Chapter 157 The conspiracy succeeded, the hero died, and the glory shone brightly
In addition to Oedipus, Athena, who was in the same temple, also immediately learned that Apollo wanted to change his position, and if the Greek coalition and Troy fought before, she would have wished that more gods would be on her side. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, after the Greek coalition showed its strength, first many gods began to support Greece because they were unwilling to damage their image in the human race by themselves, and then Hera, the queen of heaven who was at odds with Venus and hated Troy, joined the Greek camp with several main gods, and she was now absolutely unwilling to let Apollo come over to pick peaches.
Although Athena is the goddess of wisdom and war who admires peace, she is definitely not pedantic, and she is no worse than any god when she is determined. She immediately found Mercury, the goddess of jealousy among the three goddesses of revenge, and asked her to use the power of jealousy to catalyze the hatred of Odysseus because he was forced to the battlefield by Palamedes, so that he would do everything possible to destroy the sacrifice of Palamedes to Apollo.
Therefore, Apollo's choice of Palamedes to perform the sacrifice and give him special honor should have been a great thing, but the struggle of the gods and the inferior nature of mankind hastened his destruction.
Sure enough, under the authority of the jealous goddess Mechala, Odysseus became even more jealous, coupled with the previous hatred, he quickly made up his mind and planned to kill Palamedes. He quietly buried a sum of gold in the tent of Palamedes, and then he wrote a letter to Palamedes in the name of King Priam. The letter talks about the reward of gold and thanks Palamedes for betraying the Greeks' military secrets.
Later, during a camp patrol he dropped the letter into the hands of a Vlikian captive, and then pretended that he had discovered the captive's problem. He immediately ordered the conversion to be killed and the matter to be put to death. Finally he immediately convened a meeting of the commanders of the corps, at which the letter was published at a meeting of the commanders of the Greek corps.
Palamedes was immediately summoned by the angry Greek heroes, who had no time to react to the anger of the crowd and could only reply in a hesitant manner, which only increased the suspicions of the heroes.
As the leader of the coalition, even though he trusted Palamedes very much, Agamemnon could only appoint a few high-ranking princes as inquisitors, with Odysseus as the presiding judge. Odysseus ordered a search of Palamedes' residence, only to be dug up by the cunning Odysseus' gold that had been buried under the bed in advance. The inquisitors, without asking the truth of the matter, unanimously agreed to sentence Palamedes to death.
At this time, Palamedes did not want to defend himself, he saw the conspiracy and the sinister heart in it, but he could not put forward strong evidence of his innocence and that someone had framed him. Even when he heard that they were going to stone him to death, he could only say: "O Greeks, you will kill a learned and innocent nightingale with the most beautiful song!"
The princes present laughed at this peculiar method of defense, and they nevertheless carried the noblest man of the Greek army to the brutal death penalty. Palame was then put in heavy chains and taken to the beach to prepare for execution.
When Palamedes was about to die, he did not groan or complain, but whispered to the heavens: "Rejoice, O truth, for you are at last dead before me!" When he said this, Odysseus threw a great stone at his head with all his might, and he fell to the ground and died, no matter how much and great help he had given to the Greeks, he could not save him. It is also because of this that even after the Trojan War, the Greeks did not offer sacrifices to Apollo.
While the coalition warriors cheered for the traitors who had been pulled out of the coalition, Nemesis, the goddess of justice, saw all this in the holy realm of Olympus, guided by Venus, the goddess of love. She decided to punish the Greeks and Odysseus, who had deceived them into committing crimes, so that they could suffer disaster.
So the goddess of justice began to exercise her authority to find trouble for the Greek coalition from all sides, in various areas near Troy, countless fierce beasts and monsters rushed out of the deep forest to attack the coalition army, the Trojan warriors were blessed by the goddess of justice, blessed by divine grace, with an absolutely firm and calm will to fight, and began to learn experience and insights in the battle, broke through the warrior level, and began to equal the combat power of the Greek coalition army.
In the rear of the Greek coalition, except for the Euboean king Nauplios, the father of Palamedes, who kept sending troops to retaliate against the Greeks for the tragic death of his son, Greece began to usher in nine years of summer drought and winter floods, and all Greek life was in dire straits.
Therefore, with the help of the goddess of justice, the Greek coalition did not pose a threat to the Trojan capital for nine years, but instead gave the Trojans an extremely powerful army: the "Shield of Justice" composed of 3,000 warriors and 30 heroes, because of the existence of this army, the Greek coalition army was blocked on the Trojan coast for nine years and was not able to go further.
Nine years later, the Greek coalition was already a little tired, and many of the warriors began to be tired of the day-to-day and year-to-year battles, and the killing and looting could hardly arouse the excitement and sense of accomplishment in their hearts anymore, so many princes and heroes who learned that the country was in a weather crisis began to think about returning home, and at a citizens' meeting, someone finally proposed to withdraw their troops.
"Great son of Atreus, we must return home. Now you see, not only are our soldiers dying on the battlefield, but our citizens are also in crisis in the country behind them, and we must return to support them. ”
Agamemnon had long been irritated by the lack of progress in the coalition attack, but he had to persevere for the sake of his brother and his image in Greece, so he finally dispelled the idea of several princely heroes withdrawing from the army under the condition that he was willing to talk about and even coerce and induce.
After this reassembly, he began to study how to break through the defenses of the "Shield of Radiance of Justice" and attack the capital of Troy, but no matter what, he could not find an effective way, and his mind was enveloped in anger and ignorance under the authority of Alector, a friend of the goddess of justice.
At this moment, Chryses, the priest of Apollo, approached the barracks. His daughter had been snatched by Achilles and later given to Agamemnon. In order to redeem his daughter, he came to beg the Greeks to return his daughter, holding a golden rod of peace wrapped around it, and bringing a large ransom with him.
He said to the sons of Atreus and all the warriors present: "Sons of Atreus and Argos, let the gods of heaven bless you with the capture of Troy and the safe return to your homeland." If you are willing to accept the ransom I have brought and return my daughter, I will bless you religiously. For the sake of the god Apollo, give me my daughter, I am the priest of Apollo!"
All the soldiers listened to him and applauded enthusiastically to accept his request, for it was not a very difficult thing to do, but it was able to earn the respect of a god. But Agamemnon, who was no longer wise, was unhappy, and he did not want to lose his beautiful slave girl, and angrily cursed: "Old thing, you are not allowed to appear near my ship again! Your daughter is my slave and will continue to be my slave." I will take her to Argos, and live in my palace, and let her weave for me all day! )