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Chapter 1268 Racing Competition ([-])

Megakides was a little moved by what he said, but he still had some scruples in his heart: "But...I'm afraid the officials in Crete won't allow me to leave..."

"There's nothing to worry about!" Siriteos reminded disapprovingly: "With the support of the Dionysian Military Affairs Department, no matter how dissatisfied those officials are, they dare not do anything to you!"

After Siliteos' reminder, Megakides finally made up his mind and said gratefully: "Thank you, Siliteos!"

"Verbal thanks are not enough." Siriteos said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "When you become a citizen of Dionia in the future, and become an officer of Dionia, you must be sure when I ask you for help. Just don’t drive me out of the house.”

"Don't worry, I will definitely help when the time comes!" Megakides said with certainty.

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On the 7th day of the Dionysian Games, most of the competition events have been presented to the audience. Under the redesign and arrangement of the traditional Greek Games competitions by the Dionysians, the schedule has not only become more fair , and it has become more exciting, such as racing, and even more like boxing.

Traditional boxing matches are held in a relatively large venue, and victory is not considered until the opponent is knocked down or surrenders. Players often suffer serious injuries or even death.In the boxing match of the Dionysus Games, both players wear thick gloves and win by hitting the opponent a few times or knocking down the opponent within the specified time. The players are safer and the game is no longer so bloody.

However, the competition takes place in a 5-meter-square field bounded by ropes and wooden stakes, which makes it impossible for the players to dodge at will. The competition becomes more intense, long-lasting, and confrontational, and has also won praise from many audiences.Women and children were also allowed to attend the games due to a significant reduction in player mortality.

The same is true for wrestling matches, which enhance the intensity and confrontation of the match while ensuring the safety of the players and fairness of the match, and even add some interesting links, such as allowing the beautiful kingdom slave girl to hold the hand of the next match during the interval of the match. The number plate wandered around the venue, attracting the attention of male spectators...

Even the representatives of Olympia and Delphi fell into deep thought when they saw these novel arrangements and designs in the competition.

Of course, traditional sports events such as "Brawl" are too chaotic and bloody, completely inconsistent with Davos's aesthetics, and are completely excluded from the Dionia Games competitions.

The newly established competition events of the Dionysian Games gave the audience huge surprises, such as archery and swimming.

The Greeks are a seafaring nation. Most Greeks have been playing in the sea since childhood. Playing and rowing has almost become an instinct. However, no Greek sports have ever included swimming as a competition. It may be because they find it difficult to compete, but The Dionia Games set standards for swimming competitions: the Games preparatory team set aside an area on the banks of the Krati River in the west of Thurii City to build an open sports venue.A large rectangular pit with a length of 50 meters, a width of 25 meters and a depth of 2 meters was dug in the center of the arena. It was covered with strong and dense Davers cement and then covered with smooth marble. This way, when the water channel leads the water from the Kraty River into the pool , there will be no obvious leakage.Then a rope was hung every three meters at both ends of the wide side of the pool to form eight swimming tracks, so that the conditions for swimming competitions were fully met.

Although the first Dionysian Games allowed contestants to use various swimming styles (people did not have any standard swimming styles at that time), and only set different swimming events based on swimming distance, each game Spectators for the swimming competition still packed the entire venue, and the cheers and cheers echoed on the banks of the Kraty River every day.

Although the swimmers are not allowed to apply olive oil, under the sunshine and in the turbulent clear water, the vigorous posture of the swimmers waving their arms and kicking their legs also shows their strength and beauty, and it can also arouse the audience's love for the sea. Longing and love.

The same goes for boat racing.The Greeks have the conditions to set up a rowing competition, but the reason why it has never been held is probably because most Greeks make a living by the sea. Driving boats, fishing, and doing business are very common. Because it is too common, there is no competition. interest.But the boat races at the Dionysian Games were designed to be fun and competitive.

There are two types of boat races in Dionia.One is paddle racing, which uses a wooden boat specially made by Turiyi Shipyard for the competition. It is very narrow in width but very slender and can accommodate 4 to 8 paddlers. It has no sails and relies entirely on paddling. Marching, the competition venue is set in the Craty River. Just like the running competition on land, there are preliminary rounds and finals, and it is divided into several events according to the different schedule and the number of paddlers. The shortest race distance is one mile.At the beginning of the competition, the contestants paddled rapidly, and the speed of the boat could reach up to more than ten knots, just like the charge of a trireme in a naval battle, which made the spectators on the shore excited.

