Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 58: Akkadmi Academy

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Davers' words made Patroclus bite his lips tightly.

Davers looked at him directly: "Then being my son-in-law will only make your future more difficult. Are you still willing to marry Cynthia as your wife?"

As soon as Davers's voice fell, Patroclus blurted out: "I am willing! I am willing to go to Cynthia to be his wife! And I will make more deeds to prove my ability and change the prejudices of others!"

Daves looked at the confident and energetic young man in front of him, with a look of appreciation in his eyes: "Tomorrow night, I will hold a private banquet at home, inviting you and your parents to a banquet, discussing you and Cynthia’s engagement."

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The Dawneys are conquered, and the next step is to manage this newly conquered land.

In the Dionian Senate, the chief executives of the towns of Downey were elected by the senators and recognized by Daves. Only the most controversial town—the administration of Lucenia Sir, Daves did not reply until Anta Oris proposed a name that was almost forgotten by everyone-Antonios, and received the support of most of the former mercenary veterans, Lucania veterans, Bruti veterans, etc. , The wise elders realized that this was from Davers's instruction.

Antonius, who has always said that he was sick at home and did not see outsiders, received a letter of appointment signed by Daves from the court messenger Alistairs.

During this time, he was accustomed to seeing the once lively and then cold-hearted mansion, and he was also used to the wife whose father was imprisoned and his brother was executed crying in his ears every day, complaining that he had not helped a little. Antonios has experienced so much in the past few months. At this moment, looking at the appointment book in his hand, he can’t help but feel a lot of emotions. The corners of his eyes are moist: After all, King Daves has not forgotten him. As the central town of Downey, the chief executive of Nia is only the veterans who have made outstanding contributions and are valued by Daves.

"Your Majesty asked me to convey a word." Alistairs said expressionlessly: "'I hope you will learn the lessons of the past, govern Lucenia well, and let the Dauni people integrate into Dionia as soon as possible. .'"

"I will not let your Majesty down!" Antonios said emotionally.

He declined the invitation of Capus, Felicius, Amintas and other former mercenary veterans to hold a celebration banquet for his comeback, and in the early morning of the next day, he brought only two entourages. , Rushed to Lucenia quietly to take up his post.

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Teleutias, the brother of Spartan King Agsilius, led the Spartan army and marched north without a hassle until the spring of the second year (that is, the eleventh year of the Kingdom of Dionian , 382 BC), arrived on the Kalkidijk peninsula, and received the warm welcome and great assistance of the Macedonian King Amintas, he provided a large number of cavalry, after the victory of the two battles , Advance to the city of Olympus. However, during the siege, the Spartan army was raided by reinforcements from the Kalkidik allies supporting Olympus, and the Spartan army was defeated, and its commander Telutias was also killed.

The news reached Sparta, shocked.

Agcilius felt even more heartache, even induced diseases, and became bedridden.

The council of elders decided after deliberation: Never compromise with the Kalkidik League led by Olympus, and continue to attack it until it is destroyed, otherwise it will not be able to restore Sparta’s prestige in Greece.

So, Sparta began to issue a war mobilization order to the allies of the Peloponnese, preparing to summon a larger coalition army to fight in North Greece, and the commander of the army was another Spartan king Agge Cypolis.

The fall of Thebes during this period has always made the Athenians uneasy. Therefore, for the exiles of Thebes, they are all helping to establish multiple shelters in the mountains between Attica and Piosha. Place. However, although Athens was wary of Sparta, they did not want to openly be an enemy of it, especially now that Sparta is so tyrannical, so they only paid close attention to the movements of the Spartans.

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There is a school called Academia next to the sacred forest of Academia by the Kefissos River in the northwestern suburbs of Athens.

This courtyard stands on the riverside with gurgling water, green grass and blooming flowers. Its gate is a simple arch with the words "Those who don't understand geometry can't enter."

A dozen young people were sitting around in a small pavilion in the academy, listening carefully to a middle-aged man's lecture.

This middle-aged man has a broad forehead, deep eyes, and broad shoulders. Although he is not too tall, he is relatively burly, but he has a gentle and quiet temperament. He is Plato, a famous scholar in all of Greece.

