Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"This... what should I do?" Leptinis began to worry.

Philistos was about to speak, and when the slave came with the letter, he opened two of them, and together with the letter Ansitanos gave him, let the slave take it: "Master Ansitanos, you see Are the writing the same?"

Henripolis also got close to the teacher and picked up the letter for comparison.

"It's indeed very different." Ankhitalos nodded and admitted that Hernipolis had nothing to say.

Philistos circulated the letter to several others.

"This is obviously not written by Master Philistos. I know that adults like to draw the end pen of the'i' letter in the signature as a hook, and this person writes a straight stick!" Masia Si said loudly.

Herolis took a deep look at Philistos and simply spit out the word: "No."

Then hand the letter to Ferrosanus next to him.

Ferrosanus took a closer look and raised the letter and said directly to Angitarus: "This is by no means Philistos' handwriting!"

"Okay, things finally got a glance." Philistos rubbed his hands, revealing a relief, and then said solemnly: "It seems that someone deliberately pretended to be my name, said to Master Ansitanos. The contact of Polyxis and others seems to be destroying the order of the Dionysian alliance, in fact, it is trying to provoke the relationship between Syracuse and Dionysian, in an attempt to induce war. As for the incident of Hermes , This is more related to the safety of Syracuse, we have to conduct a detailed investigation! But anyway, the source of the troubles of Dionia comes from Syracuse. As the Chief Executive of Syracuse, I have to The management responsibility to shirk! Here, I would like to make the most sincere apology to Master Ansitano and the Dionysian Union!" He said as he stood up and bowed to Ansitanos.

Ansitanos sat down and received his gift.

"At the same time, Siracusa is also willing to make compensation for the loss caused by Dionia, to express our desire to be close to and friendly with Dionia!" Philistos continued to express his expectations.

"This is another important mission that I was ordered by the Senate to send to Syracuse." Ansitanos solemnly said: "The Union of Dionysia is willing to sign an alliance agreement with Syracuse , Not only in diplomatic friendly exchanges and mutual prosperity in trade. But also in terms of military security, there are powerful barbarians in the northern mountains of Dionia, threatening our borders many times; Syracuse’s strong enemy Carthage Despite repeated defeats, its city in Africa still has vast territory and great wealth, and it may come back at any time. Therefore, Dionia is willing to join forces with Syracuse in military to jointly protect the Greek city-state of the Western Mediterranean Safety!……"

Ansitanos said this, and suddenly became quiet at the banquet.

Anyone with a bit of a political mind can hear the hidden meaning of Ansitanos’s words: First, Ansitanos is reminding everyone here that Carthage is still a strong enemy of Syracuse. Dionysia is the enemy; second, Dionysia wants to stand in the same position to communicate with Syracuse. At this time, Syracuse is the leader of the Greek city-state in the Western Mediterranean.

"Our powerful Syracuse is not afraid of any enemies now! What is Carthage! It dares to come once, and we will defeat him once!" Marcias expressed his disdain for Carthage loudly.

Philistos applauded and said: "A very good proposal! Master Ansitanos, you can rest assured that I will report this to Lord Dionysius and let him make a decision."

"Thank you very much!" Ansitanos also expressed gratitude.

"Okay! Alright! Now that the misunderstanding has been clarified, let's continue to drink and talk!" Leptinis shouted and raised his glass.

"Master Leptinis is right, we should all put away those annoying political affairs. Originally tonight I wanted to talk to Master Ansitanos about how to write a history book." Philistos took over At the beginning, he said with emotion: "Master Ansitanos, I also had the idea of ​​writing a book about the history of Sicily, but due to the busy political affairs, I can't spare time for a while, so I especially envy you for having time and energy do what you want to do."

"Actually, I haven't dared to write before, thanks to the encouragement and help of Master Davis..." When it comes to history writing, Ansitanos is more enthusiastic: "But although I have written a part now, but I have decided to throw it away and write again."

"Why is this?" Philistos asked curiously.

"Do you know Thucydides?" Ansitano asked.

Everyone shook their heads to express their ignorance.

"I didn't even know it. After Master Davies introduced him, I knew this person. Although he was still unknown in the Mediterranean before this time, I believe that his name will spread throughout Greece in a few years! He even thinks he is greater than Herodotus!" Ansitanos said respectfully.

