novelonline Chapter 2023: Patricide Curse (Double monthly tickets in the last day! Please give me monthly ticket
Chapter 2023: Patricide Curse (Double monthly tickets in the last day! Please give me monthly ticket
Chapter 2023: Patricide Curse (Double monthly tickets on the last day! Please give me monthly tickets!!!)
On the other side, inside the Pantheon.
Today is a special day. The parliament that has been in meetings and enjoying itself all day long has finally quieted down today. The magnificent palace has also dimmed. The uppermost level of the Almighty City, which seemed to never have night, has also ushered in dusk today.
The once bustling and magnificent palace has finally lost its glitz and extravagance.
Finally, there was some of the solemnity and dignity that it should have.
At the deepest part of the hall, several primitive torches were lit, and Zeus was lying on a soft bed with his upper body naked, surrounded by beautiful fairies, who were cleaning Zeus' wounds. The golden blood flowing from his chest was collected.
The fairies were very cautious, fearing that Zeus would be hurt again.
Zeus, on the other hand, didn't care... Although this guy is a bastard, he has always been very tolerant of beautiful women.
After Zeus suppressed the rebellion of the Titans and Giants, the gods ushered in a period of peace. During this time, there was no war and everything was so beautiful. As the old saying goes: When you are well fed and warm, you will think about sex. Then the gods began their own journey of hunting for beauties, and the most famous of them was the king of gods Zeus. For the Greeks, Zeus was the outstanding father of fertility, the power of world reproduction, and the embodiment of reproductive ability. No matter whether it was a man or a woman, as long as Zeus liked them, they would definitely not escape the fate of pregnancy. (Pregnancy is for women, and men basically become servants after they are taken in) Zeus's way and means of pursuing women are absolutely textbook-like. Because he is a god, he can change into anything, whether it is a person or a lifeless stone, etc., which are all methods commonly used by Zeus.
This guy is very willing to use any means when pursuing women, and the most talked-about thing is his unpredictable nature — Zeus can transform into various animals and have relationships with women.
This version of Quapel is very decorative. Europa rides on the bull's back, and Zeus takes Europa away, crossing the Aegean Sea to Crete, and then they fall in love. The sunset is warm orange, the sea is turquoise, and the scene is so beautiful. The painter uses bright and lively colors to render the free and unrestrained, romantic and lyrical mood with the graceful human figures in various movements. Europa is the beautiful daughter of Agenor, the king of Phoenicia. When the romantic Zeus sees her playing on the beach, he is once again out of control. Zeus transforms into a white bull and charms Europa with his beauty and gentleness. When Europa climbs on his back, he immediately rushes into the sea and kidnaps Europa.
With the help of the goddess of love Aphrodite, the famous Greek beauty Leda became the wife of King Tyndares of Sparta, and was placed on an island that was almost isolated from the world by her husband. But for Zeus, isolation was completely useless. As long as he liked someone, he would get everything. It happened that Aphrodite was resentful that the King of Sparta did not thank her for this marriage, so the two of them performed a play together: while Leda was bathing in the lake, Aphrodite turned into an eagle and chased Zeus, who had turned into a swan, and flew to Leda. Leda felt pity for him and held him in her arms and caressed him. Aphrodite took the opportunity to cast a spell, making Leda pregnant, giving birth to four eggs, and hatching several swan-like children.
There are even some that turn into golden rain... This is really hard to control.
But Zeus likes it this way, and he will do anything to achieve his goal.
But she doesn’t have such patience with men, so she usually just snatches them away.
Ganymede, the son of the King of Troy, was young and handsome, and Zeus loved him, so he transformed into an eagle and took him to Mount Olympus, letting him replace the goddess of youth, pour wine for himself, and flirt with him openly. When Hera found out, she turned the beautiful boy into a water bottle in anger. The sad Zeus had to seal his soul in the sky, which became today's Aquarius.
Well, they just arrested him and left...
He is quite tolerant towards women...especially beautiful women.
So even if he was hurt by these fairies, he would just grimace and would not yell or do anything extreme.
"Father...are you really that old?"
A strong man appeared in the shadows where the firelight could not reach. However, his tone was not very good. It was cold and without a trace of warmth.
"Oh, you are finally here. I thought you would never come to see me, your father, in this life." Zeus seemed very tolerant of the visitor.
"Since you are not dead, then why do you want me to come here? Or are you finally willing to accept the curse and let me kill you with my own hands?" The sturdy man's words were still harsh.
"No! I haven't lived enough, Hercules."
Zeus was obviously very unhappy about this topic.
Being killed by one's own children has always been the most terrible curse of the Greek gods. Fortunately... Generally speaking, only the king of gods has this treatment. As for other gods... it's hard to say.
