Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Then, Lucias said seriously: "This time, Athens dispatched Isocrates to send you Dionysia, knowing that I have stayed here for many years, and then invited me to accompany him to Turiy--"

"Are you saying that Athens sent you to Dionysia?" Kunogolata was surprised, apparently he didn't get a little wind beforehand, thinking that Lucias had come from Athens to visit his old classmates.

"You know, my father is not a citizen of Athens, so even if I lived in Athens for so many years, I could not become a citizen of Athens. It was impossible for me to be a messenger. I could only assist Isolacrates." Lucias did not understand Kuno Goleta's surprised intentions made a special explanation, obviously obviously a bit resentful.

"Since this is the case, you can still take these pottery bottles, I can't collect them!" Kunogolata immediately refused.

"Why?" Lucias was very surprised.

"Turiyi's trial of the traitor was a lot of trouble before. I believe you also heard about it." Kunogolata saw Lucias nodded and said firmly: "I don't want to be the second Polyx!"

"But... Athens just wants to express your friendly wishes to the Dionysian Union and at the same time conclude a covenant." Lucias hurriedly.

"Now Athens is at war with Sparta. Who is this covenant against?" Kunogolata, a political veteran, immediately guessed Athens' motives: "Sparta? No, Dionysia has no strength to face Greece. The anger of the overlord. Spartan’s firm ally Syracuse? Unfortunately, we just signed a friendly agreement with Syracuse."

Kunogolata's words made Lucias a little overwhelmed. He is different from Isocrates. Although he lives in Athens, he is not a citizen of Athens and is excluded from political life all the year round. He has little political experience and even As far as court defense is concerned, because he is not a citizen of Athens, he can't go on the court to defend people. He can only write carefully the litigation speech for people after careful preparation and planning.This is true all year round, so he lacks a little wit, so he didn't know what to say for a while.

Kunogolata sighed: "These Athens pottery, you take it back first. Since the angel of Athens came from afar, of course, the Dionysian Union can not be missed. I will propose to the senate tomorrow to let the Athens The messenger is ready."

"It's fine, it's fine..." Lucias breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lucias." Kunogolata looked at her and asked suddenly: "You used to be a citizen of Turiy, have you ever thought of returning to Turiy and becoming a citizen of Dionysian?"

Lucias froze.

"In Athens, you are a gentile. Even if you have the greatest talent, you don't have a bigger stage to play. And come back to Turiri..." Kunogolata said, turning the words: "You Do you know Ansitanos?"

Kunogolata's words made Lucias disturbed, and he muttered, "...Well, I know... he was a student of Herodotus. We used to have contacts when we were young."

"Admiral Davers, our governor, has proposed the establishment of a Dionysian academy in Turriy, focusing the outstanding scholars of the entire league in the academy, whether it is studying mathematics, medicine, or literary rhetoric... …They will all enjoy the special remuneration given to them by this alliance, while continuing to do their own research with peace of mind, and at the same time giving their academic and theoretical professors to outstanding students, so that their reputation can be spread to Greater Greece and even the Mediterranean!... Nogorata saw Lucias listen carefully, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"In the school, there is a branch dedicated to teaching student literature. Ansitanos is not only the veteran of the veteran school, but also the dean of the school of literature. While teaching rhetoric, he also wrote his history book. More than a dozen students have been recruited and knowledge has been taught. The Senate has also specially allocated some people for him to search for materials in all parts of Greater Greece for his writing... But I think Ansitas is in history research No one can compare it, but literary rhetoric is not his strong point, and this is exactly what you are good at. I heard that in Athens, your litigation speech is used by many people to copy and study as a model. If you can Staying in Dionysia, our loved and talented Davies will definitely ask the Senate to approve you to become a Dionysia citizen and serve as the supervisor of the College of Liberal Arts, teaching students and writing books, your reputation Will be as famous as Great Greece like Ansitanos!..."

With Kuno Gorata's knowledge of Daphes, he dared to say such a promise.But these words were like a stone smashing into Lucias' heart, splashing countless splashes and ripples...

