Blasphemy in Ancient Greek Mythology

Helmsman on board, using only the edge of the sail, Carefully avoid your clamor!Thou hast exaggerated thy bounty to me, and I think, of all gods and mortals, that Venus alone is the savior of my voyages.But you know it in your heart, but you just don't want to hear me tell, how Eros forced you to save my body with the arrow that hit every shot.I don't want to make the matter too obvious; whatever the reason you helped me, it worked out well!But because you saved me, the benefit you get is much greater than the favor you bestowed on me.I can prove it this way: First, you came to live in Greece from that barbaric place, and you know how to live under justice and law, and no longer stress violence; and all the people in Greece have heard that you are smart, so you have a reputation!No one will ever praise you if you still live on the remote borders of the earth.If fate does not make me famous, I don't even want the gold in my house, I don't even want to sing songs sweeter than Orpheus's.These many words refer to the difficulties I have experienced, and you have provoked me to refute them. He stopped talking, drank a glass of water by himself, and continued, "As for you scolding me for marrying the princess, I can prove that I did this wisely, and it was not for love. I am worthy of you and your son." Very powerful friend.Since I came here from Ilcos with so many unmanageable misfortunes, what could I, an exile, find more beneficial than marrying the king's daughter?It's not that I've turned away from you, which troubles you so much, that I'm in love with this bride, or that I long to have more sons: we have had enough of them, and I have no complaints.The most important thing is that we have to live decently and not be too poor. I know that everyone avoids the poor and doesn't like to be close to them.I also want to bring up these two sons born by you, as worthy of them growing up in my family; and then combine these two sons born by you with their future brothers, so that if we are united, we will be blessed up.You are also thinking about your children. I just use those future sons to help our two children who have already been supported.Did I plan wrong?You would never have blamed me if you hadn't been stung by envy. "

Medea: "Now you don't have to do it so beautifully and speak so nicely to me, because I can knock you down with one sentence: If you really have no bad intentions, you should enlighten me first, and then Marriage should not be concealed from your relatives. Jason, you can't hide your words more beautifully; but, in my opinion, you are a bitch, you are a liar! You will be punished!"

Jason argued: "You still can't suppress the furious anger in your heart, so if I told you about this at the beginning, how could you not have fulfilled my marriage properly?"

Medea laughed sharply.

Jason's tone slowed down, "You can believe it now, I didn't marry this princess and occupy her bed for love; I did it to save you, so that I could make some brothers with your two sons , noble child, to protect our family."

"You liar!" Medea complained.

"I will not argue with you any more. If you will accept financial assistance for you and your son in exile, just tell me, I will give it to you very generously, and I will send some tokens to you. They will treat you well, my friend. You would be a fool, woman, if you would not accept even that; it would be better for you if you could appease your anger."

Medea pushed him away: "I don't need your friend, and I don't accept anything from you. You don't have to give it to me."

"I pray to the gods to testify that I am willing to do my best to help you and your son. But if you don't accept this good intention, you stubbornly reject your friend. You will suffer even more!"

Medea stood up and pointed at Jason, "Fuck you! Get out of this house! You are thinking of your newly married woman, and you are still far away from her boudoir to stay here. Although you are with her Get married, you will regret it, I promise! You will have a marriage that even you are willing to quit."

Jason left angrily, he felt that Medea was really unreasonable.

[-]. Medea's Revenge

Medea: "O great Nemesis! Where are you?"

Nemesis appeared, still the same. "Poor Medea, you have ignited a raging flame of revenge, very good and powerful!"

Medea washed her face and began to perform sacrifices.She held up the scepter, pricked her finger, and blood flowed into the bowl.In the porcelain bowl are flower petals and clear water.She began to chant the incantation: "Gods of Mount Olympus! I pray to you! Now, my friends, we go to defeat our enemies! Where my plan encountered great difficulties, there appeared this A haven of refuge alone, where I will tie my stern when I go to the capital and acropolis of Pallas." She drank the bowl of water with a spell, and said to Furies: "I Now tell you my whole plan, but don't hope it sounds nice. I'll send my servant and ask Ia to come to me. When he comes, I'll say sweetly: everything is done Very well, all satisfactory. I also asked him to let my two sons stay. I did not abandon them in this enemy's country, but I wanted to use this trick to murder the king's daughter, because I wanted to kill them. Go forward with a present in both hands, a fine robe and a golden crown. If she accepts it, while her body is stained with it, she herself and all who release her shall die a miserable death, for I will be on these gifts Apply poison."

"But this punishment for him is too light, Medea, you have to be more vicious!" The goddess of revenge fanned the flame of revenge, making it burn more vigorously!

