Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 65: The princess’s wedding (3)
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According to the Greek custom, the man’s relatives and friends should wait in the living room, ready to welcome the bride. But for the safety of King Davers's family, to prevent the welcome team from being too many and too mixed. So it was negotiated in advance, and the welcoming team waited outside the mansion.
Therefore, from the living room to the door, Cynthia met all the servants and employees of the family. They held torches and stood by the roadside, illuminating the way for the new couple and offering sincere blessings.
Out of the house, Cynthia’s ears immediately rang out with a huge cheer.
Through the hazy wedding dress, Cynthia saw people all around, dancing and clamoring like "beautiful bride, handsome groom" and so on, lighting up the candles in the open space in front of the mansion.
In praise, Patroclus led Cynthia into a four-horse cart.
Into the carriage, Cynthia opened the wedding dress.
Patroclus looked at her beautifully dressed face, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Cynthia, you are so beautiful! More beautiful than Aphrodite!"
"Hush, don't talk nonsense!" Cynthia reminded him quickly, knowing that the goddess is not very open-minded.
But that's what I said, Cynthia's heart was filled with joy, and she held Patroclus's hand tightly...
The teams that came to greet the relatives followed the carriages, automatically arranging to grow teams, amidst the shouts of "Get on the road!" and "Bring your torches!", the carriage and the people following behind Begin to move slowly.
At this time, the musicians in the team began to play the double flute and lyre, and everyone sang the wedding hymn together.
Among these singing people, there are two special characters. They are Cynthia and Cynthia’s mothers, and they have to accompany their daughter through the last part of the road before the wedding. But as the two princesses of the kingdom, their safety must be guaranteed. So they are at the forefront of the team, surrounded by court guards.
They also hold torches in their hands, and the source of these two torches is not simple, because they come from the fireside at home, symbolically protecting their daughter from one family and one identity to another family. , And transform into another identity. Although Hestia, the kitchen god, is not one of the twelve gods, he still holds a very important position in the family life of the people.
Patroclus’ home is on the outskirts of the southern city of Turriy, so the team to send off the relatives has to go eastward from the King’s Mansion in the west of the inner city, cross Victory Square to the east, turn south, and cross the Craty Stone Bridge. Out of Nancheng, take a walk along the river to get there. This is a not-so-close distance, and Christia and Agnes have never travelled this far in these years. This time for Cynthia, they also fulfilled their mother's responsibilities.
Such a long line of lights walking through the city is naturally very eye-catching. People kept coming to learn the news, and after blessing the newcomers in the carriage and saluting the two princesses, they followed the team. When it arrived at the stone bridge, this family-sending team almost turned into a night parade for the whole city, which just shows that the Davos royal family is deeply loved by the people.
On this evening, the King’s family and the Dionian people, regardless of esteem and inferiority, were intimately integrated.
Received the notification from the guards, they are about to be at Patroclus's house. Kristonia and Agnes looked at each other, and they both breathed a sigh of relief, and involuntarily tapped with their free left hand, a little sour. Hemp legs.
The carriage stopped, but the couple can't get off the carriage yet.
The two princesses walked forward.
The house of Patroclus has long been decorated with garlands made of pomegranate trees, olive trees and laurel branches, as well as various flowers. Piles of bonfires were lit in front of the house, also brightly lit.
Patroclus's mother and other relatives and friends were waiting at the door, and they were shocked to see the mighty procession of sending off their relatives (Patroclus' father has been invited to the palace for a banquet). Then they hurried forward to greet the two princesses.
Christoia and Agnes returned to Patroclus’ mother, and smiled and comforted the family who looked rather nervous because of their humble origins: "From now on we will be a family!... "
The mother of Patroclus just said yes, shaking slightly and raising the torch.
Christoia and Agnes lit it with a torch in their hands with solemn expressions, which completed the final handover.
The passing process of the torch is indispensable in the traditional Greek wedding. Therefore, there is an old Greek saying that illegal marriages are "weddings without torches." However, in Dionia, the newlyweds were blessed by Hera and registered in the city hall. They were legal couples, and this wedding was just a respect for tradition.
Patroclus, wearing a flower crown, took Cynthia and got out of the carriage.
Amidst the cheers, even though she was wearing a wedding dress, Cynthia could still see the two mothers standing by the road through the gaps in the fabric.
