ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1255 The Dionian Royal Family at the Opening Ceremony
After Lycomedes sat down, he sighed and said: "It is indeed quite different! On the first day of the sports games held in our mainland Greece, athletes and spectators gathered in front of the temple and met with the priests. They sacrificed to the gods together, and then the athletes stood in front of the altar, and under the guidance of the priest, swore in the name of the gods... But now we are sitting in the arena, waiting for the sports meeting to start!"

"Yes, this is what I am confused about." Pelopidas asked curiously: "Lycomedes, do you know what the Dionians will do next?"

"I just met Tisias, the chief general of Messenia, on the way here, and I asked him the same question. He didn't know, so how could I know." Lycomedes smiled and said, "I don't know. Just in time, any next move by Dionia will be a surprise!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire arena suddenly erupted with cheers and shouts.

The two people who were talking didn't know what was going on. Ipamironda, who had been silently observing the surroundings, loudly said in their ears: "King Davos is here!"

The royal stand is not far to their right. It is a marble platform 20 meters long and 5 meters high. It has a gold-inlaid iron railing, a blue and white curtain above it, and is surrounded by majestic palace guards. guard.

At this moment, Davos took the two princesses Christoya, Agnes, and all the children onto the stand.

The sharp-eyed people of Dionia immediately discovered this situation, and cheered and paid tribute to their beloved king and princess.

Davos, wearing a gold crown and a gorgeous black gold-embellished bolton, smiled and raised his right hand, swinging it slightly, to salute the audience.

The cheers in the arena became more enthusiastic.

Suddenly, the audience across from the royal stand stood up, raised their arms above their heads, and then sat down again, followed by the audience to their right doing the same thing...

"Human wave! Human wave! I want to play too!" Crotocathax's second son, 6-year-old Crimides, ran forward excitedly, but was quickly pulled by Christoya, saying softly Said: "Kerry, don't worry, we will play together later."

Sure enough, when the news reached the royal stands, Davos and his family all raised their hands, stood up from the soft sofa, and then sat down again.

Despite the personal participation of royal family members, the wave of people became intermittent due to the large number of non-Dionian spectators.The Dionia audience continued patiently, the second round, the third round... Finally, all the spectators were mobilized, and the entire arena stands rose and fell like a rolling wave, which was truly spectacular.

When the wave of people ended, Pelopidas was still not satisfied and kept saying: "Not bad! This surprise is very good!!"

When the distinguished guests were all discussing the wave of people in the auditorium, Davos was already sitting on the couch, smiling and said to Crystal: "Judging from the wave of people just now, at least there are 2/5 of the audience are not Dionians, it seems that the Thurii City Hall has seriously implemented the palace's resolution."

Kristoya rolled her eyes at him: "Not only the city hall, but our Chamber of Commerce has also made great efforts!"

"Don't worry, I haven't finished speaking yet, and I will give you praise." Davos salivated and went to touch Kristoya's hand, but she patted her hard and warned: "This is a public On this occasion, don't mess around, it's not good for the public to see!"

Davos said sternly: "What's wrong with this? Showing our love to the people is to remind them to respect their marriages and love their wives! Agnes, are you right?!" As he said, He also took the opportunity to hold Agnes' hand.

Agnes smiled slightly, but tried hard to push her hand back, but she did not break free, so she had to let her husband touch her.

Eunice, who was sitting in the back, grimaced and whispered to her siblings, "Father has a thick skin."

"Eunice, what are you talking about!" Davos didn't look back, but shouted as if he saw it with his own eyes.

"Ah...it's nothing. I was telling my sister-in-law that the human sex just now was very fun." Eunice quickly blinked at Dido next to her: "Isn't that right, sister-in-law?"

Dido held back her laughter: "Yes."

"Talking lies with your eyes open, your daughter is just like you!" Kristoya scolded with a smile.

Davos coughed a few times: "My daughter is not like me, who else can she be like! Eunice, I give you a task to tell the front that the opening ceremony can begin. Don't keep the audience waiting."

"Big brother should be the one to notify us of such an occasion." Eunice said hesitantly.

