Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 57: The completion celebration of the Temple of Hades (3)
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The bell stopped, and Plaisinus led the saints out of the crowd, stood on either side of the temple entrance, and began to sing in unison.
This time, it’s no longer just pure singing, but also lyrics: "
Hades God is fair and strict,
Your light shines on the earth,
We are full of enthusiasm in our hearts,
Come to your temple,
Your light shines on us,
……"
"This is...Is this a new Hades ode?!" The people's hearts are full of surprise, a distinctive melody, yet so beautiful and magnificent. As the singing continued, they were deeply moved by the holiness and ideals shown in the song.
Countless people knelt to the ground religiously, chanting Hades chants in their mouths, and tears of excitement in their eyes...
When the singing ended, some people could not leave for a long time, until the people around cheered: "Davos!!!..." They realized that they did not know when Dionian Archon and Alliance High Priest Daves was wearing A white robe, a white scarf in his head, and a torch in his hand appeared on a circular altar in front of the temple, and Plycinus was beside him, carrying a large, large-faced man with another male priest. Smooth concave copper mirror.
The public kept their eyes wide open with curiosity, because there were rumors before that the senators of the Senate had a heated discussion about the "Hadith Temple Sacred Fire". Because the torch is not only the spirit of the people of the Greek city-states, but also represents the heritage of civilization, especially these Greek city-states in the Western Mediterranean. They are all colonial cities. It was the colonial builders who took away a fire seed from the temple of the mother state and kept it until the temple was built in the new city. The fire was lit with fire and burned for generations to show the memory of the homeland and the inheritance of fire!
So the elders born in Turri, headed by Pollux, proposed to introduce fire from Athens again, which was strongly opposed by Antonios, Amintas and others. The reason was that the old Turri was gone. Exist, the new Turii is not a sub-state of Athens!
As for Cornelus’s proposal to "ignite fire from the Temple of Zeus in Amendorara", it was also opposed. The veterans of Turei believed that the small city of Amendorara was not sufficient to represent the entire Dionian League.
The parties quarreled fiercely, and finally Daves made a decision and said: "Since Dionia is a newly-built city-state alliance without a mother state, the Temple of Hades is almost the only city-state guardian temple in the Mediterranean. Then I think , Hades gave us the holy fire on the day of the temple celebration to show his grace to Dionia!"
These words were spread throughout the city on the same day, and soon spread throughout the league. Now the ordinary people, the elders of the Senate, and the VIPs who have just received the news are watching the unlit torch in the hands of the high priest with curiosity and excitement, waiting for the miracle to happen, or looking forward to the greatest joke in Great Greece. .
Davos faced the entrance of the temple, half kneeling on the altar with a solemn expression, holding the torch high in his hand.
Plessinus and the priest took a few steps back, strenuously raised the bronze mirror, slowly turned it, adjusted the angle, and focused the hot sunlight onto the cluster of papyrus confetti that protruded from the top of the torch...
The well-known Hades carol is sung from the mouths of the saints again, and it spreads across the sky...
The noon sun is scorching everyone, the sweaty people are unaware, and their attention is always projected on the motionless Daves...
Time passed by one minute and one second.
The bronze mirror is dazzling, and the torch remains the same...
"What Hades will give the holy flame to me, I think he is arrogant, do you really think he can do anything!" Pollux sneered, what Daves said at the meeting place was so good It spreads so widely and so quickly, and he has done a lot from it. He hopes to see Daves making a fool of himself at this moment, which will take the prestige of this young consul seriously!
Burks touched him with his hand, kindly reminding him to keep quiet.
Polyxis rolled his eyes back. Burks was a good friend of his once, and now he is in the Senate, one of the strong supporters of Daves among the veterans of Turiyi. If it weren't for some reason, Pollux didn't want to be with him anymore.
Suddenly, he saw green smoke appearing from the top of the torch. He thought he was wrong, and blinked vigorously.
One after another, exclamation sounds have been heard from all directions.
Soon, the green smoke turned into a small cluster of beating red-yellow flames, quickly igniting the linen cloth soaked in olive oil.
Fire, burning!
"Oh, Hades!!!" The people who witnessed this miracle made a landslide and tsunami cheers, and the whole hill seemed to be shaking.
Even the distinguished guests looked at each other in disbelief: Is Dionia really favored by Hades? !
Daves really got the favor of Hades? ! The elders looked at Daves ahead in awe, while Pollux's body was trembling slightly. He seemed to see Hades's majestic eyes staring directly at him coldly in the torch held high by Daves.
Daves secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although he had practiced several times before, and even specially selected sunny days, and used the square to perform the lighting ceremony until noon, he was still a little worried. In front of thousands of people, if it is screwed up, his deliberate plans and the reputation of the favored ones will be ruined! Fortunately, Hades blessed him, he succeeded!
