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Chapter 1988 Golden Net (Please give me a monthly ticket!!! Please subscribe!!! Please recommend!!!)

Chapter 1988 Golden Net (Please give me a monthly ticket!!! Please subscribe!!! Please recommend!!!)

All gods have their own followers, but a long time ago, only the gods of the underworld had no followers... There was no other way, they were in charge of the dead, so how could the dead have followers?

So even though Hades ruled the entire underworld, he actually didn't have many subordinates. Unlike other gods, Athena had her own city-state of Athens, Ares had his own city-state of Spartacus, and Apollo had even more city-states (although modern people are more familiar with Athens and Sparta, in fact, many ancient city-states at that time were dominated by Apollo worship, and Apollo was widely believed in), and even Artemis had her own city-state of Ephesus.

Poseidon was even more powerful, he had a continent - Atlantis. Zeus didn't have a specific clan, but that was another matter, he was the king of gods, so basically every city-state would serve him.

There is only Hades, and there is only one temple. (In Eleusis, northwest of Athens, there is a cave that is said to be the dividing point between the underworld and the human world. But this is not the only way to the underworld. In ancient Greece, there were many entrances to the underworld. These things are somewhat contradictory. The residents of every place swear that we have an entrance to the underworld here. And this place is of great significance to the ancient Greeks. In fact, experts have deduced from the remains here that there was once a temple. From the reliefs and texts on the stones, it is deduced that this temple was dedicated to Hades. You know, there are almost no temples dedicated to Hades.)

Not to mention city-states.

But after leaving the earth, the gods of the underworld began to have their own city-states.

In this way, you will have a stable faith and can expand your family.

What do you mean by followers? They are something between mortals and demigods, and are essentially the thugs of gods. They are also the private soldiers of each god. They are all creatures shaped by the power of gods. They are not as noble as demigods, but much stronger than mortals.

They are the main force of the gods.

After all, demigods are still very precious.

But how can I put it? As for ordinary people, not many people are close to death. The most typical example is that among the common people, there are definitely more people who worship Guanyin, the Goddess of Childbirth, than those who worship the King of Hell. Compared with death, everyone likes fertility, which represents life.

Therefore, any Chinese deity that is associated with childbirth is bound to be very popular. In fact, many Chinese deities are associated with childbirth, such as Guanyin, the Goddess of Childbirth, Zhangxian, Bixia Yuanjun, and Tudigong and Tudipo. Oh, and there are some deities that are not related at all, but can also give birth, such as Maitreya Buddha... Maitreya Buddha is obviously the Buddha of the future, a serious Buddhist deity, but when he came to China, he was actually associated with childbirth!

There is also the City God, who has a wide range of duties, managing half of the affairs in heaven and all the affairs on earth. You can also ask the City God for things like giving birth...

But you see the King of Hell, he is of course important in folk mythology. But you see there are very few temples dedicated to him. (There are still temples dedicated to the King of Hell, but compared to temples dedicated to other gods, there are much fewer.)

The situation is similar in the world ruled by the Olympian pantheon. Compared with the previous situation of Hades, where neither the grandmother nor the uncle loved him, there has been a breakthrough. Even if the city-states in many places do not have temples dedicated to the gods of the underworld, there will be many shrines. Some places with strong death beliefs will also have large temples such as the Pluto Palace.

This also led to Hades' army being one of the smallest among the gods. Hades was in such a state, not to mention the Queen of the Underworld.

Although the Queen of the Underworld has many divine duties, she is generally a pendant of Hades. Sometimes people will place a statue of the Queen of the Underworld when serving Hades.

Persephone's image reflects her duality. As the female ruler of the underworld, she is depicted as a majestic and cold queen of the underworld, holding a torch in one hand and a pomegranate in the other, and together with Hades, the god of the underworld; as the goddess of harvest, she is depicted as a beautiful girl holding ears of grain, or picking flowers in the meadow with Artemis and Athena. When Persephone returns to the underworld, everything on earth withers, but when she returns to the earth and is with her mother, everything revives, and she is a symbol of rebirth and death. The offerings people make to Persephone, the goddess of the underworld, are black, sterile cows. There was no temple dedicated to her in ancient Greece.