"He wrote a history book?" After all, Ansitanos is a small and famous scholar in Great Greece. His praise naturally made Felistas a little moved.

"Yes. Thucydides was an Athenian who had served as the'ten generals', participated in the Peloponnesian War, and was later exiled by the Civic Assembly. He lived in Thrace for more than 20 years and concentrated on Writing about the history of the Peloponnesian War... After the war, he returned to Athens. When Lord Davis sent someone to visit him, he was seriously ill and was lying in bed, unable to hold his pen. Lord Davers Hua Zhongjin copied the manuscript from his nephew and brought it back to Turri to prepare for storage in the library that was about to be built.

I have read this book seriously. Although it is not completely finished, it is definitely a great historical masterpiece!Thucydides abandoned some of Herodotus's practices, and did not write any rumors about oracles, oracles, etc. in the book, but in accordance with the chronological order, every event that occurred in the Peloponnesian War The big event is described truthfully.As he wrote at the beginning,'Part of my record is based on my personal experience, and part of it is based on the materials provided by other people who witnessed the matter. I use the strictest and most careful method possible. Textual research...".

Moreover, although he was an Athenian, he did not favor Athens in the book, but described Athens, Sparta, and other city-states involved in this war with a completely neutral attitude. Although he said, The historical works without anecdotes and anecdotes are probably very difficult to attract, but whenever I think of this book, the picture of the Peloponnesian War is very real in my mind.I think even if time passes by for decades or hundreds of years, people are still willing to read it again and again to understand the truth of this war.And those of us who are willing to write history should also learn from him, using his historical books as a template to write new history, which is why I want to rewrite!"

Ansitanos finished his speech very seriously, and Philistos couldn't sit still, and asked anxiously: "What is the name of this history book written by Thucydides? Has it been announced?"

"The History of the Peloponnesian War, I think it should not have been announced, but it's coming soon." Ansitanos said: "If Lord Philistos is eager to see it, I can copy a copy after I go back Sent to you."

"That's really grateful!" Philistos thanked again.

"It's nothing. I'm very happy to see that there is another peer on the road of exploring historiography!" Ansitanos said heartily.

"Fine speaking, I also hope that I can consult Master Ansitano in the future and communicate with each other in writing history. Come and have a drink for our friendship!" After that, Philistos turned to Ansitano Si Yao raised his glass.

The two drank together.

Everyone was happy to toast to echo, the atmosphere became lively.

Philistos put down his glass and wiped off the froth of his mouth, and said with great enthusiasm: "At this moment, if there is the Thucydides scholar you mentioned, how good should it be at the banquet!"

"I don't think it's possible anymore." Ansitanos said in a deep voice: "The Athenian Thucydides...had passed away not long ago..."

Philistos's smile froze on his face and said silently, "What?! Is he dead?!"

"Yes, this is the exact news from Athens. I originally wanted to take the time to visit him in Athens, and it turned out..." Ansitanos looked sad and sad.

"What's so sad! Listening to what you said, this Athenian has left a great book, so even if he went to hell, there is no regret." Ferrosanus opened his mouth slightly. Eyes, shouted loudly: "Take the lyre, I will sing a song for him!"

"It's rare to hear Ferrosanus singing!" Herolis also began to get excited.

The slave took the lyre under the signal of Philistos.

Some drunk Ferrosanus took it cautiously, tried a few sounds, and praised: "Good piano!"

As he said, he jumped on his feet and sat directly at the table, ignoring the oil stains on his clothes.

The female slave next to him moved away the food on the table, and he began to pluck the strings. The pleasant music flowed from his sliding right hand. He was immersed in the music, and then improvised and led the song: " In the lonely sky,

Looking for a star more dazzling than the sun’s rays,

What kind of joy in the world is comparable to walking in the long river of history,

Talk to the hero,

Sing to the warriors,

Muse presents you a crown of olives,

Apollo drove the golden carriage,

There is your ride in the car,

..."

The people softly reconciled and sent their sincere condolences and blessings to the Athenian they had never met.

This evening, the host and the host enjoyed themselves.