Chapter 1259
The two of them were moved by what the Devers had said in the letter that they would hold a grand and unique sports meet, so they came.
In order to show their respect for the two of them, the Devers invited them to the stands reserved for the royal family.
As soon as they came in, they were attracted by the band that had entered the arena.
"What's the name of this music? It sounds like a good melody. " Xenophon, like many of the Diónia's allies, was moved by the light and powerful melody and asked curiously.
Before the Devers could answer, Plato took over the conversation. "The Marching March. This is the song that the Dionysian Army must play on the march. It was composed by the King of the Devers."
Xenophon was surprised. "I didn't expect the Devers to be so talented in this area!"
When Xenophon spoke to the Devers in private, he was still used to using the common title he used in Persia, and the Devers never minded. At this moment, he said humbly, "These are all inspirations from the great Hades, and it is the credit of the royal musicians that they were finally completed."
"The music is very nice! But to be able to gather so many different instruments and musicians together and play such a harmonious and beautiful melody instead of creating chaotic and noisy sounds, how did they do it?! "
Xenophon was not the only one who was surprised. Almost all the Greek people in the audience were surprised. Traditional Greek music was mostly played by a single instrument, and occasionally there was an ensemble, but it was performed by a few instruments and a few musicians. Such a large band and so many instruments (some of which were from other races that the Greeks did not know) played together was completely beyond their understanding of music. They were all curious: how did the Diónia people control such a large band and make it produce a grand, thick, and layered melody?
"Do you know Philosanus?" Plato asked Xenophon.
"Of course I do. He used to be the music poet of Syracuse …" Xenophon hesitated and did not continue.
Philosanus was quite creative in the format and melody of musical poems, so he was quite famous in Greece. He had even published poems in the Greek sports meet. After he joined the Diónia, he made a greater breakthrough in musical poems. However, because some of his poems praised Hades and the King of the Devers, he was once publicly condemned by the priests of several Holy Lands and was not well received by the higher-ups of the Greek city-states. However, many Greek scholars privately collected his poems and carefully experienced his improvements in the format and rhythm of musical poems.
"Philosanus is a teacher in the Faculty of Arts of the Diónia Academy. In addition to teaching students how to write poems, he also studies how to make different instruments play a harmonious melody together. I have seen him organize students to play music with my own eyes, just like this. Look, the old man standing at the front of the band is Philosanus!"
The reason why Plato was so familiar with Philosanus was that after he was expelled by the people of Athens during the Greek War, he took his students to Turií and accepted the invitation of the Devers to become a teacher in the Diónia Academy for a short period of time. In addition to teaching, he also seriously visited other teachers and students to study the operating mechanism of the entire academy, hoping to learn from them to improve the teaching of the Diónia Academy.
At this time, the band had already circled the arena and entered the center of the arena near the royal stand. They lined up, but the music continued.
"So that's how it is." Although Xenophon also had a collection of Philosanus's poems, he had never seen him in person. He stared at the old man in front of the band who kept pointing at them with a wooden stick and said with sudden realization, "To make such a huge band play a harmonious melody, we need a commander, just like the commander of an army, who is responsible for arranging the formation of the troops and arranging who attacks first and who attacks later. Only in this way can the strength of the soldiers be fully exerted and win …"
Xenophon was indeed a scholar who wrote "On Cavalry" and was proficient in both literature and martial arts. He used war as a metaphor. However, it was not so easy to be the conductor of the band. Philosanus had only achieved a small success after years of research … However, the Devers were not going to give any more explanation to dampen Xenophon's mood.
… …
Although the Olympia did not send a priest to participate in the training and selection of the referees of the Diónia Games, the Olympia accepted the invitation and sent a priest as a representative to watch the Games because Diónia had promised that the Games would not be dedicated to Hades.
The Olympia's priest, Persias, sat in the VIP seats with a critical and cautious attitude. When the other VIPs were amazed by the grandeur and liveliness of the main arena of Hades and moved by the performance of the band, he sneered at it. The Games were the Greeks' respect for the gods and their love for sports. These sensationalist things were useless!
