Chapter 657

Hearing Su Mo's example, the petite silver-haired goddess nodded slightly.

The teachings of Zoroastrianism can be said to be the rare type that is stated openly.

It is indeed not difficult to grasp the gist of this myth.

If only this were true of other myths.

It seems that it is not difficult to grasp the main idea.

"However, the Greek mythology where I am now seems to have no definite theme."

Athena thought for a moment and frowned slightly.

Greek mythology, half Theogony, tells the story of the gods starting with Uranus and Gaia.

The other half is "Homer's Epic", which mainly tells the story of heroes with heroes as the protagonists and heroes who occasionally interfere with the gods.

Athena, the goddess of victory, occupies a lot of space in it.

But even as a person who has personally experienced the myth, she has no idea that her own myth has any clear theme like the "dualism of good and evil".

In Greek mythology, heroes are active on the center stage, but even if they are the sons of gods, they are not guaranteed to win.

God's interference, conspiracy, betrayal... not a few heroes died in various experiences, and heroes failed many times.

As for the gods at the center of mythology, they are not divided into two poles of good and evil like Zoroastrianism, and they fight against each other according to their camps.

Instead, it was overthrown again and again in the continuous cycle of replacement.

It’s hard to distill a sufficiently convincing core for a mythology of this type.

Even as the goddess of wisdom, she is a little stuck.

However, after thinking about it for a while, she still realized something, but she just missed the point.

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Noticing that she was just one step away, Su Mo reminded her loudly.

"Remember the myth of Sisyphus?"

Sisyphus is the founder and king of Corinth in Greek mythology.

He was punished by the gods for kidnapping the God of Death and was required to push the boulder to the top of the mountain.

But the boulders were too heavy and the top of the mountain was too steep.

So every time before reaching the top of the mountain, the boulder would roll down and all the previous efforts would be wasted.

He starts pushing the stone again.

Sisyphus accepted this hopeless punishment day after day, and his story is also known as a typical example of endless cycles and ultimately futility.

I heard Su Mo suddenly mention this.

Athena thought for a moment.

As the goddess of wisdom, her intelligence is naturally higher than that of ordinary people. She quickly realized the answer after Su Mo's prompting.

"It's order! The development and advancement of order!"

When she realized this, her eyes immediately lit up.

Just like Sisyphus pushing the stone day after day.

... ... ...........

The development of Greek mythology should also be the same, gradually advancing within the prescribed paradigm.

In this respect there is no difference between the epics of heroes and the stories of gods.

They fought, they drank, they laughed, they died.

Then, a new generation of heroes will be born.

A new generation of gods will also be born.

After the new generation, there is a newer generation.

Under this undying enthusiasm, the world is moving forward step by step.

The world is regarded as a paradise created by the gods.

The earth is carefully placed at the center of the universe, surrounded by never-ending celestial bodies, and the day, night, and temperature are adjusted to be just right for human survival.

Human beings are the most perfect creations of the gods, and heroes are even the sons of gods.

Human wars against each other were also not considered a form of corruption, but a legitimate means of pleasing God.

Praise for order and confidence in progress are exactly the worldview born of the extremely optimistic mentality of the Greeks.

And after realizing this.

Athena soon realized the problem with her hypothesis.

"But... Zeus broke this process!"

According to the prophecies of the myth.

Zeus, who overthrew his father Cronus, would have been overthrown by his own children.

This is a story that has been passed down from Greek mythology.

The original father-god Uranus was overthrown by Cronus;

Cronus was in turn overthrown by Zeus;

Zeus was overthrown by new gods;

The old rulers will inevitably be overthrown by the new leaders. This is a convention in Greek mythology.

But unfortunately, with Zeus, this convention failed.

Thinking of this, Athena couldn't help but look at Su Mo, obviously not understanding why there was this exception.

Seeing her look, Su Mo smiled slightly.

"Athena, this is why I chose to contract you and let you experiment with the power of destiny."

Athena was startled when she heard this.

