Greece brings evildoers.

Chapter 68 How many children are there in one meal?

The lingering sound is deafening and deafening.

After listening to the whole story and combining it with the information he knew, Lorne finally pieced together the complete truth.

In fact, the images of bulls and bull-headed bodies represent holiness and dignity in many civilized systems, and are also symbols of authority.

This was even more true for the Minoans.

Because the mother of the three Minoan brothers, the goddess Europa, was carried away by the bull transformed by Zeus, and then the union of the two parties and the rise of Minoan civilization came about.

Therefore, in their sacred emblems, in addition to the goddesses in the form of birds and snakes, most of them are bulls and bull-headed symbols.

And according to what King Minos said, he, the king, sacrificed the bull that was the embodiment of the royal power and divinity of Crete to Poseidon.

According to the logic of the Age of Gods, this means that Crete will from now on be marked by Poseidon's faction and be dominated by it.

At the same time, this sea god will also replace the faith of the Great Mother Goddess and the Mistress and become the main object of sacrifice for the Minoans.

After that, once Poseidon wants to extend the tentacles of ocean divine power to the earth, then Crete and the Minoans will undoubtedly become his best springboard and driving target.

I have to say, this is a brilliant move.

But in the end, King Minos discovered the clues and chose to treat others with their own medicine. He hid the Cretan bull and sacrificed an ordinary bull to Poseidon.

However, for the same method, it was reasonable for Poseidon to do it, and it was blasphemous for King Minos to do it.

The gap in strength determines the measure of justice. This is the cruel fact of the Age of Gods.

So, Poseidon became angry when his plan failed, and cursed the bull on the pretext of blasphemy, making King Minos' wife suffer from zoophilia, and seduced her into union with the Cretan bull. The Minotaur was born, the famous bull-headed monster.

Since their beliefs are so vivid, pouring them with filth and notoriety is the greatest insult.

After sorting out the general clues, Lorne looked at the old man with a little more compassion.

At this time, little Medusa on the side spoke curiously.

"Where's the kid?"

"Anna!"

Lorne's voice became louder and his eyes looked angry.

After all, it was a bit rude to let an old man who had suffered humiliation reveal this scar again.

"It doesn't matter."

King Minos waved his hand slightly, looked at little Medusa with gentle eyes, showed the tolerance of an elder to this little angel, and answered in a deep voice.

"He is fine, but he was locked in the underground palace by me. Because of the curse, his body is full of demonic nature and he can easily lose control, so he cannot be released easily."

"Then does he eat people?"

Another innocent yet offensive question, Lorne couldn't help but cover his face with a wry smile.

"Haha, of course I won't eat it! This is just a rumor spread by those city-states outside who are afraid of us Minoans in order to slander and discredit our emblem."

King Minos smiled generously and explained patiently.

When little Medusa got the news, she couldn't help but pat her chest and murmured with relief.

"That's fine, that's fine..."

Both are gods and monsters, and they also have demonic nature. She is very afraid that in the future, she will become like the rumors, becoming a bloodthirsty and easy-to-kill monster.

Lorne, who was aware of it, reached out angrily, rubbed his random little head, and then looked at King Minos.

"So, Daedalus is also part of Poseidon's plan?"

King Minos nodded, his eyes cold.

"Although this man was talented, because he was jealous and afraid that his nephew Talos would surpass him, he frantically coaxed his young nephew to the wall of Athens, then pushed him down and killed the child. In the end, he His crimes were exposed, and he himself was sentenced to death by the Athenians.

However, because of his identity and contribution, he was exempted from the death penalty and was exiled to Crete.

At that time, I happened to be trapped by Poseidon's curse, and I cherished his talent, so I recruited him and wanted to give him a chance to use what he had learned for the sake of the goddess.

But unexpectedly, he somehow secretly reached a cooperation with Poseidon, and smeared the bodily fluids of a cow in heat on the thing he made..."

