"Herodotus, it's Herodotus!"

Some Athenians had proud smiles on their faces, and some Gentiles were talking privately about the old man, who was already in his twilight years.

In culture-respecting Athens, it was not the councillors and senators who were most respected—because every adult male citizen of Athens had the opportunity to become a citizen. Nor are the consuls, and the vast majority of the Athenians today have no interest in power.

The most respected are undoubtedly scholars.

Herodotus, who wrote the book "History", held a high position in the whole of Athens.

In fact, these people did not know what Herodotus represented in the afterlife.

Yan Luo looked at the old man in a Greek white robe in front of him, Herodotus's eyes revealed a kind of gentleness that saw through everything, was full of wisdom, and had gone through vicissitudes, and his mind showed the information of the Greek sages in this era introduced by Wang Dongwei yesterday.

Herodotus: Writer, historian, founder of Western literature, outstanding representative of humanism.

If these titles are nothing, then there is one that has been passed down from ancient Roman times to modern times:

"The Father of History"

"Child, can you understand the language I speak?" Herodotus asked—he had traveled a lot of places when compiling the History, and understood that there had to be a prerequisite for conversing and debating with anyone, and that was the common language.

"Of course, sir, you can speak your mind."

It was Yan Luo who spoke, and Wang Dongwei and Zhu Xiaoyong, who were standing behind them, kept calm and did not tremble, so they put in the greatest courage and effort, and they were speechless on this occasion.

"Oh?"

Hearing the ancient Greek spoken by Yanluo, Herodotus' eyes lit up slightly, and he smiled: "From your tone and diction, I can feel that you should be very proficient in our language. In my opinion, the reason why I learn a foreign language is first and foremost motivated by interest and yearning. ”

"So, child, let me ask you, did you learn Greek because you admired the Greek civilization, the culture of Athens?"

"Boom!" The people around him immediately let out a heartfelt laugh, this question is too long-willing.

Some of the Athenian citizens had a look of arrogance on their faces, and many Gentiles straightened their backs, although they were not Athenians, but most of them were Greeks.

Smiling faces appeared on the faces of the consuls and senators and parliamentarians.

Wang Dongwei was suddenly a little anxious.

"Damn it...... The ancient Greeks, who were good at debating, dug a pit as soon as they opened their mouths. ”

He looked at Yan Luo worriedly, although in the past two days, he has told all the knowledge of the relevant era, but on such an occasion, how Yan Luo can do it, he has no foundation in his heart. Once he fell into the pit, he said that he came on behalf of the Chinese envoys, but he admired the Greek civilization and immediately had a lower status.

"Of course not."

Yan Luo will wear the "joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness" mask, set to "Le", which increases intelligence by 10%, and said with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth: "We, the messenger of China, came to Athens, didn't we tell you the purpose?" It is to spread civilization and culture, and to change ignorance and barbarism. ”

Herodotus' smile froze.

Pericles, and the smiles of the senators, also came to an abrupt end.

You feel strong emotions:

+1 rage, +1 rage, +1 rage......

The anger of the surrounding Greek people was like a tidal wave, drowning people.

Herodotus said: "Leave aside your words, is it arrogant, or is it a deliberate attempt to provoke a great nation...... I heard, you call us Greeks barbarians? ”

"Yes." Yanluo nodded.

You feel strong emotions:

+1 rage, +1 rage, +1 rage......

Yan Luo's Heartless Doll can only absorb nearby emotions, and even so, the accumulation of emotions within this destiny talent is also rising rapidly.

"Look at this temple of gods, look at this costumed people, do you think that we Greece and Athens are an uncivilized and ignorant world, and we are a bunch of stupid barbarians?" Herodotus' face was a little stern, "If you say yes, I will think that you are deliberately humiliating a great country under the gaze of the gods!" We will be merciful to diplomatic envoys, but it does not mean that we will be generous to a group of ill-intentioned people and slander our civilization, which even the Persians will not dare to do! ”

"Say, are you wrong!"

Some soldiers clenched the bayonet guns in their hands, and an Athenian also glared angrily, Herodotus was actually taking advantage of the situation and using "power" to oppress the three Yanluo.

On Zhu Xiaoyong's head, drops of sweat flowed down, almost soaking the underwear in the collared robe, he couldn't help but regret, how did he come to such a world of sports competition, come here, it's still ancient Greece, if you want to participate in the Olympics, TM has to debate with people first, or the ancients of TM...... It's really intoxicating.

