Bacchus in Greek mythology

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Pearl sat in front of the dressing table, wondering what to think.

Recently Hades always leaves early and returns late. Pearl doesn’t ask, and he doesn’t say anything. Usually, even if the husband and wife are in the same room, they don’t speak a word a day. This kind of life has lasted for decades. Pearl smiled bitterly. She and Hades had no relationship for a long time. Everything now is just for the dignity of the so-called Hades and Queen Hades.

She stood up and walked to the side hanger, where Hades gave her a long mermaid dress, so gorgeous, so extravagant, and so empty.

Caressing this long dress is like seeing your own life, all the same.

After Hades came back, he saw Pearl standing in front of the dress he gave her thinking, he was stunned, and then walked over, trying to wrap Pearl around him from behind, but when he was about to touch her, he was caught. dodge.

Looking at the empty arms, Hades withdrew his hand, concealed the boredom in his heart, turned around and asked, "How are you doing recently? I've been busy with some things these days, so I don't have time to accompany you, sorry."

Pearl looked at Hades calmly, but it aggravated the depression in Hades' heart. After a while, Pearl smiled: "It doesn't matter, my life will be the same without you."

The two kept looking at each other for a long time before Hades said calmly, "Okay."

Then he turned and left.It took less than 10 minutes for him to come in and go out.Pearl sat back on the chair, buried her head in her arms, and wanted to cry, but couldn't cry. After decades of crying, the tears had dried up long ago.

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Early in the morning, Ampoulos was startled by Dio.

"Go travel?"

Ampulos looked at him suspiciously, not understanding why he made this sudden decision.Dio nodded with a smile, brushed butter on the bread, and handed it to Ampoulos who was still on the bed, "I like traveling, and I like you, so I want to take you on a trip to see the beautiful scenery, It can be regarded as a celebration of the establishment of our relationship."

Ampoulos blinked, his azure eyes contained many secrets, Dionysus loved his eyes the most, and he never took his eyes off him every time.

After thinking about it, Ampoulos nodded: "Okay, then where are we going?"

Hearing that he agreed, Dio laughed happily, "Go to Amazon first, I have something to do, after that, you can go wherever you want, it's all up to you."

After that, Dio leaned over and left a kiss on the corner of Ampoulos' lips before he could react, then turned around and went out like a child who stole candy.

Ampolos froze for a moment, and it took him a long time to recover. He touched the place where he was kissed, bit his lower lip, and didn't know what he was thinking.

Lord Dionysus, who succeeded in stealing food, inspected his palace, and everyone felt the unusual mood of Dionysus.Although he is usually very happy, today is definitely different from usual. Thinking of the beautiful boy who was hidden in the golden house of Dionysus, everyone laughed, the women whispering to each other, and the big beds of Lord Dionysus. The /thing version was circulated.

Unbeknownst to the two parties, they were preparing to leave for the Amazon.

Amazon is a small island in the sea. The residents on the island are all believers of Ares. They are brave and good at fighting, and they all yearn for fighting in battle. However, the most unique thing about this island is not their unanimous belief, but because it is a country of daughters. .

The women on the island are in power. They buy and sell men to obtain offspring. If they give birth to a daughter, they will raise them up and train them to be female warriors like them. If they give birth to a son, they will either throw them into the sea or sell them to foreigners.

Dio thought that Ampoulos didn't know this, so he explained it carefully for him. Ampoulos listened quietly all the time, and then asked: "Who is the queen now, and how is Hippolyta?"

Dio opened his eyes wide, "Do you know Hippolyta?"

Hippolyta has been dead for 600 years, and the Queen of the Amazons has changed many people. The Sirens went to the Amazon once when Hippolyta was in power. At that time, she went to deliver a message for the goddess of hunting. Luta's elegance doubled her favor, and she never asked about Hippolyta, nor did the goddess of hunting tell her what happened to Hippolyta.

Ampulos was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I heard that she is very famous. But I have only heard of it a little, and I don't know how she is now."

Dio smiled: "It is indeed very famous, and she can be regarded as a heroine. Later, she married Theseus and died in the war. Few people remember her now."

Ampulos also laughed: "Maybe I have a better memory, I can't forget many things."

Dio raised the corners of his lips, tilted his head to look at Ampoulos, stroked the broken hair on his forehead, and said, "Speaking of which, I don't know who your parents are, and I don't know your background. Tell me? I want to know everything about you."

Dio's eyes sparkled, and Ampoulos was dazed for a moment, but he still told Dio the story he had made up a long time ago.

"My father is a blacksmith, and my mother is just the most ordinary woman. There is nothing to say about my life experience, which is the most common life experience in the world. I wanted to hunt some rabbits in the Peloca Forest that day, but I didn't expect to meet You. This is really a big gain."

Ampoulos smiled like a god, and Dio listened quietly, and then took Ampoulos' hand, "So, can an ordinary farmhouse give birth to someone as beautiful as you? If I didn't hear you say that, I always thought you were a child of some god, maybe your parents are descendants of god."

