Chapter 8 8

The Greek fleet arrived safely on the shores of Asia Minor.However, because the heroes were not familiar with this place, they were blown away from Troy by a favorable wind and came to the Bay of Mythiae.Here they dropped anchor and landed.The Greeks were blocked by armed soldiers everywhere in the coastal area. They banned the Greeks from landing in the name of the local king, and asked them to meet the king first and tell where they came from. The king of Mysiae was also a Greek, named Telephus, the son of Hercules and Auger.After going through various adventures, he returned to the palace of King Mysia Theutras, and met his long-lost mother by chance.Later, he married the king's daughter Alchiope, and after the king's death, he inherited the throne and ruled Myciae.

The Greek soldiers took up arms and attacked the soldiers guarding the coast without asking who the king was here.A few other guards escaped, and they reported to King Telephus that thousands of alien enemies had invaded the land, killed the sentries, and occupied the coast.When the king heard the news, he immediately summoned the army to meet the enemy.He was worthy of being the son of Hercules, and an honorable hero, who trained his army after the manner of the Greeks.Therefore the Greeks were unexpectedly met with their fierce resistance, and the two sides launched a desperate struggle.Suddenly, out of the Greek soldiers rushed out a magical hero Tersander, the grandson of the famous king Oedipus, the son of Polynices, and the loyal comrade-in-arms of Diomedes.He went on a rampage through Telephus' soldiers, killing the king's commander and close comrade in arms.The king was furious, and rushed forward to confront Tersander.As a result, the son of Hercules was victorious, and Tersander was shot and fell to the ground.

Diomedes saw him fall from a distance, and hurried over, and before King Telephus took off the dead man's weapon, he snatched the corpse of his comrade-in-arms, carried it on his shoulders, and strode away from the chaos battlefield.When he passed by Ajax and Achilles with the corpse on his back, they were also very angry. They hurriedly reassembled the broken army, and then divided them into two groups. Using ingenious detour tactics, they outflanked and attacked, quickly turning the tide of battle and winning advantage. Teutrantius, Telephus' half-brother, was shot by an arrow from Ajax and fell to the ground.Telephus, who was chasing Odysseus, saw his brother in distress, and hurried to his aid, but stumbled over a vine, for the cunning Greeks had led the enemy into the vineyard to fight in favorable territory.Seeing this, Achilles ran up to Telephus and stabbed him in the left leg with his spear just as he stood up from the ground.Telephus insisted on standing up, drew his spear, and escaped under the cover of the soldiers who came.If night had not fallen, the fierce battle between the two sides would have continued, and now they had no choice but to evacuate the battlefield.

The next day, the two sides sent envoys to request a temporary truce so that they could find and bury the bodies of the fallen soldiers.Only then did the Greeks learn with astonishment that the king who had defended his country so heroically was one of their own, the son of the great demigod Hercules.What's more, there are three princes in their army who are relatives of Telephus. and Antiphus, the three of them offered to go with the messenger of Mysia to Telephus, and to explain to him who it was that had landed on the coast, and why they had come to Asia. Telephus happily received relatives from afar and listened to their narratives with great interest.Only then did he know that Paris lost his ethics and insulted the Greeks, and that Menelaus, his elder brother Agamemnon, and other Greek princes led the coalition army to crusade. "Therefore," said Telepalmus, who was the king's half-brother, speaking on their behalf, "my dear brother, you too are Greeks, do not leave your people. Our father Hercules is in many parts of the world He fought bravely for Greece. Because he loved his motherland, there are monuments to him all over Greece. To make up for the damage you have done to the Greeks, please join our army and join us in conquering Troy!"

Telephus was lying on the bed because of his wounds. At this time, he stood up with difficulty, and replied in a friendly way: "Your censure is unjust, my countrymen. We have changed from friends and relatives to enemies in today's bloody battle. It is your fault. My soldiers guarding the coast asked who you were and where you came from, but you did not answer my soldiers' inquiries nor listen to their advice like savages, but you rushed ashore and took them Killed and knocked to the ground. You are still on me—” He pointed to the wound, “Leaving an eternal memory. I will never forget the bloody battle yesterday in my life. Of course I will not blame you. I am very happy to be here My country welcomes my relatives and fellow Greeks. But I cannot promise to join you in the crusade against Priam.

My second wife, Astyoce, was his daughter.He was a pious old man, and his remaining sons were men of good character who had nothing to do with the crimes committed by the rash Paris.You see, this is my son Eurypyrus, how can I help you destroy his grandfather's kingdom?As I have no objection to Priam, so I have no objection to you.You are all my fellow countrymen.Please accept a small gift from me, I will prepare some food for you.No matter how much you need, just ask!Then you set off and let the gods decide the outcome.I don't take part in this war on either side. " Satisfied with this friendly answer, the three princes returned to the Argive camp, and reported to Agamemnon and the other chiefs that they had established a good friendship with Telephus.The heroes held a military council and decided to send Ajax and Achilles to the king to express their condolences to his wounds.There they saw the son of Hercules in such agony that Achilles was moved to tears, for he had inadvertently wounded a fellow Greek and the nobleness of Hercules. son.The king was so happy with their arrival that he forgot the pain, and said sorry that the distinguished guests had not greeted them from afar, which was a breach of court etiquette.He invited two guests to his palace, gave a grand banquet, and gave many gifts.

At the request of Achilles, the Greeks immediately sent two world-renowned physicians, Padalelius and Maheon, to treat the king.Although the two had superb medical skills, they could not be cured because of the special power of Achilles' spear.The medicine they applied could only ease his pain.King Telephus advised the Greeks when he was comfortable, provided them with supplies and food, and kept them on the island until the severe cold passed.He also gave them a detailed account of the location of Troy, how to get there, and revealed to them that the only place of landing was at the mouth of the Sccommantle River.