[Greek mythology] The fountain of youth

In the lush forest, the newborn nymph opened her ignorant eyes. Here in Mount Parnassus, newborn nymphs are born every day, and Midiya is one of them.

Since she was born, she has lived with her elder sister Clytie. They live happily in the forest, they are carefree, and their daily life is playing and laughing in the forest until they are exhausted. Sleep under the tree, and continue playing when you wake up.

How long have these days been repeated?Midea didn't remember either.

Until that day, a young deer passed in front of them, it was so beautiful, she and her sister Clytie couldn't help chasing the beautiful young deer, and they broke into the gods in Pana while they were playing and laughing. Hunting grounds south of Mount Seth.

This is the range demarcated by the gods. They acquiesce that everything within this range is their prey. Arrows rain down on them. They are just ordinary nymphs born in nature, without magical powers or attack power. There is a huge gap between God and God.

They trembled like sacrificial lambs, and the beautiful young deer had already been shot and fell to the ground.

Midea and her sister fled all the way, dodging the arrows that were shot at them, and the gods played with them like a cat and a mouse. An ordinary nymph like Midea, in the eyes of the gods, is like a deer that can be shot Same, maybe even less important than a deer.

The gods are competing, and whoever hunts the most prey will be the winner today. The god of giant spirits opened his arrow and pointed the arrow at the two sisters, treating them as prey and preparing to take them into his pocket.

nock!Let the arrows go!Seeing the arrows shooting at her like a shooting star made her heart throb. She clenched her sister Clytie's hand, ready to meet the arrival of death, but another arrow in the sky changed them. ending.

The golden arrow collided with the arrow that was originally aimed at her!Piercing that arrow in half, the blond deity just stood there, making it impossible to ignore. The blond deity said lazily, "Sorry, but I will give up these two fawns."

There is no way to be inferior to others, so the god of giant spirits had to give up the two of them.

She met her sun!Their sisters were released from the hunting ground by the good sun god Apollo, and both she and her sister Clytie fell in love with the sun hopelessly, which was the unique light of their lives.

Clytie had never seen such a handsome god, that night, she couldn't help showing off to the other sisters, Clytie blushed and told about the heroic appearance of the sun god, how he saved the two sisters.

Telling about Apollo's heroic hunting, how much she admired the sun god Apollo, and the sun god also liked her, so he saved them, "I really want to be favored by that adult and become his lover." She described too much Exaggeration, if the other Ningfu sisters didn't believe her, she immediately asked her sister Midea to testify.

At this time, Midea would say, "That's right...that's really a bright and upright Highness!"

Like a demon, Clytie kept thinking about Apollo. Every morning, she got up before dawn, stood on the top of Mount Parnassus, and watched Apollo driving the sun chariot to disperse the darkness. At sunset, Apollo drove his car back to Olympus, and never stopped every day, just to see him.

Day after day, year after year.

I am not as brave as my sister, I am too far away from that god, I only dare to hide in the dark, carefully peeking at the shadow of the sun god driving the carriage, just this is enough for me!Just a glance...

The other nymph sisters laughed secretly at Clytie, "How could the sun god like you, a little Mizusawa nymph! Clytie, stop wishful thinking!" But Midea envied her sister so much.

But Clytie did not believe this all the time, Clytie always believed that the sun god liked her, otherwise why would he save her!

She still waited on the top of the mountain every day, waiting for Apollo to drive the sun chariot, and waiting for Apollo to drive the sun chariot back, from sunrise to sunset.

Looking at the shining golden carriage like shooting stars in the sky, Clytie prayed for Apollo to stop the carriage and take a look at her!All it takes is one glance!Just to prove that he loves her!

But Clytie's wish was not fulfilled.

Apollo always drove by in a carriage and never stopped for her even for a moment!

She really couldn't bear it, and Clytie summoned up the courage to stop the golden carriage.

The beautiful nymph greeted the sun god with a blushing face, "Hello, Your Highness Apollo." However, Apollo had completely forgotten that he had saved a girl once, and he frowned, looking at the one who stopped him. Nymphs.

