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Chapter 1259 Entrance Ceremony ([-])
In order to win the favor of the Megarians, the Corinthians also proposed that "when merchants from other city-states transport goods through the isthmus, the taxes and fees collected will be equally divided between the two city-states, and the Megarian merchants can have priority in using the towpath. The fees charged can also be discounted"... (The dragway is a famous infrastructure project built by the Corinthians 200 years ago. It is a stone-paved path with two parallel grooves in the middle on the Isthmus of Corinth. There are special vehicles running on this road, and the wheel tracks exactly correspond to the grooves. This road connects the Gulf of Corinth and the Gulf of Saron. The Corinthians can load the cargo of the large ships in the bay on one side first. Then lift the small boat to the car on the towway, transport it to the bay on the other side of the isthmus, and then move the cargo on the ship to another large ship, which greatly shortens the voyage and saves time)

The sincerity shown by the Corinthians gradually moved Megara's heart, and the two sides have begun to discuss the establishment of an alliance. However, in today's Greece, you cannot establish an alliance if you want to, and you must obtain the consent of the Greek Alliance. .

The Corinthian member of the Greek Parliament was worried that the Corinthian Council's foolish performance at this games would anger the King of Dionia, causing him to no longer agree to the proposal of "Corinth establishing an Isthmian Union."

Just when Corinthian general Cleonian was regretting it, Megacides, who was standing at the entrance of the arena, heard the thunderous cheers inside and was already a little excited, because it was their turn to enter next.

The Dionian official in front of the entrance saw the Corinthian athletes passing the royal stand and shouted: "The delegation of Cretan athletes is entering!"

The Dionian soldiers blocking the front immediately gave way to the road, and the impatient Cretan athletes immediately followed the boy holding the sign and passed by the Dionian official who was responsible for the entry order. , he encouraged as friendly as before: "Warriors of Crete, hold your heads high and welcome the enthusiastic cheers of the audience!"

As soon as Megakides stepped into the arena, the earth-shaking cheers immediately surged in from all directions, just like the howling wind on the sea under harsh conditions. The towering auditorium surrounding them was the huge roar raised by them. Waves, how can they not be thrilling when they are in the center of this storm? No wonder the Dionysian official called them warriors, because it really takes courage to dare to be in such an environment, even in the Crete trials Megakides, who has always been determined, also feels nervous at this moment. After all, the momentum and scale of the Hades main arena are far beyond comparison with the previous trials, not to mention that there will be very few people from Kremlin here. Ritter's audience.

On the other hand, the more nervous Siriteos didn't seem to be affected much. He kept looking around and exclaimed from time to time: "Wow, it seems that the rumors are true. Some of the audience members are women!"

"Look! The young woman in the white hat over there very close to us looks great!"

"The woman in purple must be from a noble family!"

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Siliteos's words gradually relieved the restraint of his teammates, and they began to imitate Siliteos, smile and wave to the audience, while appraising each other.

As he approached the royal stand, Megakides also jokingly whispered: "Look Silitaos, the Princess Dionia you want to marry is up there!"

Silitaos suddenly stopped talking, and his expression became solemn. When he reached the front of the royal stand, he stopped and bowed respectfully toward the royal stand.

It is not that the previous delegations that entered the stadium did not salute to the royal stands, but they were all athletes from Dionia, and they all performed chest-beating salutes, because most of them served in the Dionia army. Citizens, King Davos is their supreme commander.Now, athletes from a Greek city-state are paying traditional Greek respect to the royal family of Dionia. Not only are the audience surprised, but also Davers and his family.

"Your Majesty the King, it seems that your sports meeting has not officially started yet, and it has already been recognized by some athletes." Plato said with a smile.

"I think what these athletes agree with is the high bonuses." Xenophon sneered.

Davos replied with emotion: "Since the establishment of the Olympia Games, the four major games have not only been popular in the Greek world for hundreds of years, but have also been widely spread among other races in the Mediterranean. Unfortunately, they have been unable to join them. Now Dionysia provides such an opportunity, allowing races other than Greece to participate in such a grand ceremony, and at the same time allowing excellent Greek athletes to show their superb competitive skills to the entire Mediterranean. I think-this is probably what happened just now. A Greek athlete agrees with the root cause of the Dionysian Games!"

