[Greek mythology] The troubles of Adonis

The day was breezy and warm, and the hot sun shone on the earth. When it scattered the leafy forest as usual, it was broken into pieces of bright light spots, which seemed to be much gentler. The colorful parrots poking their heads on the stakes, together with the forest fairies who were heartbroken by the viewers, stared at the plant god sleeping on the soft grass blanket.

The sound of the fruit being blown by the wind is like a crisp wind chime. His brows are slightly frowned, which seems to be a slight sadness. His hands are folded on his undulating chest, which is almost inaudible. His slender and flawless legs are like flexible wicker and petals. Her lips were still warm and soft, but her black eyes, which even dimmed the stars, were no longer radiant, and had been closed for three full months.

"Oh, Adonis, oh Adonis." With light steps, a fairy who couldn't bear the boundless torment any longer clutched her aching chest, and circled around the handsome man she adored: "What should I do to wake you up?"

Immediately, she elegantly picked up the white gauze at the corner of the skirt, sat on the floor, and bravely approached Adonis' side, staring at his long and curly eyelashes, feeling that the thick and black eyelashes were as thick as crow's wings .

"Buyuti, calm down."

Her companions were afraid that she would do something irrational when she was agitated, so they hurried out from behind the tree, approaching the plant god who used to only dare to watch from a distance with a bit of joy and pain.

They were born in the mountains and clear springs, and were of low status. They were lucky enough to participate in the Olympus gathering once or twice, and saw that the high gods were graceful and handsome, but the beauty that was superficial, How can it compare to the appearance of Adonis, who was born in this world with the bursting of the myrrh tree, this young man with a bow and arrow on his back, obsessed with hunting, which is worth engraving in his life.

Buyuti shook her head and said angrily: "That noble goddess is known as the embodiment of love and beauty, but in my eyes, she only means pain and disaster! If it weren't for her entanglement, we Still watching his happiness silently, tasting the honey and sour of unrequited love."

As she spoke, she couldn't help covering her face and sobbing.

"Buyuti..."

Her words immediately resonated with her fellow admirers, but they also knew another thing: "Let's go quickly! His Royal Highness Aphrodite will come to visit him soon, and she found out If not, it will drive the fire of jealousy to burn our flesh and blood."

These words are by no means alarmist. When Adonis just fell into a coma, a low-level fairy who loved him deeply cried and refused to leave him half a step. Aphrodite, who was visiting the beautiful man she was thinking of, met, and the goddess of love and beauty was furious, and immediately cast a curse, turning her into an inconspicuous mimosa in an instant, and entrusted the passing north wind to bring She was placed on the other side of the forest far away from here.

Even the slightest touch would cause her to involuntarily close the leaves, and she found desperately that she had been deprived of the ability to gaze at her favorite god by the possessive Aphrodite.

Buyuti is not afraid of death. She has been angry for a long time and is on the verge of breaking out: "I am not afraid."

The companions sighed in unison: "Don't you think you will never be able to see him?"

"I……"

Buyuti hesitated this time.

Even in person, she would dare to dismiss Aphrodite, but she was worried that a similar curse would fall on her head, and she had to face the eternal miss.

"move."

Seeing that they moved her, they hurriedly winked at each other, and dragged Buyuti, who was still very reluctant, back to the hiding place.

Just as they had feared before, they had just hid when Aphrodite's heels descended from the clouds without a sound.

Hermes, who has the same pattern of wings on his hat and shoes, is the messenger of the gods. He has just been promoted, and he behaves in a hurry that makes people laugh, and his eyes are still childish. Ignoring the entrustment of the goddess of beauty, out of curiosity, she took a ride with her who was holding a large bouquet of anemones.

Aphrodite is the jewel in the eyes of the gods—especially the male gods, and the well-deserved favorite. He has never seen her so humble and begging.

Hermes said to himself: "Hey, who could that be?"

He didn't have other tasks on his shoulders, so he didn't leave in a hurry, and simply stayed, letting the clouds cover his figure, as if it was a good show.

When Aphrodite put the anemone aside, and gently wiped the sleeping man's forehead with a silk cloth soaked in water, Hermes also got the power of the sleeping man. People see a clear opportunity.

Every thread and every inch seems to contain the vitality of nature, and the long dark green hair attached to its own streamer is partly pushed aside, against the snow-white almost transparent skin, revealing the outline of pearls and jade carefully carved with the most perfect brush. .

"Ho!"

Hermes suddenly forgot to breathe, his eyeballs seemed to be fixed on him, and he couldn't bear to look away, even when Aphrodite found out that he hadn't left and approached him angrily, he was suddenly surprised. unconscious.

"Hermes——" Aphrodite was humbled after taking care of Adonis, and when the treasure she cherished was being spied on, her aggressiveness also increased significantly.

The crescent-like brows were raised domineeringly, and there was a glint of anger in his eyes, he asked: "Are you deliberately provoking me by staying here for no reason?"

"You misunderstood." Hermes regained his mind, and at the same time he was in charge of eloquence, and he did not show weakness: "I don't have a secret lover who needs to avoid people's eyes and ears to visit. I just think the scenery here is good. Maybe Ares would be interested too."

Aphrodite narrowed her eyes slightly, confronting him, her thoughts turned.