The gods are high above...

Clytie had already forgotten how he got back to his home in Mount Parnassus that day, his voice kept echoing in Clytie's mind, "Don't disturb my sun patrol!" "Are you Who!" "Don't disturb my sun patrol!" "Don't disturb my sun patrol!" "Who are you!"

She cried bitterly and covered her painful head, stop talking!

He doesn't remember himself!Why don't you remember yourself!He obviously smiled at himself that day, didn't he?

Clytie just didn't eat or drink like that, and it lasted for nine days and nine nights. Some sisters didn't care about this little thing at the beginning, and finally discovered Clytie's desire to die.

They cried, "Eat something, Clytie, you are skinny! Eat something!"

"Talk without eating! It's been nine days, Clytie, and I haven't heard a word from you!"

As if waking up from a dream, Clytie suddenly pushed their hands away. She got up from the soft bed and walked outside.

"Oh! Poor Clytie..."

She isolated the sound behind her, and Clytie walked outside quickly, that's great!In this warm sun, she closed her eyes and bathed in the sun, searching for the bright golden carriage with her eyes.

How good she saw him again!

She smiled and chased the sun's footsteps, "Apollo!" The sun did not stop his pace, and Clytie, who was chasing him, collapsed on the ground because of lack of energy. She knew that she was going to die, although Nymph could live For a long time, but also die.

But Kelutie didn't want to die, she wanted to continue looking at the sun!Chasing the sun!She greedily stretched out her hand to catch the sun, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't catch it. She greedily looked at the untouchable golden sun.

When Midea arrived, my sister was already lying on the ground, unable to get up forever!Her divine body gradually shrunk and gradually turned into a plant. Clytie's beautiful and delicate face turned into petals, which were the color of the sun.

This is a plant that has never appeared before. She sat beside her sister, and the face of the flower faced the sun, and two beautiful branches and leaves grew, swaying with the sun, just like Clytie reaching out to embrace sun.

She sat with her sister for a day, the sun rose and set in the west, and the flower also changed its direction. Midea burst into tears, and the tears fell on her sister Clytie. She stroked her sister's golden petals, "It's great, you can chase the sun forever." She will never be as brave as her sister.

Clytie became a sunflower, which only opened towards the direction of the sun. She bloomed at sunrise and withered at sunset, continuing her love.

The sunflower language means "silent love, unspoken love".

Later, Midea entered the sacred mountain Olympus to serve the gods, and here she once again saw her sun.

After the banquet, the nymphs who served were responsible for the aftermath. Midea was assigned to Apollo's seat. He had been away for a long time, but sitting in his seat still felt warm, like the smell of the sun.

Midea couldn't restrain her impulse. She picked up the wine glass containing Apollo's residual wine, and turned the glass to adjust to the position where Apollo had just drunk.

She drank the remaining wine with trembling lips, the bitter sweet and spicy taste, just like her mood, Apollo Apollo!Her bright sun!The sun that the two sisters share, I am not as brave as my sister, as long as I see you, it will be fine...

"Your Highness Hebe? Your Highness Hebe?" Rose's call brought Hebe back to his senses. She is not the Midea who secretly loves Apollo!

But the taste of wine was still as cold as the cold wind in his mouth, and his heart was full of suppressed emotions, and his dull eyes were watery because of this turbulent emotion.

Meet him, really want to see him!I want to see my sun!

Rose: "Midiya help me!" Both Heber and Midea responded to Rose's call, "Oh!" Rose scratched her head in embarrassment, "Oh! Your Highness Heber, you misheard, I Calling Midea."

Hebe nodded as if waking up from a dream, "Yes! I got it wrong!" She is no ordinary nymph Midea, she is Hebe, the goddess of youth!But... but so what!She wanted to see him, now!

Hebe recalled what Hermes told her, "Father turned around and threw Apollo into the world to serve for three years." "He was going to serve an illegitimate son of Zeus."