At this time, he heard the host shout, "Next, let's invite the referees of this Games into the arena!"
He immediately perked up.
The band's performance also changed from the Marching March to the Hymn to Hades.
Along with the quiet and solemn melody, more than 200 priests in white robes entered the arena in a loose column. The one walking at the front was a young man from Tuliyi School. He had a solemn expression on his face as he held up a wooden plate engraved with the words' Referee Group '.
Behind the teenager was an old priest with a smile. When he looked at the audience, the Diónia audience in the arena suddenly became excited, "It's High Priest Caldis!!!"
Ten years ago, Caldis was transferred back to the Turií region as the priest in charge because of his outstanding performance in preaching in Rome. In recent years, because of his old age and lack of energy, Plesinas handed over all the affairs of the Temple of Hades in the Turií region to him. Plesinas also recommended him as his successor. With the consent of the Devers, he would be promoted to a scepter priest at the end of the year.
At this time, as the chief judge of the entire referees, he walked in front of the team.
As the referees marched forward, the Diónia audience loudly sang the hymn of the various gods, because more and more priests were recognized by the audience outside the arena.
The Greek audience was surprised that there were many priests who were obviously different from the Greeks among the referees. Through the hymn of the nearby Diónia audience, they learned that some of these foreigners came from the Temple of Hades, and some from other foreign temples, such as the Temple of Savone in Samorae, the Temple of Mahala in Bruti, the Temple of Balhamun in Carthage, the Temple of Diana in Rome …
Although the Olympia had received a notice from the Diónia about the "formation of the referees", at this moment, when Persias saw so many priests of different gods and races walking quietly and obediently in the same team, he could not help but gasp in his heart. He suddenly felt a trace of uneasiness of being isolated. Was it only the Olympia and the Delphi priests who did not participate?!
At this moment, he suddenly heard a Diónia elder next to him say in surprise, "That young man holding the sign seems to be the grandson of His Majesty the Devers, Cristode?"
"No, it doesn't seem to be him, he is! My youngest son is his classmate. This time, he was not selected to participate in the opening ceremony of the sports meet. He even cried when he got home. "
… …
The heated discussion among the Diónia officials in the VIP seats naturally attracted the attention of the messengers from the Greek city-states. After Diónia became the overlord of the Greek world, they certainly had a detailed understanding of the royal family of Diónia: Hades Cristode, the grandson of the King of Diónia Devers and the son of Crown Prince Cloto Catax. According to the primogeniture system of the royal family of Diónia, he was likely to be the next king.
In the early days of the establishment of Diónia, when the royal family of Cynthia and Cloto Catax studied in the Inner City School of Turín (the school was located at the easternmost part of the Krati River Delta, next to the Academy of Diónia), the population of Turín was not large at that time. The children of the citizens of the inner city and the outer city all studied in the Inner City School of Turín. Therefore, most of the Turín people knew the royal family. When Cristode was in school, due to the expansion of the population of Turín and the complete establishment of the royal family's prestige, not only was it difficult for the children of the outer city of Turín to enter the Inner City School, but Cristode was also protected by the palace guards when he went to school. Therefore, it was normal that most of the audience in Diónia did not know him when he first entered the stadium.
When his identity was exposed and the eyes of thousands of people were focused on him, the young Cristode inevitably felt nervous. Fortunately, Calsidis behind him comforted him gently, "Child, don't be afraid! The audience did not mean any harm. On the contrary, they were happy that the royal family of Hades had a successor. Listen, they are cheering for you! You should give them a smile and thank them! "
Cristode's personality was more like his father's. In addition, his grandmother had taught him carefully since he was very young, so he was very particular when it came to treating people. Therefore, even though he was still a little nervous, he still held the wooden sign tightly and turned his head to the audience and forced a smile.
The cheers of the audience became louder.
Soon, he walked to the front of the grandstand reserved for the royal family. He could clearly see his family standing in front of the railing at the front of the grandstand. His kind grandparents, gentle father, strict mother, gentle aunt (Cynthia), relatively unsociable second uncle (Apox), childish uncle, beautiful aunt … They were all waving at him and smiling at him.
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