I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 359 A Real Wedding Is Necessary

Hippolyta always wanted to marry Roy in order to use Roy to bring huge benefits to the Amazon tribe.

In fact, Roy also wants to get the territory of the Amazon tribe.

After all, the Great Plains of Macedonia and the Great Plains of Thrace ruled by the Amazon tribe can not only become rich grain-producing areas, but also have resources such as super large gold mines and seabed oil.

It's a pity that Roy has not yet completely solved the food problem of the Kingdom of Athens. If the 10,000+ population of the Amazon tribe is included in the Kingdom of Athens, the difficult food problem will be on Roy.

So even if Roy is eager to turn the Great Plains of Macedonia and Thrace into grain-producing areas of the Kingdom of Athens, longing for super large gold mines, and oil resources, Roy must firmly reject Hippolyta now.

When the kingdom of Athens is self-sufficient in food, and even rich enough to feed the 10,000+ population of the Amazon tribe, even if Hippolyta does not want to marry Roy, Roy will use war to conquer the Amazon tribe.

In the blink of an eye, it was the first day of July—the day when Roy married Procne and Philomela.

On this day, as if holding a grand festival for the gods, the city of Athens slaughtered dozens of cattle and sheep, made barbecue and distributed them to every family in the city of Athens.

Acropolis.

All the guests attending the wedding gathered in the temple of Metis to witness the wedding.

It's noon.

After Roy, Procne and Philomela dressed up, Roy took Procne and Philomela's hands, and the three of them walked into the recently built, 12-meter-high Temple of Metis.

Hundreds of guests stood on both sides of the aisle in the temple, looking at Roy wearing a gold crown, a gold belt, and gold shoes, and wearing a white dress, a gold necklace, a gold belt, and gold shoes. Procne and Philomela of sandals.

Pandion and Zeuxiper stood at the foot of the statue of Metis and waited for the three of them.

Roy, Procne, and Philomela walked in front of Pandion and Zeuxipper. Pandion looked at the two daughters who were about to belong to Roy with complicated expressions, and his eyes were full of reluctance.

In this era, unmarried maidens belonged to their father and brothers.

A married girl belongs entirely to her husband.

In other words, after Roy married Procne and Philomela, Roy, as her husband, was the most important family member to them.

Under the eyes of the guests, Pandion put away his reluctance to marry his two daughters, and said loudly with a serious face.

"Loy! Under the witness of the great goddess Metis and all the guests, will you marry Procne and Philomela and become a husband who loves them forever?"

Roy said without hesitation.

"Goddess Metis and all the guests bear witness that I will be the husband of Procne and Philomela, and love and care for them forever."

"Great gods and guests have witnessed your vows, may you never forget this day."

After Pandion told Roy, Zeuxiper said to Procne and Philomela.

"Procne! Philomela! Under the witness of the great goddess Metis and all the guests, are you willing to marry Roy and become a faithful wife and bear children for him?"

After Procne and Philomela looked at each other, they said in unison.

"The great goddess Metis and the guests have witnessed that we will become the wives of brother Loi and fulfill the responsibilities and obligations of wives for brother Loi."

Three thousand and 600 years later, as long as a man and a woman register for a marriage certificate, they are legally recognized couples.

But in this era, if you want to become a legally recognized couple, you must hold a wedding ceremony witnessed by gods and guests.

If there is no formal wedding, no matter how much a man speaks to a woman, the identity of a woman is only a man's concubine or even a lover.

Civilian men usually have no way to have three wives and four concubines, so even if there is no wedding, it has no effect on the relationship between husband and wife.

Those who really need weddings are, of course, royal families and nobles who can have many women.

Women who marry royal families and nobles need the wedding to establish their status as regular wives and ensure their own identity and children's inheritance rights.

In the myth of another world, Jason was able to abandon Medea without any scruples because Medea's identity was just Jason's concubine or lover.

Without a wedding as a guarantee, even if Medea lived with Jason for ten years and gave birth to three children for Jason, Medea's identity is not Jason's wife.

Bewildered by the power of Aphrodite, Medea, in a dark night, in a strange cave, handed herself over to Jason, who offered her neither a wedding nor a house. The tragedy was doomed from the very beginning.

It was precisely because Roy didn't want to be a scumbag like Jason that he kept rejecting the girls around him and insisted on marrying them before making them his wives.

now--

Roy completes the wedding with Procne and Philomela, which means that Roy can finally exercise her husband's power.

Procne and Philomela uttered the oath witnessed by the gods and guests, and Pandion immediately forced himself to threaten Roy.

"My son! If you dare to hurt Procne and Philomela, I will not let you go."

Roy rolled his eyes without fear and said.

"Dear father-in-law! Now Procne and Philomela belong to me completely. Don't worry, old man. I will never let others hurt them."

"Am I worried about the others? I'm worried about you—"

After the wedding was complete, the guests began to present gifts to Roy.

Or they offered ornaments made of gold and silver, or pearls and precious stones, or beautiful slave women.

When a former city-state king of Naxos offered a gift, the former city-state king came to Roy and said.

"Great King of Athens, I have prepared a special gift for you and the two queens, and I hope you can come to the square outside."

special gift?
Roy led the crowd to the outside of the temple, and the former city-state king of Naxos immediately walked up to two tall slave men and said.

"Now it's time for you to perform. I will follow the agreement and let the victor among you be free."

Then, the former city-state king asked his entourage to hand over the bronze spear and wooden shield to the two slave men.

Seeing the two slave men pick up bronze spears and wooden shields and start fighting, Roy realized that the so-called special gift turned out to be a gladiatorial performance between slaves.

Slave masters let slaves kill each other for their own pleasure, which has already begun in ancient times.

In the Roman era, professional gladiators were developed.

In order to watch the performance of gladiators, 500 years later, the Romans built the amphitheater known as an architectural miracle.

Seeing the guests—the original ruling class of the Kingdom of Athens all watching the fight between the two slaves with great interest, Roy's face became ugly.

Although the Roman Empire admired gladiator performances, it also created a slave uprising launched by the Thracian Spartacus.

Roy didn't want the Kingdom of Athens to become the second in the Roman Empire and put on professional slave gladiatorial performances.

(End of this chapter)