Reversing Greek Mythology

"Brother—brother—"

The young boy's voice woke Luo Yin from his deep sleep.

Luo Yin instinctively opened his eyes and sat up and said.

"Aegisthus, why are you here-"

Before he finished speaking, Luo Yin saw that the boy beside him was not his cheap brother Aegisthus, but a beautiful boy about thirteen years old with a completely unfamiliar face.

Then Luo Yin looked around and found that he was sitting on the lawn of a palace courtyard.

"Brother, you finally woke up."

After the strange boy saw Luo Yin's sunny smile, Luo Yin murmured with a solemn expression.

"It seems that I have come to a new era again! Are you really my brother?"

"Brother, how could you ask such a question? Are you so lovesick that you have even forgotten the face of your brother Menochus?"

"Menochus——"

Hearing the boy's name, Luo Yin couldn't help but widen his eyes and asked.

"You are Menochus, the youngest son of King Creon of Thebes? Then I am your brother Haemon - the licking dog who loves Antigone deeply?"

Menochus turned around and looked around to make sure that no one was eavesdropping on their conversation, and then he said to Luo Yin.

"My father has handed over the throne to cousin Etekles. How can my brother continue to call his father the King of Thebes? If cousin Etecles finds out, he will definitely suspect that our family wants to seize the throne. ”

Seeing that Menochus did not deny his guess, Luo Yin said with a wry smile.

"It seems that I am really Antigone's licking dog Haemon! Since Menochus is still alive, it means that the First Theban War has not yet begun. I originally thought that I would not be able to see Insmo again. Nie, Yin'ele, Atmeta, Hesione, they didn't expect that I would come to the time when they were still young girls ten years ago."

Haemon was the son of King Creon of Thebes, but he was not the legitimate heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Thebes.

Because Creon only succeeded to the throne as the brother-in-law of the previous king Laionus and served as the king of Thebes before Oedipus became the king of Thebes.

After Oedipus's crime of killing his father and marrying his mother was exposed, Oedipus voluntarily gave up the throne and went into exile, and Creon once again obtained the throne of the Kingdom of Thebes.

Later, Oedipus's two sons, Etecles and Polynices, grew up to be powerful young heroes. The two brothers asked Creon for the throne. Creon was forced by the force of his two nephews. , could only give up the throne for the second time.

Having been king of Thebes twice, Creon had already regarded the throne as his own.

After returning the throne to Etecles and Polynices, Creon used various methods to provoke the two nephews. In the end, the two brothers clashed over the throne. The younger brother Etecles, with the help of Creon, and drove away Polynices.

Without the military deterrence of the two brothers joining forces, although Etecles obtained the throne and became the king of Thebes, his power had long been ejected, and Creon was the underground king who controlled the real power.

In the original fate track, Etecles and Polynices died together in the first Thebes War, and Creon would become the king of Thebes for the third time.

As the son of Creon, Haemon is not only the cousin of Polynices and Etecles, the cousin of Antigone and Insmene, but also the fiancé and licking dog of Antigone.

"Now that I have become Insmene's cousin, when I see Insmene again, I can ask Insmene, who calls herself the eldest sister, to call me brother Haemon—"

After imagining Yin Simene calling her brother with a reluctant expression, Luo Yin couldn't help but smile brightly.

Seeing Luo Yin's silly smile, Menokes said worriedly.

"Brother, it seems that your lovesickness is getting more and more serious. You miss Sister Antigone so much, so take the initiative to find Sister Antigone and get married according to the engagement!"

Luo Yin came back to his senses and shook his head.

"Menochus! My father will not allow me to bring Antigone back. Because Antigone has always been with Oedipus. If I take both Antigone and Oedipus, When he comes back, Oedipus will definitely disrupt his father's plan to evade Etecles."

"Is the throne really that important?"

After listening to Luo Yin's explanation, Menokes lowered his head and said with a disappointed expression.

"When I was young, I could see brother Etecles, brother Polynices, sister Antigone and sister Insmene when I came to the palace. Later, sister Antigone followed Oedipus After wandering outside, brother Polynices was driven away, leaving only brother Etecles and sister Insmene in the palace. Now brother Polynices relies on his father-in-law Adrastos. To form a coalition to fight for the throne, sister Insmene was sent out by her father to find sister Antigone and Oedipus, leaving only brother Etecles in the palace. "

Luo Yin stretched out his right hand and pressed it on Menochus' head, and said while using his sword to touch the head.

"Menoches, the throne is really important. If you are the king of Thebes now, you can let Polynices, Antigone, and Insmene return to the city of Thebes. Because the throne is like this It is important, so I will compete with Polynices and Etecles for the throne and become the new king of Thebes.”

Under Menochus's unbelievable gaze, Luo Yin stood up and said.

"Before I fight for the throne, I want to become a young hero with strong military power, so that others will not dare to be my enemy when they hear my name. To this end, I want to complete some heroic achievements. Menochus! Where is the famous person now? monster?"

"Brother, you want to be a hero who destroys monsters?"

Menochus said with a hesitant expression.

"The most famous monster now is the Minotaur, the labyrinth monster of Crete."

"The Minotaur - that is just a fictional minotaur in mythology. Could it be that the myths made by humans hundreds of years later distorted reality and made the Minotaur appear like Mantor, the priest of Apollo?"

In the story of Theseus and the Minotaur, before Theseus traveled from Athens to Crete, Theseus offered a sacrifice to Apollo in Athens to pray for protection——

Just the beginning of this story has already broken the logic of the myth.

As the next king of Athens, Theseus offered sacrifices to Apollo, the patron saint of Asia Minor, in the city guarded by Athena. She was afraid that if Theseus' ship left the port, Athena would let Theseus sink with the ship. Go to the sea and feed the fish.

The birth of the Minotaur also has a very absurd story.

In mythology, this monster was born from Pasiphae, the wife of King Minos of Crete, and a bull that Minos was supposed to sacrifice to Poseidon, the king of the sea.

In Greek mythology, Crete has an extremely sacred status.

The humans of Crete are the prototypes of the golden humans in Greek mythology who were born divine and became gods after death.

The king of Crete was probably one of the prototypes of the king of the gods.

Therefore, according to the logic of orthodox mythology, the birth story of the Minotaur, which humiliated the king of Crete, must have been fabricated by humans hundreds of years later.