Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Plato frowned, put down the pen in his hand, and said: "Oleas, don't panic! I said, you should try to stay calm when you do anything, because only calmness can make rational thinking, especially you, said Many times, but always forget!"

"Teacher... That's it. At today's 5,000-person meeting, the resolution of'join the Greek League and declare war on Dionia' was passed..." Oleas gasped.

Plato was not surprised, but shook his head slightly: "Didn't I have already said it before. Judging from the current situation in Athens, it will be a matter of time for Athens to declare war on Dionia. These stupid Athenians? It is always easy to be driven by angry emotions and lose their sense. The citizens' assembly that holds the highest power of the city-state has become a place for them to vent their emotions. This is the defect of the so-called democracy!"

"Teacher... and..." Oleas swallowed and wanted to finish, and was replaced by a calmer voice: "Teacher, the citizens' assembly also passed a resolution-saying that you are treason, you must be right You have a trial!"

Siddips walked into the house and said angrily: "I once came on stage to defend you, but I couldn't stop it from passing..."

Plato looked at his proud disciple and saw several bruises on his face and swelling of his jaw. He could imagine the bad situation at that time. He whispered with heartache, "Thank you, let you worry about me!"

"You are our respected teacher, this is what we should do!" Oleas finally relieved his anger, and said indignantly: "Fortunately, you didn't attend the citizens' assembly today. The situation on the scene is terrible! Especially Aesop Crady, he also wrote a special speech for his students to read it in the meeting. It was full of words that slandered you, but the ignorant people listened to his words. Spiprus came to the court to defend you. The unreasonable people yelled at us as traitors and attacked us with pottery..."

"I can imagine how bad the situation is." Plato's expression became serious: "I also participated in the citizens' assembly that called for the trial of Teacher Socrates!"

"Teacher, the Socrates scholars did not follow your advice back then. I believe that the citizens' assembly will give him a fair trial, but he eventually lost his life! You must not—" Spiusips eagerly wanted to persuade him.

"I know what you want to say, don't worry, I am not Teacher Socrates!" Plato lowered his head, looked at the manuscript on the book table, and gradually made up his mind. He said firmly in his tone: "The so-called I won’t participate in a fair court trial! I haven’t finished my exploration of the city-state regime, and I still have books to write. I don’t want to die so quickly, so I decided to leave Athens first!"

Spicypus was obviously relieved, but Oleas said hesitantly: "Teacher, if you leave like this, you will...make the ignorant people even more believe in Isocrates' slander! "

"A momentary slander is nothing, time will finally prove who is right and who is wrong!" Plato said confidently.

"Teacher, leaving Athens, where are you going?" Spiusips asked again.

"Since Isocrates said that I was in collusion with Dionia, then I will go to Turye and study for a while at their Turye Academy..." Plato said hopefully, "We will return to Athens. At the time, we can make Akademi Academy better!"

"Teacher, I will go with you!"

"me too!"

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At this moment, the chief general of Athens, Calistratus, was meeting with the Persian envoy Datis at his home.

Datis had stayed in the territory of Sparta before, but when the Dionian army captured Messenia and the First Fleet began to block the coast of Sparta, Datis felt scared and worried about the future. When the Onian army attacked the Spartan territories, they could not escape, so they used the excuse to supervise and coordinate the mercenaries and supplies sent from Persia to Sparta. As a result, they ran to Corinth because of the attack by the Dionian First Fleet. Feeling disturbed by the Corinthian port, it didn't take long to come to Athens.

"Congratulations, General, your proposal was finally passed at the Citizens' Assembly!" Datis congratulated Kallistatus.

Callistratus said seriously: "You are mistaken. This proposal was drafted by our general executive committee through consultation and is the common will of most Athens citizens!"

Having said this, he smiled: "I believe your king will be very happy after he learns this news."

"It's hard to say." Datis said disheartenedly: "The King of Persia hopes that Greece can maintain peace. If he learns that there will be another major war here, let him work hard and urge you to sign. The'Kalias Peace Treaty' cannot be implemented, I am afraid it will be very annoying!"

