Chapter 289 Erechtheus and Potos

It was not Luo Yin's first move for the Kingdom of Thebes to launch a war against the Kingdom of Athens.

In the original fate, Luo Yin's cheap cousin Labdacus launched a war against the Athenian King Pandion.

The Kingdom of Thebes was able to launch a war against the Kingdom of Athens because the external environment of the Kingdom of Athens was very bad. There was the powerful Kingdom of Thebes in the north, the powerful Kingdom of Corinth in the west, and the Mycenae Kingdom across the sea in the south.

In addition, the Kingdom of Athens was surrounded by the sea on three sides and had to deal with various pirates.

Compared with the situation faced by the Kingdom of Athens, the Kingdom of Thebes had the island of Eubia to the east to block the threat from the sea, the mountains to the north to isolate the nomads in the Thessaly region, the Calydonians in the mountains to the west posed no threat, and the Kingdom of Corinth across the sea in the south was fighting a long-term battle with the Kingdom of Mycenae.

Being in a situation where there was no threat from all directions, the Kingdom of Thebes had the leeway to launch a war against the Kingdom of Athens.

As long as the Kingdom of Athens was resolved, the Kingdom of Thebes could eliminate the only threat.

In the war launched by Labdacus against Pandion, the Athenians could not win on the front battlefield and could only retreat to the Acropolis of Athens, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and asked King Oenomanos of Inlis for help.

Oenomanos asked his brother Tereus, who was also the son of the god of war Ares, to lead the army to rescue Athens.

Tereus quickly led the army to the outskirts of Athens and drove the Thebans out of Attica with the Athenians.

[To be honest, I have been using Reading Books to catch up recently, switching sources, and reading aloud with many voices, both Android and Apple. ]

After the victory of this war, Pandion held a banquet to thank Tereus.

Tereus saw Pandion's two beautiful daughters Procne and Philomela at the banquet, and asked Pandion to marry his eldest daughter Procne.

In order to thank Tereus for his help, Pandion readily agreed to Tereus's request.

After Tereus and Procne got married, Procne soon gave birth to a son for Tereus.

In the fifth year of Tereus and Procne's marriage, Tereus fell in love with the young and beautiful Philomela again.

So he tricked Philomela into his territory and imprisoned her.

In order to prevent his secret from being exposed, Tereus not only forcibly possessed Philomela, but also cut off her tongue, making it impossible for her to ask for help from others, let alone tell her own experience.

When Procne finally discovered the truth about Philomela's suffering, in order to avenge Tereus, she sadly killed her son born to Tereus, and then fled Tereus' territory with Philomela.

When Tereus found out that his son was killed, he chased Procne and Philomela with a sword.

Finally, with the intervention of the gods, Procne and Philomela turned into swallows and nightingales, and Tereus turned into their natural enemy, the hoopoe.

There is no doubt that this is a myth made up by humans.

The only people who could possibly exist are the characters in myths or their prototypes.

Thebes.

Throne Hall.

After Luo Yin's envoy came back, he told his experience in Athens in detail.

Pandion would reject his request, which was what Luo Yin expected.

After all, Luo Yin's request was not only a humiliation to Pandion, but also a humiliation to Athens.

"Making an unreasonable request to Pandion and asking him to give me the two Athenian princesses is just to find a reason to start a war. Now that there is a reason to start a war, let's gather the army to attack Athens!"

Hearing Luo Yin's decision, the envoy couldn't help but say.

"King Pentheus! The Acropolis of Athens is built on a hill over 100 meters high. There is only one passage to attack the Acropolis. It can be said that it is truly easy to defend but difficult to attack. In the past, even the great Mycenaean king Perseus could not conquer Athens. He could only make up a self-deceiving myth, claiming that he had accomplished the feat of beheading the snake-haired monster Medusa. Do you really want to repeat Perseus's mistakes and challenge the feat that Perseus could not accomplish?"

"Do you think I am as incompetent as Perseus, or even more incompetent than Perseus?"

Luo Yin said with an unhappy expression.

"Don't think of me as an incompetent guy like Perseus. Athens will definitely surrender to me."

King Perseus, the greatest hero of the founding ancestor era -

It turned out to be the incompetent in Luo Yin's mouth!

Although he felt that Luo Yin was becoming more and more like an arrogant madman, the messenger still followed Luo Yin's order to summon the soldiers of Thebes.

Three days later.

Luo Yin personally led 3,000 Theban soldiers to surround Athens.

With the impregnable Acropolis as the strongest fortress, the Athenians did not attach much importance to the city of Athens under the Acropolis, so Athens was almost an undefended city.

When encountering a powerful enemy attacking Athens, the Athenians would first fight the enemy head-on.

When they found that they could not defeat the enemy head-on, the Athenians would hide in the Acropolis to fight a war of attrition.

In mythology, neither Perseus, who was protected by Zeus, nor Penthesilea, the queen of the moon, could break the Acropolis, allowing Athena, the patron goddess of Athens, to increase her undefeated record.

Now that Loyin surrounded Athens, the Athenians used the same tactics.

Before the Theban soldiers attacked, Pandion's two sons, Erechtheus and Potes, led two thousand soldiers out of the city to fight.

On the plain outside Athens.

Luo Yin led 3,000 Theban soldiers to confront 2,000 Athenian soldiers led by Erechtheus and Potes.

Although in Greek mythology and real history, Potes, the son of Pandion, was like a hidden transparent man, but Erechtheus was famous.

Even three thousand years later, there was still a temple of Erechtheus in the Acropolis of Athens.

Just as Athena was the only patron saint of Athens, Erechtheus was also the only hero god of Athens.

Erechtheus was able to have such a lofty status in Athens because when the Mycenaean Kingdom invaded the Attica Peninsula and occupied the city of Eleusis, Erechtheus and his sons died in this war in order to eliminate the invaders.

This war made Erechtheus a great hero god who protected the Kingdom of Athens, and was also the prototype of the battle between Poseidon and Athena for the city of Athens in mythology.

Under the gaze of the soldiers on both sides, Luo Yin jumped off the chariot, walked to the center of the battlefield and said.

"Prince Erechtheus! Prince Potes! In order to avoid the sacrifice of innocent soldiers, let's decide the outcome of this war by duel!"

Erechtheus and Potes looked at each other, then said to Luo Yin.

"We accept your proposal. Do you want to challenge me or Potes?"

"What a stupid question. Of course I want to challenge you two brothers. After all, only in this way can you two lose with a clear conscience."

"Do you think you can defeat the two of us--"

Being despised by Luo Yin, Erechtheus sneered angrily.

"No wonder you launched a war against our city of Athens. Since you believe in your own strength so much, let me see if you are as powerful as a god."