Death knocked on the gate of hell

Every time Venus went down the mountain before, he went to his holy land, Cyprus.Dionysus took him to a farther place, where the trees were lush and green, and it was the forest where Dionysus grew up when he was young.

"I lived here before I came to the Holy Mountain," said Dionysus. "I was brought up by the fairies of the forest, and I played with the mountain gods and talked with the animals when I was a child."

Because of this experience, the divinity of Dionysus is full of wildness and freedom.

Venus looked longingly: "That sounds cool."

Dionysus smiled and said nothing.What he didn't say was that every time Hera's pursuers came, he had to hide and live like a rat in the gutter.

That was embarrassing and not cool at all.

Cupid followed them, flapping their wings along the way, flying to the trees to see the birds in the nests, and flying to the river to tease the small fish in the water.

"Uncle Dionysus." Cupid pointed curiously at the flowers on the side of the road, "What kind of flower is this?"

He had only seen a large field of red and white roses in his father's garden, but this flower was obviously not a rose, he had never seen it before.

"It's a daffodil," said Dionysus.

"How did it come?" Cupid knew that the rose came to the world with his father's birth, and he was curious about the origin of other flowers.

Dionysus told him a story: "Among my playmates, there is a beautiful mountain fairy named Ike, who fell in love with a boy named Narcissus. Narcissus has the most beautiful appearance in Greece... ..."

Occupational disease attack of Venus: "Is it more beautiful than me?"

Dionysus paused and said with a smile, "Of course not. But among human beings, he can be regarded as very good-looking."

Venus listened to the story together: "You continue."

Dionysus went on: "He rejected Ike's courtship, and he thought that no one could surpass his beauty."

Cupid immediately said: "Then he should meet his father and experience what it means to feel ashamed!"

Dionysus smiled: "I'm afraid there is no chance. He saw his reflection in the water by the river, marveled that there is such a beautiful person in the world, fell in love with himself, and wanted to hug his reflection... Then he Jumped into the water and drowned. The Fairy was so sad that he turned him into a Narcissus."

Venus: "...so daffodils represent narcissism?"

Dionysus said: "Summary is brilliant."

"Okay, the story is over." Dionysus laughed, "We should go to the Dionysus Carnival."

The forest has long been lively.Pan, the god of shepherds, played the reed flute, satyr the goatman drank fine wine, and the fairies of the forest played together, and the mad woman of Dionysus in animal skins held a torch high in the forest, singing and dancing.

When the beautiful Dionysus, wearing a crown made of ivy and grape branches and holding a scepter of wine, appeared in the mountains and forests, the carnival stopped for a moment, and then all living beings worshiped, they were all wine gods Fanatics.

Who is that young man next to His Highness Dionysus?Is it his new lover?That was the most beautiful man they had ever seen!

Venus wears a garland of white roses and a gorgeous robe, which is incompatible with the wild dress of the mountain people.

Dionysus raised his head and took a big gulp of the wine, poured the wine jar down, and poured the rest of the wine on the ground, indicating that the carnival would continue.

So the people cheered loudly and danced in a circle again, and even Cupid was caught in the circle.

Dionysus held out his hand to Venus: "Little Venus, I regret that I didn't dance with you when I was an adult, can I invite you to dance now?"

Infected by the joyous atmosphere, Venus happily put his hand on it: "Of course."

……

Can't remember how many dances I did or how much I drank.

Venus was drunk, her cheeks were as delicate as red roses.His blond hair was disheveled, he couldn't even dance steadily, and his body was about to collapse when he went limp.

Dionysus took him in his arms just in time.

"You are drunk," said Dionysus, "I will help you to rest for a while."

"Cupid—" Venus had not forgotten his son.

"With so many people watching, he will be fine." Dionysus whispered.

Venus thought about it too.Even if a bad guy meets Cupid, it will only be the bad guy who has trouble.The effect of Cupid's arrow is terrifying.

Although it is just a toy bow and arrow made by Hephaestus.But Vulcan's products must be high-quality products, and they are made for their own children. They are made with great care. They look cute and playful, but they are actually very powerful artifacts.Cupid also improved the arrow, adding his own power of love, completely transforming the arrow of hunting into an arrow of love, which cannot be resisted by gods, kings, queens, and birds and beasts.

"Okay." Venus quickly gave up his son.Dionysus supported him and went to a place far away from the crowd, so far away that even the sound of music was almost inaudible.

They sat and rested under a big tree, and Venus leaned on Dionysus's shoulder to close her eyes.

He was overwhelmed with alcohol, and his desire for love gradually surged.

After giving birth to Cupid, it took him a long time to recover his divine power. During this period, he never had any relationship with other gods except Hephaestus who would provide him with divine power.Those Olympian gods speculated that he had slept all over the Holy Mountains was nonsense.

Hephaestus has tasted this dish for too long, it's time for a change.

"Dionysus." Venus opened his drunken and hazy eyes, and said straightforwardly, "Do you want to do it?"

Dionysus was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "No one is willing to reject little Venus."

Cupid was so cute, he was surrounded and kneaded by the forest fairies for a long time, finally escaped, and immediately stayed away from the carnival ball.

