Rhode Island·Royal Palace
Rhodes Island is located in the southeastern Aegean Sea, at the junction of the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. The king at this time was Telepolemus, the son of Hercules.
The messenger sent by Agamemnon slowly walked into the palace and bowed slightly to King Trepolemus who was lying on the sheepskin blanket.
"Dear King Telepolemus, Prince Paris of Troy took advantage of the Spartan King Menelaus's mission to Pylos to kidnap Queen Helen and bloodbath the palace, causing Sparta to suffer unprecedented humiliation and loss. King Agamemnon said that the disgrace to Sparta was the disgrace to all Greece.”
"In view of the promises made by the Greek princes and kings to the gods at the wedding of Menelaus, Agamemnon sincerely invites you to join the Greek kings and princes to form a Greek coalition to conquer Troy."
The messenger's words fell clearly in the hall.
"Prince Paris of Troy is so arrogant? He dares to blatantly kidnap the Queen of Sparta. We Greeks should really teach the Trojans a lesson, so that our women will not be kidnapped by the Trojans in the future." King Trepolemos listened and pondered. He paused and said.
"Furthermore, I did make a promise back then. Since this is the case, I believe everyone has no reason to refuse to form a coalition to attack Troy this time."
"Tell Menelaus and Agamemnon that I am willing to send a warship to join the crusade against Troy. I will be there soon. Where is the meeting place?" King Trepolemus asked.
"Dear King Trepolemus, Agamemnon has reserved the meeting place at Auris."
"Oh, Auris, I understand." Trepolemus said, waving his hand.
The Mykeni messenger slowly retreated.
Argos
The Meconi messenger bowed to Diomedes, King of Argos, who was sitting on the throne, presented a token, and said: "Dear King Diomedes, Prince Paris of Troy forcibly abducted Queen Helen of Sparta. And bloodbathed the palace, King Menelaus of Sparta and the great King Agamemnon of Mycene, sincerely invite you to join the League of the Kingdoms of Greece."
"Agamemnon hopes that you will keep the promise you made in front of the gods and jointly attack Troy. The meeting point is set at Auris, and the time is half a month."
"Well, I heard about this not long ago. Prince Paris of Troy went too far. His actions undoubtedly provoked the whole of Greece. Go back and tell Agamemnon that I will immediately lead the warships to form an alliance." Diomedes, the king of Goss and son of Tydeus, readily agreed to the crusade against Troy.
Dozens of Agamemnon's envoys traveled to various Greek city-states and kingdoms with tokens. Almost all Greece responded to Agamemnon's call and agreed to come to join the alliance and attack Troy.
Only cunning Odysseus hesitated.
Ithaca Kingdom·Royal Palace
Compared with the palaces of some major Greek countries, the Ithaca Palace can be said to be simple. It has a garden surrounded by more than a dozen palaces. If compared, it may be better than the Amazon Palace.
The fundamental reason for this is that the entire island covers an area of only 781 square kilometers and is divided up by multiple families. Of course, it is also related to the personal preferences of King Odysseus of Ithaca. He has always been simple and simple, and the palace has not been built extensively. For example, Odysseus When Hughes built the palace, there was an olive tree in the middle, which was as thick as a pillar. Therefore, he did not cut it down, so that the branches and leaves of the tree were cut off, leaving the trunk, which became the pillars of beds and rooms.
At this time, in the room, it was raining outside and it looked a little bleak. Queen Penelope was still very young at this time. She was elegant and slender, lighting a candle and speaking.
"My dear, are you really not going to accept Agamemnon's invitation to an alliance? As far as I know, all the princes and kings of Greece have gone."
"All the princes and kings of Greece responded to Agamemnon's call?" Odysseus asked.
"Yes, dear, now you and Peleus are the only ones who have not accepted Agamemnon's invitation." Queen Penelope said worriedly.
"Oh, Peleus didn't go either, so why didn't everyone respond to Agamemnon's call?" Odysseus said in a relaxed tone, showing a sly smile.
At this time, Penelope scooped out a small basin of hot water to wash her face, and used spiced sheep oil to moisturize her skin. She said in a brisk tone: "Yes, I think that with so many princes and kings going, Troy will definitely be able to fight." Come down, if you don’t go, you will lose an opportunity.”
"Opportunity?" Odysseus smiled bitterly, looking a little gloomy. After a while, he asked again: "I heard that Prince Palamedes promised Agamemnon to invite me?"
"Yes, you rejected the messenger last time. This time, Prince Palamedes came to invite you personally. He is now on the way." Queen Penelope said.
Odysseus looked at the young queen and his young son Telemachus, and cursed in his heart: "You look smart but are actually stupid. You have invented many things that seem powerful and have brought convenience to everyone. , but it offended the gods, and I still can’t see through this situation.”
