Legends about the Aegean Sea
In ancient times, there was a king named Minos who ruled Crete, an island in the Aegean Sea. Minos' son was murdered in Atticus, Athens. In order to avenge his son, Minos challenged the people of Athens. Under God's punishment, Athens was full of famine and plague. Under the challenge of Minos, the Athenians made peace with King Minos. Minos asked them to send seven pairs of boys and girls to Crete every nine years.
Minos built a maze with numerous palaces in Crete. In the maze, the road is tortuous and no one can get in. In the depths of the maze, Minos raised a beast with a bull's head, Minos. Athens sent seven pairs of men and women at a time, all of which were dedicated to Minos cattle.
This year is a year of worshipping boys and girls. The parents of both boys and girls were frightened. Theseus, the son of Aegean, the king of Athens, was deeply disturbed to see people suffer such misfortune. He was determined to set out with the boys and girls and vowed to kill Minos cattle.
The people of Athens bid farewell to seven pairs of boys and girls, including theseus, in the voice of weeping. Theseus and his father agreed that if he killed MINO, he would turn black sails on the boat into a white sail when he came back. As long as black sails on the ship turns white, it proves that King Aegean can see his son theseus again.
Theseus led the virgins ashore in Crete. His handsomeness attracted the attention of the beautiful and clever princess Ariadne, the daughter of King Mysius. The princess expressed her love for theseus and met him secretly. When she knew theseus's mission, she gave him a magic sword and a ball of thread to prevent theseus from being hurt by MINO.
As soon as the clever and brave theseus entered the maze, he tied one end of the thread ball to the entrance of the maze, then let go of the thread ball and walked along the tortuous and complicated passage to the depths of the maze. Finally, he finally found the monster minotaur. He grabbed the horn of Minos bull and tried to kill it with the sword given by Princess Ariadne. Then, he took the boys and girls and walked out of the maze along the route. In order to prevent the pursuit of King Minos, they cut through the bottoms of all Crete ships at the seaside. Princess Ariadne helped them, fled Crete with them and went home by boat. After a few days of sailing, I finally saw my motherland Athens again. Theseus and his partner were singing and dancing with excitement, but he forgot his agreement with his father and didn't change black sails into a white sail. The Aegean king, waiting for his son to return, is waiting for his son to return at the seaside. When he saw that the returning ship was still carrying black sails, he thought that his son had been eaten by a cow in MINO. He was heartbroken and committed suicide by jumping into the sea. In memory of the king of the Aegean Sea, he jumped into Na Pianhai, and this place has been called the Aegean Sea ever since.
Aegean island-the residence of Zeus' lover
Aegean island is the closest island to Athens, and the voyage takes only one and a half hours. This used to be a beautiful fairyland on earth, and Zeus' most touching mistress was hidden here. Maybe the fig trees all over the mountains are the fruits of their love. What really made the Aegean Sea famous was the rescue of Salamis, Greece. 2480 years ago, King Sels of Persia led a huge navy to invade Greece, and locust-like ships covered the sky. The tiny Athens city-state was in danger, but Greece had their wise commander-in-chief, Timis Torcles, who led a capable navy division to destroy three times his own warships in one fell swoop on the Salamis waterway and let the Greek sun rise to the sky again. The temple of Afia, built on the island at the end of the 6th century BC and the beginning of the 5th century BC, is a typical representative building in the late classical Greece.