After all, the first generation God King Uralos had no brothers, so he didn’t know.
But things were a bit bad for the second generation God King, as all his brothers and sisters were implicated.
Zeus' birth was not blessed or expected. He was the son of Cronus, the second-generation king of the Titans, and Cronus became the second-generation king of the Titans by overthrowing his father, Uranus. When he overthrew Uranus, the angry gods cursed Cronus: he was also overthrown by his own child. As expected, Zeus overthrew the rule of his father Cronus, but he became another Cronus. His struggle for power was the same as that of human society: marriage, promises, fiefdoms, exile, imprisonment, and killing of the losers of the Titan War, and all those who dared to oppose him were thrown into hell.
So it is not certain whether other gods will also be affected by the curse. But Zeus is not going to escape!
In the end he will still be killed by his own children.
In Greek mythology, the mother of the gods is Gaia, the mother of the earth. Although all gods are born of Gaia, the mother of the earth, the goddess Gaia does not have any real power. All power is in the hands of her son Uranus.
The god Uranus had only sexual desire and raped Gaia day and night. In order to maintain his power, he bound the child in Gaia's body. Gaia, who could no longer bear it, decided to rebel. She and Uranus' son Kronos stood up and said they would kill Uranus. So Kronos took advantage of the time when his father was satisfying his sexual desire on his mother and cut off his father's genitals.
The first interesting point is here: Uranus's genitals fell into the sea and turned into a beautiful goddess named Aphrodite. In other words, the goddess of love and beauty in the secular world was transformed from the penis of a man who raped his mother day and night (smiley face). Kronos, who overthrew his father, rescued his brothers and sisters and was supported by them to become the new king, but Uranus, the god he overthrew, cursed him, saying that he would definitely be overthrown by his son. Then what did the new king Kronos do? He imprisoned his rescued brothers in hell, and swallowed his own child after his wife (also his sister) Rhea gave birth to the child. Rhea was in great pain. In order to protect her children, she exchanged the child with a stone when the sixth child was born, causing Kronos to swallow a stone, and she sent Zeus to a small island. When Zeus grew up, he wanted to save his brothers and sisters, so with the help of the goddess of wisdom Metis, he designed a plan to make his father Kronos vomit his children and drove Kronos out of the palace. Later, with the help of his brothers and sisters, he defeated Kronos and his men and became the new king.
After that, Zeus began to pursue Metis, the goddess of wisdom, crazily. After Metis refused in every possible way, she was forced to become Zeus' first wife. After chasing Metis, Zeus did not stop. He molested and sexually assaulted goddesses and women like a stallion, and married several more wives. Some goddesses avoided Zeus. In order to get women, Zeus would disguise himself as various people, and even turn into animals to approach the target, and sexually assault them when they let their guard down. Most women would be abandoned by Zeus once they became pregnant.
In addition to ordinary beauties, his targets also included his own sisters, aunts, and even his own daughter Persephone. He became obsessed with her and transformed himself into his son-in-law Hades, slept with his daughter, and made her pregnant and gave birth to Melinoe.
Back to Metis. An oracle said that if Zeus and Metis gave birth to a son, the son would overthrow his rule, and if they gave birth to a daughter, the daughter would become Zeus's left arm and right arm. So Zeus was afraid and swallowed his wife, the goddess of wisdom Metis, who was already pregnant and whom he had been chasing after madly (smile.jpg).
After swallowing his wife, Zeus began to have a headache, so the god of fire Hephaestus took an axe and split open Zeus' head. From Zeus' head, he picked out a goddess holding a weapon and wearing armor - Zeus' daughter, the goddess of war Athena, was born.
Of course gods don’t die after having their heads split, so Zeus is still alive, and the goddess of wisdom Metis remains in his head forever, becoming the source of his wisdom (eaten it all, applause).
There is also the story of Hephaestus, the originally ugly god of fire Hephaestus became a cripple. Hephaestus is also the god of forging and craftsmanship. In order to avenge his mother, he made a chair to trap Hera and made several demands.
One of them was to ask Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, to marry him.
Aphrodite was forced to marry the ugly and lame Hephaestus under the pressure of the gods, but she did not love this man and was unwilling to accept it, so she cheated on Hephaestus's brother, Ares, the god of war, and did not want to see Hephaestus. Some people may think that although Hephaestus was ugly and lame, he might be a poor and honest man. Then we can see the character of Hephaestus from one thing: once, when the god of war Athena went to Hephaestus to order something, Hephaestus began to court Athena, but was strongly rejected by Athena, but in the process Hephaestus touched Athena's thigh. After Athena wiped it with wool, she threw the wool on the ground, causing Gaia, the mother of the earth, to become pregnant and give birth to the king of Athens (Gaia was unlucky enough to suffer this unprovoked disaster).