Davers stood up slowly, raised the torch high, and walked slowly for a week, enjoying the cheers of the people with a solemn expression, like the waves in the storm, pushing him to the top again and again...
Then, accompanied by the priests, he walked into the temple and lit the dark black bronze brazier in front of the Hades statue one by one. From then on, the Hades temple torch will continue day and night to bless Dionia Prosperous.
When Daves walked out of the temple, the loud bugle sounded, accompanied by low drums, led by Capus, Drax, and Hironimus, plus eight captains. All in military uniform, carrying three steles, and escorted by 40 team leaders, came to the temple.
When most of the people looked at the three stone monuments with a height of one person in a puzzled manner, the words of the high priest were sent to the ears of the people with the help of the speaker: "The establishment of the Dionian City-State Alliance Development and development are inseparable from Hades’ blessing! Nor can they do without the efforts of citizens! As we enjoy peace and prosperity today, please don’t forget the warriors who gave their lives to defend Dionia! They The names of Hades are engraved on these three-sided stone tablets. Hades praised their loyalty and bravery to the Alliance, allowing their souls to enter the temple, transforming into heroic spirits, continue to defend the Dionia, and accept the descendants of the Dionia. And the respect and worship of future generations!" After speaking, Daves knelt down in front of the stone monument with solemn expression.
Immediately afterwards, the legionnaire, battalion captain, unit captain, and all the soldiers present all knelt on the ground facing the stele with solemn expressions.
In the eyes of the people, the inscribed stone stele is no longer a cold stone, but a vivid figure with a name and a surname...
"Woo woo woo..." Except for the distinguished guests, the mountains and plains were full of kneeling Dionian people. In this solemn atmosphere, there was an overwhelming cry of crying, and those weeping were all killed in battle. Dependents of soldiers.
"The warrior does not die, but the heroic spirit lives forever!"
"The warrior does not die, but the heroic spirit lives forever!!!"
……
Davers led the people to bow to the stele.
At this moment, the grass and trees are sentimental, and the world is sorrowful. There was a gale at the right time, and even the sun was blocked by clouds, which made the people believe that their shouts were answered.
For a time, people’s prayers lasted for a long time...
The bugle and the drums played in unison, and the generals and team officers stepped neatly, under the attention of thousands of eyes, carrying the stone tablet into the temple.
"The respect of the Dionians to their fighters can reach such an extent!" Lysias had heard that Dionians held a triumphant ceremony for the army returning from victory. At this moment, I saw them fighting the dead. The stone stele was sent into the temple, and he couldn't help but be greatly moved.
"With such a sacred move, how can the citizens of Dionian not be willing to fight to the death!" The Crotone naval commander Ascamas on the side did not have the mood of mockery, and his face was ridiculous. serious.
He and Lycias looked at each other, thinking about the same question: in the future, in case of war with Dionia again, can Crotone defeat such a high morale Dionia?
The VIPs from the Southern Italian League felt this way more or less, and for Kanios of Elia, the power of Dionia is exactly what he likes to see.
After the drum horn disappeared, the harp sounded again...
Amidst the melodious sound of the piano, Heraclide and Piasix carried a stone bust and walked to the temple.
"People of Dionia, please tell me, who designed the new city of Turiyi? Who led us to build it?" Daves asked loudly.
"...It's Heraclid." The answer was intermittent.
"Who designed and built the Temple of Hades?" Daves asked again.
"Heracled!" This time the answer was much neater.
"Whether it is building a new city or a temple, whoever comes first and leaves last every day, is seriously ill, still has to devote all his energy to his love for the city’s architecture, and finally dedicated himself Life?" Davers asked loudly again: "Who is he?!"
"Heracled!!!" The neat and powerful answer echoed among the hills.
"In view of the contribution of Heraclide, the master architect, to Dionia, his statue will be stationed in the shrine of the sage of the temple, won the favor of Hades, and continue to use his talents as the Elysee Add more to the paradise! At the same time, in the years to come, as long as the people of Dionian make great contributions to the prosperity and development of Dionian, then their statues will also be stationed in the temple, and they will be respected by future generations. Live with the Alliance!" Due to the miracle of the Holy Fire, Daves is like Hades possessed at this moment, and his words are naturally more inspiring to the people.
Note: As for the plot of whether holding a concave copper mirror to focus sunlight can ignite the papyrus, I was not sure when I first wrote it. Later, I remembered the Roman siege of Syracuse a hundred years later in history. Archimedes designed a lot of equipment to help defend the city. One of them was to let the soldiers stand on the head of the city and hold hundreds of concave bronze mirrors to focus on the sun. The sails of the Roman warships moored in the bay were lit. The sails can be ignited, the papyrus should be easier, and the distance is too close.