Chapter 644 (1/2)
EOS, the goddess of dawn, put on a rose crown and pushed open the door of heaven.
She directed the first light of dawn to the public hall of the gods, which indicates that the gods will gather here to start a day's banquet or discuss important things.
In the past, only Zeus had the power to summon the gods. After Zeus fell asleep, this power belonged to Hermes, who was in charge of order.
But Hermes doesn't like banquet. In his eyes, banquet is the most inefficient communication activity.
The process of the banquet at Olympia is roughly as follows: the gods are seated in order, which includes a series of conditions such as identity, personality, descent, power and so on.
After seated, the gods will eat fixed food, drink fixed wine, and enjoy fixed music and dance in a fixed order.
Each God will speak in order, with a slight difference in content, but the core meaning is fixed, which is the praise and praise to Zeus. Some ignorant gods occasionally don't follow the routine and say some different words. Such gods will be severely punished by Zeus without exception.
Hermes did not like to waste time at the banquet, let alone at the meeting. In his opinion, the process of the meeting was no different from that of the banquet except that there was no food, song and dance.
After he took over order, the public palaces of the gods were idle for a long time, and today's banquet was not called by Hermes, but by Athena.
In principle, she has no such qualification, but the goddess of dawn let the dawn shine on the temple, which proves her recognition. The Muse offered a song, which proves her recognition. The three goddesses of meihui offered a dance, which proves her recognition. The three goddesses of season gathered the most beautiful scenery of the year and dedicated them all to the palace of the gods, It also proves the recognition of Athena.
Of course, the greatest recognition of Athena is the gods gathered in the temple. Although there were some twists and turns before taking the seat, Hera insisted on taking the first seat, but the problem is not serious. Athena's only requirement for Hera is not to make too much trouble.
The table was full of delicious food, which made the gods have an illusion, especially Hera. His eyes were red and he thought Zeus had returned.
The delicious food also exudes an attractive aroma of wine, which is the gift of Dionysus, the God of wine. Before that, he did not belong to Athena's camp, but he still accepted Athena's call. He missed the traditions of Olympia, especially the carnival at the banquet.
There were only two gods who were not present, one was Hermes and the other was Hephaestus. It was natural that they were not present.
The banquet itself was not approved by Hermes. To put it bluntly, Hermes was seizing power. Hermes could not be allowed to attend the banquet of the usurper. As for Hephaestus, he hated the banquet because he had always been the person ridiculed at the banquet.
Everyone knew the truth, but Athena turned her eyes to the last table of the gods, and pan sat there.
Pan is a sixth order God and should not sit at the end, but Athena deliberately humiliated him today. Pan came here not to find abuse, but to inquire about news for Hermes.
But Athena wondered if Hermes could understand the news now?
Athena asked God pan, ”my brother, the order controller of Olympia, why don't you come and drink with the gods?”
Pan got up and saluted, ”my father was hurt a little and is still recuperating in the temple.”
Artemis quickly answered, ”was it hurt while catching butterflies?”
Hercules said coldly, ”did you hurt your face by your own arrow?”
Artemis looked at Hercules angrily. Hercules looked back with disdain. Athena got up and said, ”pan, please convey my greetings to my brother and the wishes of the gods to the order controller.”
While talking, Athena first looked at Hera and saw Hera nodding. He then said: ”For millions of years, we stood at the peak of Olympia and brought civilization and faith to the wild world with our sweat and wisdom. It is we who let mortals get rid of the dust like lowliness, let them have wisdom, let them walk straight, so that they can raise their heads, look up at us and say our names,
They learned farming, crafts, textiles and medicine. They even learned to write and record their words and deeds,
It is the selfless gift of the gods that makes the difference between mortals and beasts, and what we get is only insignificant worship and admiration. We never care about the gains and losses with mortals. We don't even want to intervene in their world. We prefer to enjoy every banquet and gathering on Mount Olympia! ”
Listening to Athena's description, pan couldn't help smiling bitterly.
A large part of his words are facts, but from another angle, the nature has changed.
For example, the gods do not easily intervene in the world. This is the rule that Cronus was forced to formulate. After Zeus broke this rule, he was forced to re-establish it. It is by no means the will of the gods described by Athena.
However, the following description made pan speechless.
”We constantly send happiness to the mortals on Mount Olympia, but mortals secretly betrayed us. They gave their faith to a false god of unknown origin, making our palace where we were imprisoned,
Look what kind of disaster the false god brought to the world. He demolished our temple, smashed our gods, took our sacrifices and killed our believers!
We place our hopes on mortals, but what have stupid mortals done? What have they done for us? Humble mortals worship the false gods, and we have long been forgotten by them. Even the only insignificant faith has disappeared! How many of the gods present have dried up their fountain of faith? ”
This sentence aroused the resonance of almost all gods, and the cries of the scene came and went one after another.
When the gods calmed down, Athena continued, ”our anger has long been ignited, but it can't burn to the earth, or even to the sky. Olympia is no longer our palace, but now it has become a prison for us!
Do we always have to wait and see in the cage? Do we always have to struggle in the cage? Do we always have to look at the humble mortals, hold up the false gods, and wantonly insult and trample on us? ”
The spirit's mood rose higher and higher, and the roar rang through the whole hall.
In Pan's view, Athena's words are all crooked theories, but these crooked theories have been recognized by the gods, even Hercules, who came from the earth. Even he felt that all these came from the betrayal of mortals to the gods.
While talking, Athena raised Cronus's sickle, and the cheers of the gods were deafening.
”The prison should be broken! We will break through the cage! First burn our anger to the sky and burn the shameless hypocrite! Then burn our anger to the earth and burn the shameless mortal!”
The gods shouted Athena's name, and the whole mount Olympia trembled with the cry.