Because the goddess of love and beauty didn't want to see him, Hephaestus went to his mother Hera for help. Hera gave Hephaestus a thorny ring engraved with roses representing love, and asked Hephaestus to give the ring to Aphrodite to tell her that love (? ) has responsibilities and she should be loyal to Hephaestus.
So with the help of the goddess of marriage, Aphrodite accepted Hephaestus, the god of fire. (Everyone is happy, smile)
Seeing this, we can probably conclude something: gods have desires just like humans.
The fear of the king of gods comes from the threats from his brothers, especially his sons. He is afraid of being overthrown by his offspring. This fear is deeply rooted in his brain and passed down from generation to generation. They are happy to sow seeds, but they do not have extra love for their children, while most goddesses love their offspring. Although Gaia gave birth to the lives of all gods, she could not grasp the real power. She could only overthrow her husband by uniting her own flesh and blood and offspring. She loves her children, but she will also be humiliated by her offspring. These male gods like to conquer women with sex, but this does not mean that they love women. They just enjoy the process of chasing women. They can turn into birds, beasts, men, and women to seduce women, and even sexually assault women in these forms and leave after they become pregnant. Loving your beauty ≠ loving you, and they think all this is normal. Zeus can easily fall in love with any beautiful woman, but this love is not pure or sacred, and there is no halo. It only means that he has the urge to have sex with that beautiful woman. Of course, if a man is beautiful enough, even a straight male stallion like Zeus will do it. If they meet a powerful woman, such as Hera, they may look upon her with new eyes and give her some power, but this will not affect their continued bullying and hunting of other women.
Even Hera, who insisted on monogamy, succumbed to her husband. But when a woman is controlled by a man but cannot control him, and she follows the rules while the other party spends his time drinking and partying, this feeling of powerlessness towards fate and the insecurity that her husband's position will be replaced at any time can easily make her throw her anger at the third party and become jealous and vicious, even if she is as powerful as Hera. Men don't care too much about jealousy and jealousy between women. He may even find it exciting and enjoy it (change the gender. When reading romance novels, everyone also likes to see the plot of jealousy killing rivals. Substituting this into Zeus's pleasure, Zeus occasionally helps his lover, which should be no different from the mentality of the heroine in the novel persuading the jealous hero.
But it is not difficult to see that in these stories, women are all tragic characters. Some people may ask, doesn’t Zeus have any daughters that he truly dotes on and likes? Yes, it is said that Zeus’ two favorite daughters are Agave and Adorna, because she is wise and powerful, and is Zeus’s left arm and right arm. The other is the hunting goddess Artemis, for whom Zeus simply loves her. It is worth mentioning that these two goddesses are both virgins, especially Artemis, who promised Zeus that she would be a virgin forever. At the same time, they are also the gods of unmarried girls, and Artemis likes pure unmarried girls the most. It is said that Zeus likes Artemis so much that he will respond to her every request, and even promises to make Artemis’ status no less than any of her other brothers and sisters. Just imagine, which man does not love a girl who is always pure? (There should be a smiley face here)
So the question is, why are there so many sons killing their fathers in Greek mythology? In Greek mythology, the most famous story of human killing his father should be Oedipus, who killed his father and married his mother. The king abandoned his son because of the prophecy that "the son will kill his father and marry his mother". The abandoned child Oedipus grew up and killed his father and married his mother without knowing it. Later, male mother love was called Oedipus complex. Oedipus was much more shameless than several gods in power in Greek mythology. At least he fulfilled the prophecy without knowing it, and he was in great pain after knowing the truth. But in Greek mythology, so many stories of killing his father also represent another core point of patriarchal society - seizing power.
In all stories of patricide, the sons, without exception, obtain their father's power and various resources (including female relatives) after they succeed. Their anxiety comes from the fear that their brothers or even their own sons will take away their power. The root cause of patricide is the struggle for power, which is the foundation of a patriarchal society. What men with power want most is women (sexual resources), which is the root of the struggle. In order to protect their resources from being taken away, they are afraid of their own sex. The loss of resources is the root of their fear.
In the Pantheon, this conflict still exists.
Yes, Zeus did allow his children and himself to enjoy power, but the problem was that he still held the highest power... and the worst thing was that he held it for too long!
His children, who have grown up, can't wait any longer.
Among them, Hercules stands out the most.
He knew from the beginning that he would be the one to kill Zeus.
But the education Hercules received since childhood prevented him from rebelling directly.
He can only wait!
He didn't know what he was waiting for, but he knew that once the opportunity came, he had to overthrow Zeus. This was his mission and his long-cherished wish.