Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 202: The treatment of athletes in Turiyi

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Although McGades is young, he is more determined and not a person who can be easily persuaded, but at this moment he is also hesitant.

At this moment, a shout came from behind him: "Mecca Kiddes, we should go back!"

It was the officials of the Crete delegation and the leader of their archery team. It is also interesting to say that in the previous sports games held in Greece, the contestants basically went to the competition site on their own. There are very few city states. Special group to participate. But this time when Dionia sent out the invitation, he requested in the letter that all participating city-states and regions must have officials leading the athletes to form a delegation and participate collectively, so as to facilitate management.

At the same time, Dionia will also make a special medal list based on the number of awards won by the participating regions and city-state delegations, which will be posted at the entrances and exits of the stadiums and will be updated every day. At the end of the games, Dio Nia will give generous rewards to the top three regions and city-states in the total number of medals.

This is not just a question of money, but also involves the honor of the city-state and the region, so it greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of the officials of the city-states of Crete to participate in the sports meeting. These Crete, who have always been less concerned about the local affairs of Greece The nobles signed up to join the athlete delegation and went to Turei. Due to the large number of applicants, a running competition was held specifically for this purpose to select the leading officials. The person who made this suggestion has a good reason: lead the team. The Cretan officials who went to Turiyi were a role model for the athletes, and of course they must have a good body that is good at competition.

These selected officials did not perform their duties well at the beginning. They only took care of themselves and did not take care of the daily diet and daily life of the athletes. After arriving at the training ground, they even participated in the training themselves, and sometimes they had conflicts with the athletes. ...However, whether in training grounds or in athletes’ hotels, players and officials from other regions and city-states can be seen everywhere, and competition is ubiquitous. Under pressure, the officials of Crete have gradually completed the transformation of their identities and began to devote their efforts. Serve the athletes.

Be aware that the team leader who is calling is also from the mother country of McGaidz. He was born as a nobleman, but he did not pay much attention to McGaidz, who was born in civilians, but now he is able to give Mecca on the training ground. Kidders and other Crete archery players took some care and help. It was a very big change. McGaidz certainly wouldn't be uncomfortable. He reluctantly returned the bow and arrow to the target reporter.

According to the rules of the Games, for the sake of fairness, the Games will uniformly provide bows and arrows during the game. This is the set they use in training. The quality is obviously much better than Mecca Bases’ own bows and arrows. Now it's more and more convenient, I want to take a set home. But he knows: bows and arrows with exquisite workmanship and high quality are absolutely expensive, and they are not something he can afford, unless he can win the championship and get the generous rewards.

"May Hades bless you, let you get a good place in the game!" The reporter smiled and expressed his blessings to him.

"Thank you!" McGades felt warm. Since he arrived in Turri, the Dionians he met have been friendly to him, making him feel very kind, and even because of it. Hades, the patron saint of the Kingdom of Dionia, had a good impression, so he responded: "May Hades bless you in your life!"

When he returned to the team of the Cretan players, the team leader Flax already said impatiently: "We have to hurry back to the hotel! Just now I heard from the management staff here that the Turiyi Town Hall wanted to guarantee tomorrow The Games will be held smoothly. Starting from this evening, a curfew will be imposed throughout the city. In order to avoid trouble, we must hurry back to the hotel!"

Under his urging, the Cretan players quickly packed up their packages, left the archery range, and hurried eastward.

Although the archery range is a newly built venue for the archery competition of this Games, it does not cost too much money and time like swimming pools and racetracks, because archery is an open-air competition and only needs to be in the archery range. A wall is built around, and a stepped long wooden bench can be placed behind the contestants for spectators to sit and watch. It is built on the west side of Turiyi, next to Turiyi Military Camp. It is reasonable to say that it is a little remote from the city, but the roads around here are busy and bustling every day, and many people often enter the archery range to watch training. .

But when the Cretan archery team set foot on the way back, they obviously felt that there were fewer pedestrians on the road, and they frequently encountered patrol teams after entering the outer city, which also delayed a lot of time. When they returned to the Athletes Hotel, the sky was already dark, and candles had been lit in the lobby of the hotel.

Mecca Kiddes, who was already sweating, didn't go to dinner right away, but went to the hotel bath. The athletes hotel in the West Outer District was built next to the La Mara-Sewanee Arena. It consists of four 6-storey large "Huizi" buildings. In the middle of these "huizi" buildings is the bathing area.

