Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 58: The peculiar Temple of Hades

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When Daves bowed and saluted the bust of Heraclid respectfully, the people all saluted and wished, and hoped that they would have such a favor even when they died.

As the idols were carried into the temple, it was already in the afternoon. Although the people were a little tired, the unprecedented novel rituals were held one after another, keeping them in high spirits.

To this day, there is the last one left, and the most important one—to visit the temple and pray.

Under the command of Daves, the soldiers maintained order, and the people consciously abide by the order, entering the temple one by one...

After experiencing the previous rituals, Kanios' perception of Hades has been greatly improved. At this moment, he is eager to enter the temple and find out.

Following the flow of people, stepping on the entrance steps, stepping on the temple base, and seeing a statue on each side of the temple's main entrance: on the left is a handsome young man holding a harp and playing with heart; on the right is a beautiful one Women, twist clothes by hand. Smiling, looking at the youth tenderly.

The lines of the two milky white marble statues are smooth and lifelike. The affectionate gaze between the two creates a pleasant mood.

Kaños' gaze flew back towards the two statues until someone exclaimed: "Is this the hero Orpheus and his beautiful wife Eurydijk?!"

As soon as Kanios reminded him, he took a closer look and found that it was true, because their names were engraved on the base of the statue.

Orpus is the son of the sun **** Apollo and the art goddess Calliopa. He is a hero in ancient Greek legends. No one can sing and play the piano. His wife Eurydice was bitten by a poisonous snake and died. Orps, who loved her so much, ventured into the underworld and impressed Hades and Queen Persephone with beautiful singing, allowing him to take Euryd away. Ke's soul, but before leaving the underworld, you can't look at Eurydijk, otherwise she will stay in the underworld forever. Orpus kept his promise, took his wife on a difficult trek, and was about to get out of hell, but because of an accidental glance at his wife, Eurydijk was caught back to **** again. From then on, Orpus fell into remorse and died of depression. .

But at this moment, what the two statues show is not sadness and resentment, but happiness and warmth.

Affected by this emotion, Kanios stepped into the temple peacefully, and what caught his eyes were the three stone steles that had been carried into the temple before.

This is the Hall of Valor, Kanios saw the letters engraved on the eaves.

The Hall of Heroes is just a side hall of the temple, the area is not too big, there are colorful paintings on the walls. Kanos took a closer look. The main drawing above is: the magnificent war scenes of former mercenaries crossing the ocean, saving people, fighting barbarians, building new cities, and creating alliances...

Even Kanios, an outsider, can’t help but sigh the hardships of Dionian’s entrepreneurship, but he doesn’t bow down like the Dionian people, but walks to the brazier and bows to salute. Come out from the side door.

There is another side hall on the right. It must be the shrine of the sages mentioned by the people just now. It seems that many people have stopped in it.

Kanios walked straight ahead, crossed the middle door, and entered the main hall of the temple.

This hall is more than 20 meters high. As soon as a person enters, he immediately realizes his own insignificance. In front of the main hall stands a bronze statue of more than ten meters high. The huge figure also gives people a strong sense of oppression. Fortunately, this Hades statue does not show the ferocious and hideous features in the legend, but is kind and kind. An image of a kind and kind elder, and beside him is also nestled next to another idol-the beautiful Empress Perpetone. She held her husband's arm and smiled to face all beings. Pluto, the most feared of the main gods in Greece, is now in harmony with the queen, giving a sense of intimacy.

Looking at the ground again, there are carefully selected stripes of bright and colorful marble stitching, smooth as a mirror; the walls are still colorfully painted, dense forests, green hills, green grasslands, all kinds of rare and exotic animals, gods and goddesses. So, and human beings are also laughing and joking, enjoying themselves, and getting along very harmoniously...It makes people linger after seeing it, and the sun shines in bunches from the courtyard in the middle of the temple and the windows on both sides, and it matches the bright colors in the temple. The radiance of each other makes the hall even more magnificent, as if being in a fairyland, many Dionian people were fascinated, and they murmured: "Elysee?! This is Elysee Paradise!!!..." Kneeling down on the torch. A long time ago, I was reluctant to get up.

The soldiers who maintain order can only helplessly urge them again and again.

Seeing this situation, Kanios had to sigh: The bold and ingenious design of the Dionians turned **** into a paradise, and the evil gods into the good gods! In such a warm place, are you worried that no people will come to worship!

When Kanios walked out of the temple, he couldn't help but reminisce about the beautiful scene in the temple.

"The temple on the other side is too scary! Many people dare not go in!"

"No way?! This is pretty good! If it wasn't for the soldiers to urge me, I would still like to stay inside!"

"There...there is completely different from this side, you can go and see if you don't believe me!"

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The voice of the people came into Kanios' ears, and he was stunned: There is still a temple? No, there is only one here. Could it be... this is impossible? ! ...

