The heroes gathered in the harbor of Aulis, with an army of one hundred thousand men and one thousand one hundred and eighty-six ships. Before setting off, everyone was making sacrifices at the altar on the shore. Suddenly, a strange blood-red snake crawled out from under the altar. It bent into a ring and climbed up the tree. It climbed to a bird's nest at the highest point of the tree and ate a female bird. and eight chicks, and then turned into a stone.
Everyone was confused, and the prophet Calchas stood up and revealed the meaning to them. He said that the heroes would besiege the city for nine years, and only in the tenth year could they capture Troy.
Hearing that it would take ten years to capture Troy, these kings and heroes from all over the country suddenly hesitated. Is it worth it to fight for ten years just for a woman
At this time, Agamemnon, the Lord of Mycenae, who summoned the kings and heroes, stood up. He was strong and majestic. He walked up to a high platform and said to everyone: "Kings from different places. , heroes from different places, thank you very much for abiding by your oaths and joining me in the crusade against the oath-breaking Prince of Troy.
A few years ago, Helen's reputation spread all over the world, and princes and heroes from all over the world rushed to Sparta to marry her. But later, King Tyndareus of Sparta was worried about the safety of the hero who married Helen, so he asked all the suitors to swear an oath in public. The content of the oath was that all the suitors would establish an alliance with the groom who was lucky enough to choose to jointly fight against any evil. People who behave inappropriately because they are dissatisfied with the marriage.
My brother Menelaus, king of the Argives, became the lucky one to marry the most beautiful human woman in the world. Everyone at that time also upheld their oaths and made an alliance with Menelaus.
Now, the prince of Troy has crossed paths with my brother in a very mean way. Then while he was still in Crete and had not returned, he took away the gold and silver jewelry of the Spartan palace, and at the same time took away Helen, the most beautiful pearl in Sparta and the world.
His behavior was a provocation to all Spartan and Mycenaean allies, so we gathered our allies to crusade against him. Our alliance is correct and we are on the path of truth. Whether it takes ten or twenty years, our Greek coalition must make Troy pay the price.
I believe that countless years later, our military dispatch on behalf of the truth will still be spread throughout heaven and earth. At that time, all heroes and warriors will receive unparalleled glory. "
(Note: The Greek original meaning is truth, authenticity, correctness, etc.)
"Greece, Greece,..."
After he finished speaking, all the warriors below began to shout Greece and were proud of being able to participate in this battle.
Not only the soldiers, but also the many demigod heroes who led the army began to feel excited. Yes, there has never been such a large-scale war since the birth of mankind. One hundred thousand troops marching across the sea is really exciting and looking forward to. What is the point of ten years of war
It was also after this alliance that a large number of states, headed by Mycenae, including Athens, Sparta, Argos, Crete, etc., began to be collectively called Greece.
The commander who led the coalition expedition to Troy, the Lord of Mycenae, Agamemnon, was called the King of Kings by all Greeks, and his status was above other kings.
Even later, the gods began to be influenced by the human world. They rarely called themselves the Chaos pantheon and began to call themselves the Greek pantheon. Of course, the Greek pantheon is destined to be a short-lived name.
Not long after setting sail, the Greeks landed at Mysia, which was ruled by Telephos, son of Hercules. The Greeks thought this was Troy and began to attack the city.
Telephos was worthy of being the son of Hercules. He was so powerful that he killed several Greek heroes directly.
Finally, young Achilles stood up and dueled with Telephus. Telephus was defeated by this invulnerable and powerful hero and fled into the city.
When the Greeks were collecting the bodies of both sides in the early morning, they discovered that they were fighting allies rather than Trojans. As a result, the Greeks signed a peace treaty with Telephos. However, since Telephos was the son-in-law of Priam, the king of Troy, he was unwilling to go out to fight against his father-in-law, but promised to help the Greeks appropriately.
He had to do this, facing a crowd of demigod heroes, he was not as powerful as his father Heracles, and he might go to the underworld if he didn't say a word.
After leaving the Mysian coast, the heroes encountered a terrible storm and lost their way. Finally, they returned to the port of departure, Aulis, marking the failure of their first expedition.
The Greek coalition forces dragged their ships ashore and built a large military camp on the shore for the soldiers to live. Because they could not know the way to Troy, many heroes went home. Even Agamemnon, the commander of the Allied forces, also left Aulis.
Not long after Agamemnon returned home, the heroic Telephus, the son of Heracles who had fought with them at sea, came to their door.
Telephus was helpless. In the recent battle with Achilles, he was stabbed by Achilles's spear, causing his thigh to be seriously injured. The pain of the wound was unbearable.
