[Greek Mythology] Prince of Zeus

At the request of Ganymedes, Zephyros used the power of the westerly wind. The six ships were sailing to the sea when a gust of westerly wind suddenly blew, which ranged from mild to severe.Zephyros cleverly tried to make this look like a natural disaster.

At first, the soldiers on board even felt that the westerly wind calmed their tiredness of the day, and closed their eyes to feel the soothing westerly wind.

When they relax their guard, or even immerse themselves in it.Like a siren, the west wind instantly became a demon devouring others. The strong sea wind rolled up the stormy waves and turned the ship over, even the most powerful helmsman was helpless at this time.

Ganymedes came to the sea and summoned thunder to descend to the depths of the sea.

Sea King Poseidon appeared in front of Ganymedes and said, "Ganymedes? What can you do with me?"

Ganymedes stretched out his hand and pointed to the distance: "That is the fleet of Hercules. He killed the sea monster you sent to sacrifice the daughter of Laomedon."

Because Poseidon, the king of the sea, sent sea monsters to trample on the land of Troy, endangering people and animals, and forced King Laomedon to sacrifice his daughter to the sea monsters, Ganymedes no longer expressed his polite respect for Poseidon in his tone.

"The sea is suddenly turbulent, so it's your fault?" Poseidon asked in surprise.

Ganymedes asked without answering: "Hercules will be swept by this strong wind to a vast and uninhabited island. There will be nothing there, so it will be a floating island. On the surface of the sea, sometimes in the sea. Will you help me so that he does not escape?"

Poseidon was even more startled by Ganymede's question, and his tone seemed to be that he clearly had the obligation to help him, but he had to know that his relatives had humiliated and intimidated him as the King of the Sea not long ago.

Although Poseidon has no enmity with Ganymedes, the divine punishment he has received recently is all because of him.

Poseidon said to Ganymedes: "Dear prince Ganymedes, although you have made a request to me, even though it is extremely indecent to refuse the request of a beautiful boy, I have to refuse you. Then It is Hercules, the God of Hercules who is best at killing monsters from heaven to earth, and I don't want to bring disaster to my people in the sea."

Ganymedes didn't even sneer at him. Could it be that the majestic Neptune is afraid of a Hercules?

Ganymedes calmly said: "Hercules and his men broke into the city of Troy, which was guarded by the king of the gods, swept the city of Troy, and killed the king of Troy, Laomedon, and his wife. Only the youngest son, Priam, and poor Hesione are left. Therefore he will receive his due punishment."

Hearing this, Poseidon laughed in his heart. Was that godless and dishonest Laomedon killed by Hercules?This is really good, on the contrary, I should thank Hercules for doing what I wanted to do but didn't dare to do.It is worthy of being the fearless Hercules.

Ganymedes noticed the change in Poseidon's expression and said: "Don't you want to side with Hercules? Sea King Poseidon, have you forgotten your greatest hero son Orion, yes Why did they die? And who was promoted to the constellation of Orion, and Enze was extremely loyal, and they were also promoted to the constellation of Minor Dog. Let them be accompanied in the sky forever, and be admired and remembered by the people."

"That's what Hera did, and it has nothing to do with Hercules." Sea King Poseidon said, thinking of his hero son Orion, Poseidon showed sentimental feelings.

"Hercules is the son-in-law of the queen Hera. If it wasn't because of Hera's abuse, why would he be so cruel to Troy and want to ask for the gift from the god king Zeus to my father. You can understand the relationship. Ganymedes said, "And you want to side with Hera, the queen who killed your son Orion, and refuse to help Zeus, who favored your son Orion and elevated him to a glorious constellation. Offend his guarded city, but stand by? Are you still plotting against Zeus, the king of gods? Even happy to see it happen."

Sea King Poseidon plunged his trident into the ground, and said anxiously: "Prince Ganymedes, don't accuse me of unwarranted crimes. You know that I don't mean anything."

Ganymedes said: "Then you still send sea monsters to trample on Troy and force the king of Troy to hand over his daughter as a sacrifice to the sea monster? You and Zeus were kings on each side and did not offend each other, but now you have offended the king of Troy." His guardian place."

Poseidon was sweating profusely at what Ganymedes had said, and said, "This...I..."

He wanted to say that Zeus couldn't care about such a small fight, but Ganymedes said it as if it had become some great treason.He had just completed a year of hard labor for mankind.I absolutely don't want to be punished by God any more.Nor does Zeus decide that he has repeatedly made mistakes and disobeyed Zeus.That may incur what kind of divine punishment.

