I was a priest in the city-state era.

Chapter 41

Procne and Philomela brought six maidservants to the temple square, and saw Roy and fifty teenagers brandishing bronze spears and undergoing combat training.

Seeing Procne and Philomela, Roy stopped training, walked over with the bronze spear on his shoulder and said.

"Princess Procne! Princess Philomela! You really have to bring a group of maids by your side all the time."

Procne explained with a smile.

"Priest Loi! If we don't show our identity with the maid, maybe someone will do something to offend us."

Procne and Philomela not only have the beauty and figure close to the goddess, but also have noble and elegant temperament.

If you don't know the identity of their leader and noble daughter, there will indeed be men who will be lost by them and do crazy things that offend them.

"Priest Roy!"

Philomela looked at the fifty teenagers in training and said.

"You just finished sailing on the high seas yesterday, why don't you let them rest for a few days? Are you not afraid that they will complain to you if you train them like this?"

"I train them for their own good, to give them a better chance of coming back from the battlefield alive."

Seeing Procne's curious expression, Roy explained to Procne and Philomela.

"Princess Procne! Princess Philomela! In three days, the leader of Pandion will launch a war against the Eleusis tribe. I will take these companions who follow me to participate in this war. From Eleusis The tribe takes the loot as our wealth. The Eleusis tribe is a large tribe with a population of 3000, and their tribe warriors are definitely stronger than ordinary pirates, so I must step up and train my companions."

"The tribe of Eleusis..."

Procne said with a worried expression.

"The Eleusis tribe is not a weak tribe. It is too risky to fight against the Eleusis tribe."

"Sister! Our great father is the hero of the Athenian tribe [Hundred Enemies], and brother Erechtheus also has the potential to grow into a hero [Hundred Enemies], so the victory will definitely belong to the Athenian tribe. We don't need to worry about this at all. war."

Philomela finished speaking confidently, looked at Roy and said.

"Priest Luoy, is your strength the captain [ten-man enemy] or the hero [hundred-man enemy]?"

"Uh……"

Thinking of his short fight with the pirate leader, Roy said with a guilty conscience.

"I should have the strength of the captain [ten enemies]."

"You have the strength of the captain [Ten Enemy], then you still have a great hope of surviving the battlefield."

Hearing Philomela's words, Roy said with a smile.

"It is because I know that I am not strong enough that I will conduct combat training with my companions. In order for me and them to survive the battlefield, I will take them out of the Acropolis and around the Acropolis Hill. Long-distance running training enhances physical fitness. In my opinion, only soldiers who are faster than others and have more endurance than others can survive to the end on the battlefield."

After a pause, Roy said to Procne and Philomela.

"Princess Procne! Princess Philomela! Do you want to follow me out of the Acropolis and watch our long-distance training outside?"

Procne and Philomela immediately shook their heads at the same time and said.

"Priest Loi! Unless we are with father and brother Erechtheus, we must never leave the Acropolis."

"It's very dangerous outside. If we are attacked by men outside, our happiness in life will be ruined."

Of course Roy knew how dangerous the world outside the tribes and city-states was in this era.

Not to mention ordinary women, even a noble lady of a leader or a princess of a city-state may be attacked in the wild.

Legend has it that Oretia, the daughter of Erechtheus, King of Athens, was snatched away by an unknown man when she was traveling in the wild with her maid.

In order not to make the matter of Oretia a disgrace to the royal family, the Athenian royal family fabricated the myth that Oretia was taken away by the gods, claiming that Oretia had become the wife of the gods.

According to legend, Antiope, the daughter of Nicktheus, king of Thebes, was also attacked in the wild and gave birth to a pair of twin sons for an unknown man.

Nicktheus regarded Antiope as shameful and committed suicide, and the surviving Antiope was abused by his uncle and aunt.

As for marriage—

Which great tribal leader or city-state king would make Antiope, who had a child before marriage, his first wife?
So Antiope never married.

Later Antiope's two sons seized the throne of Thebes, and her story was beautified in mythology.

In mythology, a god attacked Antiope in the wild, causing Antiope to give birth to the future king of Thebes.

The mother of the legendary King Theseus of Athens was also an unmarried princess.

Because she was attacked by the drunken King Aegeus of Athens and gave birth to a son before she was married.

Those tribal leaders or city-state kings who have no shortage of women, of course, will not be willing to be humble and marry an illegitimate princess as their wife.

Of course, a princess who has given birth to a child can also become the king's wife.

A wife who betrays her husband can also be forgiven by her husband.

For example, the legendary King Agamemnon of Mycenae married a second-married princess who had given birth to a child.

However, Agamemnon married the second-married princess because he killed the princess’s husband. If he didn’t ask to marry the princess, the princess’s two brothers would kill Agamemnon for the princess’s husband and children. revenge.

The legendary Spartan king Menelaus forgave his wife Helen who betrayed her husband.

Because Helen is the queen of Sparta, and Menelaus is just the son-in-law.

If Menelaus did not forgive Helen, Menelaus would lose his throne as King of Sparta.

Therefore, during the Trojan War, Menelaus always claimed that the Trojan prince Paris abducted Helen, and never admitted that Helen abandoned him.

Because Menelaus admitted that his marriage with Helen was over, he was not qualified to occupy the throne of Spartan king.

In short, although a princess who lost her virginity before marriage could not marry a king of equal status, she could still marry a husband who was inferior in status.

"Princess Procne! Princess Philomela! Although it is indeed dangerous outside, my companions and I will protect you and will not let you suffer any harm."

Hearing what Roy said, Philomela said with a puffy face.

"Priest Loi! We are just worried about being hurt by you! If you attack us and turn us into your women, even if our father looks down on you, for our reputation and happiness, we can only pinch our noses Let you be our husband."

"Uh——in your eyes, am I the man who will attack you?"

Seeing that not only Philomela, but even Procne did not deny it, Roy said with an exaggerated expression.

"I'm so sad! Since you can't trust me, I will take the initiative to keep a distance from you."

After speaking, Roy turned and left, and said in front of fifty teenagers.

"Dear companions, now everyone will follow me outside for long-distance running training."

(End of this chapter)