Chapter Fifty-Eight: Bathing
"Am I here for the greatest celestial enthusiasts of our time, the place of public gathering?"
Yanluo surveyed everything in front of him.
This is a large square, there are more than 500 strong men participating in the Olympic Games, bathing naked here - yes, bathing, the opening ceremony, in fact, is a sacrifice to Zeus.
Keeping the body clean is the most basic requirement, otherwise, it will be considered disrespectful to the gods. At this time, Greece already had bathhouses, but none of them could accommodate 500 people, so the square near the temple became a bathing spot.
Each athlete receives a linen to wipe their body, a piece of grease to wash away stains, and a large bucket of water.
"Wow, Wow......"
A man with thick muscles and even knotted eyes, washed his body with water, and someone scraped his body with small pieces of condensed grease, and after Yan Luo arrived, he immediately attracted the attention of many people.
"Shouldn't that be a Greek, why do you also participate in the Games?"
"I don't know."
"What the hell is going on?"
The athletes from dozens of city-states in Greece were all very strange, and among them was a man with fire-breathing eyes: Corneru, who had bright red marks on his chest from ten fingers, which still remained, and caused many people to laugh when he took off his clothes and rinsed them just now.
Yan Luo calmly walked from the group of naked athletes to the place where he received his belongings.
Linen, grease, a bucket of water.
With all of this, he searched for a corner, put the water down, then took off his shirt, jeans, and then panties, and suddenly the atmosphere in the whole square became quiet.
One after another, eyes focused on his body, the skin as white as ivory, and the toned body with streamlined muscles that was completely different from Westerners, gave these people, even if they were all muscular men participating in the Olympics, a great shock.
The pupils of Yanluo's eyes moved from the left to the right and looked around.
"Wow, Wow......"
Hundreds of athletes resumed their movements, rushing their bodies with water, which was near the Temple of Zeus, after all, and had to maintain peace of mind and devotion when bathing before the sacrificial events of the Olympic Opening Ceremony, and not allowing special attention to others.
Seeing that everyone else was bathing, Yan Luo raised the bucket and poured the water on himself with a blank face, and then picked up the grease - in this era, soap had not yet been invented, and this mass of grease, I don't know what it was made of, condensed into small pieces the size of eggs.
He shook it with his hand, "Slurred ......"
Small pieces of grease fell to the ground.
Yan Luo was about to bend down and pick it up, when suddenly, once again, he felt the air around him become quiet.
His pupils glanced around from left to right, and found that the muscular naked men in the bath stopped their original movements one by one and looked at themselves, and some of them were eager to try, as if they wanted to help pick up this piece of grease.
You feel strong emotions:
Excitement +1, +1, +1......
"Whoa......
Seeing that Yan Luo's bending posture paused, hundreds of athletes immediately resumed their original movements, bathing and bathing, wiping their bodies, and the quiet square resumed the commotion.
The air seemed to have become a little heavy, Yan Luo did not bend down again, to pick up the grease lump, he raised his right foot to step on it, then bent his toes to grab it, with his left leg golden rooster independently, raised his right foot, grabbed the grease ball and handed it to his left hand.
This operation is undoubtedly very handsome.
Keeping his vigilance, Yanluo, who was out of place with his surroundings, washed his body and wiped off the droplets with a linen cloth in the sound of the water flushing, when he saw Corneru, the most muscular young man even among hundreds of people, walking in front of him.
"Is there something wrong?" Yan Luo asked.
A majestic voice came from the side, "Bathe before the sacrifice, no conflict!" ”
The person who spoke was an old man in a white robe, one of the priests of the temple of Zeus in the city-state of Olympia, belonging to the clergy, and these people could be regarded as the executive committee members of the Olympic Games, with a very noble status.
"Honorable Priest, there will be no conflict."
Corneru made a salute to the distance, and then looked at Yanluo aggressively with a resentful gaze: "You wait for the wrestling match!" ”
He raised his hand on his neck threateningly and made a "throat cutting" gesture, and then the muscles on his body swelled and squirmed in horror, and the two large chest muscles were also shaking violently, and even on his neck, there were muscles jumping.
"Humph!"
Leaving a "death glare", Corneru left.
The muscular naked men of the city-states in the square were full of curiosity about this little turmoil, and the Arcadian Corneru also had a certain reputation throughout Greece - his bravery was known to many people, and he was one of the strong candidates for the "wrestling" championship.
How did this young man, who was clearly a Gentile, offend Corneru?
It is undeniable that the fair-skinned young man has a surprising figure, and his muscles can be called "beautiful", but in the eyes of these Olympic athletes, such muscles cannot be strong, and a man without scars cannot be considered strong!
"It seems that this stranger is going to be unlucky."
There are some people who are gloating.
After bathing, the original clothes will not be worn again, and a handsome boy between the ages of 13 and 15 will carry a white linen robe, which each athlete will receive, and then put on a sacrificial robe similar to Himashen and go to the temple of Zeus.
Yan Luo also put on a white robe, replaced with a black and white striped shirt, black jeans, and even his belt was taken away - these clothes were supposed to be sealed until the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, and then redistributed, in fact, his clothes were quickly sent to the chief of ceremonies.
Several priests, surrounded by shirts and jeans of modern textiles, delicate metal leather bands and calfskin belts, uttered heartfelt amazement and praise that it seemed that Yanluo's clothes were about to be blackened......
One athlete lined up in a long line and walked towards the temple.
Soon, the location was reached.
This is a temple that has only been built for less than 30 years, and the huge and white stone stands majestically on the ground, and it is even as magnificent as the Parthenon! Yan Luo saw the 13-meter-high statue of Zeus in the main hall at a glance.
Like the statue of Athena in the Parthenon, this statue of Zeus is also extremely gorgeous, and the muscles on the surface of the body are carved out of ivory! How much tusk does it take to make such a statue?
It was created by the most famous artist and sculptor of ancient Greece, Phidias.
Gold, ivory, ebony, all kinds of precious stones, the statue of Zeus adorned by these is wearing a crown of golden olives on his head, his right hand is raised, and on the palm of his hand stands a beautiful statue of a man tall - a goddess of victory with wings like an angel!
In his left hand, he holds a golden scepter with a golden eagle on top of it.
Nine hundred years later, the temple was converted into a church due to the rise of a deity who ruled Western thought, and the statue of Zeus was destroyed under the "Pagan Idol Destruction Order". If some Western archaeologists learned that Yan Luo had actually seen the statue of Zeus with his own eyes, I don't know how jealous they would be.
In front of the statue was a huge brazier, slightly similar in shape to Ding, and above the brazier there was a raging flame.
This is the altar where the flame of the Olympic Games is placed.
What is burning above is this inner world-
Olympic Flame!