I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 498 Rejecting Zeus' Mother Dione
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Roy watched Dione [Zeus] vomit, which was obviously a provocation and humiliation to Dione [Zeus].

Goddess Dione glared at Roy angrily and scolded.

"Human! You are as crazy as ever, dare to blaspheme the great goddess Dione."

Hearing Dione's words, Roy rolled his eyes and smiled.

"Zeus, I read a lot, so don't lie to me. The name Dione is the feminine form of [Zeus], ​​so you who call yourself a goddess are actually Zeus who has become a goddess."

"Stupid humans!"

Having been exposed by Roy, Dione, mother of Zeus, said arrogantly.

"Don't you really know that our gods have no gender. So we can descend as male gods according to human needs, and we can also meet human needs and become goddesses."

Gods have no sex—

In other words, gods can change gender at will, from male gods to goddesses, from goddesses to male gods—of course, this is something Roy has known for a long time.

In another world's history, Hittite mythology, Lervani, the god of the underworld, was originally a male god.

The god of the underworld, Lervani, may be the Amorite god of the underworld Mote [Hades Nergal], who was later transformed into a goddess under the influence of goddess worship in the Hittite Kingdom.

The serpent demon Iluyanka in Hittite mythology is the degraded image of the goddess Istanus.

In Hittite mythology, Iluyanka once fought with Taishub, took away his heart and eyes, and was killed by Taishub in revenge.

The real history corresponding to this myth is the war between the Ebla people who worshiped Istanus and the Amorites who worshiped Teshub [Hadad Marduk Zeus].

Although the Ebola once defeated the Amorites, the Amorites finally defeated the Ebola completely.

Istanus was degraded to the demon Iluyanka in the Amorite mythology, and even her gender was made up as male.

"You say gods have no gender, are you fooling me for a fool?"

Roy joked jokingly.

"If the gods have no gender, why are you, Poseidon, and Hades male gods? Perhaps in ancient times, when you were worshiped by the Aryans as Thunder, you were indeed genderless. After a long historical evolution , now you have already had a fixed gender as a male god. Now you will become a goddess, just to replace the goddess worshiped by the Illyrians, and to be worshiped by the Illyrians in the shortest time. Wait for the Illyrians The subhumans forget their goddesses, and you will surely restore the status of the male god Zeus."

The Illyrians not only worshiped male gods such as Ares and Hermes, but also worshiped the goddesses of the sea and the forest under the influence of the Pilaski people.

In the Greek mythology of another world, Leda, who gave birth to Zeus the twin star gods Castor and Pollux, Queen Clytemnestra of Mycenae, and Helen of Sparta, is Eto Goddess of the Sea of ​​Leah.

The Illyrians of the Calydon region also worshiped a nymph named Altea.

In the history of another world, after the Dorians conquered the Peloponnese, the Mycenaeans and Acadians who did not want to be enslaved by the Dorians migrated in large numbers.

The Acadians migrated to the Calydon region and let Artemis replace the native goddess Altea of ​​the Calydon region.

This is the prototype of the story of the Calydonian boar hunt.

Prince Meleager of Calydon fell in love with Atlanta, the incarnation of Artemis, and killed his two uncles for Atlanta, and was eventually killed by his mother Altea.

In this story, after Althea killed Meleager, she also took her own life.

Atlanta became the biggest winner - symbolizing that Artemis replaced Altea as the patron goddess of Calydon.

The migration of the Mycenaeans to the Dodona region in the Epirus region also allowed Zeus to replace the local goddess and become the patron goddess of the Dodona region as the goddess Dione.

This is where Zeus's Dodona sanctuary came from.

The Mycenaeans did not let Zeus replace the local goddess with the identity of the male god Zeus, apparently because the Mycenaeans migrated here as if they were fleeing, and they did not have the absolute strength to defeat the local ethnic group.

This is also the consistent style of Zeus.

For example, when the Hyksos conquered the Egyptian region, because the number of the Hyksos was too small to suppress the absolute strength of the Egyptians, Zeus was asked to replace the native Egyptian storm god Seth with the identity of the storm god.

When the Mycenaeans, a branch of the Hyksos, migrated to the Argos region with Zeus, because the Argos worshiped Hestia, the goddess of thunder, they asked Zeus to replace the local god of thunder with the identity of the god of thunder. Hestia, goddess of thunder.

The Hittite Kingdom conquered the Amorites in the Yamhad area, and the Amorites asked Haddad [Zeus Marduk] to replace the local goddess of the earth and thunderstorm Inara with the identity of the thunderstorm god Teshub.

The more unfavorable the situation is to Zeus, the more Zeus can compromise.

Not to mention changing one's godhead, even changing one's gender is not a big deal to Zeus.

Although the Mycenaean kingdom established by Perseus has an area of ​​20 square kilometers and a population of millions, there are only a few thousand Mycenaeans who worship Zeus.

Almost all the millions of people in the Kingdom of Mycenae were Illyrians who worshiped the goddess.

In this case, it is quite normal for Zeus to become a goddess in order to obtain the belief of the Illyrians.

As for thousands of Mycenaeans forcing millions of Illyrians to worship the male god Zeus—

Even Roy dared not do such a crazy thing.

Even if Roy stands on the standpoint of Perseus, he can only turn Zeus into a goddess to replace the local goddess worshiped by the Illyrians, and it is impossible to force the Illyrians to believe in male gods.

"Human! I am also a goddess now."

Dione looked at Roy expressionlessly and said.

"If you defeat Perseus, will you make the goddess Dione the goddess of the Athenian Empire?"

"Don't ask such stupid questions!"

Roy said immediately.

"Even if your divine body really becomes a goddess, I still treat you as a male god. So after I defeat Perseus, I will only expel you, and will never let you become a goddess enshrined by the Athens Empire. Don't you To become Dione, not only to replace the native goddess worshiped by the Illyrians, but also to join the Athenian Empire after the defeat of Perseus?"

"Perseus is the favorite of Zeus, the great king of the gods, so Perseus will never lose to you."

"I also hope that Perseus can defeat me and end my life as a human being."

After responding to Dione, Roy looked at Perseus who was confronting him and said.

"Perseus! Your father Zeus really has high hopes for you, and I also hope that you can kill me. Don't let us down, let me see if your soldiers can use bronze weapons to defeat Athens Dimensionality reduction strikes by soldiers using iron weapons."

"Roy, I won't lose to you."

Perseus finished speaking with a serious expression, and took the initiative to lead his soldiers to attack Roy.

(End of this chapter)