Kallistatus sat upright, looked at Datis sharply, and said with a serious face: "Let us all open up and tell the truth. The reason why the Persian king asked the Greek city-states to sign the contract was not because he wanted us Unite to defend Dionian together! And now his wish is fulfilled. The Greek city-states are forming an alliance to fight against the invading Dionian army. I believe you will report this news to the Persian King, and he will definitely I am very happy and will reward you a lot!"

Datis did not respond, but a little smile appeared on his face involuntarily.

Callistratus continued: "But if this newly formed alliance is defeated by the Dionians, allowing the Dionians to control Greece, then I think this is definitely not a good thing for Persia. I am afraid the King of Persia will treat you..."

Dutyston lowered his face when he said, "What do you mean by this?!"

"Don't get me wrong!" Callistratus said sincerely: "I just want to tell you that the interests of Persia, the interests of Athens, and your and my interests are important in defeating the Dionians. The issue is the same, Athens needs your help!"

Datis was stunned for a moment, and then smiled meaningfully: "How can I help Athens as a little messenger?"

"You have been in Athens for the past few days. I believe you have learned that our finances are in difficulties. The treasury is short of money and cannot provide sufficient military resources for the army. Without money, it is impossible to form a large army, and other city-states will join this alliance. , But if we see that Athens has not taken any action, I am afraid we will be hesitant... And if this situation is delayed for a long time, the situation will only be beneficial to Dionia!

The reason why the King of Persia hoped that our Greek city-states would unite in defense of Dionia, wasn't it precisely because Dionia had the strength to pose a threat to Persia!Now Dionia has discovered our attempt and will definitely send more troops to Greece!

Sparta suffered the defeat of the Battle of Leuktra before, and now it has lost Messenia. Its strength has been greatly weakened. Even with your assistance, I think they are definitely not the opponents of the Dionian army!Now we are the only one who can call on the Greek city-states and protect Greece!So we hope to receive the full assistance of Persia, not only gold and silver, but also the navy!"

Callistratus said in a deep and earnest voice: "We have insufficient warships to fight against the Dionian fleet. Once we go to war on Dionian, Dionian's fleet will inevitably block the Saron Bay. It will be very difficult for Athens to obtain war supplies from abroad, so we need Persian naval support! As long as Persia fully supports Athens, I assure you-Athens will make Greece a strong barrier against Dionia!"

Datis looked at Callistratus, who was a little excited, and couldn't help taking a breath: Athens is trying to replace Sparta!

Countless thoughts flashed in his mind, and Datis was lost in thought.

Kallistatus did not urge, but waited quietly.

After a long time, Datis said: "I will convey your request to the king as soon as possible. Considering your current financial difficulties, I can first extract part of the funds allocated by the king to Sparta so that you can form an army as soon as possible. But first I want to see the sincerity of your Athens."

"What sincerity?"

"First send some citizen soldiers to Peloponnese to help the Spartans."

Callistratus thought for a while before he said: "I have to discuss this matter with other generals, and then refer it to the council for discussion before I can give you an answer, but I think the problem should not be big."

"Okay, that's it. I hope you Athens and Sparta will work together to repel the Dionians and restore peace to Greece!" Datis said sternly, and suddenly remembered something: "Uh... …Your other requests from Athens, the king may agree, but regarding the assistance of the Persian navy...you must be mentally prepared, and the king may not agree to it.”

"Why?" Callistratus was a little puzzled. You must know that during the Corinthian War, in order to suppress the Spartans, the Governor of Virginia, Fanabatus, asked Conon to lead the Persian fleet to attack Sparta. Konun left those warships in Athens without authorization, and the Persian king did not seem to pursue it. This shows that the Persian king's generosity and deep understanding was very willing to invest heavily at critical moments.

"Because we will have a major military operation in Persia and we cannot lack the navy."

"What military action?" Kallistatus moved in his heart.

"You will know soon."

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In a house on the north coast of Kithira, Sekerian is holding a military meeting.