He traveled a long way to the Temple of Delphi and asked Apollo, the god of light, who was in charge of medicine, how to cure the wound. Apollo's priestess Pythia told him that only Achilles could cure him. He didn't know where Achilles was, so he dressed up as a beggar and went to see Agamemnon, hoping to rely on Agamemnon. power to find Achilles.
Telephus first met Agamemnon's wife Clytemnestra. At this time, she was still a very kind-hearted woman. Seeing that Telephus was in too much pain, he suggested to him that when Agamemnon came in, he could take Agamemnon's son Orestes from the cradle and threaten Agamemnon to help him.
Sure enough, this method frightened Agamemnon and he agreed to cure him, but only if Telephus told him the sea route to Troy, and Telephus agreed to his request.
When Agamemnon sent people to find Achilles, he was competing with his new friend Odysseus, who was also a disciple of Iathion.
After the news came, Achilles didn't know how to heal Telephus's injury. His spear was a gift from the centaur Chiron when his parents got married, and it was the first time he used it. .
Achilles didn't know it, but Odysseus knew it. He told Achilles that the antidote was the rust on the spear tip.
When rust was sprinkled on Telephos's wound, his terrible wound healed quickly, and after a while, it was as if he had never been injured.
So Telephos, who was injured, agreed to lead everyone to Troy, but there was still a headwind on the sea. Through their respective channels, these heroes sought confirmation from the gods that they were sent by Artemis, the goddess of hunting, because their leader Agamemnon had killed the goddess's sacred deer, which made the chaste goddess very angry.
The heroes had to sit and wait for the wind to stop, but the wind never stopped. Finally, the prophet Calchas told everyone that the Greeks would be forgiven only if Agamemnon's daughter Iphigenia was sacrificed to the goddess. Agamemnon would rather give up the expedition after learning this request.
Menelaus, Helen's husband and Agamemnon's brother, appealed to him again and again. Agamemnon finally gave in and sent an envoy quickly to Mycenae, hiding from his wife that his daughter was going to be engaged to Achilles. But I want to bring my daughter to the military camp.
When the first messenger left the camp, Agamemnon regretted it again and sent a second messenger to tell his wife the truth. However, the second messenger was intercepted by Menelaus, who condemned Agamemnon for his betrayal. . While the two were quarreling, Agamemnon's wife and daughter, Clytemnestra and Iphigenia, had arrived at the location of the Greek coalition.
Agamemnon was in grief, but pretended to be calm and went to see his wife and daughter. Iphigenia saw that her father had something unspeakable, but she didn't know what it was. ,
The king of kings wanted to go to the prophet Calchas and ask if there was any other way. Who knew that as soon as he went out, Achilles came in and asked the army to set off. If they didn't set off, they would be let go home. . At this time, Clytemnestra saw the young and powerful Achilles and kept congratulating her daughter's fiancé.
Achilles didn't know why, but at this time the second messenger appeared and told Agamemnon's wife the truth. Clytemnestra burst into tears and asked Achilles to protect her daughter. Achilles agreed to Clytemnestra's request, but he couldn't bear to see the beautiful and lovely Iphigenia hurt.
However, in order to resolve the matter quickly, Helen's husband Menelaus secretly sent someone to spread the news to the soldiers. When the soldiers in the military camp learned about it, they began to get violent.
But Agamemnon was unmoved. When he had no choice, Menelaos led the soldiers to attack Agamemnon's tent, while Achilles stood in the tent and decided to protect Iphigenia to the death. . At the moment of tension, Iphigenia stood up and asked for self-sacrifice and persuaded Achilles not to protect her. Although Achilles was unwilling, he still obeyed her own will.
Iphigenia walked to the altar, and the herald Tartibias ordered everyone to remain silent. Calchas took out the sacrificial sword and shouted the name of the goddess Artemis, praying for a safe journey.
When the knife touched the girl's body, a miracle occurred in the sky. Artemis took Iphigenia away. What the knife touched was only a red deer. Everyone was delighted with the goddess's mercy and did not take the girl's life. . At this time, the wind finally began to blow on the sea, and all the soldiers were ready to set off.
After setting off, Agamemnon did not notice that his wife who was watching him go away from the shore had hatred and hatred in her eyes.
Not only that, there were already many conflicts within the coalition forces as soon as they set off.
Achilles was very dissatisfied with Menelaus. Others fought for his wife, but he could sacrifice other people's daughters. Such a man would be ashamed to fight for him. And Agamemnon, who was willing to sacrifice his own daughter for the so-called victory. If he hadn't agreed to fight together, Achilles would have wanted to leave.
Odysseus had conflicts with the prophets Calchas and Palamedes. He did not want to go out to fight, so he was forced to come here by these two people. For him, the so-called glory is used to deceive fools. He just wants to be at home with his beloved wife and newborn son.
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