I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 110 Perseus and Pelops

Sailing at sea is a very dangerous thing, and sailing at sea at night is of course even more dangerous.

It's evening.

Roy did not choose to continue sailing, but let the fleet stop at an unnamed island at the southern tip of the Attica Peninsula for the night.

at the same time.

Perseus and his cousin Pelops also arrived at Serifos with a fleet and three hundred Mycenaean soldiers.

When Perseus and Pelops took Mycenaean soldiers to the island of Serifos, they found that all the Serifos on the island had disappeared, and most of the food and bronze utensils and other belongings were also taken away. Arceus couldn't help but let out an angry and sad roar.

Even if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Perseus knew what happened to Serifos.

Perseus and Pelops came to the island of Serifos because Polydectes and Diketes were killed by Roy, and there was a man who was loyal to the Perseus family He escaped alone in a small boat, and went to the region of Argos to tell Perseus the sad news.

Perseus rushed back to Serifos Island in order to rescue his mother Danae and six sisters who had been taken captive, but unexpectedly he came a step too late.

Those who occupied Serifos Island not only took away his mother and sisters, but also took away all the Serifos people on the island, making Perseus lose his real subjects.

"Loy! Athenians! The shame you gave me to Perseus, I, Perseus, remember."

Pelops looked at the angry and sad Perseus, and he felt both sympathy and gloating in his heart, because Pelops had a more tragic experience than Perseus.

After the Phoenician nomads who ruled Egypt were expelled by the Southern Egyptians, these Phoenician nomads began to be forced to migrate to other places.

At the beginning, nomadic Phoenician groups who were proficient in navigation migrated to Crete.

Later, they were expelled by King Minos of Knossos, and then migrated to other areas.

Acrisios, king of Mycenae, migrated with the largest group to the Argos region of the Peloponnese peninsula, and the other two larger groups, one migrated to Sipyrus in the northwest corner of the Asia Minor peninsula. region, a region of Lykia that migrated to the southwest corner of the peninsula of Asia Minor.

The leader who brought the tribe to the Sipyrus area was Pelops' father, Tantalus, who was also the son-in-law of Acrisios.

The Sipyrus region guards the golden waterway of the Dardanelles, and Tantalus ruled here, and could have established a powerful city-state capable of dominating the Aegean Sea.

But Tantalus did not learn the lesson of their expulsion from Crete.

When they migrated to Crete, not only did they not assimilate with the locals, they also wanted to regard their patron saint Zeus as the god king of Crete, and declared that the great goddess Europa of Crete was the wife of Zeus. King Minos of Knossos was the son of Zeus and the goddess Europa, so he could rule Knossos, the most powerful city-state in Crete.

These Mycenaean groups humiliated King Minos of Knossos and the goddess Europa. King Minos of Knossos, who had sympathized with them, used the strength of Knossos city to force them to migrate again.

Tantalus migrated with the Mycenaean ethnic group to the Sipyros area to establish the city of Sipyros, and still regards Zeus, the patron saint of the Mycenaeans, as the patron saint of the city of Sipyros.

Zeus, the patron saint of the Mycenaeans, was naturally very satisfied with Tantalus, and granted Tantalus the identity of the son of Zeus.

But the locals around the Sipyrus area were very dissatisfied with this alien group.

Because the local Trojans regarded the sea goddess Hesione as their patron saint, and the Mysians worshiped Smintheus [Apollo], the god of plague and silver bow.

If the Sipyros city of Tantalus is allowed to develop and grow, the foreign god Zeus who guards the city will become a huge threat to the sea goddess Hesione and the silver bow god Smintheus [Apollo]. The Trojans and the Mysians joined forces to destroy the city of Sipyrus.

After Tantalus, the king who ruled the city of Sipyrus, was killed, his land and subjects were divided between the Trojans and the Mysians.

Pelops, the son of Tantalus, fled to the Argos region under the protection of his loyal servants and accepted the protection of his grandfather Acrisios.

Compared with the city of Sipyrus, which has a population of over [-] and is rich in land, Serifos Island, which has a poor land and a population of only about [-], is like a beggar in front of the rich.

Looking at Perseus, whom he should have sympathized with, Pelops couldn't help saying in his heart.

"You were destroyed by the Athenians on the island of Serifos, but I was destroyed by the Trojans on the rich and powerful city of Sipyrus."

After complaining in his heart, Pelops comforted Perseus.

"Dear cousin Perseus! The Athenians committed this crime against Serifos. We will return to Mycenae immediately and ask our grandfather Acrisios to summon an army to attack the city of Athens for revenge."

"Grandfather will not avenge me."

Perseus calmed down and shook his head.

"Now my grandfather only wants to attack the city of Corinth, and has no interest in attacking the city of Athens. Moreover, the strength of the city of Athens cannot be underestimated. If my grandfather summons an army to expedition to the city of Athens, there will definitely be chaos in the Argos region."

The Mycenaeans had three city-states and thousands of troops.

But at least half of these thousands of troops are used to control the Argos region.

The Mycenae king Acrisios chose the city of Corinth as the target of conquest because the Corinth region is adjacent to the Argos region.

When Acrisios, king of Mycenae, summoned an army to attack the city of Corinth, even if there were any problems in the Argos area, Acrisios could quickly solve these problems.

If thousands of troops are summoned for an expedition to the city of Athens, once something goes wrong in the Argos region, the thousands of Mycenaean troops will not be able to return to the Argos region in time.

"and--"

Looking up at the palace on the top of the hill, Perseus said with a sneer.

"As long as I bear hatred and humiliation, my grandfather can sympathize with me and take care of me more."

Perseus was unwilling to inherit the throne of his father Polydectes and be the king of Serifos Island.

Because the land of Serifos is barren, without the support of King Acrisios of Mycenae, Serifos would be just a small city-state with a population of [-] and soldiers of [-] to [-].

After being influenced by Acrisios' side, Perseus' goal is to inherit the throne of Acrisios and become the king of all Mycenaeans.

But Perseus is only the grandson of Acrisios after all, not the heir that Acrisios wanted.

In order to become the heir of Acrisios, Perseus didn't mind using his tragic experience to gain Acrisios' sympathy and care.

At this moment, a Mycenaean soldier ran up to Perseus in a panic and said.

"Prince Perseus, we have found the bodies of King Polydectes, Prince Dicetis, and a group of Serifos soldiers."

Perseus immediately said with bright eyes.

"Bring over the corpses of my father and uncle quickly. I want to take these two corpses to see my grandfather."

(End of this chapter)