Plato has a distinguished family background, so he was well educated since childhood. When I was young, I still loved the creation of poetry and drama. Until one day I met Socrates and others at a poem meeting, Plato gave him an enlightenment, and he suddenly opened up. Many questions that have been thinking hard and can’t find answers seem to be solved all at once. . So he threw his poems into the fire and burned them on the spot, and worshiped Socrates as his teacher, and he switched from being passionate about literary creation to philosophical research.

Plato was 20 years old that year.

After Socrates was tried and finally executed, Plato, who was extremely disappointed with the Athens government, began his travel life. He successively went to Megara, Asia Minor, Persia, Egypt, Cyrenaica, Sicily, and finally He returned to Athens because of an accident.

Due to family reasons, Plato is actually still very interested in politics, but Athens has been politically conservative since the loss of Serasibulus, and various factions have been busy with disputes, which disappointed him again. After long-term inspections of other Greek city-states and countries outside of Greece, he has increased his experience and knowledge. He also deeply feels that it is not easy to manage city-states. There is no special knowledge of governing city-states, and there is no group of like-minded friends. Nothing will be accomplished, and it may cost your life. So after returning to Athens, with the support of friends, Plato founded the Akademi Academy, trying to use it to cultivate a group of talents who understand philosophy, natural sciences, and govern the country, and use them to change Athens and other Greek city-states. The status quo, indirectly realizes his own political ideals.

It has been five years since the establishment of the college. Not only did many young Athenians become his students, but also some young Gentiles came to visit him, and Akademi College gradually became famous.

At this time, Plato said in a calm but very magnetic voice: "...Yesterday I already talked about why I think the royal government in the ancient times is the best government. Today I will talk about why such a royal government will decline. ?"

The young people immediately raised their spirits and listened attentively.

"Although the legislators of the royal government always try their best to make the rulers of the city-state receive the best comprehensive education, so that they can be full of wisdom, can use the true knowledge they have learned to distinguish things, and take corrective actions. But, just as The growth and development of animals and plants is affected by time, and human marriage and childbirth are also restricted by time. City-state lawmakers cannot always rely on sensory observation and rational thinking to always correctly choose the birthplace for the city-state rulers. In good times, they sometimes make mistakes and give birth to some children inappropriately...

The rulers selected from these degraded offspring cannot be the best. After they have taken over the power of their parents, they will despise the wise men in the city-states, and despise music education and physical exercises, to the extent that The young people in the city-states are becoming less and less educated...So they and their descendants gradually lose the qualities that a true ruler should have, and lose the ability to distinguish between gold, silver, copper and iron. Mixed with copper, gold and silver, it produces imbalance, inconsistency and disharmony. Once disharmony and inconsistency appear, it will cause war and hatred..."

The students were lost in thought.

After a while, a student asked: "Teacher Plato, what do you mean is... untimely marriage, descent of blood, and loss of purity are the main reasons for the decline of Wang Zheng?"

"Oleas, your understanding is correct." Plato praised the student, and then said: "Once a conflict occurs, the two groups within the ruler will have different development directions. The Copper and Iron Group They tend to be private, merge land and houses, and converge gold and silver treasures; while the gold and silver group has real wealth in its own mind, and still tends to virtue and traditional order. The two groups struggle with each other and then achieve some kind of compromise... So They took the land and houses of the city-states as private owners, and turned their friends and supporters into frontiers and slaves... This led to the emergence of a new type of government, which is what I call honorary government."

The students are thoughtful.

A student asked in confusion: "Teacher Plato, how can we achieve a timely marriage?"

"Spicypus, this is a good question. You are embarrassing me." Plato said that, but said with a smile: "In fact, even the gods can't make it in time. The marriage of festival, otherwise, in ancient times, there could not be so many magical monsters. But after long-term thinking, I have some understanding of this issue. I also elaborated in the book "Utopia", that is, let The excellent and the excellent are married, and give birth at the best time.

What is an outstanding person? Not only for city-state men, but also for women. City-states should treat men and women equally, and allow women to receive good education. Let them receive sports training, study literature, music, mathematics... In the process, we can discover whether she is a gold, silver, iron, or bronze. Choose the best and combine the best, but don’t overdo it. Give birth early.