Wang Dongwei felt a little aggrieved in his heart, and he couldn't answer this question - if Yan Luo's answer was not wrong, then it was possible for Athens to take the opportunity to go crazy. If you answer incorrectly, your side's momentum will decline, and this time, if you can't overwhelm Athens, don't think about participating in the Olympics.

The Sages of Athens, this is just the first person......

But to be honest, he is the "father of history" from the beginning, and he is too powerful.

"I don't know...... What would Yanluo say? ”

Just as he was anxious, Yan Luo spoke: "Yes, I am wrong to call you barbarians. ”

"What?"

Wang Dongwei was immediately disappointed, but he also understood that Yan Luo had no choice. Your expectations were too high...... He thought a little deflated: "If Mencius, Han Feizi, and Zhuangzi are the Chinese princes...... Even Gongsun Long, Su Qin, and Zhang Yi are here...... Never. ”

Hearing Yan Luo reply, "I was wrong", the surrounding Athenians returned to their smiles.

"Hahaha." There were some people laughing.

Pericles nodded secretly, and sure enough, he directly asked Herodotus to interrogate, this is right, now as an archon, he has not yet represented Athens and Greece, and officially talked to the envoy, which dispelled the arrogance of the other party, and even forced him to admit his mistake in person.

You feel strong emotions:

+1 for pride, +1 for pride, +1 for pride......

Inside the Heartless Doll, the emotional value was still rising, and the Athenians were talking and laughing, but Yan Luo's face was expressionless, and he took a deep breath and said in a loud voice in Chinese:

"We have a classic book in China: "The Book of Rites: The Royal System", which says: Rongyi, the people of the five directions, all have sex and cannot be moved. Dongfang is called 'Yi', and he is tattooed, and there are people who do not eat fire. The south is called 'barbaric', the carving theme is crossed, and there are people who do not eat fire. In the West, it is called 'Rong', and it is clothed and skinned, and there are people who do not eat grains. In the north, it is called 'Di', and there are no grain eaters. ”

The sonorous and powerful Chinese silenced everyone's voices, and some Greeks looked at each other, what language did the other party speak? What do you mean?

Later, Yanluo translated this passage in ancient Greek - the module loaded by the program was perfect, and he completely translated the words of this "Book of Rites" into ancient Greek and resounded throughout the Acropolis.

The non-fire eater is a satire of the barbarian who drinks blood, like a savage; The non-grain eater is a satire that Dijon does not eat grain, only nomadic and plundering, and has a savage personality.

"Greece is in the west of China, to be precise, you should be Rong, not barbarians." Yan Luo said.

From barbarians to Rong people, the essence of the meaning has not changed, they are all the same barbaric and uncivilized. Yanluo was perfectly translated, and everyone understood the meaning of these words, and the Greeks, some even had angry noses and mouths, which was too insulting.

"Humph!"

Herodotus' face showed a slight hint of anger, although he was the father of history, but as a human being, as a historian who was extremely proud of the Athenian civilization, he could not tolerate such a statement.

"We Athenians, drive slaves to work hard in the fields, we eat bread, we drink wine, we eat cooked meat and vegetables, you are talking about the Rong people, not we should be Persians!" Not wanting to argue about this issue any longer, Herodotus put down the History in his arm and held it in his hand.

"Do you know what this is?"

"This is my book: History."

"We use words to record the events of history, disseminate books and knowledge to all directions, bring civilization to people, and pass on the truth to future generations, whether it is the Iliad, the Odyssey, or my history, they are all composed of the glorious civilization of Greece, which country is qualified to spread civilization to Greece!"

"Well said!" Many Athenians and Gentiles were shouting for peace.

Herodotus stared at Yanro proudly.

The Iliad, the Odyssey, together with the name "Homer's Epic" - he put himself alongside the blind poet Homer.

Yan Luo said lightly: "The books you are proud of, those papyrus that carry the letters, are not the civilization that Egypt spread to you?" If you don't have papyrus, you'll have to record your masterpiece on blocks and clay tablets. ”

Herodotus was speechless, and in the early days Greece had used clay tablets as writing material.

As for the parchment technique - it has not yet been invented.

The surrounding Athenians began to whisper again, talking to each other, just now they had the upper hand, but now, Herodotus, even...... Greece's momentum was suppressed by the other party. Pericles, the consul, frowned slightly and looked at the battlefield of Yanra and Herodotus...... A battleground for debate.

