Phelps stood beside the bed, shaking his head slightly at Davers with a solemn expression. [Full text reading. 】

Davers walked to the bedside with heavy steps and stared at the emaciated old man.

Heraclid did not react at all to Davers's arrival.

Davers took his right hand, which was still dusty on his bone-covered hand, and Davos held it tightly without mind, and said in a deep voice with affection: "Heracles, thank you for your contribution to Dionia!" Your name will be remembered forever by the people of Dionia!! ……”

Davers's words seemed to have an effect, and Heraclid slowly closed his eyes, and the sound of his breathing faded away......

Herps hurried, put his head on his chest, listened carefully, and reached out to feel the breath on the tip of his nose, and finally he shook his head and whispered, "He went to ......"

Soon, the whole courtyard, which was packed with people, resounded with a cry, all the architects, craftsmen, carvers, slaves...... and so on, all in grief.

Davos whispered in a deep voice: "Elysée Paradise welcomes you in, Hades will shelter you, you will be a guest of Hades, and you will build a splendid temple for his dwelling, and the great name of Heraclid will be proclaimed both on earth and in heaven......"

Heraclid the Younger, who was weeping beside him, listened to Davers's eulogy, wiped away his tears, and thanked the consul.

Davers patted him on the shoulder affectionately as a sign of comfort, and said, "The inauguration of the Temple of Hades will take place the day after tomorrow, and I need you to find the best carver at once to make a bust of your father in these two days, and he will be the first person to enter the temple for the people to worship and admire." ”

It's a glorious event! Little Heraclid immediately stopped crying excitedly, thought for a moment, and turned to speak to another grieving man.

The man came over and saluted Davers respectfully, and at the same time said excitedly, "Lord Davers, it is his honor that my teacher is so revered by you!" Glory to all our builders and craftsmen! I immediately went to the best engraver and was sure to finish the teacher's head in two days! ”

"Piasikos, I've heard Heraclid mention you many times." Davers nodded and encouraged him, "Heraclid is gone, as his best disciple, you must not only continue to carry forward the skills he inherited, but also delve into new construction techniques and bring out more excellent students!" Amendola, Nioutum, Grumentum, Crimesa, Asphorustum...... Wait, there will be more cities waiting for you to re-plan them and build a city as clean, functional and beautiful as Turiyi. I hope that in the future, when you are old, you will be able to enter the Temple of the Sages like your teacher! ……”

Davers's remark made Piasikos's heart flutter.

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On the way back to the city, Davers summoned Plesinas to listen to his sacrificial procedures and arrangements for the inauguration of the temple of Hades.

Finally, Plesinas said: "All the celebrations now, including the lighting of the flame by you, have been rehearsed many times to ensure that there are no major mistakes. There is only one problem that needs to be solved urgently, and we still lack a priest to manage the temple. ”

According to the tradition of the aristocratic era, the consuls at that time had sacrificial powers, so they also served as high priests. And now, with Davers's power and prestige, not to mention that he is Hades's "divine favorite", it has always been natural to serve as the high priest, but the choice of the priest who usually presides over the temple on a daily basis makes the Senate embarrassed.

Hades, as one of the 12 main gods of Greece, was also worshipped, but because of his death and darkness, almost no city-states built special temples for him, so he had no public priests. Because Eleusis Secret worshipped Persephone, the wife of Hades, and Demeter, the goddess of fertility, not Hades himself, but it was inappropriate to transfer the priests of other gods, and the Senate has been controversial. Of course, this is also related to the fact that Davers has never taken a position.

At this time, Davers didn't seem to realize that he was the culprit of this problem, and did not respond directly to Plesinus's words, but looked at the senator in front of him with great interest, from the enemy when he first met to a political helper who cooperated with him tacitly, and the loyalty and unique talent shown by Plesinas made him appreciate it very much: "Plesinas, you presided over the construction of the temple of Hades, you have done a good job, what are you going to do next?" ”

Plesinas felt a burst of excitement in his heart, thinking that this was Davers's reward for meritorious deeds, and immediately said: "I want to run for next year's supreme ombudsman!" ”

