Chapter 262 Rampant Cilician Pirates

The king who now rules Mycenae is Stheneros, the grandson of Perseus and the father of Eurystheus. His wife is the daughter of King Pelops of Inlis.

Loin is now the youngest son of Pelops, which means that King Stheneros of Mycenae is Loin's brother-in-law.

The current ruler of Tiryns, a vassal city of Mycenae, is Amphitryon, the grandson of Perseus, and his wife is Alcmene, the wife of his uncle Electryon.

In Greek mythology, Amphitryon and Alcmene were expelled by King Stheneros of Mycenae. They wandered to Thebes and got married and gave birth to Inphicles and Hercules.

But in more orthodox mythology, Amphitryon and Alcmene were not expelled, and Tiryns was the birthplace of Hercules.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, Hercules had already moved to Thebes, and the Mycenaean king Eurystheus was still able to command Hercules, which is a very anti-intellectual story.

When people made up myths hundreds of years later, because ordinary civilians and slaves were ignorant and illiterate, they obviously did not consider logical problems.

They made up the setting that Hercules' family lived in Thebes just to highlight that Hercules was the real heir to the throne of Mycenae. It was only because of the persecution of gods and humans that Hercules missed the throne.

When Luo Yin entered Tiryns, he saw that the residents here were all talking about the same thing-Alcmene, the queen of Tiryns King Amphitryon, gave birth to a son.

What surprised Luo Yin was that Alcmene did not give birth to the twins Yinphicles and Hercules, but only Yinphicles.

Hercules, a completely fictional hero, was not born, and Luo Yin was not too surprised.

After all, according to the setting of Hercules' life experience, Amphitryon and Alcmene moved to Thebes, and only then Hercules was born.

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After leaving Tiryns, Luo Yin came to Mycenae, ruled by his cheap brother-in-law, Stheneros.

Mycenae.

The palace.

After Luo Yin revealed his identity to the gate guard, he was soon taken to the hall by the maid sent by the Mycenaean king Stheneros.

Luo Yin walked into the hall and saw the young Stheneros sitting on the throne deep in the hall, with Mycenaean nobles sitting on the ground on both sides of the aisle.

"Chrysippus——"

When Luo Yin looked at the scene in the hall, the young noble closest to the throne raised his hand and motioned Luo Yin to his side.

Guessing that the other party's identity was Coprueus, the son of Pelops, that is, his cheap brother, Luo Yin walked quickly to Coprueus and said.

"Brother Coprus, long time no see."

Then, Luo Yin said to the Mycenaean King Stheneros on the throne.

"Great Mycenaean King Stheneros, I am Chrysippus."

Stheneros smiled and said.

"Dear Chrysippus, you are my wife's younger brother, that is, my younger brother. You should not regard me as the King of Mycenae, but as your brother. When you come to Mycenae, it's like returning to your home."

After Stheneros finished speaking, Coprus continued.

"Chrysippus, I heard some bad rumors recently, saying that Atreus and Thyestes did something stupid to murder you. Now that I see you are safe and sound, I can finally rest assured."

Luo Yin said with a smile.

"Brother Stheneros! Brother Coprus! I don't want to disturb you, so let's save the conversation between our family members for later, and now you can continue the meeting!"

After speaking, Luo Yin sat down next to Coprus.

Seeing that a foreigner was naturally participating in this important meeting, the nobles of Mycenae did not raise any objections.

After all, Luo Yin was not only the brother-in-law of the Mycenaean king Stenelos, but also the son of King Pelops of Yinlis.

The Yinlis royal family, like the Mycenaean royal family, were all descendants of immigrants from Crete.

In other words, Luo Yin, a member of the Yinlis royal family, was a trustworthy person for the Mycenaeans.

This was also the reason why Atreus could become the king of Mycenae in the original destiny.

Because the Yinlis royal family was the Mycenaeans' own people, the nobles of Mycenae did not oppose Atreus's seizure of the throne.

Stenelos said after taking his eyes off Luo Yin.

"Now the pirates are getting more and more rampant. They not only plunder our food at sea, but also come to the shore to steal our cattle and sheep. If we ignore these robbers, the lack of food in winter will cause hundreds of people in Mycenae to starve to death."

At this time, how serious the pirate problem faced by the Mycenaeans is, even in mythology.

In order to solve the pirate problem, Electryon, the father-in-law of King Amphitryon of Tiryns, all his sons died in the battle with pirates.

Even decades later, the pirates have the strength to attack Lemnos and turn the queen of Lemnos, Hyperion, into a slave trade.

It can be seen that the strength of the pirates is enough to rival small or even medium-sized city-states.

"If we want to completely solve the problem of pirates, we must go to their hometown, eliminate their people, or make them dare not attack us Mycenaeans again."

In this era of barter, all kinds of fleets on the sea are basically controlled by the royal family or nobles of their hometowns.

When these fleets arrive in powerful areas, they are sea merchants engaged in normal trade.

When they arrive in areas with backward civilization and weak strength, normal sea merchants will become pirates to trade without cost.

If you want to really fight pirates, the most direct way is to attack the pirates' hometown.

If you don't attack the pirates' hometown, you can only fight endlessly with the pirates on the sea.

Seeing that Stheneros has made up his mind to attack the pirates' hometown, Coprus said with a serious face.

"According to the news we got from Crete, most of the pirates active in the Aegean Sea now come from the Cilicia Plain in the southeast of the Anatolian Peninsula. This area is located in the northeast corner of the eastern Mediterranean, across the sea from Cyprus. It is not a simple matter for us to make an expedition here."

Cilicia--

Hearing this name, Luo Yin couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise.

Because the Cilician pirates are famous in real history.

More than a thousand years later, the Cilician pirates even kidnapped Caesar.

More than a thousand years later, with the powerful Rome establishing maritime order in the Mediterranean world, the Cilician pirates were so rampant that even Caesar was poisoned by pirates.

More than a thousand years ago, without a powerful maritime power to establish maritime order in the Mediterranean world, the rampant extent of the Cilician pirates can be imagined.

No wonder Stheneros was determined to strike at the Cilician region, the hometown of the Cilician pirates.

Because only by making the Cilician pirates feel the crisis, they will no longer regard the Aegean coast as the main target of plunder.