Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 207: Admission style

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And Christod's second brother Crimides clutched the railing with both hands and screamed excitedly.

His lively second-in-law (Eunice) even waved her fist and kept shouting: "Chris, that's great! You are such a brave child!..."

Christodd smiled, this time he was from the heart, and this smile also took away the tension in his heart. He held up the wooden card with his head upright, led the referee team around the court, and then entered The center of the stadium is set.

Just now, all the spectators were wondering why a wooden cart was pushed behind the referee team. On the wooden cart was a large bronze basin that was half a person tall and supported by a golden copper pillar. The answer at this time Revealed: The priests of the cart pushed the wooden cart to the center of the arena, quickly dismantled it, and reassembled it into a small wooden platform. The big bronze basin was placed on the wooden table, and it looked like a simple altar.

At this time, the red flag was played on the host stage again, and the audience gradually became quiet.

"Next, please enter the delegations of athletes from all regions of the Kingdom and participating city-states!!!"

Amidst the host’s passionate shouts, the band immediately played "March of Victory", and a joyous melody sounded on the arena. The audience lifted their spirits and looked towards the entrance of the stadium.

The athletes who had been waiting outside the main arena for a long time finally entered the arena under the command of the Dionian soldiers.

Through the entrance of the band and the referee team before, the audience has begun to adapt to the novel opening ceremony of the Dionian Games. They are beginning to wonder who the first athlete delegation will be, or even someone. Use this to make a bet. The answer in many people's minds is—the Turíy region of the Dionysian Kingdom, because it is the center of this powerful Western Mediterranean kingdom and the site of the Games, and it deserves to be the leader.

But when the young Tury first walked into the venue holding the wooden sign, and the audience could see the words on the wooden sign, they were all surprised: Arcadia Alliance? ! Why is the Arcadia Alliance? !

Only some distinguished guests near the royal grandstand could barely hear the host’s voice from the noisy sound: "...In order to show the'equality and justice' advocated by the great **** Hades in this games In principle, the wise Majesty Daves proposed to the preparatory team for the Games to arrange the entry order of the sports delegations according to the order of the Greek letters of the names of the participating regions and city-states..."

The representatives of the Greek city-states suddenly realized that Dionia had truly implemented their promise in the invitation letter that "the participating cities will be treated equally regardless of their size", which made them more or less moved.

Lycomides, who was whispering to Peropidas, learned that the team of athletes from the Arcadia League was entering the stadium, and immediately jumped up, completely ignoring his status in the Arcadia League. The precious identity, like other spectators from the Arcadia League, kept waving their arms at the athletes, yelling loudly, and cheering for them.

The city-states in the Arcadia Alliance have a small population and low strength, but they are all Greek city-states with a long history. The level of this aspect has always been not weak. In addition to the close relationship between Mandinia and Dionia, under the strong promotion of Lu Komedes, the Arcadia League has sent more than 50 athletes to participate in swimming, swimming, Competitive events other than horse racing, racing and archery.

As soon as the athletes of the Arcadia League entered the field, they were immediately enveloped by deafening cheers, which really shocked them. These athletes have participated in at least one sports meeting, but they have never seen so many. The cheers of the audience, such a brilliant stadium, are like muffled thunder, rolling and echoing in this circular space, not only shocking them, but also igniting the blood in their hearts.

The depression that had been waiting outside the arena before was quickly left behind, and they also waved to the audience enthusiastically. The appearance of the infield became a good interaction, which made the atmosphere more enthusiastic.

When the Arcadian athletes delegation approached the royal grandstand, Daves and his family still did not return to their seats, and there was one more person beside the railing, the wife of the late Adoris Love Dui. They smiled and waved to the teenager holding the wooden sign, and loudly encouraged.

The boy kept walking and continued to move forward, but his eyes were a little moist. The boy who looked two years older than Christod was named Enon, the only son of Adoris. After Adoris died in battle, both Cloto Kataks and Daves felt guilty, so they took extra care of Aiduy and his son.

