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The myths and legends circulating on the earth often have different versions. This is true regardless of the lineage.

Greek mythology is no exception.

Take the relationship between Athena and Artemis, for example.

In some places, it is felt that these two goddesses often played against each other, and that betting on something was an extremely important part of their daily life. Sometimes, they even make a big fuss over the outcome of a game of gambling, which not only involves other gods living on Mount Olympus, but also ordinary people who have nothing to do with the gods.

But there are also people in some places who believe that the personal relationship between the two goddesses is very good, including the fact that Artemis declared to the gods that he would be a **** **** for the rest of his life, which he learned from Athena.

Well, not only do they have different views on the relationship between the two goddesses, but even on the issue of "who is the older sister", people also have differences in their hearts.

People who support the view that "Athena is the older sister" believe that Athena is not only the older sister of Artemis, but also the eldest daughter of all the children of Zeus. The arguments they put forward are very intuitive and convincing-Athena's mother is Metis, and this Metis is the first wife of Zeus. Whether it is the famous queen Hera, or other goddesses or women who have had an affair with Zeus, they are all ranked behind Metis. Among them, the birth mother of the sun **** Apollo and the moon goddess Artemis, the night goddess Leto.

In the cognition of this group of people, Athena is the eldest daughter of Zeus, and Artemis is the youngest daughter of Zeus.

I don’t know if I heard some news from somewhere, or I used my imagination wishfully. The stories compiled by this group of people include the following passages—since the birth of Artemis, she often followed Beside Athena and learn various skills from her. Conversely, Athena also looks like a big sister, and she loves and takes care of the little sister Artemis very much. It is precisely because of the close and harmonious relationship between the two sisters that Artemis was gradually influenced by Athena, and finally said, "I want to be like my sister, the purest **** of sex." words come.

There is another group of people who support the statement that "Artemis is the sister".

On the point that "Metis was the first wife of Zeus", this group of people did not raise any objections. However, they still stubbornly believed that Athena was not Zeus's first child, nor was she the eldest daughter.

The reason is that in the story about Athena's birth, Hephaestus-Zeus had a sudden headache after swallowing the pregnant Metis. In order to solve his headache, he asked Hephaestus to split his head with an axe, and just before Hephaestus was about to do it, Athena broke Zeus's head and jumped out from his forehead.

The point is, Hephaestus is also the biological son of Zeus, and his mother is the only queen Hera who can share power with Zeus.

In terms of status, Hera is second only to Zeus, but when it comes to the order of pairing with Zeus, she can only be ranked seventh.

That's right, Hera is actually the seventh and last wife of Zeus.

Before her, there were Metis, the goddess of wisdom, Themis, the girl of law and justice, Eurynome, the girl of water and grass pastures, Demeter, the girl of agriculture and harvest, Mnemosyne, the goddess of language and writing, and the goddess of night. Leto.

Hera was the last wife of Zeus, and Hephaestus, born to her, appeared long before Athena was born.

By analogy, why the sixth wife, the twins born to Leto, the goddess of the night, must be born after Athena?

Combined with the story of "Zeus swallowed the pregnant Metis first, and then Athena broke out", these people used their associations to make

I made an inference - when Zeus swallowed Metis alive, his headaches did not attack immediately, or in other words, like all diseases, there was a development process from mild to severe. From the second wife Themis to the last wife Hera, the six wives behind Zeus were all matched during the illness. Then, Hera gave birth to Hephaestus, and Zeus's illness became more and more serious. Only then did the scene of "Hephaestus lift the ax and plan to help Zeus open his head".

It is logical and can be justified. From an objective point of view, this inference is quite reliable.

Based on this, or with Hephaestus in the story as a reference, and then analyze the birth time of Apollo and Artemis, what will be the result?

The second wife, Themis, married Zeus and gave birth to the three goddesses of timing and fate;

The third wife, Eurynome, gave birth to the three goddesses of Grace;

The fourth wife, Demeter, gave birth to the goddess of spring with Zeus, that is, Persephone, the queen of the underworld;

The fifth wife, Mnemosyne, gave birth to the Nine Goddesses of Literature and Art, also known as the Muses;

The sixth wife, Leto, goddess of the night, gave birth to Apollo and Artemis.

Every wife of Zeus gave birth to their own children, including more than twenty other lovers that Zeus secretly hooked up with, namely Eris, the goddess of strife, Pluto, the goddess of wealth, Selene, the goddess of the full moon, and Eris, the goddess of the ocean. Goddesses such as Lectra, as well as mortal beauties such as Semele, Danae, Europa, Yin'e, Aquina, Antiope, and Leda, also gave birth to children for Zeus .

Among these beauties, only a few of them seemed to have abnormal pregnancies with a bit of fantasy, so they were added to the myths and stories that were handed down, occupying some space.

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By the same token, if any visions were triggered when these sons of Zeus were born, the corresponding content would definitely be left in the story.

But in fact?

In any version of the story, there is no specific description of the birth moment of these gods, demigods, and mortal heroes. At least, there is no record like Athena's.

In other words, including Apollo and Artemis, all other descendants of Zeus were basically born normally.

It can be further inferred that Hephaestus, born to the last wife Hera, should be a little younger than Apollo and Artemis, born to the sixth wife Leto.

Finally, let's sort out the relationship between Athena and Artemis.

The answer should be... If the embryo is used as the benchmark, Athena is obviously earlier. On the contrary, if the birth is used as the benchmark, Artemis is the elder sister.