231. Sparta
"This is completely a Western building," Zhang Jingyang said, holding up a flashlight and looking around, this building is purely made of stone, which is completely different from the wooden structure buildings of ancient times.
The three of them walked slowly on this corridor, the ancient Greek palace, from the outside and the current Western Gothic style architecture, but the interior is still the same, except for the temple, and their current ancient Greek building is not a traditional ancient Greek temple.
This beam is very high, made of large stone columns, carved with many reliefs, all of which are story characters from ancient Greek mythology, such as the earth goddess Caia, the god of heaven Juranus, the twelve Titans represented by Ctesis, etc., which strengthened the idea that this is a building built by Westerners in China.
"Why did Ying Zheng build an ancient Greek palace here as his dormitory?" Zhang Jingyang said with a frown, China and the West in ancient times were completely different in terms of cultural concepts, China paid attention to demons and gods, and the West was a mythical figure represented by nature and humanity.
"I don't know" Li Zimu shook his head and said, Europe in the same period as the Qin Dynasty, the era of ancient Greece has ended, the Macedonian Empire was finally defeated by Rome, in China, the six countries were unified by the Qin State, and in Europe during the same period, with the death of Alexander, the Roman Empire also replaced the Greek era.
Is there any connection between the two? Li Zimu wondered in his heart, raised his feet and walked into the arch first, this mural is all a naked person, this is because they advocate the natural beauty of the human body without any decoration in the sculpture.
"Do the Greeks in ancient times like to be naked...... "The spirit looked at the relief on the wall and said speechlessly, although I had read it in books before, but I was still young at that time and didn't understand it, but now when I look at it, the picture is a little so wonderful......
"In the past, the Greeks took off more clothes than us, but in the bustling streets of Athens, no one would walk naked and swaggering," Li Zimu shook his head and said, the ancient Greeks admired the natural beauty of the human body, which was only reflected in sculpture, but in other civilizations did not think so. The Egyptians, Persians, and Assyrians all found it a shame to be naked.
"Then why do they still carve so many people without clothes?" asked the spirit suspiciously, even on the current side, there are many sculptures without clothes, aren't these people shy to see them?
"In the eyes of the Greeks, nakedness and body were the signs of a hero. Nude, the body represents not the world under the moment, but the world full of mythology, or the world of war, and ordinary life is different, if you have time, you can visit the British Museum, there is an exhibition of Assyrian paintings, which is dedicated to painting this" Li Zimu said lightly, although he did not live in the West at that time, but later he still learned a lot of knowledge about ancient Greece.
"I have one more question, which is...... It's theirs, why is it so small......" Chi Ling blushed and whispered, this question did make her blush, but as soon as she had doubts in her heart, she couldn't hold back at all, and she panicked if she didn't understand.
"For nudity and sex, although the Greeks are open-minded, they are disgusted with the loss of sexual restraint, and they think that it is weak to provoke ** in public, which is why the "shengzhiqi" of Greek hero statues are so small. Li Zimu glanced at her and said lightly, he was not embarrassed about this, he had already seen it very much in this regard.
There were a lot of torches hanging on the wall, but there was no need for flashlights, and after passing through several corridors, I finally came to the middle of the main hall, which was a large hall, with a dome, and many portraits and reliefs on the walls.
There are many waist-high tables made of gold, the floor tiles are also made of gold, and the pillars used to support them are made of stone, but they are also inlaid with a layer of gold on the outside, and unlike the Wanhe Palace, not only is the architectural style different here, but it is not all golden, at least there are portraits on the walls.
"It's ...... Sparta?" The spirit said as she looked at the mural on the wall and pinched her chin, she happened to have seen a movie about Sparta, wasn't this the Spartan painting? "Chiluo" wears an upper body, a red skirt underneath, and a spear and shield in his hands.
"Well, this is Sparta, the text below this should be ancient Greek, right?" Zhang Jingyang nodded and said, there are still a few rows of text below it, which are crooked and not at all like any font in Huaxia, if you guess correctly, it should be ancient Greek.
“Ε?τεναληφθε?ε?τεβρ?σκονταισεαυτ?.” Li Zimu said softly, he knows the ancient Greek language, when people are bored to a certain extent, they always like to pass the time with things they have never seen, so he has also learned Greek, and the ancient Greek is also slightly different from the Greek language in Europe now.
When a Spartan mother sent her son to battle, instead of wishing him a safe return, she gave him a shield and said, "Either take it or lie down on it." This means that either you will return with a glorious shield or you will die a glorious battle and be carried back with a shield.
And the ancient Greek passage below this painting reads, "Either hold it or lie on it."
The Spartans admired the spirit of force, and the entire Spartan society was a large military camp with strict management. A unique political system was formed, the whole society lived a militarized life, and the education that children received from an early age was military training.
Moreover, the people of this nation are all soldiers. After reaching the age of twenty, the young Spartan man officially became a soldier. They got married at the age of 30, but they still had to participate in military training every day. Discharged from the army at the age of sixty, but still a reservist. Spartan girls remained at home at the age of seven, but instead of weaving and doing household chores all day, they engaged in physical exercise, learning to run, race walk, throw discus, fight, etc.
"Could it be that this person who came to China during the Qin Dynasty is a Spartan?" touched his chin and said strangely, the murals in this hall are almost all about Sparta, what is the relationship between this Spartan person and Qin Shi Huang?
Li Zimu looked at these murals and did not speak, Sparta during the reign of Qin Yingzheng, after the death of Alexander the Great, Sparta got out of the shadow of the Macedonian Kingdom, but its decline has been irreversible, and at that time it happened to be the reign of Cleonmini III, Sparta, which had just shown a little vitality, fell into darkness again because of the war, does this have anything to do with Yingzheng?