Every time she comes here, she deliberately hides from her jealous lover Ares.

She was married a long time ago, but this marriage disgusted her to the extreme, and she regarded it as a shameful shame that she did not want to mention it at all.

——I don’t want her to have the opportunity to seduce Hera, the queen of Zeus, the king of the gods who is promiscuous, and forcibly ration her to Hephaestus, the ugliest god of fire. This funny combination of the most beautiful and ugliest is regarded as a joke. It spread throughout Olympus and the surrounding mountains.

Hephaestus was obsessed with handicrafts, his appearance was extremely ugly, but his self-esteem was extremely strong. He naturally knew that she was unwilling. While hating the mother queen Hera who ignored his feelings, he also had no affection for her. , Carrying out an attitude of indifference from the beginning to the end, even if she knew that she had countless lovers outside, she turned a blind eye to it, waved the heavy hammer indifferently, forging the red-hot iron.

Among the gods who are obsessed with her, the most talked about is Ares, the invincible god of war. He is handsome and strong. Aphrodite hit it off with him, and because of Hephaestus Turning a blind eye and becoming more confident, going out with her lover every day, in love with each other.

But that was before meeting Adonis.

Aphrodite is in charge of the love between gods and humans, and enjoys the bliss brought by love. She is used to being flattered and flattered by humans and gods, but she has never tasted the bitterness and sweetness of love.

The irony is that Adonis, who accidentally captured her heart and made her toss and turn, sleepless at night, was extremely puzzled.

Not only was he unwilling to accept her show of love, but even saying a few more words was enough to make him absent-minded. Even though he was wrapped up in sweet words by the God of Beauty, he just wanted to keep chasing the running stag with his eyes.

Aphrodite was not discouraged. To some extent, this carelessness and ruthlessness aroused her determination to win, who had never been rejected, and made her more interested in him—however, just like fate Seeing Adonis being softened day by day by her earnest pleadings, his pair of flawless and pure beautiful black eyes like a newborn fawn were about to reflect his own figure, as if he had made a stumbling rope at her. The thunder that fell from the sky for no reason accurately knocked the unsuspecting plant god to the ground. Not only did her efforts come to naught, but it also made him unconscious until now.

Hermes was stared straight at by the god of beauty, and shook the snake's staff helplessly: "Instead of wasting time looking at me with such terrifying eyes, why not tell me the specific situation, maybe I can help you .”

"you?"

Aphrodite glanced at him suspiciously, then looked back at the sleeping Adonis reluctantly, struggled for a while, and made up her mind: "He was struck by the aftermath of His Majesty's thunder strike."

She had already investigated the cause of that day, but there was nothing she could do except to pray in vain for him to wake up soon.

——If you turn to the lecherous Zeus for help, people may be able to save him, but it is impossible to belong to her.

Hermes laughed: "I see."

Before he was stared at again, he pointedly stroked the lyre that had arrived in his hand at some point, and successfully made Aphrodite's angry face gradually relax, and he said in a chant: "I can make God Falling asleep with the sound of the piano can also wake them up from their slumber -- why don't you try to ask me for help."

Aphrodite snorted softly, but her tone softened a lot as she asked for others, and she was tainted with natural coquettishness: "What are the conditions?"

As the patron saint of liars and businessmen, Hermes stole the divine cow raised by Apollo to satisfy his hunger as soon as he went up the mountain, and when facing the creditors who came to him, he used a broken violin made of ghost shell with a lot of tongue. Fooled the past - the term "free help" can be said to be insulated from him by nature.

Hermes was ready to play with a smile, and said lightly: "My request is very simple, you can definitely do it."

Aphrodite raised her eyebrows.

He finished slowly: "Just let him kiss me when he wakes up."

Even if Aphrodite had expected that he would not say any pleasant words, she couldn't help but change her face at this time: "Dream!"

She and him are still at the stage of holding hands purely - and she forced him, so how could she be willing to give up her long-coveted lips.

Hermes laughed loudly: "I'm just joking." Without waiting for Aphrodite to sneer, he continued: "Such a beautiful thing, I want you to love me, you should be very clear about this ——so my condition is that you are not allowed to kiss him before he agrees."

Aphrodite shot him a hard look.

By trying to figure out the thoughts of Zeus, the king of the gods, he managed to thrive despite his humble background, which shows how powerful his observation skills are and how quick his thinking is.

As early as when he saw Aphrodite's cautious posture, he knew which side was the suitor.

—— Ares would probably go crazy over this.

Aphrodite was obviously unwilling, and was about to refuse, when Hermes' next step came: "Could it be that the incarnation of beauty doesn't even have the confidence to use its own charm to conquer a little-known plant god?" There's none?"

Aphrodite's thin lips were tightly pursed, as if soaked red with anger, she considered for a long time, and finally said: "I promise you."

Hermes had expected this answer long ago, and said with a smile: "Okay, I think this kind of trivial matter is enough for a verbal agreement, and there is no need to make a contract."

"Shut up." She held her neck high and ordered arrogantly: "You move faster."

"As ordered."

Hermes blinked happily, as if to prove how much he kept his promise, his dexterous ten fingers plucked the thin strings the next moment, and the melodious music was like gurgling water, slowly flowing in the in the air.