Another type of rowing competition is the sailboat, which is a racing boat adapted from a small cargo ship by the Turiyi Shipyard. It can only be ridden by one person, and cannot use oars. It can only control the sail to make the boat move forward. Therefore, its competition venue is In the Gulf of Turui, there is no qualifier, and all players will participate together, starting from the port of Turui and arriving at the Grand Port of Tarantum.The competition lasts for a whole day, and there are many observation boats along the way to prevent players from cheating.This competition is entirely to test the contestants' boating abilities in the sea. Therefore, the contestants are all experienced boat owners and fishermen from various regions and city-states. It also attracts a large number of boat owners and fishermen from the Kingdom of Dionia and various city-states. Watch and learn.

On the seventh day of the Dionian Games, a very traditional competition that was not very familiar to the people of Dionia began, and that was the racing competition.

Among all the Greek Games, racing is the most popular. After all, humans are always passionate about the ultimate pursuit of speed. Among speed events such as racing and rowing racing, racing is the longest, most tense, and most exciting. It stimulates the passion of the audience, and it is also the most popular among Greek nobles, because according to the regulations of traditional sports games, the championship title of racing competition does not belong to the driver who drives the carriage, but to the person who provides and owns the carriage. , this gave the Greek nobles who had no time to train and could not compete in person the opportunity to win the glory of the sports championship. Therefore, many famous Greek dignitaries have won the championship of this event, such as Alcibiades of Athens and Sparta. King Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse...

However, the Dionysian Games changed the tradition of this competition. When describing the rules of each event in the Dionysian Games in the invitation letters sent to various city-states, it was emphasized that: the championship glory of the racing competition provides racing drivers and racing cars. are jointly owned by both parties, and the prize money is equally divided between them.

In the traditional Greek Games racing competitions, many drivers were slaves, and it was simply a humiliation for the Greek nobles to let the masters and slaves share the championship honors. However, even so, many Greek city-state nobles signed up to compete, because in Nowadays, when Dionia is powerful and dominates most of the Mediterranean and controls the Greek world, this is a great opportunity for them to show their names in front of the king of Dionia, which will be of great benefit to their future development in the political arena. .

Not only are these Greek nobles keen on the racing competitions of the Dionian Games, but the Dionian people who like exciting competitive sports are also eager for the long-rumored racing competitions, so on the day of the competition, thousands of Tens of thousands of spectators flocked to the competition venue located in the northern part of the Subali Plain from all directions.

Since the venue was built so recently, it doesn't even have an official name yet, and is simply called the Thurii Racing Arena.After the Games preparatory team decided to include racing as a competition event, the Thurii City Hall, which had never held a racing competition, sent a delegation to Olympia, Delphi and other places to visit and study, including officials and engineers from the Construction Supervision Department.

But after they came back, the arena they designed and built was very different from the racing arenas in mainland Greece. Just like the Greeks believed that any competitive competition could be watched for free, while the Dionians Money is used to watching games, so the arena is closed.Due to the rushed construction time, it is not as majestic as the main arena of Hades. Its height is only 20 meters and the auditorium has only two floors. However, its length exceeds any arena in the kingdom, reaching more than 500 meters. Its appearance is a long oval, so it can accommodate more than 3 spectators.

It was still early, but the entire auditorium was almost full. The noisy arena suddenly erupted into thunderous cheers. It turned out that King Davos and his family appeared in the royal stand.

Like the Hades main arena, the racing arena also has stands dedicated to the royal family.However, unlike Hades' main arena, it is not built in the auditorium, but on top of two floors of auditoriums, becoming the highest point of the entire arena. This is the thoughtful consideration of the engineers for the royal family: Because the track of the venue is too long, only by sitting at a higher place can you see the panorama of the entire stadium.

After waving to the audience, Davers returned to his seat.Kristoya, Dido and the others restrained the children and prohibited them from running around. Although there were railings around to protect them, it was no joke to accidentally fall from a height of more than 20 meters.

(End of this chapter)