In the myth, Hercules, as the illegitimate son of Zeus, was jealous of the queen Hera. As the only queen among Zeus's wives, the goddess Hera had the authority second only to Zeus in the Olympian myth. The desire to destroy Hercules has long been known to everyone in Greece in myths and legends.
The twelve great trials of Hercules were also carried out by Hercules in order to avoid the persecution of Hera, because according to the oracle, as long as Hercules completed the twelve trials, Hera would not find him. He troubled, this oracle was known to everyone in Greece, so the conflict between Hercules and Hera was also known to the world.
Therefore, it was only appropriate to throw the shocking cauldron of Hera's disappearance to Hercules in a panic.
General Scott thought so, and so did King Curtis. A king with a guilty conscience would not dare to go to Hera's temple to ask for Hera's oracle. His unfavorable oracle, then he will be directly destroyed by the anger of the people, and even Athens, the ally of Thrace, will be helpless.
Which city-state dared to face the wrath of a god, especially when the goddess was the famously jealous Queen Hera.
Zeus had no objection to Hera's persecution of his illegitimate son Hercules. How dare Curtis, as the king, have any objection? Thinking of this, King Curtis' body that was originally unstable did not need anyone's help at this time. With help, he stood up. He looked down at the demigod hero and said proudly, "Kneel down, put down your weapons, and repent to the great Queen Hera. Maybe the goddess will choose to forgive you."
The arrogant attitude of King Curtis made everyone confused. Heracles picked up his mace. At this time, the team following him subconsciously picked up their weapons and prepared to fight. Next to them were the Thracians. The soldiers were already coming over with spears and shields at this time.
Even if they were urgently recruited recruits, even if they had no previous combat training and could not use weapons, they were still outnumbered and fully armed. Under the command of General Scott of Thrace, they methodically defeated Hercules. Surrounded by Si.
"Father, you can't do this. Heracles was invited by me from Macedonia to fight against the tyrant Reesus for you. If you kill him here, then who will deal with the tyrant Reesus? We will be defeated by Reesus." You cannot do this to what you have destroyed."
Princess Urgenia carried her skirt and came to her father, King Curtis, to stop this meaningless fight. She reminded her father with anxious eyes that Hercules should He is his ally, not his enemy. There is no real winner in this battle.
"Of course I know, I have also heard the legendary stories of demigod heroes, but I know one more thing, that is, if we don't kill Rethos, we will die in less than a month or two, but if we don't kill Herak now, Les, we will be killed by the angry people in less than two days."
King Curtis pushed his daughter, Princess Ergenia, to the ground. As a politician who dared to murder the former king and ascended to the throne of the king in a tyrannical way, he knew very well where his most fatal crisis lay. .
In the political tradition of Greece, a tyrant who ascends to the throne of power using illegal methods and violating tradition may not be legally qualified, but as long as he can stabilize the domestic situation, he will be considered a legitimate monarch in the Greek countries.
There is a saying that both good kings and bad kings are chosen by God. The former is a gift from God to the people, and the latter is a punishment from God to the people.
This is the divine right of kings, and the principle of thunder, rain and dew is the king's favor.
In Greek mythology, whether he comes to power in legal or illegal, traditional or non-traditional ways, even if he is a tyrant, it still represents divine will, and his ascendance means that the goddess Hera has acquiesced in his ascension to the throne.
This is the legal source for him and all Greek tyrants to come to power. If once it is exposed, for example, the goddess Hera leaves Thrace and abandons the Thracian kingdom and the Thracian people, then he must die miserably.
"Dear King Curtis, Hera's departure may not be due to the arrival of Hercules. We should seek the oracle of the goddess Hera, even if
It was the oracle of Delphi. We still don’t know the true intention of the oracle, and who can know the true thoughts of the goddess Hera. You have to know that although the person standing in front of you is Hera's enemy, he is also the son of Zeus. "
Amphiaceus shouted to King Curtis with a spear and put forward his own suggestions. No one wanted to accept a lose-lose situation, especially in front of a group of new soldiers. There was no point in escorting Hercules to escape alone. questionable.
"Hera is the wife of Zeus, the only queen of heaven. It doesn't matter how Hera persecutes the illegitimate son of Hercules, but he is always the son of Zeus. You, a mortal, want to overstep your bounds and avenge Hera on Hera's behalf, then you But you know, although you have pleased Hera, aren't you afraid of offending Zeus?"
Amphiathios's words made King Cortis calm down instantly. Although Queen Hera was the patron saint of Thrace, the most powerful among the many Greek city-states was always Zeus.
Whether it was the four major Panhellenic games, including the ancient Olympic Games, or about natural disasters and wars, the Greeks had the habit of seeking oracles from temples, and a system was formed in the interactions between city-states.
The rulers of Greek city-states hoped to obtain accurate and true oracles, but were also afraid that the contents of the oracles would be detrimental to them; they often bribed priestesses to obtain powerful prophecies for themselves.
This also brought about a problem. When Athens and Thrace had a conflict, and when the conflict reached a stalemate, both parties decided to consult the oracle.
When the king of Athens consults the oracle of the goddess Athena, and the king of Thrace consults the oracle of the goddess Hera, if the content or requirements of the two oracles are consistent, then there is nothing to say and just follow it. But if it is slightly inconsistent, Then an agreement can also be reached through coordination, such as bribing the priest to divine again, but if it is completely the opposite.
Things are not going well. It’s not like the patron goddess of Thrace is Hera. Hera is the Queen of Heaven. Hera’s status in Mount Olympus is higher than that of Athena. She is also Athena’s stepmother. So it should be Listen to Hera.
There is no reason for this. Unless the goddess Athena shows up in person and says that she wants to listen to Hera, the final result will still be either a fight or a fight.
King Curtis found himself in a difficult situation. Because he was trying to usurp the throne, people were worried about the former king, so he did not trust the temple priests of his country, fearing that a righteous priest who did not love money would appear among them. As for being unable to control the direction of the oracle.
At the same time, he was also afraid that, as Amphiaceus said, pleasing Hera and offending Zeus would not have the same result.
The two great gods Zeus and Hera were in conflict, and Curtis intervened. The conflict was gone, and Curtis was the conflict.
For a moment, a chill ran down my back, and the arrogance that I had shown for the sake of pleasing the goddess Hera disappeared.