At this point, King Minos, as the master of suffering, looked gloomy and terrifying, and he obviously wanted to pull Daedalus out and cut him into pieces.

At this time, Lorne understood.

It was the queen who suffered from zoophilia. Since King Minos knew this, he would definitely hide his wife and be wary of Poseidon's revenge by borrowing the Cretan bull. But in the end, the queen did not take the initiative to cheat on the Cretan bull. Instead, the queen got into the wooden bull, and was accurately targeted by the Cretan bull that broke into the palace, and then she died.

Obviously, there must be something fishy here.

If Daedalus didn't do anything, it wouldn't make sense at all.

Therefore, his son's death while crossing the Sea of ​​Oceanus was retribution for his repeated evil deeds.

Of course, it is also possible that Athena did it secretly...

"Wait a minute, since Poseidon has done such an outrageous thing, what about Zeus? Doesn't he care? He is your father!"

At this time, Hestia couldn't bear it any longer. She threw her promise of "eat and don't talk" behind her and looked at her nephew with some indignation.

"Father?"

King Minos sneered and shook his head expressionlessly.
"I prayed to him countless times, but he never answered my call..."

"Could it be that you didn't hear it?"

As soon as Hestia spoke, she subconsciously shook her head and overturned the idea.

The face of God cannot be looked directly into.

The name of God must not be spoken lightly.

This kind of thing related to faith and divinity has been mentioned repeatedly. Zeus, who is the subject of the call, cannot know anything about it.

What's more, King Minos himself was a pure bloodline between him and the mortal goddess Europa.

Just based on the connection between father and son, it is impossible for Zeus to be indifferent to this.

For a moment, Hestia was confused as she couldn't think of an answer.

"Before, I couldn't figure it out. I always thought that I was the first to break my oath. He was unable and unwilling to stand up for me and confront his brother."

King Minos spoke calmly as expected, then changed the topic and revealed sarcasm.

"Until one day, the goddess told me - I should not worship the mother goddess more than the father god, nor should I think about sacrificing a real Cretan bull to her to atone for my sins."

That's it!

Lorne's eyes widened, and the last mystery in his mind was solved.

It’s not that Zeus was unaware, on the contrary, he knew Poseidon’s little moves from the beginning!
Because, without his acquiescence, how could the sea god extract the incarnation of divinity and kingship in Crete from the promised land he gave to his sons?

And the reason for all this is also very simple.

The Minoans worshiped the Mother Goddess more than the Father Gods.

Even King Minos actually planned to sacrifice the divinity left by Zeus to Athena.

This undoubtedly violated the taboo of the god king.

After all, the curse buried deep in the Titan's bloodline kept the god-king awake at night.

But I am afraid that Zeus had all the calculations and precautions, but he never thought that the Cretan bull, which contained the royal power and divinity of Crete, would eventually become a sacrifice to Athena after many twists and turns.

With the decline of the Minoan civilization, the out-of-control Cretan bull ran around on the island of Crete, breathing fire and causing disasters.

Until Hercules, who had endured the twelve trials, landed on the island of Crete, conquered it, and then dedicated it completely to Hera.

But the Queen of Heaven, either out of ignorance or out of deliberate humiliation, directly released the sacrifice that Hercules offered her.

Finally, the Cretan bull was captured by the Athenian prince Theseus and sacrificed to Athena.

With a sneer in his heart, Lorne raised his head and looked at his brother, whose beard and hair were almost completely white, and whose face was old and sad, with pity in his eyes.

"So, since then, you have stopped worshiping God the Father?"

“Since God no longer favors people, people have no obligation to worship God anymore.”

King Minos nodded quietly, his gentle words filled with a touch of sarcasm.

"What's more, it was the prophet Prometheus who created our bodies, and it was the Great Mother Goddess Athena who gave us our souls. The gods only created this small garden called [The World]."

"..."

As one of the main gods, Hestia opened her mouth and wanted to argue. In the end, she was speechless and chose to press her lips together and lower her head to eat.

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