Vol 9 Chapter 207: Admission

And Christod's second brother Crimides clutched the railing with both hands and yelled excitedly.
His lively second-in-law (Eunice) even waved his fist and kept shouting: "Chris, great! You are such a brave child!..."
Christod laughed. This time he was from the heart. This smile also took away the tension in his heart. He held up the wooden card with his head high and led the referee team around the field for a week, and then entered the center of the stadium. set.
Just now, all the spectators were wondering why a wooden cart would be pushed behind the referee team. On the wooden cart was a large bronze basin that was half a person tall and supported by a golden copper pillar. At this time, the answer was revealed: Push The priests of the cart pushed the wooden cart to the very center of the arena, quickly dismantled it, and reassembled it into a small wooden platform. The large bronze basin was placed on the wooden platform, which looked like a simple altar.
At this time, the red flag was played on the host stage again, and the audience gradually became quiet.
"Next, please enter the delegations of athletes from all regions of the Kingdom and participating city-states!!!"
Amidst the host’s passionate shouts, the band immediately played the "Victory March", and a cheerful melody sounded on the court. The audience lifted their spirits and looked towards the entrance of the court.
The athletes who had waited for a long time outside the main arena finally entered the arena one after the other under the command of the Dionian soldiers.
Through the entry of the band and the referee before, the audience has begun to adapt to the novel opening ceremony of the Dionian Games. They began to wonder who the first athlete delegation will be, and some even use it. bet. The answer in many people's minds is-the Turíy region of the Dionysian Kingdom, because it is the center of this powerful Western Mediterranean kingdom and the site of this Games, it deserves to be the leader.
But when Turiyi boy first walked into the venue holding the wooden sign, and the audience could see the words on the wooden sign, they were all surprised: Arcadia Alliance? ! Why is the Arcadia Alliance? !
Only some distinguished guests near the royal grandstand could barely hear the host’s voice from the noisy sound: "...In order to demonstrate the principle of'equity and justice' advocated by the great Hades in this games, wise His Majesty Daves proposed to the preparatory team for the Games to arrange the entry order of the various sports delegations according to the order of the Greek letters of the names of the participating regions and city-states..."
The representatives of the Greek city-states suddenly realized that Dionia had truly implemented their promise in the invitation letter that "the participating city-states are treated equally regardless of size", which made them more or less moved.
Lu Komedes, who was whispering to Peropidas, learned that the team of athletes from the Arcadia League was entering the stadium, and immediately jumped up, ignoring his precious status in the Arcadia League. Like other spectators from the Arcadia League, they kept waving their arms at the athletes and shouting loudly to cheer them on.
The city-states in the Arcadia Alliance have a small population and low strength, but they are all Greek city-states with a long history, and they are very close to the venues of the traditional four major sports games. They are influenced by them and their traditional competitive level. Always not weak, coupled with the close relationship between Mandinia and Dionia, under the strong promotion of Lu Komedes, the Arcadia League has sent more than 50 athletes to participate in swimming, horse racing, and racing. And other competitive events besides archery.
As soon as the athletes of the Arcadia League entered the stadium, they were immediately enveloped by deafening cheers, which really shocked them. These athletes have participated in at least one sports meeting, but they have never seen so many spectators. In such a brilliant arena, the cheers are like muffled thunder, rolling and echoing in this circular space, not only shocking them, but also igniting the blood in their hearts.
The depression that had been waiting outside the arena before was quickly left behind, and they also waved to the audience enthusiastically. The appearance of the infield became a good interaction, which made the atmosphere more enthusiastic.
When the Arcadian athletes’ delegation approached the royal grandstand, Daves and his family still did not return to their seats, and there was one more person beside the railing, that is, the late Adoris’s wife Ai Duy . They smiled and waved to the teenager holding the wooden sign, and loudly encouraged.
The boy kept walking and continued forward, but his eyes were a little moist. The boy who looked two years older than Christod was named Enon, the only son of Adoris. After Adoris died in battle, both Cloto Kataks and Daves felt guilty, so they took extra care of Aiduy and his son.
