Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 211: A different race (1)

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The bronze round basin on the altar was filled with olive oil, and when the torch touched it, it immediately ignited a raging flame, emitting heat waves to the surroundings.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Max seemed to see the familiar faces through the blazing fire. They all smiled at him one by one and shouted loudly and powerfully: "Yes, Captain! "Then under his leadership, he shouted the name of Hades and killed the fleeing enemy...

Two lines of tears rolled down Max’s cheeks.

With the support of the two teenagers, Max walked to the exit of the arena, and his mood recovered, and he hurriedly thanked the two teenagers.

But I heard a teenager wave his hand and said: "Uncle, no thanks! My name is Christopher, and Croto Kataks is my father."

And another teenager immediately said: "I... my name is Enon, and Adoris is my father!"

"Commander-sir?!...Captain?!..." Maxton was stunned, as if he had the will of his own, and once again brought his thoughts back to that **** battle. Emotionally tumbling, he hugged the two teenagers, crying loudly...

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At this time, in the arena, the head of the refereeing team, Calcidis, passed through the team of athletes and came to the front of the altar. Facing the scrutiny eyes of the athletes, he solemnly said: "Gods are here, I, Calcidis, as a referee of the Games, I am willing to swear to you in front of thousands of spectators that I will treat every athlete fairly and fairly in the Games and host every athlete in strict accordance with the rules of the Games. A competitive event, handle every dispute seriously and responsibly...If you break the oath, please punish you!"

As soon as his voice fell, more than 200 priests of the entire referee team began to swear in unison. The voices of more than 200 people gathered can basically be heard by the audience in the nearby stands.

Many spectators from the Greek city-states were stunned after listening to the vows. Although the Dionian Games had the same vows as the previous Greek games, there were obvious differences: First of all, whether it was the Olympia Games or the Pioneer The Tia Games, the Corinthian Games, the Nemean Games... all swear to a god, how can there be swearing to the gods like now? This seems to be some kind of trifling matter. When the time comes, something really goes wrong. Who Will the gods come to punish the gods?

Secondly, athletes swear in all previous games. Priests as referees don’t need to swear, because they are the spokespersons of gods in the world, and they are respected. How could it be possible for the priests to cheat in the games? Athletes, and even city-states bribery, openly tampering with the results of the game have happened from time to time. However, the priests took the lead in swearing at the Dionian Games, demonstrating the great importance of the Kingdom of Dionian to the Games and its determination to rectify cheating in the Games.

Again, in previous sports games, the athletes swear to the idols in the temple under the guidance of the priest, which is relatively private to the audience. But this time the sports meeting was sworn in the center of the arena, and the oath clearly mentioned that "the audience outside the stadium should be used as witness", which can please the people even more. After all, the punishment of the gods is vain, and the people His anger can be directly expressed.

Anyway, the novel way of swearing at the Dionian Games successfully aroused heated discussions among the audience.

At this time, the representatives of the athletes from Turiyi once again led all the athletes to swear solemnly with similar oaths in the arena. The powerful sound formed by thousands of people spread throughout the venue and caused a greater sensation.

In the midst of the heated discussion among the audience, the opening ceremony of the Dionian Games finally came to an end, and the referee team and the athlete team began to exit in order.

In this regard, most of the audience felt unfinished. Even the most critical representatives of Olympia, Delphi, and Corinth thought that the games of their city-states were more sacred, but they had to admit that the opening ceremony of their games was too short. Not lively enough, but too private, far less than the opening ceremony of the Dionian Games to attract the attention of the insightful audience.

"Your Majesty, just like what you said in the invitation letter before, the opening ceremony of this sports meeting is indeed grand and novel. It opened my eyes, and it feels like I haven't seen enough!" Plato said sincerely. Praised.

Xenophon tried to refute, but after all, he didn't say it.

Davers laughed and said: "This opening ceremony has been going on for several hours, and now it’s noon. According to the habits of Dionians, it’s time for lunch. It’s okay if you haven’t watched enough, but it’s still good. In the back, we ate lunch and continue to watch the next game."