Many people are as shocked as Kanios. It’s normal to be surprised. After all, the temples of the ancient Greek city-states have been a temple dedicated to a main **** from ancient times to the present. The statue of Perpetone, the queen of the gods, appeared in the temple, which is already a bold breakthrough. Fortunately, people regard the Queen of Pluto as a subsidiary of Pluto, and there is not much surprise! But they never expected that the designers would have a bolder approach, even dividing a temple into two parts-one temple and two gods! No wonder the length of the Temple of Hades is twice the length of ordinary temples!

Under the strong impetus of doubt and curiosity, Kanios quickly passed through the corridor outside the temple supported by a dozen huge Doric pillars to the other side of the temple.

Sure enough, there is another entrance to the temple, and there is also a lot of people.

There are also two stone sculptures on both sides of the main entrance, but they are black. They are the Huangquan River ferryman Roron and the three-headed dog Cerpalos, the guardian of the Hell’s Gate. Their hideous appearance makes Kanios My heart shuddered.

Entering the entrance is a side hall, with the letters "Hell of the Evil" engraved on it, and in the center is the fierce **** of death Thanatos holding a sharp sword. Black letters are engraved on both sides: "The traitor must enter here. Prison! The murderer must go to this prison! The **** must go to this prison!..."

A blood-colored skull is painted at the end of each sentence, making people feel chilly. And all the terrifying pictures of ghosts torturing the soul on the four walls are even more creepy.

Kanios staggered out, and the terrible sight made him hesitate: Do you want to go in?

At this time, he saw the "confessional room" engraved on the side hall on the right, and there was a string of eye-catching characters next to it: "If you make a mistake, God will forgive it!"

Kanios settled down and continued forward. He passed through the confessional and stepped into the main hall.

This is the black world. The black marble floor, the black walls, no patio, and no windows, so there is no sunlight. Only the brazier burning in front of the statue brings a bit of light to the temple, but it does not add much warmth to the temple. On the contrary, the flickering flames give it. There is a haze on everyone's face.

There is not only one idol right in front of him. There is no longer a beautiful and gentle queen next to the Hades idol more than ten meters high. He is wearing a black robe and holding a double-stranded fork. See the good and evil of people.

There are three eight-meter-high statues in front of him. They are Minos, Ladamantos, and Ayagos, three **** judges, all with cold faces, one holding a scroll, and the other screaming. The one in the middle held up a balance with weights on one tray and a bright red heart on the other tray. This was the only red in the entire temple, but it made all believers in the temple nervous and sweaty. Dripping, because it is so eye-catching, as if to ask: how is your conscience? !

Kanios walked out of the temple in a daze, and the fresh air didn't make him feel relieved: this is simply a test of the soul!

Kanios walked down the hill and couldn't help looking back at this magnificent temple.

The people who came out from one side of the temple were all smiles and happy; the people who came out from the other side looked solemn and thoughtful. Heaven and **** are extremely opposed, yet they are perfectly contained in a temple. The genius idea of ​​the Dionians built this peculiar temple. I don’t know what kind of influence it will have on the Dionians in the future. !

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At dusk, the hustle and bustle of Turiyi City has not disappeared. People in the streets and lanes are still talking about the temple celebrations during the day, including of course this famous Christoya restaurant.

Canos chewed on bread and drank lamb soup while listening to them talking.

He only knew that the peculiar design of the Temple of Hades was originally suggested by the Archon Daves, and even every unprecedented ceremony in the celebration was derived from his arrangement, which made him more curious: Dai What kind of person is the Archon of Onia?

At the celebration, Kanios only saw Daves in front of the temple from a distance, looking very young, but with extraordinary bearing. Kanios felt a little frustrated when he remembered that he had not yet been received by this Dionian authority.

"Can I sit here?" A person came across from the wooden table and asked politely.

Kanios nodded.

"Come on a big plate of tripe!" the man yelled. Not long after sitting down, the steaming food came up, and he quickly scooped a large spoonful of sauce in a clay pot on the table with a wooden spoon. , Put it on the plate, it was a sauce brewed with sea shellfish, the taste was strange, Kanios was not used to it, but the person on the other side used tripe as a dipping sauce and ate it with relish.

"Well, it's still delicious! I haven't eaten it for a few months, and I'm thinking about it every day, but I'm so greedy!" The man looked intoxicated and made Kanios smile.

The man glanced at Kanios and said, "Did you know that when the Greek mercenary was in Persia, Daves was just an ordinary soldier at first, and he conquered other soldiers with this tripe? The mouth attracted everyone’s attention and later became the leader of the mercenary."

Note: The idea of ​​a temple with two gods is not the original creation of Daves. After hundreds of years in history, Hadrian, one of the five emperors of Rome, designed and presided over the construction of the Temple of Venus. One side of the temple enshrines the goddess Venus, and the other side enshrines the Roman goddess (i.e. deified Rome). The ruins of the temple are just in front of the Roman amphitheater.