Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 43: Library
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Isocrates waited anxiously for the final decision of the Dionian Senate in a spacious lounge in the chamber.
Soon, the guards came in and asked him to go to the meeting place.
When he walked into the meeting place, he found Davors, the Archon of Dionia standing in the center of the meeting place.
Davos smiled at him and motioned for him to sit down. After Davos smiled and said to him: "The honorable messenger of Athens, I am glad that you brought the great Mediterranean city of Athens to the Alliance of Dionians. Friendship makes us in a remote corner of the Greek world stop mourning and complaining about ourselves, because in the new play "Theonians" by the Athenian dramatist Aristophanes, we are regarded as Dionians. The barbarians are for the pleasure of the people of Athens..."
As soon as this statement came out, Isocrates cried out: "It's broken."
Sure enough, he heard someone yelling from behind: "What right does the Athenians have to humiliate us Lukanians!"
"They are not only humiliating the Lucanians, they are humiliating all Dionian citizens!" another person shouted.
"If the Athenians treat us with this attitude, then the Athenians are not welcome here!"
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One after another angry voices slammed at Isocrates sitting in front, making him feel like a volcano about to erupt behind him, and his face changed a little.
Davers looked at his embarrassment and continued: "Isocrates, you said that Athens and Dionia have a deep friendship. This can’t just be talked about in words, you need to look at actual actions. And now according to us Knowing the actual situation of Athens makes us unable to see the friendship between the Athenians and Dionia. What we see is that the people of the whole city of Athens are ruthlessly mocking and mocking the characteristics of a new city-state alliance that are different from other Greek city-states. , It can even become a forum for drinking in Athens restaurants for several months. This is not what a city-state that once claimed to be the “best school in Greece” and has a long history and tradition should be expected! Nor is it a claim to Dioni Ya has the kindness and kindness that the city-state that wants to form an alliance with should do!
Therefore, the citizens of Dionia will not give their backs to a city-state that discriminates against them when facing a powerful enemy. Therefore, I think it is too early to talk about the conclusion of a military alliance. "
Damn Aristophanes! Damn Aristophanes! The countless curses in his heart by Isocrates couldn't change the reality of the failure of the alliance. Depressed, he wanted to stand up and try to make the last effort.
Davos waved to him in front of him, motioned him not to interrupt, and then said: "Although Turriy is no longer the Turriy used to be, the Alliance of Dionia has no connection with Athens, but Dai The Onyas are by no means an ungrateful race. We have clear grievances and grievances. We repay the grievances that others give us ten times, and we repay tenfold the gratitudes that others give us——"
"Your Archon is right! Tarantom used to form an alliance with us when we were in trouble, so we sent a large army to save their city-state! Turri once gave the lord your employment in the first place. The army has a foothold, so in the face of the pressure of Crotone’s army, we did not give in. Instead, we used a big victory to avenge the dead Turiyi! Dionia regards the promise as life and cherishes the friendship that has been paid, so Friendship can't be taken lightly!" The old man Skombras shakes his gray beard, holds his head high, glances at Isocrates obliquely, and puts on a pair of "Dionia's friendship is extremely precious, it's really cheap for you" Arrogant look.
Davers smiled and continued: "Since the center of the Dionian Alliance is in Turei, we have naturally inherited part of the emotions of the Turei people in the past. We are willing to have friendly exchanges with Athens. Strengthen communication to eliminate misunderstandings between each other..."
Isocrates heard this and understood what Davos and the other senators of the Senate meant: In addition to military alliances, Dionia is willing to get along with Athens. Strengthening trade and cultural exchanges seems to be the same as the core meaning of his previous speeches.
But Isocrates understands that the difference is obvious. If Isocrates originally talked about cooperation as a big brother in Athens, but now the Dionians have regarded this elegance in his bones. Noble stepped on his feet, instead telling him: Dionia’s friendship is extremely precious, and you can give a little to Athens, but it depends on Athens’ performance...
It's not easy for this young man to sit in the position of consul and create today's Dionia with one hand! Isocrates looked at Daves ahead and felt the pressure...
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While Isocrates was speaking at the Dionian Senate, Ansitanos took Lycias to the north side of Victory Square, where there is a newly built building that looks like a In the temple, under the steps are bronze statues of nine muses, lined up.
