I was a priest in the city-state era

Sailing at sea is very dangerous, and sailing at night is of course even more dangerous.

It was evening.

Roy did not choose to continue sailing, but let the fleet come to an unnamed island at the southern end of the Attica Peninsula to anchor for the night.

At the same time.

Perseus and his cousin Pelops also arrived at Seriphos with a fleet and 300 Mycenae soldiers.

When Perseus and Pelops boarded Seriphos with the Mycenae soldiers, they found that all the Seriphos people on the island had disappeared, and most of the food and bronze utensils and other property had been taken away. Perseus could not help but let out a roar of anger and sadness.

Even if he did not see it with his own eyes, Perseus knew what happened on Seriphos.

Perseus and Pelops came to Seriphos because when Polydectes and Dectes were killed by Roy, a person loyal to the Perseus family escaped alone in a small boat and went to the Argos region to tell Perseus the unfortunate news.

Perseus rushed back to Seriphos to save his mother Danae and six sisters who were captured, but he was still a step too late.

The people who occupied Seriphos not only took away his mother and sisters, but also took away all the Seriphos people on the island, leaving Perseus without his true subjects.

"Roy! Athenians! You have brought shame upon me, Perseus, and I remember it."

Pelops looked at the angry and sad Perseus, and he felt both sympathy and gloating in his heart, because Pelops had a more tragic experience than Perseus.

After the Phoenician nomads who ruled the Egyptian region were expelled by the southern Egyptians, these Phoenician nomads began to be forced to migrate to other places.

At the beginning, the Phoenician nomads who were proficient in navigation migrated to Crete.

Later, they were expelled by King Minos of Knossos and migrated to other areas.

King Akrisius of Mycenae led the largest tribe to migrate to the Argos region of the Peloponnese Peninsula. The other two larger tribes migrated to the Sipyros region in the northwest corner of the Asia Minor Peninsula and the Lycian region in the southwest corner of the Asia Minor Peninsula.

The leader who led the tribe to migrate to the Sipyros region was Tantalus, the father of Pelops and the son-in-law of Akrisius.

The Sipyros region controlled the golden waterway of the Dardanelles. Tantalus ruled here and could have established a powerful city-state that could dominate the Aegean Sea.

But Tantalus did not learn the lesson of their expulsion from Crete.

When they migrated to Crete, they not only did not assimilate with the locals, but also wanted to worship their patron god Zeus as the god king of Crete, and declared that the great goddess Europa of Crete was Zeus' wife, and that King Minos of Knossos was the son of Zeus and Europa, so he could rule the most powerful city-state of Crete, Knossos.

These Mycenaeans humiliated King Minos of Knossos and the goddess Europa. King Minos of Knossos, who originally sympathized with them, used the power of Knossos to force them to migrate again.

Tantalus led the Mycenaeans to migrate to the Sipyros area to establish the city of Sipyros, and still worshipped Zeus, the patron god of the Mycenaeans, as the patron god of the city of Sipyros.

Zeus, the patron god of the Mycenaeans, was naturally very satisfied with Tantalus and gave Tantalus the status of the son of Zeus.

However, the locals around the Sipyros area were very dissatisfied with this foreign ethnic group.

Because the local Trojans worshipped the sea goddess Hesione as their patron saint, and the Mysians worshipped the god of plague and silver bow Smythus [Apollo].

If Tantalus's Sipylos city was allowed to grow and develop, the foreign god Zeus who protected Sipylos city would become a huge threat to the sea goddess Hesione and the silver bow god Smythus [Apollo]. So the Trojans and Mysians joined forces to destroy Sipylos city.

After Tantalus, the king who ruled Sipylos city, was killed, his land and subjects were divided up by the Trojans and Mysians.

Pelops, the son of Tantalus, fled to the Argos region under the protection of his loyal servants and was sheltered by his grandfather Acrisius.

Compared with the city of Sipylos, which has a population of over 10,000 and rich land, the island of Serifos, with its poor land and a population of only about 4,000, is like a beggar in front of a rich man.

Looking at Perseus, whom he should have sympathized with, Pelops couldn't help but say in his heart.

"You had Seriphos destroyed by the Athenians, but I had the rich and powerful city of Sipylos destroyed by the Trojans."

After complaining in his heart, Pelops comforted Perseus.

"Dear cousin Perseus! The Athenians committed such a crime against Seriphos. We will immediately return to Mycenae and ask grandfather Acrisius to gather an army to attack Athens for revenge."

"Grandfather will not avenge me."

Perseus calmed down and shook his head and said.

"Now grandfather only wants to attack Corinth and has no interest in attacking Athens. And the strength of Athens cannot be underestimated. If grandfather gathers an army to expedition to Athens, there will definitely be trouble in the Argos region."

The Mycenaeans have three city-states and thousands of troops.

But at least half of these thousands of troops are used to control the Argos region.

The Mycenaean king Acrisius chose the city of Corinth as his target for conquest because the Corinth region was adjacent to the Argos region.

When the Mycenaean King Akrisius summoned a large army to attack Corinth, even if there were any problems in the Argos region, Akrisius could quickly solve these problems.

If thousands of troops were summoned to attack Athens, once there were any problems in the Argos region, the thousands of Mycenaean troops would not be able to return to the Argos region in time.

"And-"

Looking up at the palace on the top of the hill, Perseus sneered.

"As long as I bear hatred and humiliation, my grandfather will sympathize with me and give me more care."

Perseus was unwilling to inherit the throne of his father Polydectes and become the king of Seriphos.

Because the land of Seriphos was barren, without the support of Mycenaean King Akrisius, Seriphos would only be a small city-state with a population of 2,000 and 200 to 300 soldiers.

After following Akrisius, Perseus' goal was to inherit the throne of Akrisius and become the king of all Mycenaeans.

But Perseus was only the grandson of Acrisius after all, not the heir that Acrisius wanted.

In order to become the heir of Acrisius, Perseus did not mind using his tragic experience to gain Acrisius' sympathy and care.

At this moment, a Mycenaean soldier ran to Perseus in a panic and said.

"Prince Perseus, we found the bodies of King Polydectes, Prince Dicetis, and a group of Seriphos soldiers."

Perseus' eyes lit up immediately and said.

"Hurry up and bring the bodies of my father and uncle. I want to take these two bodies to see my grandfather."