I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 211 The World Is Big and the Ambitions Are Big

In the mythology of another world, the Mycenaeans seem to have had the custom of sacrificing their noblest maidens to heroes or gods after battles.

After the Trojan War, the unmarried Trojan princess Polyxena became a sacrifice to the demigod hero Achilles.

Io, princess of Argos, and Callisto, princess of Arcadia, will become the human wives of Zeus. Perhaps the prototype is that after the war of the Mycenaeans conquering Argos and Arcadia, Io and Callisto as sacrifices to Zeus.

As a virgin serving Artemis, the human wife of Zeus, the god king of the Mycenaeans, Callisto is also a deified goddess in mythology. Arrange into the night sky and become the star god of the constellation Ursa Major.

Hearing that Pandarus said that he would marry Callisto to Roy, Procne and Philomela hugged Roy's arm nervously, with uneasy expressions on their faces.

Although Harmonia is also a powerful rival in love, she must be responsible for managing the Thebes area in Thebes, and cannot stick to Roy like Procne and Philomela.

Callisto is different from Harmonia. She can marry into the city of Athens and directly compete with Procne and Philomela for the favor of Roy. Of course, Procne and Philomela do not want to add such a rival .

Roy hugged Procne and Philomela's slender waists to comfort them, and then said to Pandarus.

"Prince Pandarus! I'm not interested in getting involved in your war with the Mycenaeans for a woman. For me, competing with the cities of Donia and Knossos for the hegemony of the Aegean Sea is the most important thing."

"His Majesty the King of Athens..."

Seeing the firm expression on Roy's face, Pandarus knew that he couldn't convince Roy, so he turned and said.

"Since the city of Athens is unwilling to help our city of Arcadia, we will use our own strength to fight against the Mycenaeans. If we lose to the Mycenaeans, the Mycenaeans who rule the Argos and Arcadia regions will The Sinians will become a powerful enemy that the city of Athens must face."

After speaking, Pandaros left directly.

After Pandarus walked out of the hall, Procne couldn't help but said.

"Brother Roy, I think what Prince Pandarus said makes sense. Now that we are intervening in the war between the Mycenaeans and the Acadians, we can easily break the Mycenaeans' ambition to annex the Acadian region. We Do nothing now, and the Mycenaeans will rule the Argos region and the Arcadia region, and have greater strength against our Kingdom of Athens."

Roy shook his head and said.

"It is of no benefit to us to intervene in the war between the Mycenaeans and the Acadians! Even if we help the Acadians defeat the Mycenaeans now, I want to conquer the Peloponnese in the future." At that time, the Acadians will still be my enemies. If all the men in the Acadian royal family are dead, and only Princess Callisto is left to inherit the throne, I am willing to intervene as Princess Callisto's husband This war."

If Roy does not have the ambition to annex the Arcadia region, Roy should indeed help the Arcadians so that the strength of the Mycenaeans cannot grow.

Since Roy has a firm goal of conquering the Peloponnese, the Mycenaeans and the Acadians will be Roy's enemies in the future, and Roy naturally has no reason to help the Acadians against the Mycenaeans.

Now the war between the Acadians and the Mycenaeans, the more tragic the fighting between the two sides, the easier it will be for Roy to conquer the Mycenaeans and the Acadians in the future.

"Brother Luoy, why are you not satisfied with the current territory of the Kingdom of Athens?"

Philomela said doubtfully.

"The territory of the Kingdom of Athens is already twice that of Crete, and it is an unprecedentedly powerful city-state in the Aegean Sea region."

Seeing that Procne had the same doubts, Roy said with a smile.

"Procne! Philomela! The current territory of the Kingdom of Athens is about 100 square kilometers. Even if the Mycenaeans conquered the mountainous Peloponnese, it would not be enough to match our Athens. Therefore, the Kingdom of Athens is undoubtedly the strongest city-state in the Aegean region. But around the Eastern Mediterranean, the Egyptian Empire has a territory of more than 200 million square kilometers and a population of more than 30 million, and the Hittite Empire has a territory of 100 square kilometers. territory and a population of 50 million, the Kingdom of Babylon has a territory of 100 square kilometers and a population of more than [-] million. Compared with these kingdoms and empires, the Kingdom of Athens is too small. If I don’t know how big the world is, maybe I will be satisfied In the current Kingdom of Athens. But since I know how big the world is, I want the Kingdom of Athens to develop into the Mediterranean—the greatest empire in the entire world.”

After listening to Roy's words, Procne and Philomela's eyes widened in shock, unable to imagine how big the kingdoms and empires around the Eastern Mediterranean were.

After recovering from the shock, Procne said worriedly.

"Brother Luoy, since our Kingdom of Athens is so small, how can we fight against these giant and powerful countries?"

"These kingdoms and empires seem to have a large territory and a large population. In fact, many city-states jointly enshrine the most powerful city-state. The most powerful city-state can order other city-states in name. As long as we defeat the king representing the strongest city-state, other The city-states will act independently and become a mess. So it is not difficult to defeat these behemoth-like kingdoms and empires. The current rulers of the Egyptian Empire are tens of thousands of nomads from the Phoenician region. The Mycenaeans are nomads who rule the Egyptian Empire Because the Pharaoh Kamose of the South Egyptians began to rebel against foreign rulers, Acrisius took the Mycenaeans out of the Egyptian Empire, first to Crete, and finally to Burma. The Argos region of the Loponnese peninsula."

Although Procne and Philomela were confused and vaguely understood Roy's words, they had blind admiration and trust in Roy.

So after Roy finished speaking, Philomela said with a bright smile.

"Since brother Roy said yes, the Kingdom of Athens will definitely be able to defeat those kingdoms and empires. When the Kingdom of Athens becomes the greatest empire in the world, brother Roy will be the greatest king in the world, and my sister and I will be the greatest kings in the world." queen."

Just when Roy wanted to bite Procne and Philomela's lips to reward their trust, Pallas suddenly entered the hall and said.

"Your Majesty, I have good news for you."

It was a good thing to be disturbed by Pallas, Roy said with an unhappy expression.

"You better really bring good news, or I'll give you a hard job."

Although he didn't know what he did to make Roy unhappy, Pallas said hurriedly.

"Princess Io sent someone to tell me that her communication with Goddess Hestia is very smooth, and you can go to receive Goddess Hestia's blessing and divine power at any time."

(End of this chapter)