Apollo is alive!She is going to find him!Hebe obeyed her thoughts, and she left her temple and went to the world alone, regardless of the discomfort of her eyes.

Zeus was so angry that Apollo deliberately leaked the trick to buy Pandya in front of Zeus, and sent him to the world to serve his illegitimate son. The punishment was not long but only three years.

He was sent to Thessaly to serve King Admetus, where Apollo had to feed the king's livestock himself, take care of these cattle and sheep, and use this method of hard labor to atone for his sins, and he could not be lazy.

When Hebe came here, he was tidying up a wounded lamb. Hebe couldn't imagine that Apollo, who had always been obsessed with cleanliness and advocated cleanliness, was sitting on the ground obediently, taking care of the king's animals. It was even stained with dirt, something that would never have happened before.

Even such an Apollo is equally shining.

If Heber saw this kind of scene before, he would only sigh at most. The noble sun god changed his habit of being too clean, but now following the wave of Midea's memory and experiencing Midea's memory, she just has Midea. The Hebe of Diya's memory, she inherited Midia's desire for the sun.

She also longed for the sun, so she walked out of the woods and walked to Apollo's side. Just looking at him, Hebe felt unspeakable joy in his heart.

"Apollo, mine..." Hebe bit her lip in time to prevent her from blurting out the next sentence. In fact, she subconsciously knew that she was Hebe, and she didn't like Apollo. She liked Apollo and suppressed her feelings. It's Midea!

But after experiencing the feeling of involuntarily hiding love, Hebe who has no lover experience is hard to break free. Apollo stared at Hebe with eyes like bright sapphires. Hebe who was watched by these eyes just wanted to indulge in this blue ocean inside.

But the gaze only lasted for a while, and then Apollo turned his head away in disgust, "Congratulations to the goddess of youth for becoming a second-class god." Why do you look at me with this look, don't take your eyes away?Heber was surprised that Apollo, who had always been polite in Olympus, would treat him like this.

Why so nonchalant?Apollo continued to be busy taking care of the sheep of Admetus, and refused to give Hebe a glance. Hebe lowered his head in frustration, and saw his own reflection in the river beside him, as if his pale golden curly hair had been kissed by the sun. , Flying out from under the winter jasmine corolla, the exposed arms are as white as a lily, isn't this very good?

Hera is a famous beauty in Olympus. Her appearance is seven points like the mother goddess, and the other part is similar to Zeus. Although Zeus is fickle, he is also one of the best beautiful men in Olympus. Grandma), the beauty of the second generation of God Empress is needless to say.

Did she bother Apollo with her looks?Then she immediately understood that it was not she who bored Apollo, but Apollo who hated her appearance.

He loathed his mother god Hera. This kind of cognition made Hebe suppress his desire to get close to Apollo, and turned around to leave here. Hera was the wife of Zeus, but Leto's mother god was pregnant with Zeus's baby one step at a time. My child, how could the proud mother god forgive such a thing.

She directly drove the pregnant Leto out of Mount Olympus, and ordered the gods of the earth to forbid Leto to help, cut off Leto's retreat, and released the earth snake god Pitong to hunt down Leto, forcing Leto to Hiding in Tibet on the earth, Zeus, who was already at a loss, refused to rescue Leto at all.

It stands to reason that Leto can't go back to Olympus at all, but she gave birth to a good son, and Olympus respects its strength. Apollo abruptly brought his mother and sister back. There have been constant frictions over the years. Mother God Hera was never used to their mother and child. Among the many illegitimate children Hera hated Zeus, Apollo still topped the list of the mother goddess Hera hated.

And Apollo didn't like Hera either.

Hebe controlled the surging love in her chest. As a bystander, some people might think that the Queen of Heaven was too cruel to the illegitimate son and lover of Zeus, but as the child of Hera, the Queen of Heaven, with the love in her mere memory, it was because of To love someone, to deny her mother?

impossible!This is a betrayal of her mother!