Ampolos thought for a while and said, "Maybe, but they are long gone, and now I am just an orphan."

Dio leaned over and kissed Ampulos on the face, "With me here, you will never be alone."

As he spoke, he opened his arms, Ampoulos looked at him suspiciously, and Dio smiled: "Come here, we should go to the Amazon."

Ampoulos froze for a moment, then hugged him obediently, and wrapped his arms around Dionysus' waist. Ampoulos blushed instantly, and his lean figure was in front of his eyes, as well as the strong chest muscles. Ampoulos carefully put his chin in the socket of Dio's shoulder, barely daring to breathe.

Dio smiled, and the huge white wings flashed and spread openly. Dio leaned over, and he and Ampoulos fell from the window. After a little flapping of their wings, they flew into the sky.

Ampulos stared blankly at Dionysus soaring in the air. He looked ahead. At the moment of take-off, he put a cloak on Ampulos to protect him from being blown by the wind. Blow pain.Human beings are so fragile, little things can make them miserable.

Noticing Ampulos' gaze, Dio showed a smile, and then looked forward with peace of mind.Ampulos withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the pair of white wings in front of him. The feathers were arranged in a regular manner, and each one was as white and beautiful as white snow. This is a symbol of gods. All gods have a pair of wings, either on the shoulders or on the Feet, like all blood gods.

Seemingly evoking very bad memories, Ampoulos closed his eyes, rested his head on Dio, and stopped looking at anything.Dio glanced at him, then turned away again.

The Peroca Forest was named after Gaia, the goddess of the earth, before he was born. Now people are used to calling that forest "Iridina". Knowing that the original name was Peroca, at least it is still alive. The gods of more than 4000 years, Ampoulos knew, so, who told him?

Just at the place where he often took a nap, there appeared a beautiful young man who was absolutely no less than a god, and he was an unarmed human being. Could there be such a coincidence?Dionysus smiled, and the soldiers came to cover up the water and earth. Life was too peaceful, and he began to feel bored.

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In Siren's words, the black poplar tree was brought back by her and raised as a child. It can not only pass the time, but also help with work.

As soon as she came out of the house, she saw a man standing next to the black poplar with his back to her. The black poplar looked very happy. The siren saw the person coming and walked slowly.

Seeing the siren, Black Poplar pouted at the man quietly, and received the signal from Black Poplar, Hermes turned around, "Siren, why have you become more and more like a dead person?"

Siren rolled his eyes and ignored him.

Hermes is the friend who has been with her the longest, but the siren has a headache when he sees him, because every time he comes over, he has to mock the siren.

Hermes used to be the guide of the undead, and later he was taken away by Zeus to help the father of all gods to send letters and run errands to various places, but his former position has been retained, so he can freely enter and exit the underworld.

But it can't be too frequent, otherwise it will cause Hades' fear.Who let this idiot be deceived by humans, and actually brought in two people who were full of lies, and later found out that those two people were coveting Pearl's beauty and wanted to take her away.Since then, Hermes seldom came to the underworld, he was afraid that Hades would throw him into the hell of Tartarus.

The siren squinted, with a provocative look: "Why are you here? Are you afraid that Hades will retaliate against you?"

Hermes ignored her sarcasm, and still smiled and said, "The Trojan War is almost over, and there have been too many dead people recently, and the god of death is too busy, so please let me help him."

Hearing about the Trojan War, the Siren also became curious: "The oracle was ten years ago, and it should be over. Do you know who will win?"

Hermes shook his head: "I don't know, Athena and Hera support Greece, Apollo and Ares support Troy, and no one can tell who Zeus supports now, but the fate of this war is in the hands of Zeus. So no conclusions can be drawn.”

A protracted war has swept across the entire Aegean Sea, and nearly 50 countries have participated in the war, but it has not ended until now.On the surface, it was a war started by human beings because of a woman, but at its root, it was actually a contest between the gods. Poor human beings are just pawns.

Although the Sirens couldn't see outside, the magnificence of the Trojan War had spread to the underworld, and soldiers who died in battle were sent over every day. When the Sirens saw them, they could only sigh helplessly. Not just them, but the Sirens themselves.

The siren sat beside the black poplar, leaned back habitually, but left instantly as if being pricked by a needle.Seeing the siren's painful expression, Hermes frowned, "It hurts again?"

Siren silently rubbed her shoulders, Hermes squatted down and took off her clothes a little, just enough to see Siren's back shoulder.There are two terrible wounds on the position of the butterfly bone, one on the left and one on the right. The wounds have turned black and festered, but they will no longer bleed.It was not the first time that Black Poplar had seen Siren's wound. He had seen it 200 years ago, but now it seemed to be getting worse.

The siren does not allow anyone to touch her back, except Hermes.Black Poplar silently looked at her wounds, but couldn't figure out what kind of wounds they were. The two wounds were slender and distributed on the siren's shoulders, like a butterfly's broken wings, extremely terrifying.