Chapter 93 Ellis City-State

Although the Greeks did not know the destination of this large-scale fleet, they were familiar with the "black hair twined fork" symbol on the sail, but it used to be on the Dionysian merchant ship that came to trade. Seeing that it is now on the warship, does this mean that the barbarian kingdom on the other side of the Adriatic Sea is finally going to attack the mainland of Greece?

Regardless of the panic and suspicion of the Greek people, the Dionysian fleet headed south without any reduction in speed, and soon passed the entrance of the Gulf of Corinth and entered the waters off the west coast of the Peloponnese. As dusk approached, the fleet had to land early and prepare to camp. This is because, without access to the southern coast of Messinia today, further south is a steep and narrow coast, making it difficult for ships to dock and for crews to rest.

The place where the entire fleet docked is the northwest corner of the Peloponnese. The terrain here is relatively flat. It has been called the Elis region since ancient times. It is very famous throughout the Greek world because of the Olympia Games. It is held here, and there is also the famous Temple of Zeus. Of course, there are also two well-known city-states, Alice and Pisa. They have always been mortal enemies for the right to host the Olympia Games.

The location of the Dionian landings happened to be within the territory of Elis, and they saw a dense number of ships flocking to the coast and thousands of soldiers washed up on the beach. The neighboring Greeks were terrified and brought their families with them. Mouth ran inland.

The people of Alice City soon got the news, and they were also very panicked: Although they had little dealing with the Dionysians, they had never provoke this behemoth in the west. Has the army come to invade their territory? !

The council carried out urgent military mobilization of the citizens in the territory, and urgently negotiated, and even they finally came to a conclusion: It is said that the Dionysians believed in Hades and did not recognize Zeus as the king of gods. Is this time for the sake of Destroy the Temple of Zeus?

Elise's councillors made a sad discovery: if this were the case, the Elise would have to fight to the death in order to defend the protector Zeus.

Just when the Elises felt pessimistic about their prospects, they received an urgent notice from the city guard: the Dionysian messenger was visiting.

Ticias, a citizen of Dionia, a native of Tyndares, who served as a general of Tyndares for several consecutive terms, had a high prestige among the people of Tyndares, and later responded to the demands of the people, convened and chaired citizens The assembly eventually made Tyndares merge into the kingdom of Dionia smoothly, and he also became the elder of the kingdom.

When the news that "Davos approved the Dionysian army to attack Peloponnese and rebuild Messenia" reached the Senate, he took the initiative to come to see King Davos, hoping to follow the army, because he The ancestral home is Messenia...

At this time, Ticias walked to the center of the Ellis Council meeting with his head held high,

Looking at those angry, but frightened eyes, he felt a sense of pride in being a citizen of a great country, but he suppressed this pride and tried his best to make his expression sincere: "Son of Zeus, Dear citizens of Alice, on behalf of the Kingdom of Dionia, I would like to express my sincerest apologies to you! Our fleet had to dock temporarily to rest due to the late weather on the way to prevent accidents from happening. , therefore entered your territory, but please rest assured that we will only rest for one night and leave tomorrow, without causing any harm to this land and the people on it, and based on the inconvenience caused to you by our reckless behavior , we Dionia will also pay a certain amount of gold and silver as the army's overnight fee for this night, as compensation to Ellis..."

The words of Ticias made the Ellis members doubtful, but a hanging heart finally fell.

There was a commotion in the venue, and the members whispered and discussed for a while before someone stood up and asked: "Dionians, your reckless actions really caused a lot of trouble for Ellis, but if things are as you Having said that, we are still willing to forgive you for this rash behavior..."

Alice is not a talkative city-state, not to mention its decades-long conflict with Pisa, and it has also had several wars with the Spartans in these decades, but Senator Alice is at the moment. So it became so reasonable, but it was because the Dionians came so suddenly, and the number of troops was so large that they felt that it was difficult to match, so they wanted to send this plague god away as soon as possible.

Then, another member of the parliament asked curiously: "I don't know where your army is going?"

Ticias was waiting for this question, and he immediately asked back: "Have you heard of the city of Tindarius in Sicily?"

"Tindarius... It should be a city-state established on the northeastern corner of Sicily with the support of the original tyrant Dionysius of Syracuse. It is said that most of its citizens are from Messenia, and later Tyndares took refuge in Dionia..." said a member of parliament.

