[Greek Mythology] The Love of Persephone

Aphrodite, the god of love and beauty, is the most beautiful woman among the Greek gods.

She is the blood of the heavenly father Uranus dropped into the sea and transformed by the waves in the sea.This goddess of beauty has the flawless appearance in Greek aesthetics, and she is quite proud of it, often seducing everyone on Mount Olympus with her beauty.

Her beauty aroused the envy of Hera, the queen of heaven, and her debauchery made the goddesses resentful.In order to calm the anger of the goddesses, Zeus, the king of gods who also coveted Aphrodite's beauty, married the god of beauty to Hephaestus, the god of fire.

The kind-hearted Hephaestus is a rare craftsman, but he was born extremely ugly.And Aphrodite hated her husband so much that she openly had an affair with other gods after marriage.For example, Eros, the little love god, is the son of her and Ares, the god of war.

However, Hephaestus is a kind, silent, extremely inferior and loyal god. Perhaps because he was once abandoned by the mother goddess Hera because of his ugliness, this poor god almost regarded the suffering that happened to him as Of course, only rarely do you choose to fight and explode.The famous chair that brought him back to Mount Olympus was one of his few protests.And most of the time, Hephaestus loyally pleases his wife—at this moment, the gorgeous palace that Hermes flies over anxiously is a gift from Hephaestus to his wife.

This is indeed a beautiful palace that is rare in heaven and earth, full of rare treasures and blooming flowers.The fragrant wind blows the layers of light gauze curtains, and the fine details of the carvings are more exquisite and gorgeous, and the coexistence of simplicity and ingenuity shows Hephaestus's intentions.But the irony is that this place has become a place where Aphrodite and all her lovers have a good|good time.But Hephaestus was always silently tapping jewelry and utensils outside the hall without saying a word.

Hermes anxiously skipped over the silent Vulcan outside the temple, and instead of greeting him as usual, he went directly into the inner room to look for Aphrodite.After Zeus announced the decision, the twelve main gods left one after another, and he only took a short time to talk to Apollo.The Goddess of Beauty should have just returned to the palace at this moment, and has not yet fallen into a sound sleep.If this delicate and arrogant goddess was disturbed later, it would be even more difficult to ask for lead arrows.

Although Hermes was anxious, he was not lacking in reason. He stopped when he was about to enter the depths of the palace, and asked a passing maid about the news of Goddess of Beauty.After learning that the other party was not catching up on sleep or meeting his lover, he asked the maid to convey it on his behalf.Not long after, the maid came out with a smile on her face and said to him, "The God of Love and Beauty is waiting for your arrival in the inner room."

Hermes thanked her, and pushed open the last door of the inner room.

The first thing that catches the eye is the brilliant golden light, and countless gemstones are shining brightly.And then there is a gentle and intoxicating fragrance.The curtains of light gauze are layered, half down and half hung up, it is a haze that wants to be concealed.With a burst of light music, the fluttering curtains were raised, revealing a huge, shell-shaped flower-carved bed, and Aphrodite was lying on it.

Countless pearls were scattered around her, and she was covered with thick and soft red velvet, lying on her side, her eyes were gentle and moving.Her body was only covered with a nearly transparent blue cloak, her shiny white shoulders and beautifully shaped hands and legs were all exposed|exposed.The blouse was a rare treasure that was found from nowhere, under the illumination of the night pearl, there was a faint wave of light, making her look like she was soaking in sea water.Her seaweed-like hair curled around her neck and fell to the ground in long lengths.Her demeanor and appearance are extremely perfect, this kind of perfection is not a momentary fascination, but her existence itself - the god of love and beauty, Aphrodite.

At this moment, she is propping up a snow-white arm, slowly getting up from the heart of the shell, as if waking up from a spring sleep.The lotus leaf-shaped shell was the same one she stepped on when she was born naked from the ocean.At this moment, Aphrodite's expression is lazy and charming, which is extremely charming.The flowing blue shirt slipped off her body naturally, the god of love and beauty yawned, pulled it up a little casually, covered her waist, and exposed her pair of breasts frankly and innocently .Her long hair fit the curve of her body with the movement of getting up, Aphrodite stretched out a hand, and said beautifully and reproachfully:

"Dear Hermes, good man, did you come to visit me specially?"

Hermes paused in his heart, realizing that things were going to be difficult.

Obviously, the maid just now would not have the guts to disturb Aphrodite's sound sleep, so her posture of waking up from her spring sleep at this moment is deliberately posed to herself——Look at Aphrodite's soft and charming style at the moment , What else can Hermes not understand?The god of love and beauty has always loved to have fun with the male gods.

Hermes groaned inwardly, clearly anxious, but also knew that he had to keep the other party steady.If he rashly refuses the other party's courtship, it will inevitably make this arrogant goddess fly into a rage, thus losing his last hope—he must come up with a tactful way to refuse.

Missing his lover, the always articulate god of liars pondered over and over again in his heart, and waited until the beautiful goddess began to urge him impatiently, before opening his mouth to chant:

"Eternal Aphrodite, goddess on the throne, tender and affectionate daughter of Zeus! Please, do not continue this kind teasing. Goddess, don't torture my heart with pain and anxiety! Perhaps You will regard my words as the lies of young people, but if your footsteps are willing to leave this splendid palace and come to the junction of the nether world and the world, how can your pure and kind heart not suffer from the rare tragedy in this world What? God of love and beauty, Aphrodite, have pity on your brother, save me from all kinds of suffering. My soul is still pleading and calling, your loyal brother Hermes is looking forward to your help!"

"In that dark and silent abyss, all living beings in the world hate it. With your youth and beauty, it is impossible to imagine such a bleak scene. But our poor sister Persephone will be killed be forced to be queen there! Aphrodite, I have seen the ingenious Hephaestus, who built you a chariot like no other! A flock of gold-winged sparrows drove you, they flew swiftly Wings, through the clear sky, proud to take your frame to any corner. But, they would never fly to the underworld! Your eternally young face has a joyful light, like you How should one be troubled by troubles? Your beautiful eyes never have to look directly into the abyss even an inch—poor Persephone is imprisoned weakly in the cold black carriage of Hades, driving towards a hopeless future!"

"Why did I come looking for you, my kindest and most beautiful goddess? Because I know you are the only one who is willing to help Persephone, and you are the only one among the gods who can - the king of gods cannot command Hades , but you can have Eros hand me a lead arrow to undo the previous insane magic! With one stab, your sister will be free, and she will be forever grateful for your kindness! All of Olin Mount Pies will sing of the power of love, and of your name, Aphrodite!"

After Hermes finished speaking, he felt that he had done his best.However, although the young god seemed sincere and reliable on the surface, he really didn't have much confidence in his heart: Is such sweet words enough to impress Aphrodite?And can she forget the unhappiness of being rejected, and reach out to poor Persephone?He stared closely at the beautiful face of the Goddess of Beauty, refusing to let go of a slight change in it.

Aphrodite leaned on the shell casually and listened, grabbing a handful of pearls to play with from time to time, her two fair and beautiful feet | overlapping each other, wrapped in tulle.She finally listened to all of Hermes' words, yawned casually, then looked at him, and smiled charmingly.

"Hermes," the God of Love and Beauty stretched himself lazily, with a hoarse and charming voice, "You are really...very, very, very cunning."

The author has something to say: *Hermes's last chanting part is adapted from an Aphrodite hymn "Immortal Aphrodite" handed down from BC