"The Greek coalition's attack on Troy is a plan."
“I don’t know how many years the fight will take and how many people will die!”
Odysseus had mixed feelings about Palamedes. At first, Palamedes was very smart, and he felt that there was another smart person. As this person invented more and more things, they became more and more effective. Those who are slow offend the gods.
Odysseus knew that the gods did not want humans to become smarter. Prometheus stole fire from humans and was punished by Zeus. He was tied to the Caucasus Mountains, exposed to the wind and sun, and eagles pecked at him.
That's all. The key is that the gods are very taboo on heroes with high reputations. Now that the Greek coalition is attacking Troy, they will cut off the powerful heroes among humans one by one. Odysseus saw through this trap from the beginning, but he can't talk to anyone. Mentioned, including Queen Penelope and young son Telemachus.
"Whoever enters Troy is likely to die, even someone like me who is favored and favored by the gods." Odysseus thought.
Odysseus knew this and was unwilling to leave his young wife and young son Telemachus for the Queen of Sparta's infidelity.
He walked over and whispered a few words to his wife Penelope.
"My dear, do you really want to do this?" Penelope looked at him as if he were looking at Hydra.
Odysseus said, "Dear Penelope, war is not a good thing, and how could I bear to leave you and my son?"
"King Odysseus has gone crazy?" Prince Palamedes rushed to Ithaca and heard the people discussing the news.
He hurried to the palace of Ithaca and met Queen Penelope.
"Dear Queen Penelope, when I just entered the city, I heard people saying that King Odysseus was crazy. I want to confirm the authenticity of this news with you." Palamedes bowed slightly and said.
"Prince Palamedes, I'm sorry to tell you that this news is true. In fact, Odysseus has had bad symptoms very early, and he didn't expect it to happen now." Queen Penelope said She looked like she was about to cry. People who didn't know the truth might have been deceived by her.
Palamedes was a person who knew Odysseus relatively well. He had never heard that Odysseus had any symptoms of madness. He immediately looked suspicious and said: "Dear Queen Penelope, I heard that This sad news is really sad, but Odysseus and I have been old friends for many years, and I hope to visit him."
Queen Penelope did not doubt his presence, nodded, and led Palamedes to a remote corner of the garden.
When Palamedes arrived with Queen Penelope, he happened to see Odysseus driving a donkey, plowing the land in a very uncoordinated manner, and even sprinkled salt as seeds into the newly cultivated fields.
"Prince Palamedes, you see, he sprinkles salt as if it were seeds!" Queen Penelope looked at Palamedes with a helpless look: "I thought more salt could grow in the fields. Na!"
Palamedes was very smart. He looked carefully at Odysseus who was working in the field, and sneered in his heart: "How can a mortal hide this from me?"
Thinking in his mind, he said goodbye to Queen Penelope, turned around, sneaked into the palace, and took away the baby Telemachus.
Palamedes carried the young Telemachus to the corner of the garden and found Odysseus plowing the fields.
He placed Telemachus on the ground that Odysseus was about to plow, and Odysseus carefully lifted the plow and passed over his son.
This reveals that Odysseus is sane and is pretending to be crazy.
Palamedes jumped out immediately and laughed: "Haha, Odysseus, are you still pretending to be crazy?"
Odysseus immediately hated Palamedes. He could have pretended to be crazy and stay out of the "crisis" in front of him, but Palamedes came and exposed him on the spot, causing him to lose face. , which meant that he could not escape the war against Troy.
"Well, son of Nauplius, noble prince, my good friend, your wisdom always makes me jealous." Odysseus pretended to be very annoyed and helpless, but there was a trace of murderous intention in his heart. .
Palamedes is the prince of Euboea, the second largest island in Greece, with an area of 3,654 square kilometers. It is considered an above-average country in the entire Greek kingdom.
So Palamedes often acted recklessly based on his wisdom, and Odysseus usually tolerated it like other princes, but at this time, he really had murderous intentions.
"I promised to take eight warships to the Oris Alliance and obey the orders of Menelaus and Agamemnon - Palamedes, who will you invite next?" Odysseus thought in his mind Thinking about it, since he didn't respond to the call, he must not want to go.
You Palamedes force people to go, and you still think you are proud of it - how many people have you offended? Is it possible to think of a way to unite with those princes and eliminate this "good friend" in one fell swoop
"We will invite Peleus next." Palamedes was triumphant and gave Odysseus an expected reply.
Odysseus murmured in a low voice: "The progress is too fast!"
"What are you talking about, Odysseus?" Palamedes asked.
Odysseus' eyes flashed with murderous intent again, but he did not intend to tell Palamedes the truth. He said perfunctorily: "Nothing, Palamedes, let's go. I will go with you to see Peleus. I hope We can invite him to participate in this alliance."
(End of chapter)