ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1244 Preparations for the Games ([-])

Axikus said hello to the guard standing at the door of the wooden house, and then opened the door gently. An unpleasant fishy smell hit his nostrils. He just sniffed without any discomfort.

Aviya in the room was also not affected by the smell. She was wearing clothes specially made for animal trainers. Her hair was rolled up into a ball and tied firmly behind her head. She was holding a fat black cat in one hand and a cat in the other. He was holding on to the animal pen and looking at the animal pen with a slightly nervous expression.

"Avia...Avia..." Perhaps because Aviya was too focused, Axikus shouted a few times, but she didn't respond. Instead, the black cat turned around and stared at the door with a pair of big eyes. Axikus, and then called "meow" twice.

Only then did Aviya see Axikus waving at the door. She walked over unhappily and whispered: "Why have you been chatting with your brother-in-law for so long? Nana (a female antelope) is about to give birth." Got it!"

"Just now, Pekestas, the son of Mr. Hilos, sent someone to come to me and said that he and his cousin brought some guests to the zoo. They have been queuing up outside. The weather is too hot and there are so many people. They are afraid that the children will not be able to bear it. , want to come in early." Axicus told a little lie and changed the person who asked him for help to Pekestus.

This trick really worked, Aviya immediately said: "Ah, Brother Pekestas is here, let them in quickly! I will-" At this point, she looked back with some reluctance. The beast circle, and changed his words: "After Nana gave birth, I will go to see him immediately."

In the past, those who were called to the King's Mansion for family banquets by Davos from time to time included the Henipolis family, Aristelas and Azuna's family, Bagule and Andrea's family, and the Hilos family... So Ivy Ya is familiar with several children of Hilos.

"Then I'll greet them first." After Axikus finished speaking, he turned around and left.

At this moment, the trainer's voice came from inside the house: "Princess, Nana has given birth!"

When Aviya heard this, she immediately became excited, grabbed her husband's hand and ran inside: "Nana finally gave birth to a lamb! Come and pray with me, hoping that Hades will bless you and the little one will survive smoothly this time." !”

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While the Sosikles brothers were taking their guests to visit the zoo, an administrative meeting of the kingdom's ministers was taking place in the palace hall of Turiine.

Martius, the captain of the palace guard, saw that the auxiliary ministers and the chief officials of various departments had arrived on time and had sat down as usual. He immediately reported to Davos who was resting in the side hall. Davos then brought Palace Clerk Henepolis walked into the hall from the side door with steady steps and walked up to the throne.

The ministers all stood up immediately and bowed respectfully.

"Everyone, sit down." Davos smiled and waved his hand, and the ministers sat down. Then he looked at everyone, and spoke slowly but in a thick and clear voice: "Everyone, today is the last administrative meeting of the month. As a regular meeting, the sports meeting will be held in Thurii next month, so the focus of our discussion today is the issue of the sports meeting.”

Having said this, he turned his attention to Clotokatax, who was sitting on the lower right side: "Consul, you are the main person in charge of organizing this sports meeting. Please give us a detailed introduction to the preparations for the sports meeting. .”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Clotokatax, who has served as the consul of the kingdom for more than four years, stood up calmly and said loudly: "My lords, since Your Majesty announced the holding of a sports meeting in June of the year before last, , Two years and one month have passed, and our preparatory work has been basically completed, and now I will give you a specific report on the entire preparatory work.”

Over the past two years, Clotokatax has devoted most of his energy to the preparations for the sports games. He has done most of the things himself, so he is fully aware of the entire situation. He has not prepared a speech in advance. He coughed lightly. , sorted out his thoughts, and then said loudly: "According to His Majesty's suggestion, the sports meeting held in Tuliyi not only includes traditional running, wrestling, boxing, racing, horse racing, five sports (including running, long jump, discus throw, javelin, Wrestling), and also added archery, iron throw, high jump, pole vault, marathon, swimming——"

"I can understand everything else, but what is this marathon?" the newly appointed Assistant Minister Bagule couldn't help but ask (in early March, Hermon requested to resign as Assistant Minister due to old age, and Diver With the approval of Si, with the support of the Lucanian senators headed by Hermon, the Senate elected Bagule, the administrator of the Roman region, to take over the post. Davers recognized the result of the election. Bagule was elected last week. Monthly official performance of duties).