"It's not a refuge, but the citizens of Tyndares collectively decided to join Dionia!" Ticias corrected a sentence loudly, and then continued: "When the people of Tyndares joined the Dionysian Holy Kingdom, King Davos once made a promise, 'One day he will help Mesenia gain independence and free the Messenians who have become slaves'... But soon after that, due to the influence of the war, Dio Dionia and Sparta signed a long-term peace agreement, and that promise was put on hold until this year the Spartans tore up the peace agreement with us Dionia—"

There was a gloating smile on Ticias' face, and he said loudly: "King Davos finally has a chance to fulfill his promise, so the Dionian army you see is going to the Mesenia region to catch up with him. Walk there, where the Spartans have occupied for hundreds of years, and make Messenia the home of the Messenians again!"

At the end of the day, Ticias became excited, as if a flame was suddenly lit in the venue, which shocked and excited all the Elisians present: This news is amazing! Dionia, the overlord of the Western Mediterranean, has declared war on Sparta! !

Why are the Elises excited? Wasn't it also a member of the Peloponnesian League? !

Elis was indeed a member of the Peloponnesian League, but ever since the Spartan king Archis (Leoticides' father) led an army into Elis, he was defeated and forced to obey. , and even took part of its territory as their own, the Ailes gradually drifted away from Sparta. Its disobedience, the Spartans even handed over the right to host the Olympia Games to Alice's sworn enemy - Pisa.

In the Peloponnesian League, Elis was gradually being marginalized. What worries the Ailes even more is that in the Spartan armistice meeting they attended not long ago, in addition to Thebes, Ailes was the second city-state that did not sign the contract, because according to the contract, each city-state It must be independent, and it is impossible for the Alice people to allow the several towns they control to gain independence. Therefore, Alice also refused to participate in the oath action held in Athens before. In this way, Alice was in Pelopon. The western part of the Nyssar Peninsula appears too isolated.

Therefore, after the Arcadians had a deadlock with Sparta over the establishment of an alliance during this time, the Eleans were ecstatic, and a few days ago they specially sent messengers to Megalopolis to prepare for Akka. The Dians expressed their support, and now the kingdom of Dionia's declaration of war on Sparta will undoubtedly give them a boost.

In this boiling noise, someone suddenly shouted: "Dear Dionysian messenger, you just said that the Dionysian kingdom will let the Mesenians rebuild their homes, the Mesenians you said What do you mean?"

Ticias took a closer look, and the person who spoke was the one who answered the origin of Tyndares before. He probably had a clue in his heart, and he said loudly: "Everyone who was enslaved by the Spartans and lived in Meseninia and Largo. The Messenian slaves in the lands of Nigeria, all the Messenians who were forced to live in exile in other city-states and their descendants will be regarded by our Dionysian Holy Kingdom as citizens of the Messenian city-state to be established, Dionysus welcomes them back to the land where their ancestors lived and rebuilding what is truly theirs!

In fact, I am a Messenian, and this time I will see with my own eyes that the Dionian army will drive away the Spartan robbers who have occupied our homeland for a hundred years, and will personally liberate those compatriots who have become Helots, so that They regained their dignity and freedom, and brought the land of Messenia back to life in the hands of true Messenians! "

After listening to Ticias' words, the congressman's eyes suddenly turned red, and he couldn't help opening his mouth to sing: "Under the towering and precipitous Mount Tigertos, the clear and gentle Pamisus River flows, and the majestic Etom boulder protects With the beautiful city of Meseni, countless cattle and sheep are running on the lush plains, and countless farmers are working in the fields..."

Ticias was taken aback for a moment, and then he sang along: "...the Spartans who are like wolves have occupied our land and enslaved us like cattle and sheep. We still can't bear the burdens, their cruel leather whips More than half of the fruits of labor harvested on the intensively cultivated land are attributed to these vicious robbers..."

At this moment, several more Senators of Alice joined them and sang emotionally: "...Gods of Olympus, if you are willing to bless Messenia, I am willing to be like the hero Aristo Like Demus, sacrificing his daughter and fighting to the death;

Gods of Olympus, please bring down your blessings, I will be like Aristomenes, I will fight all my life, as long as the people can be saved, I am willing to go through hardships, bruised and bruised, and have nothing..."

At the end of the singing, the voices of seven or eight people actually overwhelmed the hustle and bustle of the venue, and tears were streaming down everyone's faces at this moment.

Since the fall of Messenia, this song, composed by no one, has been quietly sung among the enslaved people of Messenia, and it has also been remembered by the Messenians who have fled their homes and scattered all over the Mediterranean. the sufferings of the ancestors.

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