Suddenly, her eye circles started to red again.
Christoya stepped forward to hug her, and whispered in her ear: "Remember what I said."
Cynthia nodded vigorously, she didn't dare to open her mouth, for fear that she would cry when she spoke.
Aggnese also stepped forward and hugged her and said sincerely: "Child, have a good life with Patroclus! Hera will bless you!"
Cynthia still nodded.
Patroclus also stepped forward to bow.
The two princesses accepted it calmly.
Christoia also said seriously: "Cynthia will leave it to you, treat her well!"
Patroclus even claimed to be, and then led Cynthia to the house, surrounded by family and friends, walked into the stove in the house, here is a symbolic center of the family.
The guests threw the prepared nuts to the couple.
At the same time, Patroclus' mother handed Cynthia a red date and a traditional cake made with sesame and honey, both of which symbolize more fertility.
Cynthia slightly lifted her wedding dresses and ate them, which means that Cynthia has become a member of the family.
In the blessings of the guests, Patroclus took Cynthia into the wedding room and couldn't wait to pull her to the bedside, trying to help her take off her wedding dress quickly.
"Out...out there...there are others..." Cynthia said shyly.
Don't worry, Stephros is guarding outside, no one dares to come in. "
"Stefros? Are he and Kitia getting married soon?" Cynthia asked curiously.
"Today is our wedding, why do you care about them." In Cynthia's scream, Patroclus put her on the bed...
Outside the door, relatives and friends sang the wedding hymn loudly with the highest voice, working together to scare away the evil spirits.
Soon, a huge family-sending team outside the house joined in.
The magnificent singing resounded through the night of Turiyi...
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While almost all the people in the city gave off the marriage to Princess Cynthia of Dionian, the senators of the Senate gathered at the Royal Palace of Dionian to participate in the banquet held by King Davers in the name of the wedding, except for a few far away The veterans who served as chief executives from other places who couldn't get away because of important matters did not show up, and all the rest came.
Daves spent his own money, set up nearly a hundred tables, filled the entire palace hall, and let his son Croto Kataks be the director of the banquet, directing his subordinates and servants to serve the elders. .
In the past ten years, Daves has hosted all the elders. This is the first time. He took this opportunity to express his gratitude to the Senate for the kingdom’s efforts over the years. It was also the first time that he had his eldest son Croto Kataks appear alone in front of the highest officials of the kingdom on such an informal occasion.
Under the deliberate arrangement of Daves and the deliberate flattery of the elders, the atmosphere of the banquet was very warm and lasted until late at night.
Many elders were drunk, especially Patroclos’s father Paliandoros. As one of the protagonists of this banquet and the only non-elder guest, he faced every one of them. The veterans who came to toast and congratulate, of course, couldn't refuse. They kept drinking a glass of wine, and soon became drunk and vomited all over the floor.
With Davers' authority, any elder dared to force him to drink, so when the banquet ended, he remained sober. As for Croto Kataks' underage, the elders were too embarrassed to let him drink, so he did not drink.
Sending off all the guests, Daves took Crotocatex and walked home under the **** of the court guard.
The palace and the mansion, one at the foot of the mountain and the other at the top of the mountain, are only 80 meters apart, and are connected by a spacious and flat road.
This night, the moon is sparse and the weather is cool. The slightly drunk Daves walked on the gentle avenue, surrounded by silence and the river breeze, quite comfortable.
He turned his head and glanced at his son beside him: "Why are you still angry?"
"Father, those elders from Downey, cursed you madly through alcohol, are you not going to punish them further?" Croto Kataks said in a frantic voice.
"Then what do you want to do? Flog them or put them in jail?" Davers smiled and persuaded them: "Are they drunk? If you are drunk and talk drunk, you can forgive it."
Crotto Kataks said worrisomely: "But I can see that they are dissatisfied with you, I am worried that they will treat you..."
"I have the protection of the court guard and the monitoring of Aristotle. The entire city of Turíy is under my control. What can the few Dawni chiefs who have just returned?" Dave Si smiled freely. He was a little touched by his son's concern. He kindly patted him on his immature shoulder, and said earnestly: "What's more, we just occupied the land of others and took away their people. Could it be that Don’t allow others to get angry and calm down? Kid, you have to learn to control yourself, don’t get angry easily, anger will make you lose your mind and be caught by others..."