"I will stop here about this matter, but I am distressed by a dreadful thing I am determined to do, which is that I will kill my own children! Pretending to kill them, of course! My dear children I hope they will play a show with me and not be seen through! After I destroy Jason's family and do the most heinous thing boldly, I will leave here. Friends and enemies Of course it is hard to bear ridicule, but that is not enough, for what do I desire for life, I have no city, no home, no place of refuge? I heard the words of a Greek who once abandoned me It is a big mistake! As long as the gods help me, I will punish that guy! From now on, he will never see the children I borne him live, and his bride will not borne him a child. Son, for my poison must cause the pregnant woman to die a miserable death."

The goddess of revenge said: "Medea, you are too weak, how can you be kind to your son, he also has his father's blood in his body."

Medea raised her head and glared at Furies. "Don't let anyone think that I am weak and incompetent, gentle and submissive; I happen to be another kind of woman: I am cruel to my enemies, but gentle to my friends. It is an honor to be like me. My sons are innocent! Give it up, I want to protect them! As for Jason, I have a better way to make his life worse than death!"

She turned her head to the nanny and said, "Hurry up and get Jason, all my trust is on you. If you are loyal to your housewife, and you are also a woman, don't reveal my intentions."

Jason came soon, and he heard that Medea had figured it out.Jason saw that Medea no longer had the hysteria just now, and now she has regained her senses, dressed gorgeously, and combed her hair meticulously.Jason was delighted at her change, and said: "I have come here at your word, because, O woman, though you are my enemy, I shall not disappoint you in this trifle. Let me hear Listen, what new request do you have for me?"

Medea smiled very gently, Jason didn't see the flash of viciousness in her eyes, she said to Jason: "Jason, I beg you to forgive what I just said, since we were so dear in the past , you should put up with my irascible temperament. I always consider myself unfortunate, and I treat those who advise me well and kindly as enemies? I hate the king here, I hate my husband, but I figured it out, you Marrying this princess is for my own good, to add brothers to my son. The gods have given me a great favor, I already have two children, I know we were expelled and have no relatives here When I think of this, I feel how stupid I am, and how wronged this rage is! I now praise you, and think you have done a very wise job of marrying for our sake; I was too stupid myself, and I should help Complete your plan for you, and serve your bride in front of the bed happily. I don’t speak ill of us; don’t learn from our fragility, and don’t repay stupidity for stupidity. Please forgive me, I admit that I used to be very Confused; but now I think more thoughtfully." Her words made Jason very happy, and he nodded frequently, with appreciation in his eyes.

Medea changed the subject and said to the back room: "Children, children, come out, come out of the house! Come with me, kiss your father and say goodbye. Let's forget the past together. Hate, make peace with our loved ones! Because we are reconciled and my anger has subsided."

Jason was very excited, and he kissed his son, "Ah, ma'am, I commend your words and deeds now, and those things will not be pursued at all, because it is natural for a woman to be angry at her husband for marrying another wife. You My heart has become very good, although it was a bit late, after all, I made up my mind and became very kind."

Medea smiled, went to the table, poured a bowl of wine, walked over, and handed it to Jason. "This is the wine I made specially for you, just take a sip, for our future happy life." Jason drank the poison without doubting him.Medea was very happy in her heart, and she also showed joy on her face.Jason thought he was happy for himself, so he said that men are always arrogant and stupid.He doesn't understand a woman's mind, and a beautiful woman's smile is poisonous to the intestines!

Jason kissed his child: "Children, please help the gods. Your father cares about you very much and has obtained the greatest safety for you. I believe that you will join your future brothers to become this Corinthian Noblest men in the land. You only need to grow up quickly, and all things will be prepared for you by your father with the help of those benevolent gods. May I see you enter the prime of life with my own eyes, and grow stronger than over my enemy."

Seeing Medea shed tears again, he asked: "Hey, why did you shed crystal tears and wet your pupils? Why did you turn your pale face away? Why are you not happy after listening to me?" ?”

Medea: "No reason, I'm just worried about these two children."

Jason: "Why are you so sad for these two children?"

Medea: "Because they were born to me; when you prayed to the gods to keep them alive, I felt sorry for them. I wonder if this can be done?"

Jason: "You can rest assured now, the father will handle their affairs well."

Medea: "Of course I can rest assured that I won't disbelieve your words, but we women always cry. I have only said half of what I asked you to discuss, and I will tell you the other half now: since the king wants to Drive me out, I know, I'd better not live here, lest I disturb you, and the king of this place. I think I am an enemy of the royal family here, I must leave this place and go into exile. But my Go, children, and beg Creon not to drive them out, but let them be brought up in your hands."

