Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Carved idols are the most important part of architectural temples, and the design of the image is the most important, but because the two Hades statues in the original temple have already satisfied the believers, so this time in the image design No changes have been made to the above, but because the new temple will inevitably be taller and more open than the original, the original statue will be too short when placed in the new temple, so the new statue must be carved.

Since the new temple was rebuilt on the old site, the craftsmen temporarily built a warehouse not far from the side to store the idols and other things in the original temple. The preliminary carving of the new idol is also in this warehouse .

Miliktos is the main person in charge of carving statues. He is also a famous sculptor in the kingdom. The bronze statue of Hades holding a football outside the main arena of Turriine is from his hand.

Don't look at the idol is tall and heavy, in fact, its core material is wood, of course, the wood used for the idol requires a hard texture and a close texture, so it is generally marine wood, preferably a cedar of hundreds of years old.Due to the original idol as a model, Miliktos took only two months to sculpt three wooden idols (two Hades idols and a Persephone idol), which is more than the original The idol is more delicate and vivid.

And then he handed over the work to the assistants, that is-to skin the idol.Due to the whiteness and rarity of ivory, it has become the first choice for the skin of idols in the past 100 years. The engravers tore the complete ivory into thin slices and glued it to the surface of the idols one by one. Need patient work.

Each idol is extremely huge, and one person can stick up to one finger a day, but hundreds of engravers are doing this work at the same time, so the progress is still quite fast.

While attaching the skin to the idol, the engravers and craftsmen are still doing two other tasks: one is to burn the sand into colored glass, and then make a star-shaped decoration, each of which looks like a small shiny gem , They will be mounted on the wall behind the idol as the background of the starry sky; the other is to make gold foil, goldsmiths calcined the gold into thin slices, and then pasted on the ivory skin of the idol as the gold worn by the idol The crowns of clothes and wear have added the grace and grace of God Hades.As for the idol in the Temple of Hades, it was covered with silver foil and painted with pale blue paint, so that the atmosphere of the whole temple could be matched.

In addition, they also need to make gold and silver seats for the gods. Although not all of them are made of gold and silver, the core of which is bronze, but the gold and silver consumed after the gods are completed, it is by no means a small amount. .When the Dionysian Union was first built, it did not dare to make such a luxury to make idols, and now the consumption of these precious metals is only a few days of output from the Iberian and Sardinian mines.

Miliktos did not participate in the remaining processes of the idol. He was devoted to a more important work-making triangle friezes for the temple.

There is a triangular area under the eaves of the two gate entrances of the temple, called the triangular frieze. The triangular frieze is inlaid with stone slabs and decorated with relief patterns. Usually its content comes from the story of Greek mythology, but in this In the design of the temple, the result of the discussion in the Senate: one triangular frieze will sculpt the relief of the mass parade at the Hades celebration, and the other will sculpt the family of the King of Dionysia-the king and the two queens And five children (Originally, Davis proposed to include Adolis and Cynthia, because they are also their own family, but the Senate expressed strong opposition, they believe that the temple was built, and thousands of years for future generations to pay homage to the sacrifice Bye, the people and descendants of the kingdom will see the relief, they will understand that the Dionysian royal family is a descendant of the goddess Hades, but the adoption of children and daughters is not.

With the great reputation of King Daphes and his royal family, if the relief sculpture is not good, even if the benevolent king does not say anything, the saliva of the people will drown him, so Miliktos is extremely cautious and specifically urges Dai King Firth took precious time, took the family as his model, and posed according to his requirements. He spent several days drawing sketches on the wooden board and handing them to Daveus for review. Firth was satisfied, and then he took the drawing to the construction site and sculpted it.

The pattern of the triangular frieze of the Dionysian royal family is: Daveus wears a crown, smiles, sits on the throne, and is located in the center; the two princesses wear gorgeous robes and put their hands closely on Daveus On his shoulders, they stood happily on both sides; the five children surrounded them with joy, and Krotokatax happened to be in the middle of the five children.

