Time: 2007-11- 11 21:12:00 Words: 4696
We won't talk nonsense this time. We firmly pursue the act of deceiving ourselves. Those who pass by, please come in if you like. Those who don't like, please take a detour!! Helpless, helpless! Once again, this is a TL article. Alright, I'll try my best not to post articles that stimulate your moral and ethical nerves. I'll give in!!
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"In the surging waves of the sea of pleasure,
In the loud echo of the great air,
Everything that blows in the universe,
It's drowning, drowning."
In the forest in the center of Lemnos, the lead singer threw out the introduction and spread his arms in the wind. His white gauze robe blossomed like a dazzling white rose. Achilles, Aneas, and I stood on the stone steps in the square at the top of the mountain and watched.
The chorus sang to each other in a conversational manner. The leaders were all crazy women, Manadis, who were dressed in gauze that could barely cover their bodies. They wore crowns made of grapevines, held wine sticks, played double-barreled bagpipes, beat tamales, and sang loudly. At the same time, the people around them crazily twisted their bodies and danced to the music. It was a crazy game that had no common sense.
After the lead singer, someone immediately took over his lyrics.
"Uncommon sense, the highest ecstasy!
Common people, have you fallen to your knees?
World, can you see your Creator?”
The local believers sang behind the crazy female singers. Some clown-like characters jumped up and down, but no one stopped them because this was the form of celebration.
The square was built on the highest point of Lemnos Island, and the amplification conditions were excellent. The pleasant song echoed in the forest, surging like the roaring tide.
Someone sang,"
"I swear in the name of the gods, the continuation of the gods protects the pious hope.”
Then, he said,
"It is the poet's duty, my friend,
To explain and record his dreams.”
Attraction:
"Believe me, the truest illusion in the world
It often appears to people in dreams;
All the poetic skills and all the poetic feelings
It was just an explanation of the dream of reality.”
Then, he said,
" God guides us to get rid of the devil that controls our souls, and bestows upon us the greatest revelry.
Take off the disguise of bestial nature, you and I will jointly interpret the true, good, and beautiful human nature.
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I didn't know how to appreciate opera, nor did I understand what they were singing. I tiptoed and watched for a while before I got tired. I turned around and found a place to sit down, humming Lin Guanyin's " Wine God Festival "
"Laurel and Parthenon Temple
The sun carriage is running
Little Cupid, he flapped his wings
The golden arrow is the key to love
Who stole Pandora's box?
Who kissed the toes of Beauty?
I spin with the goddess of fate
covered in wine stains
Climbing up the wild grape branch, losing my mind for you
Making Olympus history
I wrote you a love poem by the will of the God of Wine
Write down the beginning of the Greek tragedy
Sink into the wishing pool and dedicate yourself to the celebration
Porcelains turn into ancient ruins
I look through the eclipse, I can't stop partying
The days by your side are diluted with wine."
The lyrics weren't bad, but the melody wasn't good at all. Because I was listless, my singing was even worse. I chuckled and looked up at Apollo's magnified face." Wow, what are you doing? Are you trying to scare me to death?"”
I sat on the ground and rubbed my chest." Boss, you're pretty, but you don't have to appear and disappear like a ghost to scare people.”
Unlike his usual casual attire, Apollo was dressed in a hunting suit. He held a silver bow, carried a quiver, had silver sleeves, and a golden belt. His long hair was tied behind his head with ivy. He was strong and handsome, and his graceful aura was swept away. It was eye-catching. As expected of the Lord God of Olympus, the snow-white holy wolf rubbed against his feet. Seeing that I was overreacting, he leaned forward and helped me up. He smiled and said,"What are you singing?”
I exhaled and looked at Achilles and Aneas, who turned around and walked over."I was just singing casually. What are you going to do dressed like this?”
His eyes were moving and his eyes were flirtatious. He smiled and pointed at his own face, saying,"Kiss me and I'll tell you.”
I rolled my eyes." I'm not interested anyway. Forget it, Achilles. It's boring here. Let's go back."”
Achilles was already on guard and pulled me to his side. He glared at Apollo with an unfriendly expression. Apollo looked at our clasped hands and narrowed his eyes into a line. He revealed a thin layer of bad emotions and said faintly," I guess I'm too late. If Little Padt follows me, I can give you a different fate. Do you want to change your mind?”
