Ares, God of War

As the "silver chariot" of the Greek world, Atalanta will not be afraid of anyone except Heracles and Achilles, who are still missing in the race, and those who lose in the race Anyone who killed her was shot and killed by her as a target to vent her anger.

She did this because she wanted all the men in Greece to back down and make herself a "shrew" that all Greek men dare not provoke. However, men in the Greek world are inherently adventurous Spirit, the more people Atalanta shoots and kills, the more people come to challenge her.

But Atalanta's strength lies here, no matter how many men try to touch her, she will run past with her long legs, and then shoot and kill with the bow of the sky, in order to defend her chastity.

Until a man named Hippomenes appeared, this man was not Hercules or Achilles, of course he couldn't run away from Atalanta, but this man borrowed the power of Aphrodite, he He prayed to the god of love and beauty, and in return, the god of beauty gave him three golden apples.

Of course, these three golden apples are not the ones being contested by the three goddesses Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena. There are actually many golden apples in the Greek world. The source of the golden apples is a plant planted in St. The sacred tree in the garden was brought back from the west coast by Gaia, the goddess of the earth, as a wedding gift to Zeus and Hera.

The tree was full of golden apples, and Zeus sent Hesperides, the three daughters of Night God, to guard the holy garden where the golden apples were planted, and a hundred-headed dragon Radon helped them guard it.

This kind of apple is not a rare thing for the main god. Even Ares once ate one or two at the banquet. Among the twelve tasks of Hercules, there was a task of obtaining a golden apple. These three apples of Aphrodite were also picked by her in the holy garden with her own share.

At the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, the reason why the three goddesses competed for the golden apple was not for the apple itself, but for the phrase "to the most beautiful goddess" written on the apple. That's all.

Closer to home, although this kind of apple has limited appeal to the gods, its charm is irresistible to mortals. During the race, whenever Hippomenes was about to be overtaken by Atalanta, he would have thrown a golden apple, which attracted Atalanta to turn around to pick it up, and in this vile manner Hippomenes ended up winning the race and taking Atalanta as his wife.

But the good times didn't last long. After Atalanta experienced an unwilling marriage, she married her husband Hippomenes. Because he forgot to sacrifice Aphrodite, he was revenged by the goddess of beauty. A certain goddess related to the earth cursed, and Atalanta was implicated because of this, and became a lion, a holy beast pulling a chariot for the goddess of beauty, and her fate was very miserable.

People like Ares who want to rebel naturally feel that Atalanta has a good craftsmanship, and finally ran to pull the cart, and even pulled the cart for the most miserable Aphrodite, completely burying Atalanta Intuit, therefore, he was already ready to intervene in this matter.

Athena probably had this in mind, so she made this decision. She probably took advantage of the time when Ares intervened to make some other arrangements, such as colluding with Terry before, And Ares can actually choose to ignore it and concentrate on containing Athena.

However, Ares still chose to intervene in this matter, whether it was for the sake of Artemis or his own principles.

So after staying overnight in the city of Calydon, Ares and Atalanta set foot on the road back to Arcadia together.

One person and one god did not make much fanfare when they left, but concealed their whereabouts. The news did not reach Meleagerus, who had never forgotten Atalanta until a few days later. After learning the news, the The prince of Calydon was also dejected, lamenting the unbearable fate.

For Atalanta, walking with the gods is quite interesting. Although it is a pity that this god is not the Artemis she worships, Ares is also among the gods. The gods who are closely related to Themis and sisters are also the main gods whose status is not weaker than Artemis, so Atalanta still feels very honored about this matter.

When Ares was walking with her, he did not choose to follow her like a traveling companion. On the contrary, shortly after Atalanta left Calydon, Ares entered a kind of ordinary people's eyes. In the state of not being able to reach her, Atalanta could only feel that the god was by her side.

During the trip, Atalanta also unexpectedly discovered that this rumored rough, arrogant, bloodthirsty and warlike god was not as scary as the rumors said, on the contrary, he was very polite and gentlemanly, more than the Greek God Many men in the world are mild tempered.

