Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Good talk!" Ansitaros's loud admiration did not interrupt Plato's desire to continue to speak: "Dear King Daphes, you once criticized my view in "Ideal Country" and said, "I have only city-states in my eyes." Citizens, and despise slaves and aliens', this time I traveled in the south of Dionysia or the north, what I saw and heard shocked me!

The Romans, Phoenicians, Samones, and even the Walsi who are not citizens of Dionysian are struggling to speak Greek (Dionysian), although most of them are still blunt.I have encountered several interracial children asking me questions for many times... These have made me realize that even the completely ignorant and backward indigenous people can through education, make them as intelligent as we are, love Greek culture, and those who are both Greek talents who are illiterate but unwilling to make changes should really be despised by us!..."

Plato took another sip of wine and increased the volume again. "When I first met the king, I once praised you as a true philosopher. Now I find that this statement is not entirely true. This time, I was Rome, Bennetum, and Lilithium all stayed for some time and carefully observed the governance of the towns under their jurisdiction by Dionysia officials. Although these towns have different situations and different environments, one thing is The same-the Dionysia officials there are performing their duties very seriously and responsiblely, they are governing the towns under their jurisdiction according to Dionysia law, and according to what I have observed, they are all governed Yes, the administrative efficiency is very high...

I once said,'If you are ill, you need to find a professional doctor. If you want to ship goods, you know how to find an experienced captain, and how difficult it is to manage a city-state, but it makes you inexperienced and selfish. Self-interested city-state citizens come to participate extensively, how can city-states have good development!This is exactly what many Greek city-states do!

As far as I know, senior officials in various towns of Dionysia are promoted through step-by-step experience. They have enough experience and wisdom to deal with and solve various problems encountered by the towns. This is what you have Tell me about'selecting talents and appointing talents'.So, the original sentence I said needs to be changed,'Not only is King Daveus you are a true philosopher, but many of your officials are also philosophers. It is under your governance that Dai Only onia will have today's power!"

"Dear Plato scholar." Davos, who has held a high position in the past years, has heard too many compliments and has become accustomed to it, but he was praised by a great person who was called "the father of Western philosophy" in his previous life. Feeling proud, he smiled pleasantly on his face and tried to make himself humble: "Are you here today to praise Dionia?"

"Now that Dionysia is doing well, why not praise it!" Plato raised his glass and said aloud: "Come on, let's praise Dionysia together!"

Davers smiled and raised his glass.

After finishing this cup with others, Plato shook his head, as if to get rid of some drunkenness, he squeezed his face hard, and then said: "Dear King Daveus, you remember Aesop Crates?"

"Of course I remember." Daveus said doubtfully: "The famous orator and rhetorician in Athens, we invited him to speak at the first and second sessions of the Greek Academic Conference, but then invited him again At that time, he refused to come again. I once thought it was because we did not take care of her in the previous reception process, so he was dissatisfied."

"Your Majesty, although Isocrates is rigorous and talkative, he is not a person who likes to care about this." Lucias, who has lived in Athens for many years and has had close contacts with Isocrates, explained : "According to what I have learned, he has also built a school in Athens. He has been busy teaching students for several years, so he may not be able to find time to attend the meeting in Turri."

"Oh, yes, he also built a school." Daveus looked at Plato interestingly and asked, "Isn't that a competition with your school?"

Plato said frankly: "The schools of Isocratic and I have different training goals. His school is more focused on teaching students how to use words and sentences, how to make speeches, how to better conduct public political life... more practical. My Akademi is more focused on studying the polity of the city-state and discussing how to build a more perfect country... but it is true that there is a certain competition between our two colleges. A debate."

"Oh?" Daveus showed a surprised look, but in fact he not only knew the debate, but also kept a rough record of the debate in his mansion.

