Chapter 209 Entrance Ceremony (3)

In order to gain the favor of the Megara people, the Corinthians also proposed, "When merchants from other city-states transport goods through the isthmus, the taxes and fees charged by the two city-states shall be shared equally by the two city-states, and the merchants of Megara can have priority to use the trail, and their The fee charged can also be reduced”… (The trail is a famous infrastructure project built by the Corinthians 200 years ago. It is a stone-paved road with two parallel grooves in the middle of the Isthmus of Corinth. Road, there are special vehicles running on this road, and the wheel tracks just correspond to the grooves. This road connects the Corinthian Gulf and the Saron Bay. The Corinthians can load the cargo of the big ships in one side of the bay first. The small boat is then lifted to the car on the towway, transported to the bay on the other side of the isthmus, and the cargo on the boat is moved to another large boat, which greatly shortens the voyage and saves time)

The sincerity shown by the Corinthians gradually attracted Mecca, and the two sides have begun to negotiate the establishment of an alliance, but in today's Greece mainland, you can't build an alliance if you want, you must obtain the consent of the Greek alliance. .

The Corinthian member of the Greek Parliament was worried that the stupid performance of the Corinthian Council at the Games would irritate King Dionysus, causing him to no longer agree to the "Corinthian isthmus alliance" proposal.

Just when the Corinthian general Clionian regretted it, McGhakids, who was standing at the entrance of the arena, heard the thunderous cheers inside, and was already a little eager to try, because it was their turn to enter the field next.

After seeing the Corinthian athletes walking past the royal stands, the Dionysian officials in front of the entrance shouted: "Cretan athletes enter!"

The Dionian soldiers who were blocking the front immediately gave way, and the impatient Cretan athletes immediately followed the boy holding the placard, passing the Dionian officer who was in charge of the admission order. , he encouraged as friendly as before: "The warriors of Crete, hold your head high to welcome the enthusiastic cheers of the audience!"

As soon as McGawkids stepped into the arena, the earth-shattering cheers rushed from all directions, just like the gust of wind on the sea under harsh conditions, and the towering audience surrounding them was the monstrous giant Waves, how can they not be thrilled when they are in the center of this storm, no wonder the Dionysian official called them warriors, because it really takes courage to be in such an environment, even in the Crete trials Mecca Kidders, who has always been determined, is also feeling nervous at the moment. After all, the momentum and scale of the Hades main arena are far from comparable to the previous trials, not to mention that there will be very few people here who will be seen here from K. Ritter's audience.

On the other hand, Siritaios, who is more nervous, doesn't seem to be affected much. He has been looking around and sighing from time to time: "Wow, it seems that the rumor is true, there are really some viewers who are women!"

"Look! The young woman in the white hat that's very close to us looks good!"

"The woman in purple must be of noble birth!"

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Siriteios' words gradually dissolved the restraint of his teammates.

They began to smile and wave to the audience as Siriteos smiled and judged each other at the same time.

As he approached the royal stand, McGarjids also jokingly said in a low voice, "Look at Siriteos, the Princess Dionia you want to marry is on it!"

Siriteos suddenly stopped speaking, and his expression became solemn. When he walked to the front of the royal stand, he stopped and bowed respectfully towards the royal stand.

It was not that the delegations who had entered the stadium before did not salute the royal stands, but they were all Dionysian athletes, and they were all chest-thumping salutes, because most of them were members of the Dionysian army. Citizens, King Davos is their supreme commander. Now, athletes from a Greek city-state are paying tribute to the Dionysian royal family in a traditional Greek way, surprising not only the audience, but also Davos and his family.

"Your Majesty, it seems that your games have not yet officially started, but some athletes have already recognized them." Plato said with a smile.

"I think these athletes agree with the high bonus." Xenophon sneered.

Davos replied with emotion: "Since the establishment of the Olympia Games, the four major competitions have not only been popular in the Greek world for hundreds of years, but also widely circulated among other races in the Mediterranean. Unfortunately, they have been unable to join them. Now Dionia offers such an opportunity to allow races other than Greece to participate in such a grand event, and also to allow the best Greek athletes to show their superb athletic skills to the entire Mediterranean, I think - this is probably the one just now. A Greek athlete agrees with the root cause of the Dionysian Games!"

