Chapter 58 Akademi Academy
Davos' remark made Patroclus bit his lips.
Davos looked at him directly: "Then being my son-in-law will only make your future more rugged. Are you still willing to marry Cynthia?"
As soon as Davos finished speaking, Patroclus blurted out: "I am willing! I am willing to go to Cynthia as a wife! And I will make more achievements to prove my ability and change the prejudice of others!"
Davos looked at the confident and high-spirited young man in front of him with admiration in his eyes: "Tomorrow night, I will hold a private banquet at home to invite you and your parents to a banquet to discuss your engagement with Cynthia. matter."
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The Downeys were conquered, and the next thing was to govern this newly conquered land.
In the Dionysian Senate, the chief executives of the towns of Downey were elected by the elders and approved by Davos. Only the most debated town, the chief executive of Lucena, Dai Firth never approved until Antaoris proposed a name that had been forgotten by everyone - Antonios, and got the support of most of the former mercenary elders, Lucanian elders, Bruti elders, etc., wise The elders realized that this was an order from Davos.
Antonios, who has been saying that he is sick at home and cannot see outsiders, received a letter of appointment signed by Davos from the court herald Aristillas.
During this time, he was accustomed to seeing the mansion that used to be very lively and then deserted. He was also accustomed to the wife whose father was imprisoned and his younger brother was executed, crying in his ear every day, complaining that he had not been of any help. In the past few months, Antonios has gone through so much. Looking at the appointment letter in his hand, he can't help feeling full of emotion, and the corners of his eyes are wet: After all, King Davos has not forgotten him. It can be seen from this appointment that Luce As the central town of Downey, the only people who can serve as its chief executive are the veterans who have made outstanding achievements and are highly valued by Davos.
"Your Majesty asked me to convey a word." Aristiras said blankly: "'I hope you will learn from the lessons of the past, manage Lucena well, and let the Dauni people integrate into Dionia as soon as possible.'"
"I will not disappoint Your Majesty!" Antonios said emotionally.
He declined the invitation of the former mercenary elders such as Capus, Felixius, and Amyntas to hold a celebration banquet for his comeback, and in the early morning of the next day, he only brought two followers, and quietly rushes to Lucernia to take up his post.
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The Spartan army was led by Telius, brother of the Spartan king Agesilaus,
He marched northward without haste, until the spring of the second year (ie, the eleventh year of the kingdom of Dionia, 382 BC), arriving at the Kalkidic Peninsula, and was warmly welcomed and vigorously welcomed by the Macedonian King Amyntas. Aid, he provided a considerable number of cavalry, and after two victories in battle, Teleutians advanced to the city of Olympus. But during the siege, they were raided by reinforcements from the Calcidic allies who supported Olympus.
When the news reached Sparta, it was a shock.
Agesilaos was even more heartache, and even induced disease, bedridden.
After deliberation, the council of elders decided that they would never compromise with the Chalcedic League headed by Olympus, and would continue to attack it until it was destroyed, otherwise the prestige of Sparta in Greece could not be restored.
As a result, Sparta began to issue a war mobilization order to the Peloponnesian allies, preparing to convene a larger coalition to fight in northern Greece, and the commander of the army was another Spartan king, Agesipolis. .
The fall of Thebes during this period has always made the Athenians uneasy, so for the exiles of Thebes, they are fully assisted and established multiple shelters in the mountains between Attica and Pioxia. But although Athens was wary of Sparta, they were reluctant to openly become an enemy of it, especially when Sparta was so tyrannical today, so they just paid close attention to the movements of the Spartans.
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There is an academy called Akademi next to the holy grove of Academia on the Kefisos River in the northwestern suburbs of Athens.
This courtyard stands on the river bank with flowing water, green grass and blooming flowers.
A dozen young people sat around in a small pavilion in the academy, listening intently to a middle-aged man's lecture.
This middle-aged man has a broad forehead, deep eyes, and broad shoulders. Although he is not too tall, he is relatively burly, but he has an elegant and quiet temperament. He is Plato, a famous scholar in all of Greece.