Immediately, an unbelievable ecstasy surged through my heart.

Could it be that he meant——? ! talent.

521 Rewrite the myth and overturn the fate of Zeus

Seeing that Athena seemed to understand what she meant.

A smile appeared on Su Mo's lips and he nodded in confirmation.

"As you think, the power of destiny I want you to try to master is exactly what is predicted for you in the myth."

In Greek mythology, the god of fate almost never makes mistakes in his judgment.

In mythology, the goddess Metis was about to give birth to her daughter Athena.

The three goddesses of destiny once made prophecies to Zeus.

Metis, the goddess of wisdom, gave birth to a boy after giving birth to the goddess Athena.

This boy is the one who will overthrow Zeus' rule in the future.

Hearing this prophecy, Zeus was naturally terrified.

In the past, when he overthrew his father Kronos, he himself was the son of prophecy.

Because of his mother's protection, Zeus survived and led his brothers and sisters to rebel against his father after growing up.

And successfully overthrew the rule of the second-generation Titan god Kronos and established his own rule.

And now.

It is his child's turn to become the son of prophecy and overthrow himself.

Knowing that fate is powerful, he swallowed the pregnant Metis directly into his stomach, hoping to avoid the fate of being overthrown.

However, the gods themselves are immortal.

Athena, who was already formed at that time, did not die.

Zeus also had a splitting headache because of this, until the god of fire Hephaestus split his head, and the goddess Athena jumped out of his head.

Fortunately, Metis, the mother of the son of prophecy, did not run out, which made Zeus, who was very afraid of fate, feel relieved.

And then, as expected, because the child of prophecy was not born.

Zeus can be said to have overcome fate.

Not only was he not overthrown, his power became stronger and stronger, and in the later period, he even had a tendency to develop towards the only god.

And now.

Su Mo said that the prophecy in the mythology naturally refers to the fate that the child of Metis will overthrow Zeus' rule in the future.

If this fate can be bestowed on oneself.

Athena can not only avenge her previous shame as the mother goddess of the earth and become the well-deserved king of gods in Greek mythology.

She can also gain a considerable degree of bonus from this.

You must know that Zeus's godhood in the later period of mythology is getting closer and closer to the only god, and his strength is getting stronger and stronger, gradually pulling away from other main gods.

If Athena, who already has the wisdom of the black sword, can really rewrite the mythology and fulfill the prophecy of fate.

Then, her power will definitely be stronger than that of Zeus in the later period.

Although in the end, it is unlikely to reach the level of the real only god.

But her strength will definitely make great progress.

With the blessing of fate, it is very likely that he can reach the level of the last king and completely break away from the ranks of the disobedient gods.

That is why Athena is so excited.

If he can do this, becoming stronger and avenging his shame are no problem.

However, after hearing Su Mo really say this.

She calmed down again.

"Wait a minute, Master! In the mythological prophecy, the son of prophecy who will overthrow Zeus's rule should be my brother, not me!"

Compared with his own destiny bonus.

The destiny requirements of the last king are too loose.

As a brave man, he only needs to be a sword god or have the attributes of a sword god.

But his own prophecy comes from mythology.

And it also accurately limits the scope.

Only a child born after Athena can overthrow Zeus's rule. She herself is not the object of this destiny.

Hearing her say this.

Su Mo looked at the silver-haired little girl goddess in front of him.

"Aren't Metis and you the same person? In that case, the Son of Prophecy should also be considered your child?"

"You can say that."

Athena thought about it for a moment and nodded.

She herself is naturally a virgin goddess, and the myth is just a story, not something that actually happened.

So, from Metis's perspective, the Son of Prophecy is her child, and from Athena's perspective, the Son of Prophecy is her brother.

After hearing the petite goddess say this.

Su Mo couldn't help but touch his chin and teased.

"That's easy, anyway, you also have the godhood of Metis."

"In that case, as long as you and I have a child, wouldn't the child automatically obtain the identity of the Son of Prophecy?"