Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 9: The two princesses of the kingdom

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The sculptured idols are the most important part of the construction of the temple. The image design is the most important part. However, since the two Hades idols in the original temple have already made the believers very satisfied, this time The image design has not been modified, but because the new temple will inevitably be taller and more spacious than the original, the original statue will appear too short when placed in the new temple, so a new statue must be carved.

Because the new temple is being rebuilt on the old site, the craftsmen set up a temporary warehouse not far from the side to store the idols and other objects in the original temple. The initial carving of the new idol is also in In this warehouse.

Miliktos is the main person in charge of sculpting the gods. He is also a well-known sculptor in the kingdom. The bronze statue of Hades holding a football outside the main arena of Turriyin city was made by him.

Don't look at the tall and heavy idols. In fact, its core material is wood. Of course, the wood used for idols requires a hard texture and tight texture. Therefore, it is generally marine wood, preferably a century-old cedar. With the original idol as a model, it took Miliktos only two months to carve three wooden idols (two Hades idols and one Persephone idol), which is better than the original The idols are more delicate and vivid.

And then he handed over the work to the assistants, that is-skinning the idol. Because of the whiteness and rareness of ivory, it has become the first choice for the skin of gods in the past 100 years. Carvers tore the whole ivory into thin slices, and then stick them on the surface of the gods little by little. It must be absolutely tight. It requires patient work.

Each statue is extremely huge, and one person can stick one finger at most in a day, but there are hundreds of carvers working on this job at the same time, so the progress is quite fast.

While skinning the gods, carvers and craftsmen are also doing two other tasks: one is to burn sand into stained glass, and then make star-shaped decorations, each piece looks like a sparkle The little gems of the gods, they will be inlaid on the wall behind the idol, as the background of the starry sky; the other is to make gold leaf. The golden clothes and the crown that he wore increased the grace and luxury of the **** Hades. As for the statue of the **** in the hall of the underworld, it was covered with silver foil and painted with a pale blue lacquer, so that the atmosphere of the whole temple was consistent.

In addition, they have to make gold and silver seats for the idols. Although they are not all made of gold and silver, the inner core is bronze, but the gold and silver consumed after the idols are completed is definitely not A small number. When the Dionian League was first built, it never dared to make such luxuries to make idols, and now the consumption of these precious metals is only a few days' output from the mines in Iberia and Sardinia.

Miliktus did not participate in the production of the remaining steps of the idol. He is focusing on a more important job-making triangle friezes for the temple.

There is a triangular area under the eaves of the two gate entrances of the temple, called a frieze. The frieze is embedded with stone slabs and decorated with relief patterns. Usually its content comes from the stories of Greek mythology, but In the design of this temple, the result of the discussion in the Senate was that one frieze will carve the relief of the mass procession at the Hades celebration, and the other will carve the royal family of Dionian, the king, Two queens and five children (Originally Daves proposed to include Adoris and Cynthia, because they are also his own family members, but the Senate expressed strong opposition. They believed that the temple was built for thousands of years. People pay respect and worship, and the people of the kingdom and future generations will understand that the royal family of Dionia is the descendant of the gods of Hades when they see the reliefs, but the adopted sons and daughters are not. If you engrave it boldly, it may lead to Hades's anger. .)

With the great prestige of King Daves and his royal family, if this relief is not well carved, even if the merciful king doesn’t say anything, the saliva of the people will drown him, so Miliktos is extremely cautious. Specially asked King Daves to spare his precious time, take his family as his models, and pose according to his requirements. It took him several days to draw sketches on wooden boards and hand them to Daves for review. After Daves was satisfied, he took the drawing to the construction site and sculpted against it.

The pattern of the triangle frieze of the Dionian royal family is: Daves wears a crown with a smile on his face, sitting on the throne, in the center; the two princesses wear gorgeous robes and put their hands intimately on On Davers's shoulders, standing on both sides pretty; the five children surrounded them with joy, and Crotocatex happened to be in the middle of the five children.