When they first checked in and entered the bath for the first time, they were overwhelmed by the cumbersome procedure, but now they have fully adapted to it and enjoyed it.

When McGades came out of the bath, the whole person felt refreshed and exhausted. Even the soreness on the arm disappeared without a trace.

It would be great if there was such a bath in Heraklion! … McGades had such an idea in his mind, but he changed his mind: If that is the case, there must be a lot of people going to take a bath, and the cost will not be low, but it’s not like it’s free here! Hey, the Dionians are so happy!

This envy continued until they entered the restaurant.

One side of the restaurant is neatly arranged with a row of tables, and on each table is a large wide-mouth clay pot, which contains steaming food: stewed chicken, egg custard, roast beef, fried Fish, roast leg of lamb, miscellaneous soup, honey bread, sweet wheat porridge... and even wine, beer, and juice syrup.

Every day the hotel’s dinner is so rich and delicious, and they can eat and drink at will, without any restrictions. When the dishes in the clay pot are finished, the waiter in the restaurant will add it at any time.

Many civilian contestants like McGades have never enjoyed such food and such treatment in their lives. When they first walked into the restaurant, they heard the waiter say that they can eat and drink freely. I thought I had heard it wrong, and until it was confirmed that it was true, some people started to eat and drink violently. As a result, their stomachs were swollen, and they had to call a doctor urgently for treatment and made a joke.

Some players have guessed: This is a welcome banquet, so it is so special, and it will not be so generous in the future.

Who knows, this is the same for every breakfast and dinner after that (the athlete’s restaurant does not provide lunch, but athletes are allowed to bring a little breakfast out of the restaurant so that they can eat during training at noon), which shocked all the athletes. , Almost suspected that he was in the Elysee Paradise that Dionians often mentioned.

"Dionia is really strong and rich! It should be very happy to be a citizen of this kingdom! It is so lucky to be able to participate in this sports meeting!..." I saw the prosperity and enjoyment of the giant city of Turiyi After the various benefits provided by Turri to the athletes, the athletes recalled the bitterness they had experienced in participating in other sports games, and felt that the Dionian Games were valuable, especially as they learned from the waiters at the athletes’ hotel, Rye City Hall did not deliberately to please them. In fact, the athletes who come to Turri every year to participate in the rugby and football finals also enjoy this treatment, so they are more certain that Dionia is a paradise for athletes.

Before the Games was held, Dionia had almost captured the hearts of all the athletes. All these things Turri had done were worth the money, because it had achieved one of Davers's goals for hosting the Games.

Athletes continue to enter the restaurant, and when McGades is carrying a wooden tray, filled with the food he wants to eat, the restaurant is almost full.

"Here, Mecca Kiddes!" Someone waved to him.

Mecca Kiddes hurriedly walked over: "Ciriteas, you guys came back quite early!"

Siritheos is also a young nobleman from Heraklion, Crete. He signed up for the running competition of this sports meeting. After more than 20 days of getting along, the two people from the same city-state have become friends. .

"I didn't have much training today, I just wore the...shorts they provided. I tried to run a few times and it felt okay. Starting, swinging, striding, and sprinting were not affected." Siriteos just said After that, another Cretan runner next to him complained immediately: “I felt very affected. The fabric rubbed against my thighs when running. It was very uncomfortable! All sports games have always participated in physical competitions, but Dionia To change the tradition and let everyone wear this stuff is a blasphemy against the gods!"

Ciriteas glanced at him: "Since you are dissatisfied with this sports meeting, you can withdraw from the competition."

The man said naively: "The game will start tomorrow, and I will quit at this time... not so good."

"Come on, I see you, I can't bear the free food and comfortable service here." Siriteos directly exposed his thoughts, and then half-jokingly and half-seriously said: "Dionia is now It is the overlord of the entire Greek world. It is much stronger than Sparta back then. Even Olympia and Delphi have to express their surrender to it, let alone wearing shorts, just let everyone wear Bolton games, I don’t see any one. The city-state dared to oppose it clearly!

And, think about it, Dionia allows women to watch the game. It is said that the princess and princess of Dionia will sit in the audience at the ceremony tomorrow, so let’s wear shorts to compete. , It is understandable. "