I smiled faintly. After Xantos's lecture, I had a better understanding of Patroclus 'fate. However, since I had made my choice, it meant that I had no regrets. I looked into Apollo's sapphire-like eyes and said,""I don't really believe in the word fate, Your Highness. You should know that this world is just the beginning of another fate for the current me, right?”
Apollo didn't comment. He smiled elegantly and said,""Who knows? I couldn't tell that you were very stubborn."
A gloomy gaze behind me made me feel uncomfortable. I turned my head and saw Aneas looking at me sadly. When he saw me looking at him, he immediately turned away. I felt sad. I did like him, but liking him was not love.
Apollo sat on the white wolf and asked with a smile,""Wanna go hunting, Padt?”
I shook my head and refused. I was interrupted by a burst of surprised cheers from the square below. Looking down, I saw a woman in white in the middle of the square. After a fanatical chant, she put down her hand and her scepter fell on a rock on the ground. The rock was carved into the shape of the Olympian Goddess of Youth, Heber, holding a wine pot.
The surrounding believers and the mad woman of the God of Wine shouted excitedly and danced around her, indicating that the feast was about to begin. The person placed the scepter on the mouth of the wine pot and sang loudly,"May God bestow upon us the nectar of longevity, turning it into rain and dew to nourish the people's dried souls.”
Then, there was a long string of prayers. After that, the staff of the God of Wine gently tapped the spout of the pot three times. The cheers thundered and shook the nine heavens. As the cheers flowed out of the mouth of the pot, the sweet fragrance of the wine spread in all directions. After the believers prostrated and thanked him, they each held a wine glass and fell drunk on the square one after another.
I also pulled Achilles over to join in the fun, but he stopped me and said,"Don't go."
Apollo looked uninterested as he rode his wolf away and disappeared into the forest. I turned my head and saw Achilles looking at his back with a sinister gaze. I smiled and patted his hand."Although His Highness is lecherous, he is an upright person. I respect him very much.”
"I thought you hated him." I saw through his thoughts, so Achilles came back to his senses and whispered.
I shook my head and looked at Aneas. He still didn't seem to let it go.
The people in the square below had already started dancing and singing crazily. The female priest raised her scepter and shouted,"Take off your human skin disguises and enjoy yourselves. Show us your desires. We will satisfy your desires. Come on, friends, don't put on an act. Show us the manliness of men and the charm of women. Which of you has the most beautiful body and the most unrestrained soul? Take off your clothes and let the lust drown us.”
To be honest, what happened next was a little unsightly. It felt like a group of demons dancing. Everyone pounced on each other and pressed them to the ground. Their clothes were torn, they moaned in joy, they shouted loudly, and their desires flowed. Their naked bodies were entangled in all directions. This was the revelry of the God of Wine. People seemed to have completely lost their ability to distinguish consciousness and climbed like animals. (I've changed this. The Dionysian Carnival was originally an ancient Greek secret religion that worshipped genitals. It was more of a manifestation of desire and instinct. However, it was better not to write too much in detail. Otherwise, the bricks would be enough for me to build a castle!)!）
The strong smell blew onto the hill with the wind. The three of us were frightened. It was as if the world had suddenly become a mess. There was no gender, age, pain, or despair. There was only ecstasy and wanton venting.
Looking at those wild humans, I felt nauseous. I had never seen or heard of such unrestrained behavior in the open air. Even in my short life, I couldn't imagine or understand it.
"This is what people are like. Look, look at their expressions, how happy and intoxicated they are.”A black-haired, linen, white-robed young man slowly walked up on a striped leopard. He held a wine bag in his hand and a scepter on the floor. He looked unrestrained and unrestrained. The grapevine leaves in his hair were tangled in the wind without any image to speak of. When he walked closer, we finally saw him clearly. His black eyes were like cold stars in the cold night due to drunkenness. His lips were beautiful, and his skin was as bright as the moonlight. There was a string of amethyst grapes between his eyebrows, crystal clear.
Two half-man, half-goat monsters followed him, followed by Silenus, whom I had seen last night. If I guessed correctly, he was Dionysus, the God of Wine.
However, why was it so different from the first two times they met? Am I seeing things?
When he saw me, he smiled and put down the wine bag."You disdain their actions because you haven't given up on your disguise. Compared to them, you are timid.”
