Chapter 229 The Four Wind Gods Are Cheap Sons

The Sea of ​​Marmara is the smallest sea in the world. It is connected to the Mediterranean Sea through the Dardanelles in the south and to the Black Sea through the Bosphorus in the north.

As a hub connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, the Sea of ​​Marmara is extremely important in terms of economy, politics and military.

However, the current Sea of ​​Marmara has not attracted the attention of surrounding powers because the maritime trade between the Mediterranean world and the Black Sea world has not really taken off.

The Argonauts entered the Sea of ​​Marmara and arrived at the island of Cychikos under the push of the westerly wind from the Thracian region.

In mythology, Cychikos Island is inhabited by both the Dulionas and the native giants.

The Argonauts landed on Cychikos Island and were warmly received by King Cychikos and attacked by the natives with six arms.

The Argonauts fought bravely and defeated the native giants, and then left by ship.

As a result, because the wind direction changed at night, the Argonauts were blown back to the island of Cychikos by the strong wind, and fought with the people of Duliona who had entertained them, killing the enthusiastic king Cychikos.

In this myth, the king of the Duliona people, Cychikos, has the same name as the island of Cychikos.

Obviously, Cychikos is not the real name of the king.

The prototype of this myth may be that the Argonauts came to the island of Cychikos, and the Argonauts were warmly received by the local residents.

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After understanding the strength of the Duliona people, the Argonauts attacked the Duliona people who warmly entertained them and killed their king and queen.

After conquering Cychikos Island, Polyphemus, one of the Argonauts, stayed here to become king, and the others continued to the Colchis region.

After leaving the island of Kichikos, the Argonauts sailed along the eastern coast of the Sea of ​​Marmara for exploration.

When they encountered powerful indigenous tribes, the Argonauts paid friendly visits to replenish food and fresh water.

When they encountered weak indigenous tribes, the Argonauts conquered the local residents and helped their companions become the new kings who ruled here.

Not all of the fifty Argonauts were kings of city-states, nor were they all princes who were the first heirs to the throne. Many of them were ordinary royal families who had no right to inherit the throne.

For ordinary royal families, conquering indigenous residents in a land far away from their hometown was the easiest way to obtain territory and become king.

When the Argonauts crossed the Bosphorus Strait and entered the Black Sea, the number of Argonauts had been reduced to forty-five.

Five Argonauts stayed in the conquered lands and became kings.

The narrow and curved Bosphorus Strait became the prototype of two huge rocks floating on the sea in mythology.

In the story of the Golden Fleece, the process of the Argonauts crossing the Bosphorus Strait was very dangerous.

The two sides of the strait turned into two huge rocks that kept colliding. Only birds could safely pass through the two rocks, so the process of the Argo ship passing through the Bosporus was very dangerous.

In fact, the narrowest part of the Bosporus is 750 meters, so there will be no danger in the process of the Argo ship passing through the Bosporus.

After entering the Black Sea, the Argo ship sailed eastward along the southern coast of the Black Sea.

At this time, the southern coast of the Black Sea - the northern part of the Anatolian Peninsula was ruled by the empire guarded by the Sun Queen and the Moon Queen.

Even the gods who protected the Argonauts did not dare to challenge the two queens of the gods who ruled millions of people and vast territories as the patron gods of the city-states that ruled a city or a place. Of course, the Argonauts did not dare to land in the empire guarded by the Sun Queen and the Moon Queen, and could only degrade the empire into an Amazon women's country ruled by women, and the men in the empire were all slaves of women.

The Argo ship bypassed the estuary of the Termodon River and arrived at the island of Are after two days of sailing.

The residents of Are Island discovered the Argonauts and attacked the Argonauts with bows and arrows.

The fully armed Argonauts came to the island with shields, fought back against the arrows of the natives, and finally defeated the natives easily.

In mythology, the natives of Are Island were vilified as strange birds that could shoot feather arrows.

When the Argonauts arrived at Are Island, a group of strange birds attacked the Argonauts with feather arrows. After being defeated by the Argonauts, they flew to the coast opposite Are Island.

However, reality is not a fabricated myth. After being defeated, the natives of Are Island did not fly away like the strange birds in the myth, but hid in the depths of the island.

Yin Asong took some Argonauts to the island to find food, while Luo Yin and others stayed in the Argonauts to protect the ship.

When Yin Asong and others returned to the Argonauts, there were four more ragged young men in their team.

Night fell.

Yin Asong not only prepared new clothes for the four strangers, but also let them enjoy food with the Argonauts.

In order to explain the rationality of doing so, Yin Asong introduced the identities of the four young men to the heroes.

"My dear friends, it may be hard for you to believe that I have met my relatives in a strange land. These four young men are the sons of Phrixus, and my cousins. Their mother is Chalciope, the daughter of Aeetes, the king of Colchis. I believe they can help us in our quest for the Golden Fleece, so we should treat them as companions."

The eldest of the four brothers also spoke to the heroes.

"Our grandfather Aeetes was a very cruel man. He was the son of the sun god Helios and had the power of a god. He ruled countless races in the Colchis region, and there was a terrible dragon guarding the Golden Fleece, so you will definitely need our help."

Hearing this, Luo Yin couldn't help but complain.

"Although the story of Phrixus is a fabricated myth, I can lower my IQ to believe that Phrixus really exists. But lowering my IQ is my limit. I really don't want to think of myself as a fool. According to the setting of the myth, Phrixus was a figure from a hundred years ago, and you are young people around twenty years old. Normally, Phrixus should have died before you were born!"

Hearing Luo Yin's words, everyone looked at each other, and then looked at Luo Yin with strange eyes.

"I understand! I understand!"

Looking at the reactions of the crowd, Luo Yin complained helplessly.

"Since the myth is set that Phrixus had four sons around 20 years old a hundred years ago, I should accept the setting of the myth like a fool without thinking, instead of studying the unreasonableness in the myth. After all, the myth was made up by people hundreds of years later. If you study it carefully, there will be as many unreasonable settings as you want. The appearance of the four of you is just to add a reason for Medea to help Yin Asong. But what I want to know is, as the four sons of Circe, what is your true identity? Circe, Circe, and Eos are different identities of the same goddess. Coincidentally, not only does Circe have four sons, but Eos also has four sons known as the four wind gods. Could it be that you four brothers are actually the incarnations of the four wind gods, my cheap sons?"