"Is it the Temple of Apollo?" Lycias looked at Ansitanos suspiciously.
Ansitanos still had a mysterious smile, but he just didn't speak.
Lycias walked up the steps with growing curiosity, and finally found a few huge letters "library" on the lintel of the temple entrance.
"This is?" Lycias can roughly guess the function of this building, but such a large building is only used for books? Are there so many books?
He looked at Ancitanos suspiciously again, hoping he could explain.
"This is the library built by our Archon Daves taking the lead in donating money!" Ansitanos proudly pointed to those words and said, "He once said,'Books are the gems of human wisdom, no matter what Is it Persia, Egypt, Carthage, or even earlier Sumer, Hittite, Assyria... The history and civilization they created are finally converged in words and books. It is the common wealth of our mankind. We break away from ignorance and move towards a more brilliant civilization, so we must make every effort to collect them! Protect them! If these treasures are destroyed by wars and disasters, it will be the most tragic loss of our humanity! But we don’t just want to. Collect books, and share and read these books with more people, so that people in Dionian can use knowledge to improve themselves, use knowledge to create wealth, and use knowledge to create a more brilliant culture. This is what I want to build. The significance of the library!'"
After listening to Lysias, he was fascinated and murmured: "A person who can speak such a great language must be a great person!"
Ansitanos smiled secretly.
"Take me in and have a look!" Lycias couldn't wait to get in, but was stopped by the guard at the door.
"This is my friend. He came with me. I want to go in and visit." Ansitanos hurriedly stepped forward to explain.
"Okay, Lord Ancitanos." The guard saluted respectfully.
"There is still force in the place where knowledge is stored!" Lycias said gruffly as he walked in.
"Books are precious and fragile. A fire can destroy them all. Of course, someone needs to be guarded to prevent accidents." Ancitanos explained.
Lysias expressed his understanding, and after suffocating, he said again: "It doesn't seem that anyone can enter here."
"Only Dionian citizens and prospective citizens can enter."
"In this way, the free citizens of Dionian have one more motivation to become citizens." Lycias stayed here for nearly two days, and he also understood the citizens of Dionian, the preparatory citizens, How big is the disparity in the rights enjoyed by free people, but this disparity is not inevitable. Unlike Athens, no matter how hard you work, you can bridge the gap between Athenians and Gentiles.
"There are probably forty to fifty thousand Dionian citizens in Turei. If they all crowd into this library, will they be able to hold it?" Lycias asked suspiciously.
"We have considered your concerns a long time ago. Firstly, the quality of Dionian citizens has not reached the level that everyone can read; secondly, they are unlikely to be here at the same time, even if they want to enter the book There are too many citizens in the library, and there are restrictions on the number of people in the library, but now it seems that this situation may have to happen many years later. By then, maybe Dionia will have a second and a third one. , The fourth library..." Ansitanos' words were filled with confidence in his alliance.
Lycias was silent, but soon he was attracted by the sight in front of him: rows of tall wooden cabinets were neatly placed in the hall, cutting the huge space into a strip for three or four people to pass side by side. Walkway. Each wooden cabinet is open and is divided into small rectangular spaces by strips of wooden boards. Inside are placed rolls of books or materials assembled from papyrus or parchment. In front of these bookcases, there was an area with many wooden tables, and only a few people were sitting there quietly reading.
Lysias, who is addicted to books, looked straight and couldn't help saying: "There are so many books!"
"In fact, there are not many. Most of the bookcases behind are empty. After all, the library has only been completed in less than 20 days." Ansitanos said with some emotion: "Master Daves once called on Dionia. Citizens took out their own collection of books and asked the library to copy a copy and store it here. They also had to engrave the names of the citizens who donated the books. At that time, there were so many citizens who responded to the call, so that the scribes in the library were too busy. Here comes..."
Looking in the direction of Ancitanos’s fingers, Lycias saw several stone steles erected on the left side of the library entrance. He had just looked ahead and ignored them.
The names of people are densely engraved on the stele.
Lysias noticed that only the first name had the title written after it: "This...this...this is--" He stroked the title in disbelief.