spartan, behind him were Spartan soldiers in armor, he looked at Hercules who got off the carriage and pretended to be intimate and said, "Welcome, Almighty Hercules, your legend is like thunder even in Sparta."

"It is an honour to meet you, Your Majesty the King." Hercules greeted, with a hint of gloom in his eyes, but he didn't show it.

The kings of Sparta were different from the monarchy of Greece in that they had two kings at the same time, and the two kings came from different clans, "Archiades" and "Eurypontides".

According to Sparta, "there must be two kings, and the elders shall be honored"

Usually the older king of Sparta is the main king, and the younger is the deputy king, and the legal status of the two kings is the same, but because of the eldest and younger, the older king has more power.

Sparta sent a second king, although it was also a diplomatic reciprocity, but it showed that Hercules did not attach so much importance to it, even Hercules was dissatisfied and there was no reason to attack, in Sparta the king is the king, there is no difference between the main king and the vice king, both are kings.

Even if a tyrant who comes to power as a mercenary ascends the throne of the king, it is still not enough for the royal family that has been passed down for more than 20 generations and hundreds of years, even if Hercules claims to be the son of Zeus, but for the king of Sparta, this is at best a rumor, not true.

The country that knows Athens best is actually not Athens, but Sparta. Hercules, as the guardian of Athens, was the enemy of Sparta like the Athenian king Eurystheus.

"You are welcome to enjoy the beautiful scenery of our Sparta, and I wonder what the purpose of the great Hercules came to us?"

Cleomemony looked at Hercules, then at his companion, and at the two children behind him, and asked.

Thrace has always been a traditional ally of Athens, Hercules became the king of Thrace, even if he wanted to carry out diplomatic activities, he should go to Athens instead of Sparta, could it be that Hercules was once exiled by the king of Athens, so he held a grudge and wanted to flee to their Sparta.

If you think about it, it seems that this is also possible.

William, the son of Hercules, took out a sheep charm and aimed it at Hercules' body, bringing him an out-of-body and Hercules a dove nest.

"It wasn't my mother's words, nor the gods' orders that prevented me from going into battle. I endured torment and pain in my heart, because a Greek dared to despise me and take away my booty. But I was never prepared to hold a grudge forever, and was determined from the beginning that when the war approached the warship, I would take the necessary action. I want all the Greeks to be destroyed, and only the two of us are left, so that we can go and conquer the city of Troy ourselves!"

William (Hercules) tells the story of Achilles to his friend in Homer's epic poem.

Achilles was humiliated by the commander of the allied Greek forces, King Agamemnon of Mycenae, and therefore refused to participate in the battle against Troy.

He didn't care about the death or wounds of the Greeks, or even the total annihilation, because he knew that with his own strength, he could easily conquer Troy.

Achilles is a demigod hero, the hero closest to the gods, and so is Hercules.

When William sensed Sparta's arrogance towards him, he finally decided not to pretend.

It should have been like this a long time ago, and he directly put on the vest of Hercules and played on his behalf.

"I want you to submit to me, and I will be the patron saint of Sparta, and you will build me temples, and you and another king of Sparta will be my priests."

Hercules (William) uttered jaw-dropping words, representing the mighty Ox Charm, the Electrifying Pig Charm, the Volley-Flying Chicken Charm, and the Rabbit Charm.