Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 205: The Royal Family of Dionia at the opening ceremony

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After sitting down, Lycomides sighed and said: "It is indeed quite different! The sports meets held in our Greek mainland, on the first day of the beginning, are for athletes and spectators to gather in front of the temple. , And the priests offered sacrifices to the gods, and then the athletes stood in front of the altar, under the guidance of the priests, swearing in the name of the gods... But now we are sitting in the arena, waiting for the beginning of the games!"

"Yes, this is where I am puzzled." Peropidas asked curiously: "Lycomides, do you know what the Dionians will do next?"

"I just met Tisias, the chief general of Messenia on the way here, and I also asked him the same question. He didn't know, how could I know." Lu Komedes smiled and said: "I don't know exactly, so any next move by Dionia will be a surprise!"

As soon as his voice fell, the entire arena suddenly boiled, cheers and shouts rang out.

The two who were talking did not know what was going on. Ipamironda, who had been silently observing the surroundings, said loudly in their ears: "King Davos is here!"

The royal grandstand is not far to their right. It is a marble platform 20 meters long and 5 meters high. It is built with iron poles inlaid with gold, and is covered with blue and white curtains, surrounded by majestic and majestic. Guarded by the court guard.

At this moment, Daves took the two princesses, Christia and Agnes, and all the children onto the stands.

The sharp-eyed people of Dionia immediately noticed this situation, and they all cheered and paid tribute to their beloved king and princess.

Daves, who wears a gold crown and a gorgeous black burton with gold, smiles, raises his right hand and swings it gently to pay tribute to the audience.

The cheers in the arena are even more enthusiastic.

Suddenly, the audience on the opposite side of the royal grandstand stood up, raised their arms above their heads, and then sat down, and the audience on their right did the same thing...

"People waves! People waves! I want to play too!" Croto Kataks’ second son, 6-year-old Crimides, ran forward excitedly, and was hurriedly held by Christoya. , Said softly: "Kerry, don't worry, let's play together later."

Sure enough, when the wave of people reached the royal bleachers, Daves and his family raised their hands, stood up from the soft seat, and then sat down again.

Despite the participation of royal family members, the crowd became intermittent due to the presence of many non-Dionian audiences. The Dionia spectators continued patiently, rounds 2 and 3...Finally, all the spectators were mobilized, and the entire arena stands one after another, like a rolling wave, it was spectacular.

When the wave of people was over, Peropidas was still not satisfied, and said repeatedly: "Yes! This surprise is very good!!"

When the VIPs were in the audience talking about the wave of people just now, Daves was already sitting on the couch, smiling and saying to Christia: "From the situation of the wave of people just now At least two-fifths of the audience are not Dionians. It seems that Turiyi City Hall has seriously implemented the palace’s decision."

Christoya gave him a white look: "Not only the City Hall, our Chamber of Commerce has also done a lot!"

"Don't worry, I'm not finished yet, I must give you praise." Daves salivated his face and went to touch Christia's hand, but she slapped him vigorously and warned: " This is a public place, don’t mess around, let the people see it, it’s not good!"

Davers said sternly: "What's wrong with this? To show our love to the people is to remind them to respect their marriage and love their wives! Agnes, are you right?!" With that said, he took the opportunity to hold Agnes' hand.

Aggnese smiled slightly, but struggled back with her hands, but didn't break free, so she had to let her husband touch her.

Eunice, who was sitting in the back, grimaced, and whispered to her brothers and sisters: "Father is really cheeky."

"Eunice, what are you talking about!" Davers didn't look back, but shouted as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

"Ah...it's nothing, I'm telling my sister-in-law that the wave of people just now is fun." Eunice hurriedly blinked at Dido beside her: "Right, sister-in-law?"

Dido held back a smile: "Yes."

"Keep your eyes open and talk nonsense, your daughter is like you!" Kristia scolded with a smile.

Daves coughed dryly: "My daughter is not like me who else can be like! Eunice, give you a task to tell the front, the opening ceremony can start, don't let the audience wait for long. "

"Big brother should inform about such occasions." Eunice said hesitantly.

