Chapter 253 Chrysippus, Son of the Goddess

"Just destroying the clones of Zeus and Poseidon will allow me to transfer to the past era? I am really getting more and more confused now, what are the rules for transfer."

Amidst Luo Yin's complaints, the space around Luo Yin's body experienced a strong distortion.

When the surrounding space returned to normal, Luo Yin found that his body had unknowingly returned to a human form, and the light godhead in his body had been unlocked to six-sevenths.

In other words, as long as Luo Yin is transferred to the past era again, Luo Yin's light godhead can be completely unsealed, making Luo Yin the true god of light.

After turning his head to observe the surrounding scene, Luo Yin was surprised to find that he was still on the Calydon coast in the north of the Gulf of Corinth.

In the sea to the south, a small boat was speeding towards Luo Yin's location.

The boat soon arrived at the coast of Calydon, and then a young prince wearing gorgeous royal clothes and a face somewhat similar to Oedipus jumped out of the boat and ran to the city of Calydon in a panic.

"Is he a young Oedipus?"

Under Luo Yin's gaze, the young prince with a similar face to Oedipus ran to Luo Yin in a panic.

Seeing Luo Yin's face, the young prince stopped as if he was petrified, looked at Luo Yin with wide eyes and said.

"Crysippus...am I dreaming? There is no way that Chrysippus, who has been killed by Atreus and Thyestes, will appear again!"

Chrysippus——

Hearing the name the young prince called him, Luo Yin immediately understood his identity and his own identity.

In Greek mythology, Chrysippus was the illegitimate son of King Pelops of Inlys and the goddess Axioce. He was also one of the famous beautiful boys in Greek mythology.

When Chrysippus was still a boy, Laios, the prince of Thebes who was adopted by Pelops, wanted to take Chrysippus back to the city of Thebes because he admired Chrysippus' beauty.

Atreus and Thyestes, the two sons of Pelops and his queen Hippodamia, seized the opportunity to murder Chrysippus.

The young prince in front of him has a similar face to Oedipus, and he recognizes Chrysippus. Obviously, he is Oedipus's father - Laius, who is a man but loves Chrysippus.

The story of two brothers murdering their half-brother is not uncommon in Greek mythology.

Peleus and Telamon's father, Aeacus, forced the sea goddess Psammate to give birth to an illegitimate son, Phoces, and Peleus and Telamon also murdered their half-brother.

According to the logic of Greek mythology, murdering a blood relative is an unforgivable sin and will be punished by the Furies.

But it can be seen from the experiences of Atreus and Thyestes, Peleus and Telamon that they were not punished for murdering their half-brothers.

Therefore, the myths of Atreus and Thyestes murdering Chrysippus and Peleus and Telamon murdering Phocus are completely fictitious, leaving Atreus and Thyestes and Peleus and Telamon, have a legitimate reason to be wandering royals.

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In fact, Atreus and Thyestes became a wandering royal family simply because they were the later-born sons of Pelops and had no right to inherit the throne at all. They could only go to other places to find opportunities to become kings.

Peleus and Telamon became a wandering royal family because they were born on the small island of Aegina. Only when they left their hometown could they have the opportunity to become kings who ruled a powerful city-state.

Phocus, who was set up as the younger brother of Peleus and Telamon in the myth, actually has nothing to do with them, and may not even belong to the same era as them.

Because the name Phocus belongs to the founder of the city of Phocus.

There is no doubt that a person who was murdered by Peleus and Telamon in his youth would certainly not become the founder of Phocus.

The city of Phocas is located in the Calydon region. Peleus and Telamon's father Aeacus is the king of Aegina, and the two sides have no geographical relationship.

Since Peleus and Telamon had a half-brother Phocus, and the myth of the murder of Phocus by the two brothers is completely fictitious.

Then Atreus and Thyestes, who were created based on the same logic, had a half-brother Chrysippus, and the myth of the two brothers murdering Chrysippus is of course also fictional.

"Chrysippus, who was a completely fictional character, actually existed in this era? It seems that the myths created by people hundreds of years later in this era have distorted reality more strongly than I imagined."

Just as Luo Yin was thinking about his next move, Layoos suddenly stretched out his hands and grabbed Luo Yin's shoulders and said excitedly.

"This feeling - dear Chrysippus, I did not dream, are you really still alive? I clearly saw you killed by Atreus and Thyestes -"

Before Layos could finish speaking, Luo Yin stared at him with disgust.

"Take your hands away and don't touch me with your dirty hands again."

Seeing Luo Yin's disgusted expression, Layoos hurriedly retracted his hands, and then said cautiously.

"My dear Chrysippus, I know that it will be difficult for you to accept my feelings after I suddenly confessed my love to you. That's why I invited you to Thebes to live with me for a while and feel the atmosphere where men can love each other. Atreus and Thyestes, your brothers, want to murder you. You must not return to the Inlis area now. Come with me to Thebes. I promise that I will protect your safety."

After listening to Lainus's pleading words, Luo Yin nodded and said.

"I can go to Thebes with you, but this is not because I want to accept your disgusting love, but because I want to meet the two guardian goddesses of Thebes."

Lainus nodded like a humble licking dog.

"I dare not ask you to accept my feelings. As long as you can stay by my side, I will be very satisfied."

After the two reached an agreement, Lainus took Luo Yin to Calydon.

The king who now rules Thebes is not a descendant of Cadmus, but Amphion, a relative who usurped the throne.

After the death of Laios' father Labdacus, Amphion, who was a relative of the emperor, seized the throne and expelled Labdacus' son Laios.

Amphion's wife was Queen Niobe, who was punished by Apollo and Artemis in the myth for refusing to let the Thebans worship the goddess Leto.

Interestingly, King Pelops of Inlis, who took in Laios, and Amphion's wife Niobe were set as siblings in the myth.

Pelops actually took in the enemy of his sister and brother-in-law, which is obviously not in line with the logic of reality.

However, the sibling relationship between Pelops and Niobe was originally a fiction in the myth.

The real prototype of Pelops was the Mycenaeans who invaded the Peloponnese Peninsula - or the Cretan immigrants who were of the same ethnic group as the Mycenaeans.

The real prototype of Niobe was the local Thebans who prevented Apollo from invading the Theban area.