But Clotokatax understood what Davos meant and said with a smile: "Eunice, you are the most popular royal member in this arena. Who will go if you don't go? Besides, your appearance will give those people It was a huge encouragement from a non-Dionian woman sitting in the audience at a sports meeting for the first time.”

After hearing this, Eunice stood up and said naughtily: "Father, I will go then. Don't be jealous that I am more popular than you!"

"It's not big or small, go and go!" Davers looked impatient, but couldn't help joking: "Arecus, what's the matter with you, you didn't take care of your wife !"

Arex hasn't responded yet, Eunice's almond eyes widened: "How dare he?!"

Aviya finally couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Eunice walked out of the curtain with an elegant gesture and walked to the front of the royal stand. As expected, even more enthusiastic cheers rang out from around her.

In the main arena of Hades, Eunice is more popular with the audience than King Davos, and this is not a lie.Because Eunice, who loves sports among the royal family members, will go to this arena to watch rugby and football games whenever she has free time, cheering for the players with the audience, and the Kristoya Chamber of Commerce once took the lead in her name. Donated money for the renovation of the Hades main arena, and on several occasions replaced the busy Davos and Clotokatax to present awards to the championship-winning rugby and football teams, so there were many spectators Both players and players call her the "goddess of the arena."

Among the enthusiastic and cheering audience, there were indeed a very small number of women from the Greek city-states. More than half of them were the wives of ordinary civilians. Due to their family background, they had to show up in the market to buy and sell goods or plant farmland. Therefore, at home, The status and power are much greater than those of women in noble families, but even so, they cannot go to the venues of various sports games to watch the exciting competitions. The Dionysian Games gave them this opportunity, so they came with trepidation, And Princess Dionia, standing so eye-catchingly in the royal stands, undoubtedly gave them the greatest encouragement.

There are also a very small number of Greek girls in the audience. They were brought to watch the game by their father as a businessman. When I was in the auditorium, I was still very reserved, lowered my head, and didn't dare to look around, but I saw the nearby Dionia women shouting and screaming freely, and gradually let go.

Next to the royal stand was a smaller platform, on which sat five hosts of the arena. After receiving Eunice's order, the leader immediately raised a red flag and waved it in the air. , after the Dionian audience saw it, they not only stopped making noise themselves, but also persuaded the audience next to them to stay quiet.

After the entire arena became quieter, the five hosts picked up the microphones wrapped in copper sheets and said in unison with the loud voices and tacit understanding they had gained from hosting competitions for many years: "Everyone, audience, welcome to the Arena. Dis Main Arena! By the order of the great King Davos, we declare that the Dionian Games have officially begun!"

"First of all, please invite the band to enter!"

As the host's voice sounded, the door leading to the entrance of the arena opened. Nearly a hundred musicians holding various musical instruments lined up in neat columns and entered the arena. They marched along the edge of the track, playing "March" as they marched. 》.

Their entrance was immediately greeted with warm applause from the audience, and the citizens of Dionia among them also clapped their hands and hummed along with this familiar melody, and the entire stadium became lively again.

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Just as the band entered the stage, two distinguished guests were welcomed into the King's Stand: Plato and Xenophon.

After the surrender of Athens and the end of the Greek War, Plato refused Davos's request to stay, returned to Athens, and continued to manage his Akademi Academy. Not only was he no longer criticized by the Athenian people, but the General Executive Committee also asked him from time to time. Asked about the Kingdom of Dionia, he also occasionally wrote to Davos to communicate political issues, and has always kept in touch with Davos.

After Sparta was conquered, Davos wrote several times inviting Xenophon to teach at the Dionysian Academy of Literature, but he refused on the grounds that he was "working hard on his writing and didn't want to be disturbed." Has been living in seclusion in the Peloponnese.

But this time Davos invited them in the name of a sports meeting, but they came happily. The reason is simple: they are not only fans of sports competitions, but also participants. Plato was a good wrestler when he was young, and Xeno Fin was good at racing when he was young. Later, after he settled in Peloponnese, because it was very close to Olympia, the competition venues of the Olympian Games were not missed, and he also participated in horse racing.In fact, Greece in this era advocated strength and beauty, so Greek celebrities all liked sports and competitions. Otherwise, no matter how knowledgeable they were, if they were weak, they would be despised by the people.

(End of this chapter)