Chapter 56: The Completion Celebration of the Temple of Hades (2)
The Greek soldiers on the field seemed to hear the shouts, and immediately put on their helmets, picked up round shields, tied them with red cloaks, and lined up in a tight square to fight against the enemy's attack...
However, there were too many "Persians" and flocked to surround the warriors. The cavalry galloped back and forth on the periphery, and the archers kept shooting arrows into the sky (all with arrows cut off), and the infantry laughed strangely...
The audience could only see the dazzling reds and the roars of the warriors from the gap surrounded by the "Persians".
The drum beats 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 was anxiously shouting: "Fight! Greeks!"
It resonated with the people in the audience.
"Fight!!! Greeks!!!..." The audience also began to shout loudly.
At this moment, the loud singing sounded again, "Haddes" had stood at the front of the platform at some point, slowly waving his double forks...
The surrounded Greek soldiers suddenly shouted in an orderly and vigorous manner: "Ho! Hoh! Hades!!! Hoh!..." More than a dozen military horns also sounded in time.
The "Persians" began to retreat and finally collapsed...
The red square formation of Greek mercenaries was fully displayed in front of the audience. Amid the strong rhythm of drum beats, they took uniform, powerful steps, charging forward like an iron wall...
The people present were excited to see the audience. Those people and VIPs who had not seen the military training of Dionia and had not participated in the military training were also fascinated by the strength and beauty displayed by the soldiers on the field, cheering loudly and cheering.
The "Persian General" landed behind and was pulled off by the "Davers" who was charging forward. He stepped on the "Persian General" and raised his spear high, piercing the "enemy"'s chest with exaggerated and infectious actions.
"Davers! Davers!! Davers!!!..." The people couldn't help but burst into thunderous cheers.
"The consul said before that he really did it to let us see a completely different temple celebration!" Mariji, who was standing behind the platform, glanced at the Senate colleagues with different expressions around him and sighed loudly.
"Yes, it's a very different celebration! Lord Davers is afraid that the people will forget his previous heroic deeds, and will not forget to promote himself in such a sacred occasion!" Polyxis said sarcastically.
Kunogorata and Cornerus looked at each other, without saying a word, but felt a little uneasy.
"It's indeed done! Didn't you find out! This will be a new drama, a drama different from one or two people, but a performance of hundreds or thousands of people to reproduce the spectacular scenes of history!..." On the contrary, Ansitanos was so excited that he danced and was a little incoherent, and Davers inspired him.
The wonderful chorus, musical accompaniment, the close-to-real battles and performances of hundreds of people... indeed shocked the audience on the sidelines, and even the veterans of the Senate.
"I'm looking forward to the next performance!" Melsis sincerely praised, which reminded him of the years of hardship in Persia, and his words were also the common voice of the former mercenaries.
But Amintas curled his lips and muttered in a low voice: "The battle scene is so fake!"
"Didn't you hear Ansitanos say? This is acting, not a real battle. Look at the excited people, Davers is using this performance to tell them about our heroic deeds!" Antonios next to him whispered to Amintas.
"Olivers should be the one who plays Davers, and the role is really good! Ledes plays the Persian general, not good, it's like a wood!" Epigenis's interesting comments attracted the participation of these former mercenaries.
Next, "Hadis" led the mercenaries to Great Greece. The Lukari invaded Turiy and the mercenaries defeated the Lukani coalition...
Vesba, Hemon and other Lukari people stared at the square nervously.
Obviously, Davers considered their feelings and the harm that the Lucanians had caused to the Turietians was only a part of the area, but instead focused the focus on the last scene: with cheerful and enthusiastic singing and drum music, "Hades" asked "Daver" to lead the Greeks and Lucanians to reconcile. They wrestled each other, fought sheep, drank, talked with their arms, and finally formed a large circle with hands in hand, while "Hades" stood in the center of the circle. Everyone sang Hades's Carol, swung his arms and kicked his legs, constantly expanding and shrinking the circle. The atmosphere was very warm, attracting people outside the venue to participate, and the Carol of Hades resounded throughout the city...
As the Lord of the Underworld, Hades was rumored to be dark and cruel and fearful, so he was far less popular among the Greeks than the main gods such as Zeus, Poseidon, and Apollo. Canños's likes and dislikes of Hades were the same as other Greeks, so he was very surprised when he heard that Dionia wanted to use Hades as the patron saint of the city-confederate alliance. But at the beginning, he was now attracted by the wonderful performances in the square, and he actually developed a favor for Hades and involuntarily followed everyone to sing Hades.