"As long as you help me, the sea monster can never be blamed." Ganymedes said understandingly, weighing the pros and cons.

"Okay, tell me, what do you want me to do for you?" Poseidon could not defend Ganymedes, and answered willingly, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

At this time, Ganymedes looked towards the distance of the sea.

The six ships capsized under the strong wind and the turbulent waves. All the men, horses and ships fell into the sea, sank into the suffocating and terrifying deep sea, and became the gluttonous things of the sea creatures. corpse.

And Hercules has been swept up into the sky by the westerly wind, to the barren floating island.On the floating island, there will be nothing but decay and decay, and when the floating island sometimes sinks into the sea, he will also sink, feeling the suffocation and pain of the sea water pouring into his body, but he will not die .Then he floated out of the sea with the floating island, and continued to be tortured by the silent and boring confinement where only he was blank.

"I want you to raise sea water barriers around and above the floating island where Hercules was swept up, so that he cannot break through. Otherwise, even if you throw him on a desert island, you won't be able to keep him locked up for long. You will be able to escape for a few days and nights in the middle reaches." Ganymedes said, "What I want is a complete closure. He has no other place to go except to sink and float with the floating island. You have to guard him personally, so that he cannot escape."

Heracles was punished as a prisoner, and Poseidon was punished as a prisoner.

Sea King Poseidon nodded, and said: "Okay, I will do it myself. But before that, please release Briareus and let me see him, I will give him a good meal! If not Because of him, how could I possibly participate in the conspiracy..."

"What does this mean?" Ganymedes interrupted Poseidon.

Poseidon was angry when he released this time, slipped his mouth, thought for a while, and stopped hiding, and told what Hades, the king of the underworld, said to him.

Ganymedes freed Briareus to meet Poseidon.

I thought to myself, it really was Hades' conspiracy.

After that, Ganymedes and Poseidon went to the floating island where Zephyrus, the god of the west, swept Hercules to.

Poseidon had Ganymedes stand on his trident so that Ganymedes could stand directly on the sea.

Arrived at the sea outside the floating island.

Ganymedes stood on Poseidon's trident and saw Hercules throwing a fit over what had happened to him.

Hercules shouted loudly, smashed the rotten logs on the floating island, kicked up the mud, and worried about why he was swept away by the strong wind again.All his fellow warriors perished at sea.

Poseidon raised an impenetrable seawater barrier from the deep seabed and approached the floating island, sealing the entire floating island.Thus, the possibility of Hercules passing the time by looking at the clouds or the occasional seabirds passing by was eliminated.The seawater barrier also blocked the entry of external sounds, and Hercules would not even be able to hear the sound of seawater that could feel the waves.

Only the imprisoned suffer.

All this satisfied Ganymedes.

Ganymedes returned to Mount Olympus.

Ganymedes saw Zeus in the cloister of golden pillars.

Zeus came to Ganymedes, led Ganymedes to the courtyard outside the corridor, sat down on the edge of the flower bed on one side, and comforted him: "I saw the lightning and thunder you sent down with anger. .What has made you so angry, my prince."

Ganymedes did not intend to hide anything, and said bluntly: "Heracles asked my nephew Laomedon for the morning light and the best horse in the sun that you gave to my father Troos, Laomedon. Unwilling to give—your gift is the treasure that Troy will protect with all his might. So Hercules killed my nephew Laomedon, and implicated his wives and children, Only the youngest son, Priam, remained."

That's not lying, it's just omitting half the truth.

After hearing this, Zeus said angrily, "What? He did such an arrogant thing?"

Ganymedes comforted Zeus in turn, put his hand on Zeus and said: "Please don't be angry. He offended your guardian city and killed my relatives. I have punished him. When he left Troy, The west wind rolled him to a deserted floating island, and sealed it with the sea water as a barrier, and he will not escape from there."

Zeus stroked Ganymede's cheek that was shining in the sun and said: "You have handled it well. He will be there to pay for his sins."

Hera happened to be passing through the corridor and heard this.

I was angry.At the beginning, without telling Zeus, she caused Heracles to be swept by the north wind to the densely populated Kos, where Heracles suffered a lot.And what did she get?Hercules was rescued by Zeus. Her feet were tied to an anvil, her hands were bound with gold chains, and she was hung upside down in mid-air for public display.

Now that Ganymedes has done this, is it good?