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Chapter 258 Completion Celebration of Hades Temple ([-])
The Greek soldiers on the field seemed to have heard the call. They immediately put on their helmets, picked up their round shields, tied on their red cloaks, and formed a tight square formation to resist the enemy's attack...

However, there were too many "Persians" and they swarmed in and surrounded the warriors.The cavalry galloped back and forth on the outside, the archers kept shooting arrows high into the sky (all with arrowheads cut off), and the infantry laughed strangely and wantonly...

The audience can only see the dazzling red and the roar of the warriors from the gap surrounded by the "Persians".

The drumbeats are getting denser and louder...

The Greek phalanx also retreated step by step under the attack of the "Persians", and was about to retreat to the edge of the square...

The eyes of ordinary people were completely attracted by the tense scene on the field. Someone shouted anxiously: "Fight! Greeks!"

It actually aroused the resonance of the whole crowd.

"Fight!!! Greeks!!!..." The audience also began to shout loudly.

At this moment, the high-pitched singing sounded again, and "Hades" was standing at the front of the platform at some point, slowly waving his double forks...

The surrounded Greek soldiers suddenly shouted neatly and vigorously: "Ho! Ho!! Hades!!! Ho!..." More than a dozen bugles also sounded in time.

The "Persians" began to retreat and finally collapsed...

The red phalanx of the Greek mercenaries was fully displayed in front of the audience. Under the strong rhythm of the drums, they took uniform and powerful steps and charged forward like an iron wall...

The people present were excited to see it. Those people and VIPs who had not seen or participated in the military training of Dionysia were also overwhelmed by the strength and beauty displayed by the soldiers on the field, cheering and applauding loudly.

The "Persian General" fell behind, and was pulled off his horse by "Davos" who was charging ahead. He stepped on the "Persian General", raised his spear high, and pierced it with exaggerated and highly contagious movements. into the "enemy's" chest.

"Davos! Davos!! Davos!!!..." The people couldn't help but burst into thunderous cheers.

"The Consul said before that he would let us see a completely different temple celebration, and he really did it!" Mariji, standing behind the platform, glanced at the surrounding Senate colleagues with different expressions, and sighed loudly.

"Yes, it is a very different celebration! Lord Davos is afraid that the people will forget his previous heroic deeds, so he does not forget to promote himself on such a sacred occasion!" Polluxes said in a strange way.

Kunogorata and Cornelus looked at each other without speaking, but felt a little uneasy in their hearts.

"It has indeed been done! Haven't you discovered it! This will be a new kind of drama, a drama different from one or two people, but a performance by hundreds or thousands of people, recreating the spectacular scenes of history! ..." On the contrary, Ansitanos was dancing with excitement and was a little incoherent. Davos gave him some enlightenment.

The wonderful chorus, the musical accompaniment, the close-to-real battles and performances of hundreds of people... really shocked the audience on the sidelines, and even the elders of the Senate.

"I'm looking forward to the next performance!" Melses praised sincerely, which reminded him of the troubled years in Persia. His words were also the common sentiment of the former mercenaries.

But Amyntas curled his lips and muttered in a low voice: "The battle scene is too fake!"

"Didn't you hear what Ansitanos said? This is acting, not a real battle. Look at the excited people, Davos is telling them our heroic deeds in this way of performance!" Antonios next to him murmured criticism of Amyntas.

"It should be Olivers who plays Davos. He did a really good job! The Persian general played by Ryders is not good, he looks like a piece of wood!..." Epithenis commented with great interest, attracting the attention of these former mercenary veterans. They also participated in it.

Next, "Hades" led the mercenaries to Great Greece, the Lucarians invaded Thurii, and the mercenaries defeated the Lucanian coalition forces...

Vesba, Hemon and a group of Lucarians watched the square anxiously.

Obviously, Davos took their feelings into consideration and only briefly touched on the harm the Lucanians had caused to the Turii people. Instead, he focused on the last scene: Accompanied by cheerful and enthusiastic singing and drumming, " "Hades" asked "Davos" to lead the Greeks and Lucanians to make peace. They wrestled with each other, fought sheep, drank wine, talked arm in arm, and finally formed a large circle hand in hand, and "Hades" "Si" stands in the center of the circle.Everyone sang Hades's ode, swung their arms and kicked their legs, and kept expanding and shrinking the circle. The atmosphere was very lively, attracting people outside the venue to join in, and Hades' ode resounded throughout the city...