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Daveus glanced at the information given to him by Ansitanos, and there was an astonishing look on his face: "The high altar of Hercules is also built in the urban area of ​​Rome, are you sure?"

"Yes, sir. This great altar is close to the livestock trading market in Rome. Initially we got it from the Capua trader who traded with Picos and sent someone to confirm it. You should know, sir. Hercules once stolen the cows of Geruweng, and after a long journey, he was brought back to King Orissius. Therefore, many races that lived on livestock in the Western Mediterranean used Hercules as the protection of livestock. God..." Ansitanos didn't think it was a great thing for Rome to worship Hercules. On the contrary, when he talked about the topic of Hercules, he talked endlessly.

In fact, the activities and research of Hercules in the Western Mediterranean are a special task assigned to Anistanos by Davis.Because after conquering the Bruti, Davers discovered a strange phenomenon: in the area of ​​Bruti, there are many altars and idols of Hercules, and the Bruti people even claim to be "herak" The descendants of Les, because their ancestor Brutus was born of the hero Hercules and their queen Valentia."

This statement surprised Davers, that an alien who claimed to be a descendant of a famous Greek deity had found the Commonwealth of the Dionysian Union to assimilate the Bruti people because they were all "same" Well.

However, this also made Davos pay attention to Hercules, the Hercules in Greek mythology, and what he learned from Ancitas and others then made him suddenly realize: It turned out that Herakles Luis is actually very famous in the Western Mediterranean. According to legend, half of the "12 great achievements" he completed occurred in the Western Mediterranean.The alien of this Greek deity wandered the Western Mediterranean for most of his life. He had been to Sicily, traveled north through Italy, traversed Gaul, came to the Iberian Peninsula, and stolen Hesparid Before the Golden Apple in the garden of Sri Lanka (11th merit), in order to cross the Atlas Mountains, he used his divine power to divide the mountains into two, thereby connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Western Mediterranean, which is the Greek population. The origin of the "pillar of Hercules".

Hercules reached as far as the mysterious island of Erutia in the Atlantic Ocean, the westernmost point of the world, killed Geruion, took the herd, then drove the herd, and walked again to Western Europe, and finally returned to Greece... …In his adventure story, due to the widespread spread of his heroic deeds of heroism, he was actually loved and recognized by many aliens.In many places in the Western Mediterranean, there are legends that he has had many heirs with the honorable women of the local ethnicity, and the Bruti people are just one of them...

Davers re-launched this research material and read it carefully.

Ansitanos was not in a hurry. He leaned leisurely on the back of the chair, closed his eyes, and began to conceive the history book he was going to write.

For a long time, Davis closed the pages of the book, put the materials on the wooden table, rubbed some sour eyes, and asked: "Master Ansitanos, as a historian, through these materials you collected, you wipe Go to the dust of myths and legends, what do you see?"

Ansitanos opened his eyes, and Davers’ question was quite interesting, but wasn’t that what a historical researcher was good at, so he thought about it and said, “I see the elegant cultural The strong attraction of these mountain races, which are still in the stage of ignorance, they all want to have a relationship with Greece to show that their origin is not barbaric."

"That's right, this is what we hope to see." Daveus said softly in his jaw, "It seems that we need to build a magnificent temple of Hercules in Turri and hold it for him every year. Celebrations to enhance the recognition of Dionysia by interracial people."

"Sir, your decision is very wise!" Ansitanos complimented.

"However -" Daveus picked up the information on the table, and then said sharply: "Master Ansitanos, you only see the layer of meaning embodied on the surface of this information, the deeper meaning you have not found."

Is there a deeper meaning?Ansitanos looked at Davos with some suspicion. He had read it many times before giving it to Davos.

"Look at this--" Daveus turned a page and read aloud: "On the way back to Greece when Hercules drove the herd back to Greece, a stray bull swam across the Strait of Messina and came to A place called Erix in Sicily was collected by a local ruler. After Hercules was found, he killed the ruler, recaptured the bull, and agreed to return the land to the local oppressed indigenous people, and made an agreement ,'Once his descendants appeared in Sicily, the indigenous people had to return the land to them.'"

"Yes, there is such a legend about Hercules in Sicily." Ansitanos nodded.