Where are father and uncle Dionysus?

Cupid couldn't find Venus there, but went further and further away.

Suddenly, he stopped, aware of the approaching danger, and immediately flapped his wings and flew into the sky.

An arrow hit the place where he was standing before, if he hadn't dodged in time, he would be injured right now.

The handsome and dazzling blond youth raised his eyebrows when he saw a Cupid flying out of the grass, and put down his bow and arrow: "I thought it was a prey."

It's Apollo, the sun god.

His twin sister Artemis, the goddess of hunting, loves hunting in the mountains. Apollo is also good at bows and arrows, and sometimes comes to the mountains to hunt.

Cupid said angrily, "Don't your arrows have eyes?"

"My sister and I are ranked second in archery in the Holy Mountain, and no god dares to be number one." Apollo looked at the love bow and arrow in Cupid's hand, and laughed, "What are you holding in your hand? Is it a toy? Arrows are very dangerous, children should not play with them."

"Then let you see the power of the toy." Without further ado, Cupid shot a golden arrow at Apollo and a lead arrow at the passing fairy Daphne.

Apollo couldn't dodge in time, he was prepared for the pain, but he was unscathed: "What, it really is a toy arrow..." When he looked up, he saw the beautiful fairy Daphne.

Apollo: "..." Wait, he seems to have met love.

Apollo immediately abandoned Cupid and ran to pursue Daphne.Daphne hated him very much, and ran away in fright.

Cupid snorted coldly: "I'm not easy to bully."

In the evening, Venus and Cupid meet on the banks of the Euphrates.

Venus slept with Dionysus, the god of wine, and Cupid cheated Apollo, the sun god. Both father and son have gained a lot today.

Because it was the night of Dionysus' carnival, Dionysus had to stay in the mortal world for the night. He proposed to Venus to stay overnight, but Venus refused.

Venus is concerned about her son and plans to go back to the Holy Mountain with Cupid.And I have finished sleeping, so what is the need to stay?

Venus has always been ruthless in such matters.

Dionysus couldn't laugh or cry.It has always been him who rejects others, and Venus is the first to reject him.

He didn't force it, he was very clear about the divinity of the God of Eros, and he never moved his thoughts that he shouldn't have.

Venus and Cupid walked down the river when suddenly a huge shadow shrouded their heads.

They raised their heads and saw a huge monster, so big that it stood up to the sky, with a snake tail on its lower body, wings on its upper body, and a hundred snake heads wrapped around its hair.

Venus held Cupid in her arms in horror: "It's Typhon!"

Typhon is a monster that even Zeus has a headache for, and he is also the father of monsters. Almost all the monsters in the Greek pantheon are his children.The three-headed dog Cerberus is one of its sons.

Venus can't even beat Cerberus, let alone the ancestor of the monster.

Typhon has a peculiar aesthetic and loves others, and all kinds of monsters are combined with him. Even a beauty like Venus can't make him feel soft.

"Cupid, do you have a solution?" Venus knew how much he was, and simply counted on his son, "If you shoot him with a golden arrow, he will fall in love with me, and maybe he will let us go."

"No, Father!" Cupid also panicked, "If he falls in love with you, he will chase after you. Do you want him to go all the way back to the holy mountain? If he catches you back, would you be willing to give birth to him?"

Venus: "..."

He doesn't want to, he's picky.

"What about the lead arrows?" Venus ran away in a panic holding Cupid, and Cupid only had these two kinds of arrows.

Cupid yells: "Lead arrows are aggro! It will kill us instantly!"

Typhon was so big that he could crush them like ants with one foot.Venus couldn't run it at all, he gritted his teeth, turned himself and Cupid into two fish and jumped into the river, and tied the tails of the two fish together with ribbons to prevent them from being scattered in the river.

The scene of two fish entangled is the origin of the image of Pisces in the sky later.

With such a transformation, the white rose wreath on his head fell by the river.

That's what Adonis wove for him.No matter how reluctant Venus was, at the critical moment, it was too late to go back to the shore to pick up the wreath.

Seeing the two tiny gods swimming into the river in the form of fish, Typhon smiled contemptuously, and was about to bend down to pick up the two fish.Unexpectedly, a dazzling blue light suddenly appeared from the garland by the river, and the powerful sea god's power cut off dozens of Typhon's snake heads in an instant, causing a bloody storm.

When Poseidon wove a wreath for Venus, he infused it with the power of the sea god.He couldn't stay by Venus's side all the time, just in case, when Venus was in danger and happened to be wearing a garland, he would trigger a Sea God's attack to protect Venus for him.

This condition is very strict.It may never trigger, but it's by no means unnecessary.

Venus took Cupid downstream quickly, not daring to look back.

He also didn't see Typhon retreat unwillingly after being seriously injured, and the never-fading white rose withered instantly after completing its guardian mission.

The author has something to say: [References]

Higinus's "Astronomy" tells that Venus and his son Cupid traveled the Euphrates River and encountered Typhon.The two gods jumped into the river and turned into Pisces.This is where Pisces comes in.

The representative color of Pisces is sea blue, and its ruler is Neptune, the god of the sea in Greek mythology, Poseidon.