Jason patted his chest and said: "I don't know if I can persuade the king, but I will definitely try."

Medea hesitated to speak: "But, no matter what, tell your... to beg her father."

"I will definitely go, I think I can always persuade her to go." Jason said, wanting to hug Medea, but Medea avoided her. She went to the bedroom and took out some things.Say to Jason: "As long as she is like the other women. I will also help you with this difficult thing: I will send her some gifts, a fine robe, a golden crown, and ask the children to take , I know that these two gifts are the most beautiful things in the world." Jason saw the things in her hands, and he looked at Medea strangely.

Medea concealed her evil thoughts and said with a smile: "This princess is really lucky. She has got a good man like you as her husband, and she can also get this dress. This is my grandfather Helios. It will be passed on to his descendants." She turned around, knelt down, and hugged her son, "Children, quickly take these two gifts for the new couple and take them to the princess bride, to the princess Happy girl! She would never despise such a gift!"

Jason didn't think so, he said: "You are too stupid, why did you give these things out of your hands? Do you think that there is a lack of robes and gold gifts in the palace? Please stay Come on, don't go out and give it away. I know very well that as long as that woman thinks highly of me, she would rather have me than any property. "

Medea: "Don't talk like that. It is said that even the gods can be tempted by gifts. Buying people with gold is far better than a thousand words. She has a lot of luck, and the gods will add to her. She is young and will will be the queen here; if not with gold, but with my life, I will go and redeem my sons, that they shall not be exiled."

Jason was still reluctant, he didn't want the princess to look down on him and feel that he was poor.

Medea ignored him, and said to the children: "Children, when you enter the rich palace, please give this garment to your father's bride, to my mistress, and ask her not to drive you away. Leave the country. It is very important for her to accept this gift with her own hands! Hurry up and hope that you will come back and report the good news I am looking forward to after you succeed.”

Jason went to the palace with the two children.Then Medea said to the nanny Aia: "Aia, you also go to see what happened to my enemy, and come back and tell me in detail."

Medea looked at the backs of them going away, and laughed, tears came out. Finally, she cried, squatting on the ground, weeping bitterly, and said to herself while crying: "The magic power on the fragrant robe And the splendor of the golden crown would tempt her to wear it, and when so adorned she would go down to be a bride; and the poor creature would fall into the trap, into the doom of death, . . . not escape destruction!" She cried and laughed, madly, and then she got up and danced, singing, "You wretched man, you wretched bridegroom who wants to be married to the royal family, you bring that dreadful thing to your bride." death. Poor man, you are about to pass from happiness to misfortune!"

[-]. The Death of the Princess and the Disabling of Jason

night.Medea walked up and down the room, sometimes talking to herself, sometimes silent, crying and laughing.She anxiously waited for the news, is it the clarion call of death, or the song of victory?She is waiting for her own ending.

Nanny Aiya came in and looked at Medea, who was in a daze. She was tearing her hair, her clothes were messy, and her face was full of tears.The nurse felt sorry for her, and she cried: "O suffering mother of children, I also deplore your suffering, that you married another wife for your husband's sake, and abandoned you so lawlessly for the bride's Marriage, want to kill your son!"

When Medea saw the nanny coming in, she stopped dancing and looked at the nanny in a daze. Her lips trembled and her face turned pale. "Princess……"

The nanny closed her eyes and replied as if she couldn't bear it: "When your children and their father left the palace and hadn't gone far, she took up the colorful robe and put it on. , even put the golden crown on her curly hair, straightened her hair in front of the mirror, and laughed at her lazy figure. Then she stood up from the seat, and held her snow-white feet in the room very delicately. Walking up and down, very satisfied with these two gifts, and frequently staring at the outstretched instep."

The nurse said this, panting heavily, and Medea urged her.

"This... At this time, I saw that terrible scene. She suddenly changed color, couldn't stand upright, and fell backwards. Her body couldn't stop shaking. Fortunately, she fell on the seat and didn't fall to the ground. There was an old servant there, and she thought it might be Pan, the mountain god, or some other god, who was angry, calling out to the god! When she saw her foaming at the mouth, the pupils of her eyes rolled up, and her skin pale, Then she wept loudly, and did not cry out as before. Immediately some people went to her father's palace, and others went to tell the bridegroom the news of the bride's death, and the whole palace resounded with a heavy, running sound. About one The good walker circled the [-]-foot racetrack and reached the finish line, the poor woman woke up from the state of closed eyes and silence, and uttered a terrible groan, because the double pain was attacking her : From the golden crown on her head sprang a startling, destructive flame; and the exquisite gown, a gift from your child, devoured the tender skin of the poor creature. She was burned by the fire, and suddenly she fell from her seat Rising up and running away, shaking her hair now this way, now that way, to shake off the crown; but the golden crown held tighter and tighter, and every time she shook her hair the flame grew double. At last she gave The bad luck was overcome, and she fell to the ground, and it was difficult for anyone but her father to know her, because her eyes were no longer good, her face was no longer human, and blood and fire flowed from her head. Muscles were like turpentine tears, and drops of poison were sucked from between her bones by invisible lips. It was a terrible sight! No one was afraid to touch her body, because her suffering was a miracle. Good warning."