Clotokatax understood Daves’ intentions, and said with a smile: "Eunice, you are the most popular member of the royal family in this arena, who do you not go. Besides, your appearance It will give great encouragement to those non-Dionian women who are sitting in the audience of the Games for the first time."

After hearing this, Eunice stood up and said naughty: "Father, then I will go, don't be jealous that I am more popular than you!"

"No big or small, go and go!" Daves looked impatient, but couldn't help but joked: "Ariks, what's the matter with you, didn't give your wife Take care!"

Arex hasn't responded yet, Eunice's eyes widened: "He dare?!"

Ivy finally couldn't help but laugh out loudly.

Eunice walked out of the curtains in an elegant manner and walked to the front of the royal grandstand, and there really were more enthusiastic cheers around.

In the main arena of Hades, Eunice is more popular with the audience than King Davos. This is not a mere talk. Because Eunice, who loves sports among the royal family members, will go to this arena to watch rugby and football matches whenever she is free, and cheer for the players with the audience, and the Kristia Chamber of Commerce has also taken the lead in her name. Donated money for the reconstruction of the Hades main arena, and on several occasions, instead of the busy Daves and Croto Kataks, they gave awards to the championship rugby and football teams, so many spectators And the players call her "the goddess of the arena".

In the cheering audience, there are indeed very few women from the local Greek city-states. More than half of them are the wives of ordinary civilians. Because of their family circumstances, they have to show their faces in the market and work hard in buying and selling goods or planting farmland. The status and power in the family is much greater than that of the women in the noble family, but even so, they cannot go to the stadiums of the various sports games to watch the exciting games, and the Dionian Games gave them this opportunity, so they were trembling. Here comes, and the Princess Dionia standing so eye-catchingly in the royal stands undoubtedly gave them the greatest encouragement.

There were also a handful of Greek girls in the audience. They were brought by their fathers as merchants to watch the game. Their purpose was to catch the golden turtle son-in-law and provide help for their future business development in the Kingdom of Dionian. When the girl first sat in the audience, she was very reserved. She lowered her head and did not dare to look around. When she saw the nearby Dionian women shouting and screaming, she was free, and she gradually let go.

Next to the royal grandstand, there is a small platform that is shorter. On it sits five arena hosts. After receiving Eunice’s order, they immediately raised a red flag in the air. Shaking ceaselessly, after seeing Dionia, the audience not only stopped the noise, but also persuaded the audience nearby to keep quiet.

After the whole arena was quieter, the five hosts took up the microphones wrapped in copper, and with the loud voice and tacit understanding that they had trained in hosting the game for many years, they said in unison: "Audiences, welcome Come to the main arena of Hades! On the order of the great King Davos, we announce the official start of the Dionian Games!"

"First of all, the band will be invited in!"

As the host’s voice sounded, the door to the entrance of the stadium opened. Nearly a hundred musicians holding various instruments lined up in a neat column, entered the stadium, marched along the edge of the track, and played while marching. "March of March."

Their entry immediately greeted the audience applause. Among them, the citizens of Dionia clapped and hummed to the familiar melody, and the whole stadium became lively again.

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As soon as the band entered the stage, two distinguished guests were welcomed in the king's stand: Plato and Xenophon.

Since the surrender of Athens and the end of the Greek War, Plato rejected Daves’ retention, returned to Athens, and continued to manage his Akademi Academy. Not only was he no longer condemned by the people of Athens, but the General Executive Committee also From time to time, he asked him about the Kingdom of Dionian. He also occasionally wrote to Davers to exchange political issues, and he kept in touch with Daves.

After the conquest of Sparta, Davos wrote several times inviting Xenophon to teach at the Faculty of Letters at Dionian Academy, but he was all told that he was "writing with all his strength and didn't want to be disturbed". He refused, and has been living in seclusion in Peloponnese.

This time Daves invited them in the name of a sports meeting, but the two of them happily came here for a simple reason: the two were not only sports enthusiasts, but also participants. Plato was a good wrestler when he was young. Xenophon was good at racing when he was young, and later settled in the Peloponnese. Due to its close proximity to Olympia, the Olympia games did not fall, and he also participated in horse racing. In fact, Greece in this era advocates strength and beauty, so Greek celebrities like sports, otherwise, even if they are knowledgeable, but if they are weak, they will be despised by the people.