Not only him, but the Lukari leaders who had only worshipped the god of Asinu before asked others about the meaning of the lyrics in strange and stiff Greek, and some even hummed. Compared with the vast majority of the people of Dionia's indulge in their hearts, the guests invited to watch the ceremony in the Southern Italian League had their own thoughts, and some even hoped that Dionia would make a fool of themselves during the celebration, such as the Crotone.
But at this moment, Crotone's chief general Lycias, who was also shocked by this unprecedented celebration of gods in Greece, sighed: "It seems that Hades's faith will really take root among these Dionians."
"The Greeks in the Western Mediterranean believe most, and Hades who believe in darkness only do this!" Askamas said indignantly. His friend Miron was expelled because he was defeated by Diony, and he was already a little resentful. Moreover, there was the most magnificent temple of Apollo in Greece in Crotone, and Greeks from other city-states often came to worship him. Therefore, although the performance in the square surprised him, he still complained with confidence: "Look, it's almost noon, and the weather is so hot. When will we go to see the Temple of Hades?!"
"Yes, my legs are almost numb!" Another general Crotone's seemingly joking words caused a stir among the VIPs.
"Clang!!!..." The long and powerful bell suddenly rang, causing shock to the people who were lost due to the end of the performance.
"Look, the Temple of Hades!" People kept exclaiming in the crowd.
To the northwest of Victory Square, on the hill behind the Senate's Grand Council, the building was half-covered by many scaffoldings and large pieces of linen in the early morning. When the people concentrate on appreciating the performance of the square, their true appearance has been fully revealed: a towering, grand white building shines brightly under the scorching sun!
Leading the 50 saints in white robe, followed by the Senate, the VIPs of various city-states, the people on the north side of the square, and the people on the south side of the square... Under the orderly guidance of the soldiers, people slowly moved towards the Hades Temple in an orderly manner...
The bronze bell was still ringing slowly, one sound clearer and deeper than the other, soothing people's urgent mood.
The Temple of Hades is getting closer and closer, and it is clear to the people: this is a very unique temple, its height is no different from other temples, but its length is twice as long as the largest Greek city-state. More importantly, as the location of the patron temple of the city-state, it is also the center of a city-state according to tradition. It must be surrounded by walls and protected to become the acropolis of Turi, just like the previous Temple of Turi Apollo. However, the hillside in front not only does not have a city wall, but also has stone steps from the east, west, south and north, which can easily reach the temple.
Anta Oris, who had just joined the Senate, asked curiously Cornerus, who had been with him during this period: "Why is there no walls in this new temple?"
Cornerus answered seriously: "This is the proposal of Lord Davers. He believes that no wall is built, so that the people can freely go to the temple to sacrifice and pray, so as to demonstrate Hades's love for the people of Dionia!"
Davers is the god of Hades, the high priest of the temple. No one would object to the proposal of Hades Temple. Anta Oris looked at the temple ahead. The century-old tradition still made him wonder: "But in this way, Turiyi will have no acropolis!"
Cornerus sighed, his expression became a little strange, and said, "Mr. Davers insisted not to build acropolis in Turilyi. He said this-" Speaking of this, the tone of the always gentle Chief Executive Amendorala was a little tougher: "'Each city in the Dionysian League is the walls of the alliance, Turiy is the acropolis of the alliance, and Dionys does not need extra acropolis!"
After hearing this, Anta Oris was stunned: Taking the city as a wall?! View the entire area as a city?!... He felt a sense of heroism in his heart, and the figure of the young consul appeared in his mind. He couldn't help but be fascinated: What a mind and courage this is, no wonder he can establish a powerful city-confederate alliance!
People climbed up the steps, and about 30 meters away from the temple, the militia formed a circular cordon. People stood outside the line, and the whole hill was crowded with people. Except for the white spot on the top, it almost turned into a "people mountain". Thanks to Li Shibin, Yun Yuxi's reward! Your support is my greatest motivation for writing!! I recommend the book "The Ming Dynasty Werewolf Killing" written by a beautiful author in my novel group. Interested readers can go and take a look.
Chapter completed!