"I think the significance of the establishment of the Dionysian Games is probably more than that." Plato pondered: "I remember that Dionysus solemnly mentioned in the invitation letters sent to various city-states, 'The Dionysian Games In accordance with the fine traditions of various Greek competitions, the participating countries will be required to stop all acts of war during the Games and maintain a peaceful competition environment...'. Look at the athletes on the field, they are not only from Greece, but include the Mediterranean Sea The vast majority of city-states and countries in the world, what does this requirement of Dionia mean?!"

Plato emphasized his tone and said excitedly: "It means that Dionysius will expand the peace of Greece to the entire Mediterranean! What a great spirit! If it can be realized, it will be an unprecedented great achievement!"

"Plato, you are too excited." Xenophon said in a flat tone: "Isn't there still few wars and conflicts during the Games in the past few decades! Not to mention that the Dionysian Games are still held for the first time, if you want to bring this Greek The tradition of extending to the whole Mediterranean? Just talking, if you want to realize... huh..."

Davos looked calm, but said in a strong tone: "Dionia has always kept her promise. Since she dares to say this, she naturally has the determination to fulfill this promise! If any participating city-state and race violates the letter proposed in the letter For this request, even if the journey is far, Dionia will send the army to punish it to ensure the prestige of the Dionysian Games!"

Looking at Davos' deep eyes, Xenophon's heart trembled slightly, and he said stubbornly: "Extending peace to the Mediterranean... This is indeed a very good wish, but don't forget Persia!"

"Yeah, and Persia..." Davos didn't show embarrassment when he heard this, but sighed thoughtfully.

Since Siriteos saluted, the Dionysian audience cheered even more to the Cretan athletes' delegation.

Siriteos looked a little proud and said to his teammates: "Did you see, the audience is cheering for me!"

McGawkids pouted, he felt that the reason why this guy saluted just now was purely to attract attention!

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After the Cretan athlete delegation entered the stadium, the athlete delegations from the Crotone region, Downey region, Thebes, Egypt... one after another city-state and region entered the stadium one after another. The enthusiasm of the audience was always high and cheers Continuing, the admission ceremony lasted for an hour, and finally 79 delegations and nearly 3,000 athletes all stood in the center of the arena.

The very few envoys from the Greek city-states headed by the representatives of Olympia looked at the crowd of athletes in the arena with ugly expressions. They all despised the fact that Dionia was going to hold the Games, and thought from the bottom of their hearts that "an unorthodox Greek country without any background— —It is impossible for Dionia to hold a sports meeting.” However, seeing such a large number of athletes in the stadium, it is not only a little discolored, because this is obviously several times more than the number of participants in any previous sports meeting, which means that Dai The Aonia Games were far more influential than they thought.

At this moment, the red flag was raised again on the hosting platform, and the powerful voices of the hosts echoed in the arena: "Dear athletes and distinguished guests, we all know that in ancient times, Prometheus stole from the kingdom of Olympus. The holy fire came down to earth, and since then we humans have begun to break away from barbarism and ignorance, and gradually move towards prosperity and civilization. Fire has also become a sacred thing revered by any family and any city-state.

Even if people are forced to stay away from their hometowns because of life, they will take away a cluster of holy fire in the temple of their mother country, and make every effort to ensure that it will continue to burn on the way, and finally in the temple of their new home thousands of miles away Rekindling on the altar... Only in this way will they firmly believe that the new homeland built by Pilu Lanlu has been blessed by the gods, and the civilization of the mother country will continue to be inherited here. This is the fundamental reason why the Greek city-state priests are like the stars in the sky all over the Mediterranean Sea and are still closely connected!

Today, the Dionysian Games will also have a sacred ceremony! The holy fire in the main temple of Hades in the Kingdom of Dionia will ignite the altar in the arena. During the Games, the holy fire on the altar will continue to burn for a long time. Hades will lead the gods to bless the Games to be held in a fair and just way, and to bless the athletes. They have achieved excellent competition results and will severely punish any hostile acts that disrupt the Games! ...

Now please keep quiet and wait for the heroes of the Kingdom of Dionia to bring the flame to the arena! "

Hearing this, the representative of Olympia was stunned for a moment, and then became angry: Dionia had promised in the invitation letter that the Games would never be aimed at pleasing Hades, but the upcoming event from the main temple of Hades would never be the goal. The ceremony of inviting the Holy Fire is a disguised use of the Games to make sacrifices for Hades. This is deception!

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