"Life is like a stage. Every costume and role requires us to put on an act wholeheartedly. Pretense is inevitable. Only with disguise can we get into character, right, Your Highness?”Achilles broke his pragmatic character as a soldier and actually argued with the God of Wine. His words shocked me. Indeed, everyone in Greece was a philosopher.
Obviously, Dionysus was very surprised. He looked at him coldly and said with a smile,"They've been involved in this drama for their entire lives. One day, they'll be tired and want to escape. This is the best place for them to vent. Why don't you agree?”
"I think of myself as a human, not a beast.”Achilles answered succinctly. He reached out and brushed away the tangled hair on my shoulders. The people at the foot of the mountain were still intoxicated and did not know whether they were dead or alive.
Dionysus laughed and shook his head. The striped leopard was lying on the ground. He stood up, and lush grapevines immediately appeared on the dry rock ground. Soon, they formed a small grape rack. Fresh grapes of all colors grew ripe and hung on the branches. In a moment, Satiros picked two bunches and placed them on a silver plate before kneeling at his feet.
Dionysus plucked one of his fingers and played with it. His fingers were as warm as jade, and it complemented the blood-red grape in his hand. He smiled and said,"Oh, really? Then I want to ask, what is the person you are talking about?”
Achilles frowned and said," Humans know how to feel joy, anger, sorrow, love, hate, emotions, and hatred. They know how to think. Humans can create, humans can change, but animals only know how to obey.”
Wonderful! I couldn't help but clap my hands in admiration. I looked at Dionysus. He was still smiling, but there was a look of admiration on his face. Silenus, who was beside him, also stroked his beard and nodded.
"This is the origin of human self-righteousness. Happiness, anger, sadness, love, hate, and hatred. Who said that animals don't exist? For example, the dolphins swimming in the sea. Why do they have to be kind to others and help those who are lost in the sea?”Dionysus raised his head leisurely and drank his wine. His eyes swept away the haziness from before and were bright and scorching. He stared at Achilles.
I held Achilles 'hand tightly and leaned towards him. Achilles smiled faintly and said,"" They have been tamed by you, so they can only be considered humans. The dolphins that you mentioned were transformed from pirates that you punished. They regretted their actions and became kind and amiable, so they can also be considered humans.”
"Ha! Is that so? According to what you said, this world is really chaotic.”Dionysus laughed heartily and stood up against the wind. After pondering for a while, he turned around and smiled at Achilles. Damn it, why was he staring at Achilles? I felt uncomfortable and tightened my grip on Achilles 'hand.
Dionysus said," That's right. You're right. The human world has always been indistinguishable from humans and beasts. That's why it's so dirty. Perhaps that's why people call criminals beasts. However, how do you explain the massacre on the battlefield? If I'm not wrong, in your mind, there is only victory. Defeat means death, and aren't the losers human? Shouldn't humans have more rights to live than beasts? Do you plan to put the defeated people into the ranks of the beasts?”
Achilles looked at him coldly, his lips twisting stubbornly as he said,"" On the battlefield, humans only have survival instincts. Their purpose in killing is also to survive. They have already lost the time and ability to think, so they can only be classified as beasts. As for prisoners of war, they are the symbol of power as a soldier. It is my honor to deal with them.”
"It's still a beast. Can a person who kills his own kind be considered a complete human?”Dionysus sighed. The vines swayed, and the fragrance of the wine lingered.
Achilles seemed to have been provoked. He glared and said,""Who said that people have to be kind? Kind people are weak, people who drag out an ignoble existence. They use kindness to cover up their cowardice and seek survival.”
Dionysus pointed at me and said in amusement,""Are you scolding your lover?"
I blushed and lowered my head, feeling a little confused. Why did the spearhead suddenly point at me?
Achilles took me into his arms and said firmly," He is different. In the future, he will grow into a great warrior of Myrmidon. He will fight side by side with me, galloping on the battlefield!”
I had mixed feelings in my heart. Indeed, I couldn't escape anymore. Kindness was only an ornament to those who survived on the battlefield.
Dionysus laughed and stood in the wind.""As expected of Father's favorite, a proud and powerful person. I hope your pride can save your fate.”
Achilles was impatient to argue with him. He held my hand and said,"I'm sorry, Your Highness. We still have some matters to attend to.”
Dionysus nodded.
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