The two goddesses Persephone and Demeter have always been worshipped together. In Eleusis, the common worship of the two goddesses was of the nature of a secret festival. With the further development of religious concepts, the two harvest goddesses began to be regarded as the founders and legislators of settled life that was inseparable from agriculture. In Athens, people called Demeter and Persephone "Thesmophora (legislator)" and believed that they were the protectors of marriage and family relations. In autumn, a festival dedicated to them was held - the Festival of the Goddess of Legislation.

For the ancient Greeks, after Persephone became the wife of Hades, the god of the underworld, she changed from her former innocence to cold-bloodedness and extremely terrifying. Persephone had great power in the underworld. She commanded the demons and monsters in the underworld and cut off the last connection between the dying and the living. Persephone was also the embodiment of a dark magic power. She ruthlessly pulled all life into the embrace of the dark abyss underground, so people called the tomb "Persephone's room". Therefore, the ancient Greeks did not dare to call her by her name, but only wanted to call her "Kor" (meaning girl). Her story is also the background of the Eleusinian Mysteries. Legend has it that this ceremony allows participants to dine with the legendary dead heroes in front of the terrible Persephone, thus gaining eternal life.

[The Eleusinian Mysteries are the annual initiation ceremonies of a secret sect in Eleusis during the ancient Greek period. This sect worshipped Demeter and Persephone. The Eleusinian Mysteries are considered the most important of all the secret cults in ancient times. These worships and rituals are kept strictly confidential, and the initiation ceremony attended by all believers is an important channel for believers to communicate directly with the gods in order to obtain the protection of divine power and rewards in the afterlife. Even now, this ceremony is still circulated in many parts of the world]

In short, Persephone did not have a separate temple, so the number of her followers was particularly small.

Now, she finally met a man who dared to destroy the temple of Aphrodite for her mother, and he seemed to be a good man. So Melinoe planned to bring him directly to her mother, and let her personally grant him eternal glory and let him fight for the Queen of the Underworld forever (this was a lie, after all, even the gods couldn't make themselves eternal, let alone their followers).

At least Melinoe felt that the reward was definitely worth it.

Although going to the Almighty City is great and is the ultimate dream of almost all believers of the Pantheon, in comparison, those fanatics are more willing to serve their own gods.

Since the man in front of him is a fanatic of his mother Persephone... there is no doubt about this. After all, if a person is willing to tear down the temple of a hostile god for the sake of the god he believes in, what else can he be but a fanatic?

It is impossible for city-states ruled by many gods to be harmonious. All mortals are driven by desire, especially in the city-state era. The city-state era is a huge competition of the worst among the mob. Dictatorship, republic, aristocratic representative system, tribal alliance, family rule, in short, all kinds of ruling systems and methods can be found here. At the same time, the territory of the city-state cannot be too large, which makes their ability to resist risks very, very small.

Often a flood can directly bankrupt a city-state, and a plague can simply cause a city-state to disappear.

In short, under such uncertain circumstances, it is almost impossible for everyone to develop the economy and productivity in a stable and peaceful manner.

So war becomes the most common option.

What to do if there is nothing to eat?

Steal the one next door!

What if we go bankrupt?

Steal the one next door!

The woman next door is so beautiful, what do you want to do?

Steal the one next door!

I'm in a bad mood today and want to find something to do. What should I do?

Steal the one next door!

Therefore, war was the most common daily activity under the rule of Olympus. However, wars were so frequent that it was not uncommon to carry out massacres after the city was captured. However, it was very rare to destroy temples and kill temple priests after the city was captured.

Many times, the temple itself exists as a temporary shelter.

No one would destroy the temple of the true God.

Because that would lead to very terrible retaliation.