After the Arcadia delegation walked through the royal stands, the second athlete delegation entered the arena, and the wooden sign was clearly engraved with the word "Argos", which made the VIPs of the allied countries completely believe in the host. What people say: Dionia is indeed fair and unbiased in arranging the admission of sports delegations in alphabetical order.

Argos is in a bad situation now.

In the past, it has been working hard to bring the entire fertile Argos delta in the northeast corner of the Peloponnese into its control to fight against the mighty Sparta, but the Maisik in this area With the secret support of Sparta, several city-states such as Nepal and Tiryns have always had conflicts of interest with Sparta. Even Clio Nai (the site of the Nemean Games) under its control also wants to be independent from time to time. .

Although after the Greek War, Argos surrendered in time and made some contributions in the process of siege of Athens, after many requests, he finally got Dionia’s support and basically completed the The integration of the Argos Plains area is known as the "Argos Plains Alliance". But Argos is an oligarchy, somewhat similar to Sparta, and lacks excellent political leaders like Peropidas and Lycomeds. The methods used in the integration of the entire plain in recent years are simple and rude. This caused dissatisfaction among other city-states in the region, and conflicts broke out. Therefore, this time Argos actively responded to Dionia’s invitation and sent a team of more than 40 athletes, hoping to be in the next Greek League meeting. When discussing the conflict in the Argos delta region in the Peloponnese, the support of Dionia was once again.

Although there were very few Argos spectators in the arena, the enthusiastic Dionian spectators still gave the Argos League players a friendly cheer like they treated the Arcadian delegation.

However, the formation of the Argos athletes delegation looks a little strange. The Argos players with a large number of players gather together and walk in front, and the few Argos players gather together and trail behind. There is a lot of distance between the people, and anyone with a heart will know what's going on in their eyes.

Plato, who knew the inside story, asked directly: "How does Dionia plan to deal with the conflict in the Argos Plain?"

"At the meeting of the Greek Alliance at the beginning of next month, this will be an important topic. At that time, we will convene the main councilors of all the city-states of the Argos Plain to discuss, not only to listen to Argos’s opinions, but also Listen carefully to the reasonable demands of other city-states..." Daves looked serious and implicitly said: "Strive to come up with a plan acceptable to all parties to resolve this dispute peacefully."

"The Argos and the Spartans are somewhat similar, conservative and stubborn, and the long-standing and deep-rooted tradition of dominating the Argos Plain, I am afraid they will not easily compromise." Plato reminded.

"Originally, Argos was not strong enough. Although there were some small battles with other city-states in the Argos Plain from time to time, but basically still able to maintain peace, Argos has now received great support from Dionia. , But intensified the contradictions in the region, leading to the current tension, Dionia should bear a lot of responsibility!" Xenophon criticized unceremoniously.

"It's just that there were some conflicts, and no war broke out. The situation is much better than before when fighting happened at every turn. How can it be said that the conflict has been intensified—" Plato defended Dionia instead.

"That's just because the Greek League has a decree, and the city-state that caused the war will be severely punished, so they are all exercising restraint--" Xenophon retorted.

"Isn't this the credit of Dionia? It is precisely because Dionia established and led the Greek alliance that there is a long-term peace in Greece—"

"I did not deny Dionia's achievements in this area, I just think Dionia is a little bit improper in dealing with the issues of Argos and other city-states in the Argos Plain--"

"You need to know that Argos did provide some help in the process of the settlement of the Greek mainland by Dionia. Since Dionia can help Mandinia and Thebes integrate their respective regions and support the country. There is nothing wrong with God. After all, the city-states such as Mycenae did not give Dioria any help during the entire Greek war."

"But it turns out that Dionia's choice was wrong!"

"You cannot deny the rationality of the original decision based on the error of the result! And it is not a bad thing to make a mistake, Dionia can make improvements based on this. But I think that in the current situation, Ah Gods also adopted the same oligarchy as the old Sparta, and it is almost impossible to lead other city-states on the Argos Plain--"

"The former Sparta was not an oligarchy at all. On the contrary, it was a mixture of monarchy and democracy with more classical and traditional virtues than other native Greek city-states——"

"This is the first time I heard such a statement, but I don't agree with it. First of all, let's see, is Sparta a king?——"