"This debate is also related to you Dionysia." Plato said seriously: "I think the reason why Isoklady did not agree to your invitation to participate in the academic conference in recent years, one of the main reasons is that he That the existence of the Kingdom of Dionysia is a huge threat to the mainland of Greece—"

"How is this possible?" Lucias was a little surprised, but he was taken over by Ansitanos before he had finished: "For this, I can also prove that in the fourteenth year of the Kingdom (380 BC ), our war with Carthage has just begun. At the 99th Olympia Games, Isocrates delivered a speech "Greetings from the All-Greece Festival". The main content is to call on the Greek cities to stop the war and unite , Unanimously, restoring the glory of the Greek ancestors in the Hippo war, completing their unfinished business, liberating the Asian minor Greek compatriots who were enslaved under the Persian rule, and any Greeks who reconciled with Persia and even bewitched by Persia Everyone should be cursed...

But at the end of this speech, he also mentioned... Well, the original text says so...

'Today we met in Olympia and thank Zeus for his blessing on the Greeks, but we should be able to feel that compared to a few decades ago, this event has been deserted a lot, not only because of the war, but because there are so many city-states. participate.Tarantum, Crotone, Locri, Turiri, Syracuse, Agrigento...The colonial city-states of the Western Mediterranean, their people have shown the vanity and shallowness in previous grand events It really makes us despise, but the lack of them at the event will make us feel lonely.They were originally a member of our Greek family, but now they have all become towns under the Kingdom of Deauria.

Is Dionysia a Greek country?

Olympia, Pitia, Nemea, and the Isthmus have never seen them, and Delphi has not established a holy library for them. This shows that the attitude of the priests representing the will of the gods to this Western Mediterranean kingdom is not only because There are too many barbarous citizens in China, because it distorts our understanding of gods!Dionysia believes that Hades is the master of the gods and not Zeus. He also allows citizens to believe in the gods of aliens. Can Dionysia, who has such terrible behavior, call it the Greek country!Under the influence of this misconception, the citizens of Dionysia can certainly not become Greeks of the same faith as us!

But why don’t we protest their wrong practices or even send troops to interfere?Because Dionia is very powerful, the powerful strength it condenses through the annexation of many Greek colonial city-states can actually force Naples, which is still an independent city-state and still powerful, to dare not participate in this event, just because of the fear of Dionia Will be dissatisfied with it.

When we were persuaded by the Persians to kill each other for their own benefit, Dionysia, which has annexed our sub-states and colonial cities in the Western Mediterranean, has expanded into a huge kingdom, although it has so far Did not show any malice to us, but the difference between it and us is so great, and so close to us, once a conflict occurs, the consequences will be serious!

Greeks with wisdom!To our east is the Persian who has never given up on enemies who want to enslave us. To our west is a powerful kingdom that prevents us from speculating on our minds. Our situation is so dangerous that we should not abandon stereotypes. , Like the Persian army that invaded decades ago, reunited, defended our homeland, and regained the glory of our predecessors...'"

"Why didn't I know there was such a speech?" Lucias was surprised after listening.

"Because the Thebes and Athens had already fought with Sparta at that time, neither side dared to offend Persia and us, so as not to cause changes in the war situation, so they deliberately banned the popularity of this speech. This is still an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The manuscripts that were acquired with great effort when making the mainland of Greece.” Ansitanos explained: “It can be seen from this speech that Isolacrates sees us as a potential threat to the mainland of Greece. ."

"Since you defeated Carthage, since last year, Isocrates has regarded Dionia as a real threat to the mainland of Greece and Athens. Not only did he often publicize his views to students, but also several times in A speech was given at the Civic Conference to remind the public, and since my first participation in the Greek Scholars Conference, I have written many positive articles on the Kingdom of Dionysia, suggesting that the Greek city-state headed by Athens can learn from each There are a lot of citizens of Athens, and even the citizens of other city-states such as Thebes, Corinth, etc. rushing to copy and circulate..." Plato said seriously: "So Isocrates thinks that I am a fan of the Kingdom of Dionysia. Only by refuting me in front of the public will I be able to make the citizens of Athens unified."