As I said before, the Olympian gods are all very petty. If you offend them accidentally, they will retaliate, let alone overthrow their temples?

This is a serious blasphemy! (In the movie Trojan War, Brad Pitt's Achilles chopped off the head of the statue of Poseidon with a sword, which is a serious blasphemy. In fact, this is impossible, because blaspheming Apollo is the same as blaspheming all gods. This is impossible. If Achilles really did this, his mother would be the first to stand up and kill him, because his mother is also a god, and she and Apollo are of the same class)

Generally speaking, anyone who does this will be in big trouble, not only him, but also his family, friends and even the country.

Even after they die, they will continue to be unlucky.

So there are only two types of people who dare to do this and actually do it.

One is a madman.

There's nothing to say about that.

There is also another type of person who is a complete fanatic, who believes that the god he believes in is the greatest and the rest are trash, and will take revenge on the enemies of his god at the cost of his own life.

Such a good seedling deserves no reward too much.

Melinoe had a good idea, as he gave Charon face while not violating the rules.

Simply great.

But Charon was in trouble.

He was just talking nonsense, and even brought up his own offspring. He did have offspring, but the problem was, Thor was a living person!

Regardless of whether he is his offspring or not, it is absolutely against the rules to let a living person enter the underworld. And Thor is also a god. Although they do not believe in gods, if the clothes of the dead are taken off Thor, everyone can see that Thor is a god, and he is not a god of the Olympian pantheon. That would be a lot of fun!

If things go wrong, Charon might even be labeled a traitor or enemy spy.

"No...I..."

It's hard to refuse. After all, Melinoe meant well. Everything was made up by you, Charon. No one meant to make things difficult for you. They just went along with what you said. And now, you ended up getting hurt.

What's this?

"What's wrong?" Melinoe didn't understand why Charon was hesitating.

Charon really didn't know how to explain it. If he had known this would happen, he would have admitted to smuggling.

At this moment, in the blink of an eye, a golden light flashed.

Melinoe and Thor were caught in a golden net.

And the other end of the golden net.

Aphrodite grabbed the other end of the golden net with a smile on her face.

"Aphrodite!!!" Melinoe screamed.

The moment she saw Aphrodite, Melinoe understood everything. At the same time, she turned her head and looked at Thor in horror.

From that moment on, Melinoe found Thor pleasing to the eye.

To be honest, Thor is not ugly, not only is he not ugly, he is actually very handsome. And he is particularly in line with the aesthetics of Olympus. Olympus, including the civilizations derived from them, are all standard visual animals.

They believed that a person's outer beauty was directly related to their inner beauty, that is, people who were good-looking had good moral character, while people who were considered "ugly" had poor character. For example, beautiful ancient Greeks, especially men, were often described as "kaloskagathos", an adjective that combined "kalos" (meaning beautiful or handsome) and "agathos" (meaning good character or kindness).

In the evaluation of men, the focus of male beauty is on body shape. An athletic physique with round, firm muscles and little fat is considered the most attractive. Thor just happens to be a big muscle man!

He has a body full of muscular muscles and is as muscular as he can be.

Men with blond hair, full lips, and a glowing tan were considered the most beautiful in ancient Greece.

Well, Thor fits the bill.

The most important thing is that Thor has a big beard!

A mature man with a beard is also a big plus! In ancient Greek culture, only the elders and wise men were qualified to grow beards. Beards represent dignity and wisdom. The main reason for the formation of beards is endocrine problems, so: beards represent momentum! The fighting postures of the ancient Greeks and the Vikings were similar. They were all a group of strong men with big beards, holding shields, and roaring.

The ancient Greeks believed that beards were sacred, and the first strand of beard shaved by Greek adult men was dedicated to Apollo. Of course, this shaving ceremony was for growing a beard in the future!

So a beautiful beard was very popular in ancient Greece!

All of a sudden, Melinoe realized that the man in front of him completely met his aesthetic standards!

Damn!

Why is this guy so handsome?