1. Yi is the prince of Troy, a handsome and extraordinary young man. His appearance is rare even in the God Realm.

I don’t love women in the world. What he loves deeply is a maid who pours water in the temple of Zeus. This ordinary maid once captured Yi's heart with her beautiful singing one night, and also took away the happiness of all the girls in Troy.

The girl in heaven is called Helen, and she has the same beautiful name as Helen, the most beautiful woman in Troy. Zeus loved Helen very much, even though she was just a maid. But one day, Helen overheard the decision of Apollo, the god of the sun, and Athena, the goddess of wisdom, to destroy the city of Troy. Helen ignored the commandments and rushed to report the news to Prince Yi. As a result, Helen was discovered halfway, and Zeus's guards took Helen back to the temple. Zeus couldn't bear to execute her, but decided to punish her well. At the prompting of his son Apollo, Zeus decided to pass this sin on to the Trojan prince who had an affair with Helen.

On this day, Zeus turned into an eagle and descended over the city of Troy. He immediately saw the prince walking in the back garden. Zeus was shocked. He had seen many beautiful goddesses and stunning mortal women, but he had never seen such a handsome boy. Zeus was deeply attracted by Yi Te's temperament, and a sinful idea came to him. He swooped down from the sky, grabbed Yi, and brought him back to the temple.

In the cold temple, Yi could not see his family or Helen, and he became increasingly haggard. But Zeus forced Yi to pour water for him on Helen's behalf so that he could see this beautiful boy every day. Zeus's wife, the goddess Hera, was a jealous woman. She saw it and was angry in her heart. She was not only jealous of the shameless look in Zeus's eyes when he looked at her, but she was also jealous of her beauty that even she did not have. So Hera had a vicious plan in mind and decided to harm the innocent prince. She secretly let Helen go, and Helen naturally wanted to escape to the lower world with Yi. At this time, she caught the two of them on the spot. Athena understood that this was Hera's plan, but there was nothing she could do. The enraged Zeus decided to execute Yi. However, at the moment when the archer Chiron shot the fatal arrow, the maid Helen stood in front of Yi's chest!

Seeing that the plot failed to succeed, Hera became angry and turned Yi into a transparent water bottle, asking him to pour water for Zeus forever. However, what poured out of the water bottle was tears! All the gods were moved, so Zeus sealed Yi in the sky and became a sad god.

Eye shed tears in the distant sky every night. When people looked up, they saw a group of shining stars like transparent and shiny water bottles hanging in the night sky, so they called it Aquarius.

2. The love story of Apollo and Daphne

Once, Apollo saw the little Cupid playing with a bow and arrow. He warned Cupid unceremoniously: "Hey! Bows and arrows are very dangerous things. Children should not play with them casually." It turned out that the little Cupid, the god of love, had two very special arrows: any arrow he made of gold If someone is hit by a sharp arrow, the passion for love will immediately ignite in his heart; if someone is hit by another blunt arrow made of lead, he will hate love very much.

Cupid was very unconvinced when Apollo said this. When Apollo was not paying attention, he shot the arrow of love at Apollo with a "swish" sound, and the flame of love immediately ignited in Apollo's heart. Just then, a beautiful girl named Daphne came. The naughty Cupid shot the blunt arrow made of lead at Daphne. Daphne who was shot immediately became very disgusted with love.

At this time, Apollo, who was shot by the arrow of love, had fallen deeply in love with Daphne, so he immediately expressed his love to Daphne. But Daphne said unhappily: "Go away! I hate love! Stay away from me!" Then she galloped away into the valley like an antelope. But Apollo was not discouraged in his pursuit of Daphne. He took the harp and played beautiful tunes. No matter who heard Apollo's music, they could not help but come to him and listen to his playing.

Daphne, who was hiding in the mountains, also heard the beautiful sound of the piano and was intoxicated without knowing it. "Where does such a beautiful piano sound come from? I want to see who is playing." With that, Daphne was already fascinated by the piano sound and walked towards Apollo. Apollo, who was playing his harp behind a big rock, jumped out immediately and stepped forward to hug Daphne.

When Daphne saw Apollo, she ran away.

Apollo chased after him hard and shouted loudly: "I am not your enemy, nor a ferocious beast, nor an unreasonable man, why are you hiding from me?" Although Apollo kept talking to him from behind. Daphne shouted, but Daphne still pretended not to hear and continued to run forward.

However, no matter how fast Daphne ran, she could not outrun Apollo. After running for a long time, Daphne was exhausted and out of breath. Finally, she fell to the ground. Seeing that Apollo was about to catch up, Daphne shouted anxiously: "Help! Help!"

At this time, the river god heard Daphne She cried out for help and immediately turned her into a laurel tree with magical power. I saw Daphne's hair turned into leaves, her wrists turned into branches, her two legs turned into tree trunks, and her two feet and toes turned into tree roots, which were deeply embedded in the soil.

Apollo was very regretful when he saw it. He hugged the laurel tree and cried sadly, but the laurel tree kept shaking. Although Daphne has turned into a laurel tree, Apollo still loves her. Apollo stared at the laurel tree and said infatuatedly: "Although you failed to become my wife, I will love you forever. I will use your branches and leaves to make my laurel wreath, your wood to make my harp, and my harp to the moon." Your flowers decorate my bow. At the same time, I want to give you eternal youth and never grow old."

