Chapter 206 Little Prince

Impressed by what Davers' letter said was "a grand and distinctive Games", the pair came.

In order to show respect for them, Davers invited them to the royal stand.

As soon as the two came in, they were attracted by the band entering the arena.

"What is this music called? The melody sounds very good." Xenophon, like many Dionian allied audiences, was moved by the brisk and powerful melody and asked curiously.

Before Davos answered, Plato took over the conversation: "The Marching March, which is a must-play song for Dionysian troops on the march. It was composed by King Davos."

Xenophon was surprised: "I didn't expect you to have talent in this area, Davos!"

Xenophon was still accustomed to using the common appellation he used to be in Persia when he spoke to Davos in private, and Davos never cared about it. Enlightenment and finally completing them are the credits of the palace musicians."

"It's a great song! But how is it possible to bring so many different instruments, so many musicians together, to play such a harmonious and beautiful melody instead of creating a chaotic and noisy sound?!"

Not only Xenophon was surprised, but almost all the Greek people in the audience were surprised, because traditional Greek music is mostly played by a single instrument, with occasional ensembles, and also between a few instruments and a few musicians, like Such a large band in the venue, with so many instruments (some instruments from other races, which the Greeks did not know yet) played together in a large ensemble, was completely beyond their knowledge of music, and they were all curious: the Dionysians were How to control such a large band and let it emit a grand, heavy and layered melody?

"Do you know Philothanus?" Plato asked Xenophon.

"Of course I know, once was the musical poet of Syracuse..." Xenophon hesitated and did not continue.

Pherothanus is quite original in the format and melody of musical poems, so he has a lot of fame in Greece, and he has published poems in Greek games. After he joined Dionia, he made a further breakthrough in musical poetry, but because of his poems that praised Hades and King Davos, he was publicly condemned by several priests of the Holy Land. , which is not welcomed by the high-level officials of the native Greek city-state, but many Greek scholars treasure their poems in private, and carefully experience their improvements in musical poetry, rhyme, and other aspects.

"Ferosanus is a teacher in the Faculty of Letters of Dionia College. In addition to teaching students how to write poetry, he is also researching how to make different instruments play harmonious melody together. I have seen him organize The students play music, as they are now, and you see, the old man at the front of the band is Ferrosanus!"

The reason why Plato was so familiar with Pherothanus was that after he was expelled by the Athenian people during the Greek War, he took his students to Turii, accepted the invitation of Davos, and served as Dio for a short time. The teacher of Nia Academy, outside of teaching, he also seriously visited other teachers and students to study the operation mechanism of the entire Academy, hoping to learn from it and improve the teaching of Akademi Academy.

At this time, the band had circled the arena for a week and entered the center of the arena near the royal stand, lined up, but the music continued.

"So that's how it is." Although Xenophon also treasured the poems of Philosanus, he had never seen him. He stared at the old man in front of the band who kept pointing with a wooden stick, and suddenly realized it. Said: "To make such a large band play a harmonious melody, a commander is needed, just like the commander of the army, who is responsible for arranging the troops and arranging who will attack first and who will attack later, so as to fully Unleash the strength of your soldiers to win..."

Xenophon deserves to be a scholar who wrote "On the Cavalry", using war as a metaphor.

But it is not so easy to be a bandleader. Philosanus has only achieved a little after so many years of research... But Davos is not going to explain too much to spoil Xenophon's interest.

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Although Olympia did not send priests to participate in the training and selection of the referee team of the Dionysian Games, but because Dionia promised that the Games would not be dedicated to sacrifices to Hades, Olympia still accepted the invitation and sent a priest. As a representative, come to watch the Games.

The Olympian priest Pesias sat on the VIP seat with a critical and prudent attitude. When other VIPs were amazed by the splendor and liveliness of the Hades main arena, and moved by the performance of the band, he was surprised by the performance of the band. Scorned: the Games are the Greeks' respect for gods and love for sports, these grandstanding things are useless!

At this time, he heard the host's shout: "Now, please enter the referee team of this games!"