Davers nodded. Because he was on foot, with only a convoy behind him, the people of Turiyi saluted him respectfully when they saw him, and of course he nodded to the people from time to time, and by the way said: "The woman who saluted just now is a Lucaria, and she should worship Asinus, and this one is a Thracian, and the gods they worship most should be Dionysus and Ares, and that one...... You see, the citizens of Dioonia came from all over the Mediterranean, and they worshipped hundreds of gods, and as the territory of Dioonia continued to expand, the number of races that became Dionian citizens also increased, and the number of gods within the Dionian League also increased. Although Dionia's powerful military power protects the lives of its citizens, and its advanced and noble culture increases citizens' sense of belonging, here—" Davers pointed to his head and said with a solemn expression, "but it is chaotic! In the event of a major catastrophe in Dionia, it will be difficult for the people to unite and overcome the difficulties, and all our efforts will be in vain! ”

Since ancient times, the Greeks have always believed in polytheism, so they rarely care about the beliefs of other races, Plecinus did not expect that Davers would make this religious problem so serious, and wondered what was the purpose of his words?

"Have you ever heard of the Jews?" Davers asked suddenly.

"Like...... It seems that someone has said, yes...... It was a business-savvy race in Persia......" Plesinas recalled. Unlike the Jews under the rule of Hé Píng in the Roman Empire a few hundred years later, the Jews were free to trade and settle everywhere, and thus frequently clashed with the Greeks. Because the Western Mediterranean at this time was controlled by two mercantile peoples, the Greeks and the Carthaginians, the Jews had no foothold in the Western Mediterranean at all, so they were less well known.

"The Jews are not only in business, they are also monotheistic, they believe in only one God."

"The only god?!" Plesinas couldn't believe his ears that among the many kingdoms, city-states, and races of the Mediterranean, there was a race that believed in only one god.

"Yes, the Jews believe in only one God!" Davers gave him an affirmative answer, and said seriously: "The Jews are a weak race, they first lived in Egypt, were enslaved by the Egyptian pharaohs, and lived a difficult life, until a Jewish hero, Moses, appeared, led the Jews out of Egypt through hardships, and after decades of wandering and bloody killings, they finally seized the land of Canaan and established their own state. But the good times were short-lived, and the Assyrians in the valley of the two rivers destroyed the kingdom of Judea and sent all the Jews to Babylon as slaves, until the Persian king Cyrus destroyed Assyria and freed the Jews.

They returned to their homeland and rebuilt their country and religion. And during this century of turmoil in Asia, many other races that once lived side by side with the Jews have perished, and the Jews have survived the hardships and tenaciousness for what? Davers paused, gave Plesinus a moment to think, and then said in a deep voice: "Because they have a firm faith and worship the only god, so that they can always remain united, and in the face of other more glorious racial civilizations, they have not lost themselves and forgotten the roots of their race!" ”

Plesinas pondered what Davers said, he heard what Davers wanted to express, and said with some hesitation: "My lord, the Greeks believed in many gods, and the people of Dionya believed in even more gods, and these are all traditions that have been handed down and rooted in our blood!" If...... If you force them to believe in a god, I'm afraid it will ...... I'm afraid it's going to be annoying! ”

Seeing Pleshnas's worried expression, Davers smiled: "Of course I wouldn't make such a stupid proposal, but we can take the initiative to guide the people to believe in Hades more, so that the Dionian people from all places and races can be as close to each other as possible in their souls, are you right?!" ”

"My lord, even if we build the temple of Hades, the habits of the Greeks will not be easily changed. When you go to sea, you pray to Poseidon, you ask Hermes in business, and you sing Demeter's carols in farming...... The Greeks were very realistic, they prayed to any god when they needed anything, and it was impossible to pray only to Hades! Plesinas shook his head.

"People can pray to the gods, but I hope that the Hadi Temple will be a place where their souls are at peace! That's why I built the Valhalla, the Temple of the Wise, and the Prison for the Wicked in the Temple of Hades, so that the Temple of Hades would become a sacred place for the Dionian League to promote good and punish evil, and a sacred place for the people to pay tribute to and remember the heroes of the Alliance! But that's not enough—" Davers raised his head and looked in the direction of the temple ahead. js3v3