As if frightened, Medea asked one by one, "Where's her father? Where's her father?"

"Her father--the poor man--was unaware of the misfortune. At this moment he ran into the room and fell on her body. Immediately he cried out in alarm, and taking the body with his arms, he She kissed, and cried thus: 'My poor daughter! Which god has so insulted thee? Which god has deprived my dying old man of your daughter? Oh, I must My child, I will die with you!' When he silenced the cry of grief, he tried to raise his old body, but it would stick to the delicate robe like tendrils of ivy. It's like being entangled in a laurel tree. It's a terrible kind of wrestling: one wants to stand up on his knees, but the other is glued tightly; The bones were splintered. At last the unfortunate man died and died, because he could bear the pain no longer. The daughter lay with the dead father, and such a disaster makes one weep!"

After Medea heard this horrific scene, her heart was churning. She couldn't tell whether she was happy or in pain. She looked at the nanny, who looked like a walking dead, and asked, "Am I vicious?"

The nanny turned her head, "I have nothing to say about you, because you know how to escape punishment yourself. This is not the first time I see life as a phantom; there is no happy person in this world; some people have a lot of money , although he is luckier than others, he is not really blessed. It seems that the gods will cause Jason to suffer a lot today, and it is his own fault."

After hearing the nanny's answer, Medea suddenly sneered, raised her head, put back the tears in her eyes, and said, "Aia, my friend, I have made up my mind to do this right away: kill me I will not let my husband escape from this place again. I will not waste my time, nor will I leave my children to die at more cruel hands. Be strong, my heart! Why hesitate to do this Terrible, must-do bad thing!" At this moment, her two sons came running back.Medea excitedly stepped forward to kiss the cheeks of her sons, and tears wet the skirts of her sons.She hugged her two sons tightly, "My son, how about playing a game with mom later?" Her two sons nodded innocently.Medea clung to their little ears and whispered to them the rules of the game.

Nine, the ending

When Jason heard the sad news that the princess was killed, he ran to Medea's residence in despair.He didn't come to help Medea.He hated Medea for causing this terrible disaster, and cursed that she would be punished.He had come to save the lives of his two sons.He worried that Creon's people would kill his two children in revenge for Medea's murder.

Jason's heart was twisted like a knife, and he wanted to cry but had no tears. He wanted to ask the heavens if there were any gods.He raised his head in grief, but saw Medea cast a spell, riding in the dragon chariot given to her by her grandfather Helios, and appeared in the air with the corpses of her two sons.The eyes of the two children on the dragon carriage were closed, their faces were pale, and there were bloodstains on their bodies.

Jason was so angry that he pointed at Medea and cursed: "Damn thing, you are the most hated woman by the gods, all mankind and me!"

"Thank you for your compliment. I sue you, Jason. You have also lost the qualifications to be a man from now on, and you have also lost the qualifications to be a father. This is what happens when you betray me!"

"You!" Jason was startled and angry.

"You drank my poisoned wine, you have lost your fertility!"

"Give me back my son! You vicious woman, you don't deserve to be a mother, you won't even let your own son go! You are worse than a beast!"

"This is impossible!" stubborn and angry Medea refused, "I want to take them to Hera's temple on the cape and bury them with my own hands, lest my enemies insult them and dig their graves. There was a great celebration and sacrifice to atone for my murder. I am going to Athens myself, and ask Aegeus to take me in."

Jason was overwhelmed with grief.

Medea pointed at Jason and sneered, "You bastard, you have seen the tragic outcome of your new marriage with your own eyes, and you will die a terrible death!"

Jason was also full of grief and anger, and cursed Medea: "You hateful woman! May the god of revenge for children and the god of justice who avenge murders destroy you!" But he still wanted to touch his son's delicate body again , kissed her son's lovely lips, but Medea was determined not to agree.

Jason faced the sky and cried out sadly: "Oh, Zeus, do you hear that? Do you hear how this vicious murderous lioness made me suffer?"

This is exactly what Medea wanted to see!Jason fell to the ground, howling in pain!

Medea drove a dragon chariot to Athens with her two sons and nanny Aya.

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