I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 351 Seeking Help in the Elis Region
When it was close to noon, Procne and Philomela brought twelve palace maids to the palace hall with the lunch they had just prepared.

"Brother Roy!"

Hearing Philomela's enthusiastic call, Roy came back to his senses, and smiled at Procne and Philomela.

"Didn't I let you rest for a few days? You are not working all year round. Now that I am back, you should have a good time for a few days and do what you want to do."

"We're not kids anymore."

Procne brought Philomela to Roy, and then the two sisters sat on Roy's left and right sides.

"Brother Roy is working hard now, and we should do what we can for you."

Seeing that they had already cut their dresses into short skirts that barely covered their knees, Roy put his hands around their slender waists and said.

"You two are really my caring little padded jackets. I am looking forward to marrying you more and more."

"Brother Roy is making us happy again."

Procne asked the twelve palace maids who were holding food to come over, and said while feeding the food they were holding to Roy.

"Brother Roy is really in a hurry to marry us. We have already become your wives, and maybe we are all pregnant with brother Roy's child."

"Sister, I believe brother Roy will really marry us this time."

Philomela said with a confident smile.

"After all, all the wars in the Kingdom of Athens have ended, so brother Roy has no reason to delay marrying us."

Procne pursed her lips and said.

"Even if the war in the Kingdom of Athens is over, it doesn't mean Brother Loy won't get involved in other wars."

"Procne, are you worried that our marriage will be postponed again?"

Roy held Procne and Philomela in his arms and said.

"Dear sister, in the name of Goddess Metis, I can assure you both that no matter what happens, my marriage with you will not be postponed."

Hearing that Roy made a promise in the name of the goddess Metis, Procne showed a smirk as if the plot had succeeded.

At this moment, a palace guard ran into the palace hall and said.

"Your Majesty! There is a person outside who claims to be the envoy of Oenomanos, King Elis, and wants to enter the palace to discuss important matters with His Majesty."

"The messenger of Oenomanos, king of Elis—"

Thinking of his beautiful daughter Hippodamia, Roy said immediately.

"Bring over the emissary of King Elis!"

After a moment.

A young nobleman with disheveled hair entered the hall and knelt directly in the center of the hall begging.

"Loy, the great king of Athens, please save our city of Olympia from the foreign invaders Mycenaeans. Our city of Olympia is willing to become a vassal of the Kingdom of Athens, and Oenomanos, king of Elis, will also send the beautiful Hippo Princess Damia will marry you."

Hearing what the messenger said, Philomela immediately frowned and said in a low voice.

"Brother Roy, let's not interfere in the war between these barbaric Thracians. If you get involved in the war again, your marriage to us will definitely be delayed."

Procne continued.

"Not only will our marriage be delayed, but brother Roy will have an extra princess. After all, the envoy of Oenomanos, King Elis, has already said that they will dedicate Princess Hippodamia to Roy. Brother Yi."

Thracian--

In a narrow sense, Thracians refer to the Caucasus nomads in the north who are blonde and blue-eyed.

Broadly speaking, both the Mycenaeans and the Illyrians of the Iris region are Thracians in the eyes of the Piraskis.

Because the Thracian is not the exclusive name of a certain ethnic group, but the name of all barbarians by the Pilaski.

The common feature of these barbarians [Thraces] is that they are not farming peoples.

As distant relatives of the Dorians, the Mycenaeans came to the Peloponnese Peninsula. Although they did not treat the Pilaski people in the Argos and Arcadia regions as slaves, they also let them The conquering Piraskis produced food, and the Mycenaeans, as the ruling class, were responsible for enjoying it—as they did in Egypt.

The Illyrians living in the Great Plains of Elis and the Ahai region also lived a nomadic and hunting life.

Even if they have been neighbors with the Pilaski people for hundreds of years, they have not transformed into farming peoples, wasting the fertile land of the Great Plains of Elis in vain.

It is precisely because the Illyrians in the Elis area are also barbarians [Thraces] in the eyes of the Pilaski people, so Ares, the patron saint of the Elis area, will become the Thracian [Barbarians] Gods.

Later, with the evolution of history, Thracians became the exclusive name of the northern blond nomads, and Ares, the patron saint of the barbarians [Thraces] in the Elis region, was also regarded as the northern Thrace God of man.

"You say the Mycenaeans are waging war on your Elis region?"

Roy looked at the messenger suspiciously and said.

"The Mycenaeans conquered the Arcadia region a few months ago, and now they will have enough soldiers to conquer your Elis region?"

"What I'm saying is true."

The messenger explained anxiously.

"Although after the Mycenaeans conquered the Arcadia region, they did not have any extra troops to expand. But not long ago, the prince of the Mycenaeans, Perseus, brought tens of thousands of Mycenaeans from far away Egypt. of the same race."

Perseus moved tens of thousands of Hyksos to the Peloponnese?
If the Mycenaeans had increased their population by tens of thousands, it would be very reasonable for them to be able to wage war on the Elis area now.

"Messenger of Oenomanos! Even if what you say is true, I have no interest in interfering in the war between you Illyrians and Mycenaeans."

"Your Majesty the King of Athens, please think again."

The messenger pleaded in despair.

"Without your help, our city of Olympia would soon be taken by the Mycenaeans."

"What good will my helping you do to the Kingdom of Athens? Do you think that the gift of Oenomanos to me, his daughter Princess Hippodamia, is worth the death of the Athenian soldiers to protect the city of Olympia?"

After responding to the messenger, Roy gave an order to the two palace guards at the entrance of the hall.

"Get rid of this emissary."

After the two palace guards carried out Roy's order to drive the messenger away, Roy couldn't help but said.

"It seems that Acrisius, the king of Mycenae, will die soon, and the peace between the Kingdom of Athens and the Mycenaeans will lose the guarantee of the sacred oath."

According to the myth of another world, it was at the Olympia that Acrisius died.

Now the Mycenaeans are besieging the city of Olympia, the main city in the Elis region. When they occupy the city, the famous Olympia Games will be held as a sport to celebrate victory and sacrifice to the gods.

After Perseus killed Acrisius at the Olympian Games, he would bury Acrisius there.

Perhaps because of the guilt of his foreign grandfather, Perseus will give up ruling the Elis region and let his cousin Pelops become the city-state king of the Elis region.

In the future, Pelops will conquer the Ahai region and rule the entire Elis Plain.

(End of this chapter)