[Greek mythology] The fountain of youth

While Hebe was talking with the mother goddess, Iris, the god of the rainbow, notified the visit of Ares, the god of war. Ares, the god of war, was the second child of Zeus and Hera, and Hebe's elder brother.

Before Ares entered the temple, his hearty laughter came, "Mother God, what did I catch for you?" He walked into the temple with a one-eyed python dozens of meters long, "Mother God! Look at this one-eyed python." He let go of the python as if offering a treasure, and the python obediently rolled up its body and buried its head on the golden blanket in front of Hera's feet.

"I caught it in the northwest of the land. It is the child of the Cyclops and the Gorgon. It is born with great strength. The one eye can petrify people. Hera with bull eyes! You will love it."

Ever since the death of Pi Tong, a member of the Mother Goddess, the Mother Goddess has been a little unhappy.

Hera always likes to collect all kinds of monsters with supernatural powers, such as the nine-headed demon snake Hydra, the giant snake Pitong born of Gaia, the mother of the earth, the hundred-headed dragon Radon, the cyclops on the volcano, etc...

Knowing his mother's preferences, Ares, the God of War, searched the world for a long time before he found a monster like the one-eyed python with strange powers like Piton.

Hebe was imprisoned in the human world in her last life, so she didn't see her relatives and friends, and saw her brother again. She didn't know how to talk to this brother who had disappointed her long ago.

Ares' attention had already turned to Hebe, and he teased, "My little sister, you are finally willing to come out of your temple!" Throwing it into the air, Heber was amused by him and laughed.

She was held in the arms of her brother and buried on his shoulders. Unlike the mother goddess, she was fragrant and soft. Her whole body was hard and full of tendons, but her body smelled like blood and mud after the rain and also a little bit of grass. So reassuring... She was playing with her brother, Hera on the throne watching them lovingly.

Most of the goddesses of the Earth Mother lineage are snakes, and one of Hera's family is also a snake, and her family is also a snake. Hebe gently stroked the one-eyed giant snake brought by Ares.

"Hebe wants to ask the mother god and brother for help. My divine power is low and I am still a third-class god, and my gods are all nymphs and fairies who have no fighting power. The gods on Mount Olympus always go to my temple of youth privately. , steal my spring of youth without asking me..."

"Who dares to break into your temple so boldly!" Ares widened his eyes viciously, and clenched his big fists, "Hebe, tell me who it is, and see if I don't give them a good lesson. They're pretty."

Hebe is now exaggerating the behavior of the gods on Mount Olympus. Hebe's divine power is oriented to the human side. Now that human beings are in the silver age and their lifespan is as long as a hundred years, youth is not important to the gods.

In the later era, the life expectancy of human beings shortened, and the priesthood of youth began to become more and more important. The way to obtain youth was to be a follower of Hebe, the goddess of youth, and be blessed by Hebe to obtain youth.The second is to drink the spring water of youth flowing out of the golden cup, the companion artifact of the goddess of youth.

Human beings are different from gods. They do not have infinite life, and even youth is pitifully short. It is often just the opening banquet of the gods, and the human dependents of the gods become old.

In her previous life, Hebe, the goddess of youth, was the cupbearer of the gods on Mount Olympus. She poured wine for the gods at every banquet, and these wines would make the gods happy, keep their youthful vitality, and never tire. meaning.

These wines come from the Fountain of Youth, so Heber fixed the golden cup in the temple to become a spring, but the convenient food and wine had no chance to turn the golden cup back in the last life, and they never got back the golden cup until they married. He always goes to the Temple of Youth privately and steals the spring of youth for his family members to take.

One god is to steal, a group of gods is to "take"

Now Hebe begged Hera and Ares to solve this problem. Hera gave Hebe the hydra Hydra as the guard of the Temple of Youth, and Ares gave Hebe a group of giants as a temple. guard.

At night, Mount Olympus held a banquet, and Heber released all the nymphs and fairies in the temple to play, and stayed alone in the hall.

She came to the edge of the spring and uttered a spell to turn the water into a golden cup.

Her accompanying artifact, the golden cup, has been buried in the temple by her.Hebe secretly vowed in her heart that this time she would never be a weak goddess again. She deeply knew that only by becoming a strong goddess can she live with dignity, and the father and mother cannot protect her from being innocent all the time.

The author has something to say that Hera is a bit of a collector

The first is the "Golden Age".This is the era equivalent to the reign of Kronos.Human beings live happily with God without any worries, and obey God's will piously. Because food is abundant, there is no need to work, the body is strong, and there is no need to worry about disease and death.

The second is the "Silver Age".This is the era equivalent to the beginning of the reign of Cronus' son Zeus.Men no longer obey the will of the gods, and therefore are no longer as happy as they used to be, they are strong but irrational, their childhood is a hundred years long, but their manhood is short and quarreling with each other.Zeus sank humans into the ground as punishment for their disrespect, and dead humans would become "blessed ghosts" who knew neither sorrow nor joy.

The third is the "Bronze Age".Human beings are even more godless, and are keen on war all day long.They have strong bodies and cruel hearts, and they enter the cold hell after death.Because their production tools, weapons and even housing were made of bronze, they were named after the Bronze Age.

The fourth is "The Age of Heroes".This is the only era that is more advanced than the previous era. Human beings have become braver and more just than before. They live together with demigods and heroes, and their strength and wisdom are close to those of gods, so it is called "the age of heroes".The Trojan War belonged to this era.At this time, people enter the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss after death.