"I think the significance of the establishment of the Dionia Games may be more than that." Plato said in a deep voice: "I remember that Dionia solemnly mentioned in the invitation letters sent to various city-states, 'The Dionia Games In accordance with the fine traditions of the Greek competitions, participating countries are required to stop all acts of war during the games and maintain a peaceful competition environment...'. Look at the athletes on the field, they are not only from Greece, but include the Mediterranean Most of the city-states and countries in the world, what does Dionia's request mean?!"

Plato emphasized his tone and said excitedly: "It means that Dionia will extend the peace of Greece to the entire Mediterranean! What a great courage! If it can be realized, it will be an unprecedented achievement!"

"Plato, you are too excited." extend the tradition to the entire Mediterranean? It’s just talk, if you want to realize it...hehe..."

Davos looked calm, but said in a powerful tone: "Dionia has always kept its promise. Since it dares to say this, it is natural to have the determination to fulfill this promise! If any participating city-state or race violates what is stated in the letter, This request, no matter how far the journey is, Dionia will send troops to punish it to ensure the prestige of the Dionia Games!"

Looking at Davos's deep gaze, Xenophon's heart trembled slightly, and he said stiffly: "Extending peace to the Mediterranean... This is indeed a good wish, but don't forget Persia!"

"Yes, and Persia..." When Davos heard this, his face did not show embarrassment, but he sighed thoughtfully.

Since Silitaos saluted, the Dionyian audience gave even louder cheers to the delegation of Cretan athletes.

Siriteos looked a little proud and said to his teammates: "Did you see that the audience is cheering for me!"

Megakides curled his lips. He felt that the reason why this guy saluted just now was purely to attract attention!
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After the Cretan athlete delegation entered the stadium, athlete delegations from Crotone, Dauni, Thebes, Egypt... city-states and regions one after another entered the stadium one after another. The enthusiasm of the audience was always high and the cheers were high. Continuously, the admission ceremony lasted for an hour, and finally 79 delegations and nearly 3000 athletes all stood in the center of the arena.

A very small number of Greek city-state envoys, headed by representatives from Olympia, looked at the densely packed athletes in the stadium, their faces looking ugly. They had previously despised the fact that Dionia was going to host the sports games, and thought from the bottom of their hearts that "an unorthodox Greek country without any foundation - —It is impossible for Dionysia to hold a sports meeting successfully." But seeing such a huge number of athletes in the venue, it is not only a little discolored, because this is obviously several times more than the number of participants in any previous sports meeting, which means that Daionia The Onia Games are far more influential than they give them credit for.

At this moment, the red flag was raised again on the hosting platform, and the powerful voices of the hosts echoed in the stadium: "Dear athletes, distinguished guests, we all know that in ancient times, Prometheus stole from the Kingdom of Olympus. The sacred fire descended to earth. From then on, we humans began to break away from barbarism and ignorance, and gradually moved towards prosperity and civilization. Fire has also become a sacred thing respected by any family and any city-state.

Even if people are forced to live far away from home, they will take a sacred fire with them in the temple of their mother country, and make every effort to ensure that it burns forever on the way, and finally burns it in the temple of their new home thousands of miles away. Reignited on the altar... Only in this way will they firmly believe that the new home built by Pi Lu Lanxi has been blessed by the gods, and the civilization of the mother country will continue to be passed down here.This is the fundamental reason why the priests of Greek city-states are spread all over the Mediterranean like the stars in the sky, and are still closely connected!

Today, the Dionysian Games will also hold a sacred ceremony!The sacred fire in the main temple of Hades in the Kingdom of Dionia will ignite the altar in the stadium. During the games, the sacred fire on the altar will burn forever. Hades will lead the gods to protect the smooth and fair games and protect the athletes. They have achieved excellent competition results, and any hostile behavior that disrupts the games will be severely punished! ...

Now please keep quiet and wait for the heroes of the Kingdom of Dionia to bring the holy fire to the arena! "

When the Olympian representative heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then felt angry: Dionia had promised in the invitation letter that the Games would never be aimed at pleasing Hades, but the upcoming Games will be held from the main temple of Hades. The ceremony of inviting the sacred fire is a disguised use of the sports meeting to make sacrifices for Hades. This is deception!
(End of this chapter)