Plato's family background is prominent, so he received a good education since childhood. When I was young, I still loved the creation of poetry and drama, until one day I met Socrates and others at the Poetry Festival. Plato was enlightened and enlightened. Many problems that I had been thinking about and could not find the answer seemed to be solved at once. . So he threw his poems into the fire on the spot, and took Socrates as a teacher, and turned from being keen on literary creation to philosophical research.
That year, Plato was 20 years old.
After Socrates was tried and finally executed, Plato, who was extremely disappointed with the Athenian government, began his travel life. He successively visited Megara, Asia Minor, Persia, Egypt, Cyrenaica, and Sicily. Finally, because of an accident event and returned to Athens.
Due to his family, Plato was actually still very interested in politics, but after Athens lost Thrasybulus, the political conservativeness and the strife of various factions made him disappointed again. After a long-term investigation of other Greek city-states and countries outside Greece, in addition to increasing his experience and knowledge, he also deeply felt that it was not easy to manage city-states. Nothing will be accomplished, and it may cost lives. So after returning to Athens, with the support of his friends, Plato founded the Akademi Academy, trying to cultivate a group of talents who understand philosophy, natural science, and govern the country through it, and use them to change Athens and other Greek city-states. the status quo, and indirectly realize their political ideals.
It has been five years since the establishment of the college. Not only many young Athenians became his students, but also some young foreigners gradually came to worship him, and the Akademi Academy gradually became famous.
At this time, Plato said in a calm but magnetic voice: "...Yesterday I talked about why I think the royal government of the ancient times is the best government. Today I will talk about why such a king's government declines?"
The young people immediately raised their spirits and listened attentively.
"Although the king's legislators always try to give the rulers of the city-state the best possible education, so that they may be wise enough to discern things with the true knowledge they have acquired, and to act rightly. But, as with animals and plants, Just as the growth and development of human beings are affected by time, human marriage and childbearing are also restricted by time. The legislators of the city-state cannot always rely on sensory observation and rational thinking, and always correctly select a good time for the rulers of the city-state to give birth. They sometimes get it wrong and have children inappropriately...
The rulers selected from these degenerate descendants cannot be the best. After taking over the power of their fathers, they will despise the wise men in the city-state, and despise music education and physical exercise, so that the Young people are becoming more and more uneducated... So they and their descendants gradually lose the qualities that a true ruler should have, the ability to distinguish between gold, silver, bronze and iron, and iron and copper are When gold and silver are mixed together, there is disequilibrium, inconsistency, and disharmony, and when disharmony and inconsistency arise, war and hatred arise. . . ”
The students were lost in thought.
After a while, one of the students asked, "Mr. Plato, do you mean to say that... unseasonable marriages, mixing of bloodlines, and loss of purity are the main reasons for the decline of the royal government?"
"Aureas, your understanding is correct." Plato praised the student, and then said: "Once a conflict occurs, the two groups within the ruler will develop in different directions. The copper and iron group tends to be private, The acquisition of land and houses, the convergence of gold and silver treasures; and the gold and silver groups, because they have real wealth in their hearts, still tend to virtue and traditional order. These two groups fight each other, and then reach a certain compromise... So they put the city-state The land and houses were taken privately, and the former friends and supporters were turned into frontiers and slaves. .
The students are thoughtful.
A student asked suspiciously, "Mr. Plato, how can we achieve a timely marriage?"
"Spiesipus, this is a good question, you're embarrassing me." Plato said so, but said with a smile: "In fact, even the gods can't get married at the right time. , otherwise there would not have been so many powerful monsters in ancient times. But after my long-term thinking, I have some understanding of this issue, which I also elaborated in the book "Utopia", that is, let the excellent and The best are married and have children at the best time.
What is an excellent person? Not only for men in the city-state, but also for women. The city-state should treat men and women equally and allow women to receive a good education. Let them receive physical training, learn literature, music, mathematics... In the process, we can find out whether she is gold, silver, iron or bronze. Choose the best and combine them, but don't overdo it. give birth early.