[Greek mythology] The troubles of Adonis

Gaia, the earth mother whose purpose is unknown, specially sent the gift box sent by the god of spring. Even though there was no conversation in the next few days, the two masters of the underworld still held the same opinion: never open it.

It just so happens that Zeus, who has been romantic recently, disregarded the opposition of the Queen of Heaven, and took a pair of beautiful twin daughters from their humble mothers to Olympus, and held a grand banquet for this, hoping to pay respect to the unwilling wives. Putting pressure on them, fortunately, they will be given the status of god servants with eternal life.

The jealous queen Hera naturally didn't want to watch the humble illegitimate daughter get the gift, but this time Zeus was strangely stubborn, not only warned her several times in front of the gods, but also privately warned her She protects Lishu, who is proud of being favored, impeccably.

When he insisted on going his own way, Hera couldn't stop him.Besides, the more anxious she was, the more she thought she was helpless, and she had many children, but none of them could help her: either Hebe, the goddess of youth who was timid and cowardly, and content to be a cupbearer; Ares, the god of war who is fighting, simple-minded, and has long been bewitched by the hateful Aphrodite with her beauty; Gentle and obedient, reticent, he admires and admires Eretia, the midwifery goddess of the moon god Artemis.

After thinking about it, once the banquet is held, she will really fall into the tragic situation of being ridiculed by other gods. The only foreign aid she can try to invite, and the only foreign aid that can make Zeus feel jealous, is the one shared by her and her husband. Brother - Hades, the supreme ruler of the god of death.

Hera had no choice but to bite the bullet, trying to cling to the last piece of driftwood, and wrote a gorgeous invitation with extra care.She originally wanted to delegate the task of delivering the letter to Hermes, the messenger of the gods, but since the last encounter, the patron saint of this eloquent liar has avoided all matters involving going to the underworld. , even the task of extraditing the dead soul of the hero has been dismissed for no reason, not to mention that the one who wants to ask him to return to the nightmare land this time is the queen who has always dismissed her and has a high-spirited attitude.

The shrewd envoy obviously didn't want to take risks for her, so he asked the king of gods to arrange many things for him on the spot, and he couldn't be distracted as an excuse to refuse.

After Hera listened to his explanation conveyed by the servant who returned in vain, her face was livid with anger, but it was no secret that she lost power. She had to fight against Hermo, who was well-received because of her smooth personality and exquisite appearance among the gods. Zeus, as far as she is at present, she can't spare time at all, and Zeus will definitely cover up the cunning who has harbored countless lovers for him and understands his intentions.

After Hera cursed a few words inwardly, she reassigned her most trusted servant to deliver the letter.After all, he didn't have the special wing boots and was not familiar with the way to Hades. The loyal servant delayed for a long time before sending the invitation to Hypnos, who was acting as the agent of Hades.

Since the last time they had completely turned against each other, the Sleeping God, who had been paying special attention to all the changes in Olympus, did not ignore it, but went to Sappho very cautiously, bowed respectfully, and presented the letter to the two Your Majesty.

Adonis took it, first skimmed through the content, and then jumped back to the beginning to read it carefully, and realized that Hades naturally stood behind him, as if he just wanted to read the letter together.He could not help but turn dark, and gave the invitation to the other party without looking back, and immediately took two steps forward, completely exiting the range that could be controlled by that powerful arm.

Hades followed suit calmly.

Even though the loyal Hypnos stood aside with lowered eyebrows, as if he didn't pay attention to their actions, Adonis really didn't want to have a naive contest with him in front of his subordinates: "Since I have time, I will go for you. After accepting this invitation, let’s treat that gift as a congratulatory gift and pass it on in the name of the honorable original owner.”

Hades didn't even think about it, and vetoed it flatly: "No. I'll go."

Unexpectedly, Adonis waited for his words, and immediately nodded kindly: "That's fine. Then I will trouble Your Majesty."

He also personally picked up the wooden box that had been neglected on the grass for a long time, and offered it respectfully with both hands.

Hades: "..."

Facing his rare stupefaction, Adonis watched coldly with the corners of his lips slightly raised, truly feeling the upper hand for the first time.But before he had time to feel a little bit of relief, Pluto changed the subject of course: "As the Queen of Pluto, you should go with me."

"I'm afraid it's hard to obey. You are the only one who was invited from the beginning to the end." Adonis was on guard against this, and immediately took the invitation back, and recited in a very pleasant and clear voice: " To honorable lord of the underworld, my beloved brother, strict Hades, it is your unfaithful younger brother who puts my dignity at risk as it drives me to write this doomed unwelcome invitation. Who would believe that the protector of marriage could not even keep her happiness, nor could he stop her husband from trampling and humiliating her mercilessly? From the perspective of appearance alone, he could be described as dignified; On the surface, what I have is also a group of children, respecting status; just judging from the ending of the women he has had dewy marriages, I am also vicious, paranoid, and unsympathetic."

"Happiness! Everyone thinks I am happy! As long as I have the slightest foresight to see through sweet words as the omen of tears and death, I have never been deceived by him who is obsessed with power. In this way, I may be really He is a happy person. Under his deliberate temptation, I only have him in my heart, in my eyes, and in my mouth. The reward for all these sacrifices is to make me stagger in the glamor on the surface, but envy the immersion. Dying in the river of love, tortured by endless troubles, tasted the bitterness of green fruits, hated the birds that do not return to their nests. He is unfaithful, but blames me for being jealous; he speaks sweetly, but blames me for telling the truth; He coaxes his lover to smile, but he disdains to show my face with his thoughts; he insults me, but blames me for crying for disgrace; he bestows a high position on a lowly blood, but accuses me of being narrow-minded and suspicious."

After reading this, Adonis couldn't help but look at Hades who was completely indifferent: "The Queen of God really went all out to win your support this time."

Hera gave him the impression that he had always been arrogant and self-sustaining, occasionally criticizing Zeus in front of the gods, but also tit for tat without showing weakness.

This time, he did not hesitate to roll up the gorgeous thick clothes, tore open the thin scab with pain, and showed the ugliest and weakest side to Hades, who has always been indifferent to their quarrels, just to beg for his mercy, so as to help Being fair shows how much she fears that her status will be impacted by the new beauties.

Hades calmly said: "He hasn't shown similar intentions for a long time, and she will be worried if he suddenly becomes tough this time." After finishing speaking, he added: "Besides, Hebe is about to get married, and the position of serving wine at the banquet will be will be available."

Hera, who was forced to make a lot of compromises to Zeus in order to win such an inconspicuous position for her unloved daughter, hated it so much that he wanted to give away the vacated position easily. Intent, even as the precious heir born of the god king and the god queen, Hebe will be reduced to the point of marrying Hercules, who flows from the dirty blood of her father and mortal woman, and she can't get rid of Zeus's plan.

"The two beauties who are about to be rewarded are two twin beauties, and they must be equally similar in appearance." Adonis smiled and said: "But there is only one position, who should give it to, this loving father will not be awarded. What does the other hate?"

If he hadn't been harmed unintentionally by the three goddesses who were fighting for the golden apple, he wouldn't have believed that something that was given a verbal meaning could also cause noble gods to compete.

Hades took it smoothly: "A precious gift that is not easy to come by, should always only favor the winner."