If an attentive audience carefully tastes this pattern, he will find that the composition of the king and the princess is almost the same as the composition of the Hades and the queen in the main temple of Hades (just one more Only the princess), this is a reminder from Presinus, the priest of the scepter, which contains a deeper meaning.

Miliktus held an iron chisel in one hand and a small hammer in the other. He was engrossed in carving. This was already the third relief. He felt dissatisfied with the first two and destroyed it, but It is precisely because of the experience of the first two paintings that he no longer needs to compare the original drawing. The whole pattern is already well-known to his chest, so he has no hesitation in each stroke, and the strength is just right.

Just as he was immersed in his own creation, a crisp female voice came from behind: "No! No! I sculpted me too...well, my eyebrows are not so thin, and the bridge of my nose should be higher. Some..."

Miliktos was pulled out of the immersed world by this sound, and he was really annoyed. He turned around abruptly, trying to yell at the intruder who disturbed his work, when he saw standing behind him It was two beautiful girls, whose anger disappeared, and immediately stood up, and said in as kind a tone as possible: "Your Royal Highness Eunice! Your Royal Highness Princess Ivia! Welcome!"

"We are here to worship the **** Hades, and stop by to see how our relief sculpture is." Eunice took a few steps forward, pointed at the relief, and said unceremoniously: "But After reading it, I felt a little disappointed. This should be me, but I don’t feel like me. You carve it too delicately."

"His Royal Highness, although the sculpture comes from reality, it is usually a beautification of reality. What's more, this relief sculpture will be for the people of the kingdom to admire in the future. I believe that they all want to see a beautiful and virtuous princess... …" Miliktos wanted to convince Eunice that he was so patient because he didn’t just meet the princess in the painting room before. This princess who resembles a boy is very famous in Turei. In order for her to gain her sexuality, Princess Kristia simply began to expose her to some business affairs when she was 16 years old. As a result, this decisive and pungent girl had already become her before she reached the age of 18. His mother's right-hand man, Miliktos, had borrowed money from Christia Bank in order to expand his carving workshop in other towns in the kingdom. He had personally dealt with Eunice several times and knew her better.

Eunice raised her eyebrows: "You mean I am not beautiful and virtuous?!"

Miliktos felt tight, knowing that he had said something wrong, and hurriedly wanted to explain.

Eunice changed her face again, and said positively: "You are right, I am not as tender and virtuous as other girls, but I don't need to change because it's not me! Just like you Like her in this relief, she is not like me at all. Since you are carving my family, I hope you can actually carve my appearance, so I don’t want to beautify it!"

"...Sister." Ivia felt a little nervous and pulled Eunice gently.

"Don't make trouble!" Eunice pushed her sister's hand away, looked directly at Miliktos, and asked: "Do you think I am right?"

"...Your Royal Highness, what you said is right...I will revise it..." Miliktos gave in unexpectedly, which made the assistants who were hiding from the side not daring to speak with their mouths open in surprise.

At this moment, Miliktos suddenly looked behind Eunice and shouted: "Master Priest of Scepter!"

"Oh, Miliktos." Plessinus, wearing a white robe, saw the call for help in the eyes of the sculptor, waved gently, and walked to Eunice: "Two Your Royal Highness, let you wait for a long time. The temporary temple has been cleaned up. The brazier, lamp and other things used for worship are all ready, and you can start."

Eunice looked at Miliktos, rolled her eyes, and said softly: "I just came here to admire this sculpture with my sister. Master Miliktos has carved very well, and I also told him After some exchanges, he promised me that this sculpture will be better when I come to appreciate it next time, is it true? Master Miliktos."

"Yes, Your Royal Highness." Miliktos replied helplessly.

Plessinus looked at the carving, and then at Miliktos. Of course he felt that there must be something tricky in it, but he did not explore it interestingly, but immediately led it. The two princesses and the court guards who protected them went to the temporary temple.

Until they left completely, the assistants stood up and complained: "Even if she is a princess, she can't interfere with your teacher's creation!"

"It turns out that she is the famous naughty princess of Turiyi! How can she be married in the future so savagely!"

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"Shut up, you don't want to live anymore! Give me a good job!" Miliktos roared and became quiet.