He suddenly cheered up.

The band's performance also changed from "March" to "Ode to Hades".

Along with the quiet and solemn melody, more than 200 priests in white robes entered the arena in a loose column. The one at the forefront was a teenager from Turii School, who solemnly held up the inscription "" A wooden sign with the words "Jury".

Behind the teenager was an old priest with a smile. When he looked at the auditorium, the Dionysian audience in the venue suddenly became excited: "It's the priest of Cardias!!!"

Cardias was transferred back to the Turii region to serve as the chief priest 10 years ago because of his outstanding missionary achievements in the Roman region. The affairs of the temple of Hades were handed over to him, and Plesinas also recommended him as his successor, and with the consent of Davos, he would be promoted to the priest of the scepter at the end of the year.

At this time, as the chief referee of the entire referee panel, he walked in front of the team.

As the referee team moved forward, the Dionysian audience sang the hymns of the gods loudly, as more and more priests of the temples were recognized by the people outside the arena.

The Greek audience was amazed that there were many priests who were obviously different from the Greeks in the judging team, and through the singing of the neighboring Dionysian audience, they learned that these aliens were partly from the Temple of Hades and partly from the temple of Hades. Other alien temples, such as the Temple of Savoni in Samore, the Temple of Mahala in Bruti, the Temple of Barhamon in Carthage, the Temple of Diana in Rome…

Although Olympia also received a notice from Dionia that "the priests of each temple form a referee group", at this moment Pesias saw so many priests of different gods and different races walking in the arena so quietly and obediently In the same team, I couldn't help taking a deep breath in my heart, and suddenly felt a sense of unease of being isolated: Are we the only priests of Olympia and Delphi who didn't participate? !

At this moment, he suddenly heard a Dionysian elder next to him say in surprise: "The boy holding the sign seems to be Christopher, the grandson of His Majesty Davos?"

"It doesn't seem to be, he is! My youngest son is a classmate with him. This time, he was not selected to participate in the opening ceremony of the Games. He even cried with me when he got home."

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The heated discussions of the Dionysian officials at the VIP seats naturally attracted the attention of the envoys of the Greek city-states. After Dionysus became the overlord of the Greek world, they would of course have a detailed understanding of the Dionysian royal family: Hades . Davos Christode, grandson of King Dionysian Davos and son of Crown Prince Clotokatax, according to the primogeniture system of the Dionian royal family, he is likely to be the next descendant. any king.

In the early days of Dionia’s establishment, members of the royal family of the generation of Cynthia and Clotokatax were studying at the Tuuriy Inner City School (the school is located in the easternmost part of the delta of the Krati River, next to the Dionysian School). At that time, the population of Turiyi was not large, and the children of citizens of inner and outer cities were studying in the inner city school of Turiyi, so most of the people of Turiyi knew members of the royal family. When Christopher was studying, because of the expansion of the population of Turiyi and the complete establishment of royal prestige, it was not only difficult for children from the outer city of Turii to enter the inner city schools, but also when Christopher went to school, there was still the palace. Guard protection, so it was normal that the vast majority of the Dionysian audience didn't know him when he first came in today.

When his identity was revealed and the eyes of thousands of viewers were focused on him, Christopher, who was still young, would inevitably feel nervous, but fortunately, Karsidis, who was behind him, kept reassuring him: "Child, Fear not! The audience is not malicious, instead they are rejoicing for the successor to Hades. Listen, they are cheering for you! You should give them a smile and say thank you!"

Christopher's character is more like his father, and he was brought by his grandmother when he was very young. He is very particular about dealing with people and things, so although he is still a little nervous, he still holds the wooden sign tightly. , turned his head and tried to squeeze a smile to the audience.

The cheers from the audience grew louder.

Soon, he walked to the front of the special stand for the royal family, and clearly saw that his family was standing in front of the railing at the front of the stand: kind grandparents, gentle father, strict mother, gentle aunt (Cynthia) ), the more withdrawn second uncle (Apox), the childish uncle, the beautiful aunt... all waved to him and smiled at him.