After thinking about it, Herodotus changed the subject again.

"When I was young, I went all the way north, to the northern shore of the Black Sea, to the south, to the southernmost point of Egypt, to the east, to the lower Euphrates, to the west, to Sicily...... My footsteps traveled all over Greece, passing through Byzantium and Carthage...... Everywhere I went, I went to historical sites and places of interest to inspect the geographical environment, learn about the customs and customs, and also like to listen to the locals and tell all kinds of legends and historical stories...... If there are learned people in this world, I am undoubtedly one of them. ”

"But why, I've never heard the name Huaxia? Since it is a civilized and prosperous country, why has not a little news been circulated, is this country real or made up? And how do you prove it? ”

When Herodotus interrogated, Yanluo was still expressionless: "That's because you know too little, there is a fable in Huaxia: sitting in a well and watching the sky, a frog sits in the well and thinks he sees the whole sky, but he doesn't know that outside the well is the vast world." ”

Ancient Greece liked to use fables to persuade others, and the fable told by Yanluo made many scholars think about it.

"I am towering China, the vast summer, the beauty of the uniform, the beauty of the badge, the etiquette of the summer, so called the summer! Even if you haven't heard of Herodotus, doesn't China exist in this world? Even if you don't believe that there is, doesn't Huaxia exist in this world? ”

"Sitting in the well and watching the sky, I don't know it, I boast proudly, and I don't know shame."

Under Yanluo's cross-examination, Herodotus' face flushed with shame.

"I ......," he was about to open his mouth to defend himself, but Yanluo did not give him a chance to speak at all, and said in a loud voice, "I also know what you have written in your history—just in the opening paragraph, King Candaules doted on his wife and suggested that the guard Jugis peek at her naked. ”

"When the guards peeked at the nakedness, he was discovered by the concubine, who, believing that she had suffered great humiliation, laid an ambush on a group of soldiers, and summoned Jugis to come and tell him that he would either die himself or kill Candaures. So the guards Jugis, killed Candaules, and got the beautiful concubine and the kingdom. ”

Yanluo sneered—of course, this smile was deliberately made: "This is the history that you, a learned man of Greece, have written?" I saw nothing but vulgarity and viciousness. A husband betrays his wife, a guard betrays his master, a wife betrays her husband, a subordinate kills the king and gains everything - this is your history, the point of view you want to spread? ”

He stepped forward step by step, while Herodotus, step by step, stepped back.

"What did you bring to the others? What have you left for posterity? Books, in our Chinese words, are things of education, and they are passed down through words to nurture future generations...... The history you write does not write about the devastation of the war for future generations to take as a warning, and does not write about the hard work of civilians for future generations to remember and admire. ”

"What did you write? Voyeurism, betrayal and murder! ”

Yan Luo's loud voice was like a giant hammer, smashing into the heart of this father of history.

"Let me tell you what are the values that should really be expressed in the book!"

"Prosperity, democracy, civilization, harmony, freedom, equality, justice, rule of law, patriotism, dedication, integrity, and friendliness!"

As Yan Luo said one word after another, Herodotus's face turned from red to pale, and he couldn't help but sit on the ground.

Throughout the square of the Parthenon, thousands of Greeks, from consuls to citizens, from Gentiles to slaves, were silent.

"Beautifully said!" Wang Dongwei's heart was full of excitement.

Unexpectedly, in the face of the father of history, Yan Luo defeated him so sharply!

Zhu Xiaoyong was originally flustered and frightened, but now, seeing these Greeks, with shocked and unbelievable expressions, and Herodotus, who was sitting on the ground and lost his soul, his mood became much more relaxed, and even the whole person's expression was stunned.

"Who has anything to say?" Yanluo looked around, his gaze cold.

"Me!"

An old man, older than Herodotus, with a wrinkled forehead, stood up, leaning on an ash branch, and seemed unsteady even to stand.

"And me!"

Another old man, with a body wrapped in a Shimashen robe, emaciated and rickety, with a flush of anger still remaining on his face.

"I'm Sophocles!"

"I'm Euripides!"

Wang Dongwei couldn't help but gasp......

These are two, and the "father of history" Herodotus is not inferior to the name, among the three major tragic writers of ancient Greece, the "father of tragedy" Aeschylus is dead, and these two should be the most powerful dramatists in the West in this era.