I weave fate in parallel time and space

Chapter 47 Dionysus Festival

Letting children raise a small animal can still cultivate empathy very well. As a possible future monarch, empathy is a very necessary thing to have.

There is no downside except that the animals are a little bigger.

"Mmm! This beef is delicious!"

Arthur wolfed down the steak on the plate with a knife and fork, and the knife and fork hit the porcelain plate with a crisp sound.

Compared to Arthur, Alicia was much more elegant. She sat upright, holding a knife in one hand and a fork in the other, and ate in small bites.

"Is this the beef you brought back from Sassi?" Alicia said.

Shaar nodded, "Have you been there?"

"I haven't been there, but I have eaten this beef." Alicia replied, "Where are you going to move? I heard that the place is very beautiful."

Shaar smiled, he seemed to want to say something, the noise outside the window attracted his attention, he turned his head to look out the window.

The gate at this moment is in Yingjiao Town. Through the window, you can see the flow of people on the street. Compared with this time in the past, there are many more people on the street.

There are people from this town, and there are also many strangers from other places, and some of them are dressed in gorgeous clothes, just like the nobles of the imperial capital.

Young men in porter's attire carried cases of wine up the ramp.

"Char! Look, what a big boat!"

Arthur gasped in surprise.

On the sea behind the opposite house, a huge wooden sailboat was docked at the port. It had a huge curved stern and a huge bow at the bow.It is equipped with several square sails on the foremast and topmast, and a jib sail on the mizzen.

The visual tonnage should be more than [-] tons, and iron and wood are mixed. For this era, this kind of ship is very impactful. A long and large wooden board connects the ship and the port, and the porters on it are carrying one after another. with goods.

"Why are there so many people here suddenly?" Xia Ya asked.

"Because the Dionysus Festival is about to begin." Alicia said behind her.

"Bacchanalia?" Shaar recalled it, as if he had indeed heard that Mr. Foster mentioned it.

"what is that?"

"You can also call it a Dionysus festival," said Alicia, "any festival in Greco-Roman religion dedicated to Bacchus (Dionysus), the god of wine.

This festival existed as early as ancient Greece, and it is held in Athens every March to pay respect to Dionysus, the god of wine.

The impromptu song sung by people at the banquet to worship Dionysus, the god of wine, is called "the hymn of wine god".

At the end of February is the month of Ancestri Pleiades, and the first day of this festival is the opening of the fermented wine.

The next day is the Jug Festival, where people drink new wine and bet at a public feast;
People also held a secret sacrificial ceremony on this day-the highest chief executive would sacrifice his wife to Dionysus, the god of wine. "

Xia Ya raised an eyebrow with a strange expression.

"But this is just a symbolic wedding ceremony." Alicia said.

"Then the third day is the Shaoguo Festival, where people set out a pot of boiled vegetables and offer them to Hades and all the spirits of the dead.

Finally, there is the Elafipoli Pleiades, which is the beginning of March, in which the Dionysian festival is celebrated.

The boys held a parade of singing and dancing.As the sun goes down, people drink on lounge chairs.

People also spent huge sums of money to perform many tragedies and comedies for a large audience. The government will invite everyone to drink and eat meat to their heart's content, thus pushing the festive atmosphere to the climax.

Although Greece and Rome have perished, Europe, including Britannia, are the inheritors of Rome, and some towns will celebrate Dionysus.

Eagle Point Town is also very famous, and many nobles and businessmen will come here to participate. Every year, during the Dionysus Festival, Eagle Point Town will sell a lot of wine.

But it was banned for the first two years. "

"Why should such an interesting festival be banned?" Arthur asked.

"Because there are too many people who get drunk on the festival day, and the number of people who are crazy about drinking is also skyrocketing on this basis. Every year, there are almost violent incidents on Dionysus Festival." Alicia said.

"This is what I heard from Mrs. Foster. However, the sales of Eagle Point's wine have not been very good in recent years. At the request of the townspeople, the Dionysus Festival was restarted this year."

Arthur's eyes were wide open, and his gaze was like a torch.

"When does it begin!?"

"Today is the Pot Burning Festival." Alicia said, "Tomorrow is the Dionysus Festival."

After a pause, she said, "But we have no way to participate. There is a witch of the wilderness on the street, isn't there?"

Alicia's words poured mercilessly on Arthur's head like a basin of cold water, extinguishing his excitement at the moment and making him instantly more depressed.

Then, he said angrily, "This damn witch of the wilderness! What a villain!"

The lion cub in his arms also seemed to have sensed Arthur's anger. It opened its mouth wide, revealing its sharp teeth, and let out a ferocious roar.

"Ow!"

Alicia looked at Sonny strangely, "Is this really a cat? Why does it sound so strange."

"It won't be surprising when it grows up." Shaar said.

"Grow up?" Alicia said with some astonishment, "Isn't this cat an adult yet?"

"Some cats are bigger, aren't they?" Xia Ya said.

Alicia nodded, "That's true. I heard that the largest Maine Coon cat is more than one meter long."

Hearing that his cat would grow up, Arthur looked at the remaining steak on the plate, and he fed it to the lion cub with a fork, whispering.

"You need to eat more and grow up quickly."

Looking at this scene, Shaar smiled. It was the right choice to choose Saxili. The meat there is very cheap, after all, it is mainly based on animal husbandry.

In the future, there will be a lot of meat to buy to raise this lion.

Yingjiao Town tonight is no longer the tranquility of the past, it has become noisy and lively, and the festive atmosphere is getting stronger day by day.

For the people in this town, the Dionysus Festival is the most important festival of the year, comparable to the Spring Festival, so people from every household will come out to help prepare.

It's going to be a sleepless night tonight, but the festive hustle and bustle doesn't seem to have anything to do with the castle.

When they got up the next morning, the whole street changed immediately, and ribbon lanterns were hung above the street.

All the shops and floor stalls on the main street near the sea have been closed, not to mention the fish, not even a single fish bone can be seen.

The streets were crowded with people, some even squeezed to the gate of the castle, and there was a lot of noise.

Arthur hugged the lion cub and leaned against the window, trying to stick to the window to see the scenery on the main street.

Over there, a group of young men with naked upper body, muscular body, bronze skin, and ancient Greek battle skirts were sitting on parade floats, holding swords and shields and beating each other to make sound. People seem to have seen the bravery of the Spartans who closed the hot springs more than 1000 years ago.

There are also a few floats behind, and some dancers in special clothes are dancing on them.

And yet it's an appetizer for the holiday season.

At the end of the float parade, on the swampy plains to the north, there will be food and wine, and it will be a carnival all night long.

(End of this chapter)