After Lycometes sat down, he sighed and said, "It's really different! On the first day of the games held in our mainland of Greece, the athletes and spectators gather in front of the temple to make offerings to the gods with the priests, and then the athletes stand in front of the altar and swear in the name of the gods under the guidance of the priests...... But now we are sitting in the arena, waiting for the Games to begin! ”

"yes, that's where I'm confused." Peropidas asked curiously, "Lycometes, do you know what the Dionians will do next?" ”

"I just met Tisius, the chief general of Messenia, on the way here, and asked him the same question, but he didn't know, how could I know." Lukomedes smiled and said, "I don't know, so that any move by Dionya in the future will be a surprise!" ”

As soon as his words fell, the entire arena suddenly boiled, and cheers and shouts rang out.

The two who were talking didn't know what was happening, and Ipamironda, who had been silently observing their surroundings, whispered in their ears, "King Davers is here!" ”

Not far to their right, the royal grandstand is a 20-metre-long, 5-metre-high marble platform with a gold-encrusted iron fence topped by a blue and white curtain and guarded by majestic court guards.

At this moment, Davers walked into the stands with Christoya and Egnes, the two princesses, and all the children.

The sharp-eyed Dionian populace immediately noticed the situation and cheered and saluted their beloved king and princess.

Wearing a gold crown and a magnificent black and gilded Burton, Davers smiled and raised his right hand and gently swayed it in a salute to the audience.

The cheers in the arena were even louder.

Suddenly, the spectators opposite the royal stands stood up, raised their arms above their heads, and sat down again, followed by the spectators to their right doing the same......

"Human waves! Human waves! I'm going to play too! Croto Kataz's second son, 6-year-old Krymedes, ran forward excitedly, but was quickly pulled by Kristoya and said softly: "Krotokazax, don't worry, let's play together in a while." ”

Sure enough, when the wave reached the royal stands, Davers and his family all raised their hands, stood up from the soft couch, and then sat down again.

Despite the presence of members of the royal family in person, the crowd became intermittent as there were many non-Dionian spectators. The Dionian crowd patiently continued, with the 2nd and 3rd rounds ...... Finally, all the spectators were mobilized, and the entire arena stands rose and fell, like a rolling wave, which was spectacular.

When the crowd ended, Peropidas was still unsatisfied, and said repeatedly: "Not bad! This surprise was nice!! ”

When the VIPs were all in the audience discussing the crowd just now, Davers was already sitting on the couch and said to Christoya with a smile: "Judging from the situation of the crowd just now, at least 2/5 of the audience is not Ionian, it seems that the Turrij Town Hall has seriously implemented the decision of the palace." ”

Christoya gave him a blank look: "It's not just the city hall, our chamber of commerce has also made a great effort!" ”

"Don't worry, I haven't finished yet, I can't miss out on the praise for you." Davers salivated and went to touch Christoya's hand, but she slapped it vigorously and warned: "This is a public place, don't mess around, it's not good for the people to see it!" ”

Davers said solemnly: "What's wrong with this, to show the people our affection, is to remind them to respect their marriages and love their wives!" Egnes, you're right?! As he spoke, he took the opportunity to shake Agnes' hand.

Agnes smiled slightly, but struggled her hand back, but she didn't break free, so she let her husband touch it.

Eunice, who was sitting in the back, grimaced, whispered to her siblings, "Father is really cheeky. ”

"Eunice, what are you talking about!" Davers didn't look back, but shouted as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

"Ah...... It's nothing, I'm telling my sister-in-law that the human wave just now is fun. Eunice hurriedly winked at Dido next to her: "Yes, sister-in-law?" ”

Dido couldn't help but laugh: "Yes." ”

"Tell nonsense with your eyes open, your daughter is like you!" Christoya scolded with a laugh.

Davers coughed dryly: "My daughter is not like me, who else can she be like!" Eunice, I'll give you a task to tell the front that the opening ceremony can begin, don't keep the audience waiting. ”

"Such an occasion should be notified by the eldest brother." Eunice said hesitantly.