If a careful audience tastes this pattern carefully, he will find that the composition of the king and the princess is almost exactly the same as the composition of the Pluto and the back of the hades in the main temple of Hades (only one more princess) , This is a hint from the priest Prycines of the scepter, which contains a deeper meaning.

Miliktos held the iron chisel in one hand and the small hammer in the other. He was engrossed in carving. This was the third relief. He felt dissatisfied with the first two and destroyed it, but also because of With the experience of the first two pictures, he does not need to compare the original drawing at all now. The entire pattern is already familiar with the chest, so he does not hesitate to strike each time, and the strength is just right.

Just as he indulged in his creation, a crisp female voice came from behind: "No! No! Carved me too... Well, my eyebrows are not so thin, the nose bridge should be higher... "

Miliktos was pulled out of the immersive world by this voice, and was really annoyed in his heart. He suddenly turned around and wanted to yell at the intruder who disturbed his work. When he saw that there were two standing behind him A beautiful girl, her anger disappeared, and she immediately stood up and said in a kind tone: "His Royal Highness Princess Eunice! Your Highness Princess Ivia! Welcome you!"

"We are here to worship the god Hades. By the way, look at the relief carvings in our house." Yunis stepped forward, pointing at the reliefs, and said unkindly: "But after reading it , I feel a little disappointed, this one should be me, but I don’t feel like me, you carved it too delicately."

"His Royal Highness, although the sculpture originates from reality, it is usually a beautification of reality. Not to mention that this relief is for the people of the kingdom to look forward to. I believe that they all want to see a beautiful and princess princess..." Mi Rictors wanted to convince Yunis that he behaved so patiently because he wasn’t the only one who had seen the princess in the drawing room before. The boy-like princess was famous in Turui, Kelly. In order to let her accept her temperament, Princess Stoia simply began to expose her to some business affairs when she was 16 years old. As a result, the decisive and spicy girl had become the mother of her mother before she was 18 years old. The assistant, Miliktos, had originally borrowed from the Christosia Bank in order to expand his carving workshop in other towns in the kingdom, and had personally dealt with Yunis several times in person, and she knew her better.

Yunice raised her eyebrows: "You mean I am not beautiful and virtuous?!"

Miliktos felt tight, knowing that he was wrong, and hurried to explain.

Yunis turned her face again and said in a straight face: "You are right, I am not as delicate and virtuous as other girls, but I don't need to make changes, because that's not me! Just like in your relief Like her, she is not like me at all. Since you are carving our family, I hope you can sculpt my true look, I don’t want to beautify!"

"...Sister." Aviaia felt a little nervous and pulled Yunis gently.

"Don't mess!" Yunice pushed away her sister's hand and looked directly at Miliktos, asking: "Do you think I'm right?"

"...His Royal Highness, you are right...I will revise..." Miliktos actually succumbed, which opened the mouth of the assistants who were afraid to speak.

At this moment, Miliktos suddenly looked at the back of Yunice and shouted, "Master Scepter Priest!"

"Oh, Miliktos." Plesinas, dressed in white robe, saw the sculptor's eyes for help, waved his hand gently, and walked to Yunis: "His Royal Highness, the two princesses, Let you wait for a long time, the temporary temple has been cleaned, and the brazier, lamp and other things used for the worship are all ready to start."

Yunice looked at Miliktos, her eyes flicked, and said softly: "I just came to admire this sculpture with my younger sister. Master Miliktos sculpted very well. During the exchange, he also promised me that the sculpture will be better when I come to appreciate it next time, is it? Master Miliktos."

"Yes, Her Royal Highness." Miliktos responded helplessly.

Plesinus looked at the sculpture, and then at Miliktos. Of course, the experienced he felt that there must be something stupid, but he didn't know what to do, but he immediately led the two princesses. And the guards who protected them went to the temporary temple.

It wasn't until they left completely that the assistants stood up and said: "Even if she is a princess, she can't interfere with your creation!"

"It turns out that she is the famous naughty princess of Turui! Such a savage, how can I marry in the future!"

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"Shut up for me, don't want to live anymore, right! Give me a good job!" Miliktos roared, suddenly quiet.