Although Clotokataxus had explained this issue several times in previous administrative meetings, he still patiently explained to Bagule: "I think everyone should know that after the Athenian army defeated the Persians at Marathon a hundred years ago, , the legendary story of the soldier Pheidippides, who ran non-stop from Marathon back to the city of Athens, announced the good news to the people and then fell to the ground and died. In order to commemorate this historical event, His Majesty specially suggested that we set up this competition , so the marathon is a special long-distance running race, its running distance is the distance from Marathon to Athens, a total of 84 miles."

"84 miles?!" Bagule exclaimed: "Who can run down such a long distance! Even if you can run down, I'm afraid you will be exhausted!"

"We have specifically tested that as long as you don't run too fast, you can absolutely run down." Crotokartax answered seriously: "So far, only the number of runners in our kingdom who have signed up to participate in this event has... There were 10 people.”

"Oh, as long as you can run." Bagule nodded, indicating that he understood.

"Your Majesty, I have always wanted to ask a question." Military Secretary Olivers couldn't help but said. (The year before last, Alexis also resigned from the post of Minister of War on the grounds of old age. Davos had originally drafted several replacement candidates, including Leoticides, Matonis, Lizaru and Olivers. , but the other three refused to leave the army, and eventually the youngest Olivers became Secretary of State for War instead.)
"You say it."

"Marathon is just an ultra-long-distance race. Why must it be named after the Battle of Marathon to commemorate the Athenians? Instead of naming it after some famous battles fought by our kingdom's army in the past? For example, the First Army in Vol The long-distance march to the west to attack the Roman army, as well as the landing of our army on Peleus Beach and the long-distance raid on Larissa five years ago... Wouldn't it be better to use these battles in the name?" Olivers put forward his opinion tactfully.

"Of course this is not possible!" Davos vetoed it without hesitation: "Whether they are Romans or Thessalians, they are now citizens of the kingdom. Using these battles in the name of them is disrespectful to them and will cause injustice. A good influence. And Marathon was the battle of the Greeks against the Persians. Not only did we have no worries in this regard, but it also showed our respect for the local Greek people, especially the Athenians, and it also helped to enhance the recognition of us by the local Greek people. , at least it can make them more enthusiastic to participate in this sports meeting."

"Your Majesty is right. In the reply from Athens to us, there are 5 Athenian runners who signed up to participate in the marathon." Clotokatax continued.

Olivers paused in doubt, nodded and said, "Now I have no objection."

"Everyone, in order not to waste time, wait until the consul has finished his report. If you ask any questions, let him focus on answering them." Davos reminded in a calm tone.

The hall immediately became very quiet, and Clotokatax continued: "...marathon, swimming, speedboat racing, sailing competition, military four sports (including heavy armor racing, javelin throwing, horseback riding, swimming) , a total of 15 major events. Currently, the venues and required equipment for all competition events have been prepared. All regions of the kingdom and the city-states that received invitations, except Persia, have promised to send players to participate. According to them According to the current statistics, there are 1982 players participating in the competition, and the number of participants in each event exceeds 50...

According to the preliminary schedule, the games will last for 15 days, so we are ready to vacate all hotels around the arena in the Thurii region and the rooms of the Kingdom Hotel in the inner city to provide free accommodation for players and officials sent by various regions and city-states. and food to ensure that the players participating in the sports games can compete in a better condition (initially, because of the Kingdom Rugby Finals and Football Finals held every year, Thurii City Hall temporarily set up athlete camps near various arenas, Later, hotels managed by the city hall were built one after another on these temporary camps. They not only provided accommodation for players who participated in two football matches every year, but also provided convenience to tourists. As a result, the rooms were often full, which made the Thurii City Hall earn money. made a lot of profits).

At the same time, we have also reached an agreement with the Horse Carriage Association of Thurii. During the competition, they will be responsible for transporting athletes to the competition venue to avoid being late.

The priest referee team from various temples organized by the Temple of Hades has been training for several months and has basically mastered the judging standards of various competitions. I believe that by then the entire referee team will be able to fairly judge all competitions. problems and avoid ugly phenomena such as cheating.

Ms. Stacey Kordas has provided us with great help. During the competition, the medical department will dispatch experienced medical teams to each venue to treat injured players and spectators (Helps has retired due to old age, and the medical department Chancellor was succeeded by Stacey Kedas). "

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