Clotokatácáz, however, understood Davers's intentions, and said with a smile: "Eunice, you are the most popular royal member in this arena, and you don't go to anyone." Besides, your appearance will be a great encouragement to non-Dionian women who are sitting in the audience for the first time. ”

Hearing this, Eunice stood up and said mischievously: "Father, then I'll go, don't be jealous that I'm more popular than you!" ”

"It's not big or small, go quickly!" Davers looked impatient, but couldn't help but quip: "Alex, what's the matter with you, you didn't take care of your wife well!" ”

Before Alex could respond, Eunice's eyes widened: "How dare he?!" ”

Avia finally couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Eunice stepped out of the curtain with grace and walked to the front of the royal stand, and sure enough, there were even more enthusiastic cheers around her.

In the main arena of Hades, Eunice is more popular with the audience than King Davers, and this is not a false statement. Because Eunice, who loves sports among the royal family, will go to this arena to watch rugby and football matches whenever she is free, cheer for the players with the audience, and the Christoya Chamber of Commerce has also led donations to the renovation of Hades' main arena in her name, and has also given awards to the football and football teams that won the championship on several occasions on behalf of Davers and Klotocatax, who are too busy to get away, so many spectators and players call her "the goddess of the arena".

In the enthusiastic cheering audience, there were indeed a very small number of women from the Greek native city-states, more than half of them were the wives of ordinary commoners, who had to show up in the market to buy and sell goods or cultivate farmland because of their family background, so the status and power in the family were much greater than those of the women of the aristocratic families, but even then they could not go to the stadiums of the various games to watch the exciting games, and the Dionian Games gave them this opportunity, so they came tremblingly, And Princess Dionia, who stood so eye-catching in the royal stands, undoubtedly gave them the greatest encouragement.

There were also a very small number of Greek girls in the audience, who were brought to watch by their fathers, who were merchants, in order to catch the golden beetle son-in-law and help them in the future development of trade in the kingdom of Dionia.

Next to the royal grandstand was a small low platform, on which sat five arena hosts, who, after receiving Eunice's order, immediately raised a red flag and waved it in the air, and when the Dionian spectators saw it, they not only stopped the noise, but also persuaded the spectators next to them to be quiet.

After the whole arena was quieter, the five hosts picked up the microphone wrapped in copper skin, and said in unison with a loud voice and tacit understanding that they had practiced for many years of hosting the game here: "Audience, welcome to the Hades main arena!" By order of the great King Davers, we announce - the Ionian Games are officially opened! ”

"First of all, the band is invited!"

As the host's voice sounded, the gate to the entrance of the arena opened, and nearly 100 musicians holding various musical instruments lined up in a neat column to enter the arena and march along the track on the edge, playing the "March March" as they went.

Their entry was immediately greeted with enthusiastic applause from the audience, and the citizens of Dioonia clapped and hummed along to the familiar melody, and the whole stadium was lively again.

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Just as the band entered, the King's Stand welcomed two distinguished guests: Plato and Xenophon.

After the surrender of Athens and the end of the Greek War, Plato refused to be retained by Davers and returned to Athens to continue to manage his Accademia Academy, not only was he no longer reproached by the Athenian people, but also the General Executive Committee also consulted him from time to time about the Dionian Kingdom, and he occasionally wrote letters to Davers to exchange political issues, and kept in touch with Davers.

After the conquest of Sparta, Davos wrote several letters inviting Xenophon to teach at the Lyceum de Dionia, but he refused on the grounds that he was "writing with all his might and did not want to be disturbed", and lived in seclusion in the Peloponnese.

This time, Davers invited them in the name of the Games, and they came for a simple reason: the two were not only lovers of sports, but also participants, Plato was a good wrestler in his youth, Xenophon was good at running in his youth, and later settled in the Peloponnese, because of the proximity to Olympia, the Olympia Games were not lost, and he also participated in horse races. In fact, Greece in this era admired strength and beauty, so Greek celebrities liked sports, otherwise no matter how knowledgeable they were, if they were weak, they would be despised by the people.