As the Lord of the Underworld, Hades is rumored to be dark, cruel, and fearsome. Therefore, he is far less popular among the Greeks than the main gods such as Zeus, Poseidon, and Apollo.Kanios's likes and dislikes for Hades were the same as those of other Greeks, so he was shocked when he heard that Dionia was going to use Hades as the patron saint of the city-state alliance.But he was absent-minded at first, but now he was attracted by the wonderful performance in the square. He actually developed a liking for Hades and couldn't help but follow everyone in singing Hades.

Not only him, but the leaders of Lucaria who only worshiped the god Asinus before asked others about the meaning of the lyrics in strange and blunt Greek, and some even hummed along. Compared to the forgetfulness of most people in Dionia, The distinguished guests from the South Italian League who were invited to watch the ceremony had their own thoughts, and some even expected Dionia to make a fool of themselves during the celebration, such as the Crotone people.

But at this moment, Crotone's chief general Lysias, who was also shocked by this unprecedented god-sacrifice celebration in Greece, sighed: "It seems that Hades's faith may really be in the hands of these Dionians." It has taken root in the country.”

"We Greeks in the Western Mediterranean believe in Hera and Apollo the most, and Hades in the dark. Only barbaric outsiders like Dionia would do this!" Askamas said angrily, his My friend Milon was expelled because he was defeated by Dionia, and he was already somewhat resentful.Moreover, Crotone has the most magnificent Temple of Apollo in Magna Greece, and Greeks from other city-states often come to worship. Therefore, although the performance in the square amazed him, he still complained with confidence: "Look, it's almost noon. Now, the weather is so hot, when will we be allowed to see the Temple of Hades?!"

"Yes, my legs are almost numb when I stand!" Another Crotone general's seemingly joking words caused a commotion among the distinguished guests.

"Dang!!!..." The powerful and long bell rang suddenly, causing shock in the hearts of the people who felt disappointed because the performance was over.

"Look, the Temple of Hades!" Someone in the crowd kept exclaiming.

To the northwest of Victory Square, on the hill behind the Senate Chamber, the building that was still half-hidden by numerous scaffoldings and large pieces of linen in the early morning was fully revealed as the people concentrated on enjoying the performances in the square. Its true face: a tall, grand white building shining brightly in the hot sun!

Plessinas took the lead, followed by 50 white-robed saints, senators, distinguished guests from various city-states, people on the north side of the square, people on the south side of the square... Under the orderly guidance of the soldiers, people walked towards Hades in an orderly manner. The temple moves forward slowly...

The bronze bell was still ringing unhurriedly, each sound clearer and deeper than the last, soothing people's urgent mood.

The Temple of Hades came closer, and became clearer in the eyes of the people: it was a very unique temple, as high as any other, and longer than the largest of all the great Greek city-states. The Temple of Apollo in Rotone was twice as long.More importantly, as the site of the guardian temple of the city-state, it is also the center of the city-state according to tradition. It must be surrounded by walls for protection and become the acropolis of Turui, just like the former Temple of Apollo in Turui.However, not only is there no city wall on the hillside in front, but there are stone steps built from the east, west, south and north, making it easy to reach the temple directly.

Antaoris, who had just joined the Senate not long ago, curiously asked Cornelus, who had gotten along well with him during this period: "Why does this new temple have no walls?"

Cornerus answered seriously: "This is Lord Daves' proposal. He believes that not to build walls and allow people to freely go to the temple to offer sacrifices and pray to show Hades' love for the people of Dionia." Fraternity!”

Davos is the favored one of Hades and the high priest of the temple. Generally, no one would object to the proposal of the Hades temple. Antaoris looked at the temple in front of him. The centuries-old tradition still made him feel happy. Puzzled: "But in this way, Turui will not have the Acropolis!"

Cornerus sighed, his expression became a little strange, and said: "Lord Davos insisted not to build another acropolis in Tuliyi. He said this -" At this point, this person who has always been gentle The tone of the administrator of Amendolara was a little more tough: "'The cities in the Dionia Alliance are the walls of the alliance, and Thurii is the acropolis of the alliance. Dionia does not need extra guards. city!'"

After hearing this sentence, Antaoris was stunned: Use the city as a wall? !Consider the entire region a city? ! ...He felt a sense of heroism in his heart, and the figure of the young consul appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but be fascinated: What kind of ambition and courage this has, no wonder he can establish a powerful city-state alliance!

People climbed up the steps. About 30 meters away from the temple, citizen soldiers formed a circular cordon. People stood outside the line. The whole hill was crowded. Except for the white spot at the top, it almost became A "human mountain".

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