Chapter 14: The Messenger of the Bosphorus (Part II)
Calabis stood cautiously at a certain corner of the street in Tegresetta, and looked at several soldiers on the opposite side, holding pots and jars, and broke through the door of a house, and coincidentally, among them were Hebrida and Safano, he and the centurion quickly looked at each other, and Hebrida also looked at him expressionlessly, and began to look for the next target with the soldiers.
"Calabis, those filthy soldiers in front, are you gone?" Behind him, Adiana, dressed in a pale onion robe, lazily resting her cheeks on her cheeks, sat on a stopped sedan chair, beside which several coolie slaves stood beside her—Lucuras cashed in the spoils of the legion, and divided between her and Naisa, a full ten thousand drachmas each, for the cost of the makeup.
After seeing Hybrida running away, Calabis turned around and nodded to everyone, indicating that it was passable, although the Romans took over the city, but the security in the city was not peaceful enough, and the rebels were robbing everywhere, just like Hybrida did, but after all, they did not kill people with knives wantonly, and it was thankful, so they just had to be cautious and not touch the mold.
Zuihou, Calabis led the sedan chair through the sprawling, empty square, full of pigeons flying, and stopped in front of a new ornate amphitheater, a building that had been invested by Tegrenis, but now belonged to the entire city, plus many musicians and musicians who had not had time to escape. Today, Lucuras generously invited the generals and dignitaries of the city to watch Euripides' tragic performance, and Adiana was among them.
"Stand down, all of you." Adiana got out of the sedan chair and ordered, and when Calabis was about to wait here with the rest of the people, she heard the princess say, "Calabis, you follow me and go in with you." ”
Soon, following the queen behind Calabis, he felt the beauty of the Greek architecture, said that it was an amphitheater, in fact, it was a huge semicircle, connected to the corridor and stone pillar carving, the whole theater faced the empty field, backed by natural hills and woods, it was nine o'clock in the morning, the whole theater was breezy, even the wind was adjusted to a very rhythmic rhythm, with the mild sunshine of early winter, walking in the meantime, every pore was full of moisture and warmth, extremely comfortable, It is worthy of being the most representative cultural building of ancient Greece.
"Calabis, I can understand how much you are amazed at civilization, but don't look around like a brute and expose your true nature. Remember, your demeanor is closely related to me now, don't let me lose face in this city. Adiana frowned when she saw Calabis looking up with her mouth long, and counted it unhappily.
The entire amphitheater can accommodate 5,000 people to watch singing and opera, and each audience seat is precisely divided by the entrance, which is not much different from the current large stadium. At the entrance where Adiana walked, stood Demetrius, who was in charge of welcoming the master, although he was "abandoned" by the previous owner, Demetrius still had a happy smile when he saw Adiana, representing the warmest welcome of the current owner Lucuras to the princess.
Expressionless, Adiona walked through the entrance, much to the embarrassment of Demetrius, who shook hands with Demetrius quickly and gently and smiled encouragingly. ,
Secretly, Dmitrius gave Calabis a few pills, which were supposed to have a healing effect on the minor injury to his right hand.
"Isn't this my dear niece? Today's performance is said to be performing, and I think it must be to your liking. Over there, accompanied by Potty, Naissa wore heavy makeup, twisted her soft waist, and walked provocatively.
Calabis exchanged glances with Porti, and then bowed their heads, not wanting to annoy the narrow-tempered Adiana any more.
"I think that in watching this great tragedy, Auntie, you are really not thinking about what you are dressed today, and look at this dress that all males will be crazy about, maybe it is more appropriate for you to be in the deep boudoir bed in the bedroom, Auntie." Adiana's tongue was like a knife and a sword, so that Naisa, who came on the spot, returned with a feather.
Then the two noblest women, one sitting on the far left and the other on the far right in the third row of gold in the stands, looked at Calabis, and the ten seats in the middle (twelve seats in the Greek theater in a row) were empty and unmanned, as if they were old and dead.
Next, Luculas arrived with a Roman general in civilian robes, and a group of dignitaries of the burghers also came, and after a few moments of pleasantries, they took their seats on the other side.
Finally, with a flurry of measured applause, Tegreseta's choir took the stage, and the amphitheater's performance area was in the "center" of the circle, but it was also divided into two parts: the "singing stage" for the choir performances and the "stage" for the actors, the latter being a raised piece.
When the choir began to sing, Calabis was stunned, he was excited, the natural sound of 2,000 years ago pierced his heart at once, the arias of these singers were completely devoid of lyrics, pure natural sounds, without any additives, from one degree to octaves, sometimes light and sometimes majestic, and even more wonderful is that Calabis could feel the singing like ripples on the water, along the standard concentric circles, spreading to every corner of the theater seats.
Because in the alcove under each seat, the engineers of the architectural theater have placed a small bronze urn, which can be adapted to different tones, so that the sound is perfect.
This kind of extreme, which modern people can't enjoy at all, made Calabis cover his mouth and almost burst into tears, but he was afraid that Adiana would be very dissatisfied with him, so he suppressed his emotions.
After the curtain call, the performance of "Medea" followed, and the actors wore masks, wore high heels, and performed various stage movements, vigorously interpreting the shocking tragedy. There, while watching Greek opera, Tyranion was constantly testing Lucuras's attitude towards Greek art, and it was embarrassing that Calabis was very excited, and Lucuras, although he was proficient in Greek, was obviously very inattentive to opera, and even a little sleepy.
As for the martial artists such as Sekdilius and Murilla, they were even more restless and interested.
"With all due respect, Your Excellency does not seem to have as much love for opera as we Greeks."
Lucuras smiled apologetically and replied to Tyrannan, "That's because the Romans didn't grow up like you. ”
Tylangnon was immediately intrigued, and he called the scroll slave standing next to him to start taking notes, and asked Lucuras why he had said this.