When Atalanta called out, he would respond, and when Atalanta was bathing or going to the toilet, Atalanta could also feel that the God of War was away from her, avoiding her embarrassing moments, and In times of danger, although Ares will not help, he will sound a reminder, and he will also point out Atalanta's fighting skills.

Along the way, Atalanta even vaguely felt that Ares was a more responsible and gentle god than Artemis.

With the protection of Ares, Atalanta returned to Arcadia quickly and safely. Her biological father, King Iasos of Arcadia, heard the news and came to meet Atalanta. , made her the princess of Arcadia, and took her to live in the palace.

But the good times didn't last long. Three days later, Atalanta took the initiative to find Ares who was staying in the Arcadia Temple, and prayed to him:

"Lord Ares, my father Iasos wants me to marry a man, marry and have children, and give birth to an heir for the Kingdom of Arcadia, but I don't want to marry, what should I do?"

"Is it finally here?"

After hearing the news, Ares was refreshed, and then he appeared in front of Atalanta, and said to her:

"Don't be afraid, that's why I came here. You can act according to your own ideas first. After that, I will follow you in another capacity and help you tide over this difficulty."

Chapter 220. Atalanta's Son-in-Law Race

In the royal palace of Arcadia, King Iasos of Arcadia is quietly waiting for the return of his daughter.

He also did not expect that the baby girl who was abandoned by him in the mountains more than ten years ago has grown into a powerful heroine under the protection of the goddess Artemis, and her beauty is completely worthy of "" Princess of Arcadia".

It was only recently that Iasos knew that his daughter was still alive. He was selected as an Argonaut in Atalanta and participated in the hunting of the Calydonian boar. Only then did he know about his daughter through the oracle conveyed by the middle priest.

According to the instructions of this oracle, Iasos successfully recognized Atalanta, took her back to Arcadia, and announced her princess status to the world, but even if Atalanta made Despite such achievements, the deep-rooted concept of patriarchy in Iasos's heart has not changed. After Atalanta's return, he did not want to train the princess well and teach her various knowledge of governance and management. Let her be the queen of Arcadia as the heir, but simply want to use Atalanta as a reproductive tool to combine with an equally powerful husband-in-law to give birth to a real male heir for Arcadia .

In fact, when Iasos talked about this matter with Atalanta, he felt a little guilty. According to the oracle, his daughter can be said to be one of the most powerful archers in the Greek world. One, not to mention the hundred-step piercing, anyway, in the palace, if Atalanta gets angry and wants to shoot Iasos, Iasos has nowhere to hide.

Fortunately, although Atalanta grew up in the wilderness and has a wild nature in her body, she has also learned a relatively noble character in the Greek world, and she will not offend the relationship between her parents and her parents. After Si put forward his request to get her married, the girl just said very calmly that she wanted to go to the temple to pray to the gods, and then come back to give him an answer.

Iasos waited in his palace for a long time, and his subordinates informed Atalanta that she had returned from the temple. The king of Arcadia hurriedly found Atalanta who had just returned to his residence. Princess, asked her:

"Daughter, what are you thinking about?"

"Father, the gods said that this is our freedom, so I can agree to your conditions and marry a man."

Atalanta said quietly after hearing the words, but before Iasos was happy, she added:

"But God said, I have to find a man who is worthy of me, and he must be better than me in some aspects. I don't think you want me to marry a mediocre man casually, and then Birth mediocre children for Arcadia?"

Iasos felt that Atalanta was right, so he nodded and asked:

"Then what do you say?"

"How about this, father, let's set up a race and let those men who want to marry me run a race against me."

After thinking about it, Atalanta said:

"I'm quite confident in this aspect. If I can beat me in running, then even if this man is not good in any other aspects, he is enough to become a famous hero in the Greek world. Such a man is worthy of marriage. I'm married, what do you think?"

"rational!"

Iasos nodded, then waved:

"Then I'll go down immediately to prepare, arrange the arena, and then release the news."

"Father, there is one more thing."

Atalanta stopped Iasos, who was happily about to leave, and then pulled out a cute young boy from the next room, and said to him:

"I want a page, let him do it, okay?"

Iasos glanced at the little boy of unknown origin and found him handsome and cute, and felt a little displeased.