King Phineus And The Drought In The City Of Corinth

Once upon a time, in the city of Corinth, there lived a king named Phineus and all of his people. The people were struggling to survive in the dry climate due to a recent drought that Hera had brought to the city as a result of Zeus having relations with one of the citizens. Initially the citizens of Corinth started praying to Poseidon the god of the sea in hopes that he would bring rain to their city; however, Poseidon refused because he was still upset that Medusa had been killed. Therefore they started praying to Zeus, the god of the sky, asking that he bring rain to stop the drought. Zeus knew that if he brought rain Hera would make conditions worse for the people of Corinth. The king finally urged them to pray to Demeter to bring fresh crops to their city. …show more content…
King Phineus gathered a group of 13 men in search for Demeter. They were sent with 1 loaf of bread for all of them. Demeter was still no where to be found and the men were taking too long to arrive, so the citizens got angry and began to pray to Ares to obtain revenge on the king. Ares then sent the harpies who were winged monsters with a face of an ugly old woman with sharp claws. After arrival in the city, the harpies only took from the king and did their duty of making conditions harsh for the king. After the monsters took nearly everything from the king, Demeter finally showed up and began reproducing the