On the first day of the Dionian Games, the opening ceremony was not only arranged, and there will be a 100-meter race afterwards.

This is Daves’ proposal. He intends to use this set of combo punches to clearly tell those who are full of doubts about whether the Dionian Games can be done well: Not only is the opening ceremony of the Dionian Games beautiful, but also The game is also very exciting! "So as to inspire the enthusiasm of all native and foreign people in Turii to watch the games.

During lunch, Xenophon raised his doubts: "Davers, when I entered the arena, I saw your announcement on the wall of the entrance. In addition to this opening ceremony, there will be more The 100-meter qualifier will be held. Does this 100-meter refer to 100 meters? Did you change the distance of the running race in the traditional Greek Games?"

The weights and measures implemented by the Kingdom of Dionia at the beginning of its founding were very different from those of other Greek city-states. As the country’s strength became stronger, the trade exchanges with other city-states became more frequent. Systematic, more refined and easier to operate, it was gradually accepted by Gentile merchants. When the Greek alliance was established and Dionia became the overlord of Greece, in the past few years, Dionia’s weights and measures have gradually replaced The more chaotic traditional weights and measures of Greek city-states...So Xenophon and Plato are familiar with the concept of "rice".

Davos took a sip of cold water and explained calmly: "The research of Dionian Academy has proved that the distance that we humans can sprint at full strength is about 100 meters, and As the distance gradually increases, endurance will replace explosive power, so the 100-meter race is to test the speed limit that our adults can reach under the condition of full sprinting."

"In this way, the shortest distance (approximately 192 meters) for the previous sports meeting was... a test to show the athlete's physical endurance to maintain this high speed after sprinting?" Plato thought.

"Yes." Davers nodded and responded: "The 200-meter race in the Dionian Games and the shortest distance running race in the previous games are all for this purpose, and the 400-meter and 800-meter races are more A test that emphasizes endurance—"

"What about the marathon?" Xenophon interrupted him and asked, "Is it to completely test the speed and endurance of adults? Daves, how did you think of using it as a competition event? ?"

Although Xenophon and Plato are not interested in the current Athens government, they are all Athenians after all, and they are also proud of the glorious history of Athens. Daves knows this well, so he solemnly said: "The marathon is of great significance to all Greeks. To race in its name will undoubtedly make the Greeks and even the entire Mediterranean people remember the long-lost history for a long time.

As far as the competition itself is concerned, the marathon is not only a test of the maximum endurance of the runners, it is also a test of their willpower, let alone winning the championship, it is not an easy task to persist in running the course. "

"Yes, even the Scud Fitipitz of that year, excited by the spirit of winning the battle, ran the whole course without stopping, but in the end he was exhausted. It can be seen that the marathon is a very Dangerous project!" Xenophon said with a solemn expression.

"But even so, there are still a lot of Athenians signing up for this event. They obviously want to bring the glory of the marathon champion back to Athens." Plato said.

"Then they will face the competition from Dionia's best long-distance runners." Davers smiled and said seriously: "However, don't worry too much. We have considered the dangers of this race. Medical staff are specially equipped along the entire marathon. Once an abnormality is found, rescue will be carried out immediately. Moreover, we have also made special regulations for this race. The runners participating in this race must do their best, and they are in poor physical condition. When the time comes, he is allowed to retire halfway..."

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While Daves and his two friends were chatting about the sports meeting in the royal stands, the audience was not idle. The Dionians have watched ball games for many years and are very experienced. Because they know that they will spend a day in the arena today, most of them have brought lunch in advance and have already dine with the family on their seats.

Although the Gentile audiences have no habit of eating lunch, they cheered and applauded non-stop this morning, and the consumption was very high. When they saw the Dionian audience next to them all chewing food, they felt hungry. . At this moment, many hawkers appeared in the passage between the auditoriums in time, peddling bread, salted fish, bacon, dried fruits, syrup... and soon sold out.

While eating, the audience excitedly talked about the opening ceremony just now, while watching the scene in the stadium curiously, guessing how the next game will proceed.