When the Arcadia delegation walked through the royal stands, the second athlete delegation entered the arena, and the wooden sign was clearly engraved with the word "Argos", which made the VIPs of the allies completely believe what the host said. Words: Dionia is indeed fair and unbiased in arranging the admission of sports delegations in alphabetical order.
Argos is in a bit of a bad situation now.
In the past, it has been working hard to bring the entire fertile Argos delta plain in the northeast corner of the Peloponnese into its control to fight against the mighty Sparta. However, the Mycenae and Ladder in this area With the secret support of Sparta, Lins and several other city-states have always had conflicts of interest with it, and even Clio Nai (the site of the Nemean Games) under its control wanted independence from time to time.
Although after the Greek War, Argos surrendered in time and made some contributions in the process of siege of Athens, after many requests, he finally got the support of Dionia, and basically completed the fight against Argos. The unification of the plains is known as the "Argos Plains Alliance". However, Argos is an oligarchy, somewhat similar to Sparta, and lacks outstanding political leaders like Peropidas and Lycomeds. The methods implemented in the integration of the entire plain in recent years are simple and rude. This caused dissatisfaction among other city-states in the region and conflicts broke out. Therefore, this time Argos actively responded to Dionian’s invitation and sent a team of more than 40 athletes in the hope of the next Greek League meeting. When discussing the conflict in the Argos delta region of the Peloponnese, the support of Dionia was once again.
Although there were very few Argos spectators in the arena, the enthusiastic Dionian spectators still gave the Argos League players a friendly cheer like they treated the Arcadian delegation.
However, the formation of the Argos athletes delegation looks a little strange. The Argos players with a large number of players gather together and walk in the front, and the Argos players with a small number gather together and drag behind. There is a lot of distance, and anyone with a heart knows what's going on.
Plato, who knew the inside story, asked directly: "How does Dionia plan to deal with the conflict in the Argos Plain?"
"At the meeting of the Greek Union at the beginning of next month, this will be an important topic. At that time, we will convene the main council members of all the city-states of the Argos Plain to come and discuss, not only to listen to Argos’s opinions, but also to listen carefully The reasonable demands of the city-state..." Daves looked serious and said implicitly: "Strive to come up with a plan acceptable to all parties to peacefully resolve this dispute."
"The Argos and the Spartans are somewhat similar, conservative and stubborn, and for the long-standing and deep-rooted tradition of dominating the Argos Plain, I am afraid they will not easily compromise." Plato reminded.
"Originally, Argos was not strong enough. Although he used to have some small battles with other city-states in the Argos Plain from time to time, but basically still able to maintain peace, now Argos has received strong support from Dionia, but intensified. Because of the contradictions in the region, leading to the current tense situation, Dionia should bear a great deal of responsibility!" Xenophon criticized unceremoniously. UU reading www.uukanshu.com
"It's just that there were some conflicts, and no war broke out. The situation is much better than before when the fighting happened at every turn. How can it be said that the conflict has been intensified —" Plato defended Dionia instead.
"That's just because the Greek League has a decree, and the city-state that caused the war will be severely punished, so they are all exercising restraint -" Xenophon retorted.
"Isn't this the credit of Dionian? It is because Dionian established and led the Greek alliance that there is a long-term peace in Greece—"
"I didn't deny Dionia's achievements in this regard. I just think Dionia is a little bit improper in handling the issues of Argos and other city-states in the Argos Plain—"
"You have to know that Argos did provide some help in the process of the settlement of the mainland of Greece by Dionia. Since Dionia can help Mandynia and Thebes integrate their respective regions and support Argos. There is nothing wrong with it. After all, the city-states such as Mycenae did not give Dioria any help during the entire Greek war."
"But it turns out that the choice Dionia made was wrong!"
"You cannot deny the rationality of the original decision based on the error of the result! And it is not a bad thing to make a mistake, Dionia can make improvements based on this. But I think that in the current situation, Argos still Adopting the same oligarchy as the old Sparta, it is almost impossible to lead other city-states on the Argos Plain--"
"The former Sparta was not an oligarchy at all. On the contrary, it was a mixture of monarchy and democracy with more classical traditional virtues than other native Greek city-states"
"This is the first time I heard such a statement, but I don't agree with it. First, let's see, is Sparta a king?--"