Daphne, who turned into a laurel tree, was deeply moved and nodded her head. gratitude. Perhaps due to the blessing of Apollo, the laurel tree is evergreen all year round and is a very popular plant.

Many people don’t understand what is being sung when they listen to the song "Laurel Goddess", but I don’t. I particularly like this song, not because of the goddess Daphne, but because of the sun god Apollo, who is moved by his ardent love and bravery and his everlasting love. I also feel sad for the helplessness of love.

3. Medea Obtains the Golden Fleece

·Book: Greek Mythology

·Story Name: Medea Obtains the Golden Fleece

< p> All night long, King Aeetes and the nobles discussed in the palace how to defeat the Argonauts, because he knew that what happened during the day was only achieved with the help of his daughter. The goddess Hera saw the danger Jason faced, and filled Medea's heart with doubt. Medea had a premonition that her father knew that she had provided aid, and was worried that the maids also knew the details of the matter. She thought about it and decided to run away. "Farewell, dear mother." Medea said to herself, weeping. "Farewell, sister Chalchiope, farewell to my father's palace! Alas, stranger, if there were no such thing in the world. How wonderful it would be if you were buried in the sea before you came to Colchis!"

She left her family in a hurry like a fugitive. She chanted the incantation, and the palace door opened automatically. She walked through the narrow streets barefoot, her left hand holding the veil to cover her face, and her right hand holding the robe trailing on the ground so as not to be affected when walking. The guard at the city gate did not recognize her. After a while, she arrived outside the city and walked from the path to the temple. Now she walked back to the coast, and finally saw the bonfire that the Argonauts had burned all night to celebrate Jason's victory. When she came near the ship on the bank, she called aloud the name of her sister's youngest son, Frontis. At her third cry he recognized Medea's voice. The heroes were startled at first, then rocked the boat to the shore. Before the ship could reach the shore, Jason jumped onto the shore. Frontis and Argos followed. "Help me!" the girl cried urgently. "Everything has been exposed and it is beyond imagination now. Let us escape in a boat before my father mounts his horse and chases after me! Oh, I I will help you get the Golden Fleece. I decided to use hypnosis to put the dragon into sleep, and you can take the opportunity to take the Golden Fleece. But you, stranger, must swear to the gods in front of all the heroes. When I arrive alone in your distant land, you promise to protect my dignity!"

Jason felt happy in his heart, gently lifted the girl up from the ground, hugged her, and said: " My dear, let Zeus and Hera, who govern marriage, bear witness, I am willing to take you back to my hometown as my legal wife!" He swore and put his hand in hers. So, Medea ordered the heroes to move through the night and swing the ship to the sacred grove to seize the Golden Fleece. Jason and Medea walked to the sacred grove from another path across the grassland.

They saw the golden fleece hanging on the tall oak tree shining in the dark night, while the sleepless dragon on the opposite side watched tirelessly. As soon as it saw the people coming, it stretched its neck and swam towards them, letting out waves of terrible and sharp roars, and waves of dull and desolate echoes sounded from the riverbank and the woods. Medea went forward without fear, and with a sweet voice she prayed to Slav, the most powerful of the gods, the god of sleep, to call the dragon to sleep for her. At the same time, she asked the great goddess of hell to bless her and help her realize her plan. Jason looked at all this and was very frightened. But at this time, the poisonous dragon had fallen asleep in Medea's magical hypnotic song, its arched back drooped, and its hovering body slowly stretched out. Only the ugly head was still standing upright, with its huge mouth open, as if it wanted to devour the two people who were approaching. Medea jumped forward and sprinkled the dragon's eyes with the magic liquid from juniper branches. A strange fragrance hit the dragon's nose and made him comatose. Now, with its mouth closed and its body stretched out, it lies in the woods, soundly asleep.

According to Medea's instructions, when she anointed the dragon's forehead with magic oil, Jason quickly took the golden fleece from the oak tree. The two men quickly fled the Ares woods. Jason carried the golden fleece on his shoulders. The treasure hung from his neck to his heels, shining with golden light and illuminating the path at night. Then he quickly put down the golden fleece and rolled it up, because he was worried that evil people or gods who only took a fancy to this treasure would snatch it away.

At dawn, they got on the boat. The companions gathered around the two men and asked questions, all wanting to touch the golden fleece. Ahmad refused and covered it with a new cloak. Then, he made a comfortable bed for Medea in the back cabin, and said to his friends:

"Dear friends, let us return to our hometown now! Because of this With the help of this girl, we finally completed our mission and made great achievements. I want to take her back to my hometown and marry her as my legal wife. You should help me take good care of her along the way. I believe the matter is not over yet, eh. Etes will definitely lead people to catch up and block our return, so let half of us row the oars and the other half hold spears and shields to prepare to meet the enemy and repel his attack." After saying this, he slashed with his sword. Cut the cable, then stand next to Medea and the helmsman Anchios, weapons in hand. The big ship sailed towards the mouth of the river like an arrow.