Chapter 17: Lazy Ants
The main entrance to Plato's Academy stands tall and towering, consisting of three marble arches, the larger centered and the smaller on the sides.
In addition to the arches, the main entrance is flanked by a wall made of trees, and there is no fence and no guards.
On the doorpost of the main entrance, a line of words is carved.
Those who do not understand geometry are not allowed to enter.
"It seems that there really is such a sentence......"
Su Ye thought about it, he could probably remember some basic geometric knowledge, such as the Pythagorean theorem, and then happily walked forward, ran a few steps and suddenly thought, how to prove the Pythagorean theorem?
Su Ye continued to move forward, but not very happily.
Rushing through the gate, there is a smooth marble pavement under your feet, flanked by lush lawns.
On the side of the road, there are countless marble statues.
Su Ye's eyes lit up, and he almost snorted softly.
I didn't expect to see such a rich group of ancient Greek statues here.
The statue closest to the main entrance is extremely simple, just the shape of a person, more like a patchwork of geometric images, but all the statues have male and female features, this is Su Ye's earliest memory of ancient Greek statues, which appeared around 3000 BC in the previous life, and was named the statue of the Cyclades.
Although these statues are simple, they have an indescribable beauty.
The statues further up are more familiar, and these statues have a strong Egyptian feel. But unlike the Egyptian style, which is too flat, these statues are more three-dimensional, more muscular, and full of life. It's just that the details are crude.
Su Ye continued to look at it, and his heart became more and more surprised, so many statues arranged according to the era were a sight that could not be seen in museums in previous lives.
The more you run forward, the more delicate the statue becomes, the more perfectly proportioned the figures, the more delicate the details, and the final statue has completely reached a new level, almost every statue has joy, anger and sorrow, like a living person solidified.
Suddenly, Su Ye turned around and quickly swept the statues on both sides, and secretly said in his heart: local tyrant.
With the exception of the early works, almost all of the statues here are made of Paros marble, the most precious material for carving in all of Greece. Needless to say, every marble statue here is made by a master.
It's a pity that the time is too urgent, and Su Ye can't appreciate it carefully, so he quickly left the statue area.
A fountain pool with a diameter of 30 meters lies in front of it, and there are many white statues in the pool, including statues of characters, statues of legendary heroes, and statues of magical beasts, as if building an epic poem.
In the center of the group of statues is a statue of the hydra Shedra, like a dark cloud that occupies the entire pool.
However, Su Ye ignored it, went straight to the fountain pool, scooped up the water and began to wash his face.
He hasn't washed since yesterday.
After washing his face and finding that the water was quite clean, Su Ye ran to a place under the water spout of the head of the Xudra snake, gargled with water with both hands, and then ran again.
"It's a long way to walk on the marble road, and you can only run straight through the lawns and woods. However, today my feet don't seem to be as easy to get as easy as they used to be, could it be that talent is working? Su Ye observed himself while running towards the class, and then looked happy.
Su Ye was very thin before, but now Su Ye has not only grown taller, but even has obvious muscles, which is no less than that of an ordinary warrior apprentice.
When Su Ye stepped onto the lawn with his back to the pool, all the statues in the pool slowly turned their heads, especially the hydra Xudra, the nine heads stared at Su Ye's back together.
Not far away, a teacher from Plato's Academy saw this scene, rolled his eyes, and said in his heart, who is so bold, it is the famous Sea Demon Fountain, which is a legendary magic weapon refined by Plato himself, which seals the three-headed legendary demonized sea demon beast.
All the people who dared to make trouble in Plato's Academy over the years have entered the belly of the three-headed sea monster.
Su Ye thought as he ran, there seemed to be some origin of that pool, but unfortunately some memories disappeared, I can't remember, forget it.
Plato's Academy sits in the north and faces south, and directly north of the pool is the famous Plato's Basilica, which is far less ornate than the temple, but it is no less majestic.
Su Ye rushed diagonally towards the northeast of the academy, where classes were held.
Even if he didn't walk from the main road, he could see the huge columns on the outside of the magnificent Plato's basilica, and unlike ordinary standings, each pillar here was carved into a sturdy man of different shapes.
When Su saw the caryatids, he immediately remembered that they were not allowed to be used throughout Greece, because the caryatids were for the exclusive use of the temple. Moreover, each male icon pillar in Plato's Basilica is a puppet of the Sanctuary.
Plato's Basilica is flanked by 36 caryatids.
Directly above Plato's Basilica, there is a magic clock, except that there is no second hand, the minute hand, hour hand and scale are particularly similar to the blue star.
Su Ye said in his heart, and he really couldn't underestimate the wisdom of the magician.
Su Ye is running, but his mind is full of those almost perfect statues, the key is not like the previous life saw are all broken and dilapidated, the statues he saw just now are all flawless with magic, full of soul-shocking beauty.
Even after obtaining the talent of the Demon Bull Body, Su Ye began to pant after running for so long.
Plato's Academy was so large that it claimed to be the largest man-made garden in all of Greece.
Walking through one grass and woods after another, seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the house where the class was located, Su Ye suddenly saw a person squatting under a big tree.
If before, Su Ye couldn't see clearly at all, but after his body was strengthened by the body of the demon cow, his eyesight was strengthened, and he could clearly see that the person was constantly blocking an ant with a branch, as if he wanted to force the ant back to the ant's nest.
"Don't stop the lazy ant, it will work miracles!"
Su Ye thought that being idle was also idle, so he didn't look at the person after shouting, and continued to run.
The young man squatting on the ground had a slightly curly black hair, he slowly raised his head and looked at Su Ye, as if there was a mist churning in his eyes.
"Lazy ants?"
The man whispered, threw the branch away, and began to stare at the ant.
Emerging from a forest, stone buildings appeared, some connected and some scattered.
Su Ye quickly found the location of his class, stepped on the fragrance of soil and grass, and walked to the door of the class.
3rd class of the second grade.
The sun was shining, and the students wearing "bed sheets" of different colors and shapes looked over.
There was a burst of chuckling in the classroom.
Teacher Nidern, who was talking about the new school year, turned his head to look at Su Ye.
The moment he saw Teacher Nidern, a large number of memories came to Su Ye's mind.
Nedern was a tall red-haired old man, dressed in a gray Greek robe, but otherwise devoid of any ornamentation, neat and clean. The Greek's face was already more three-dimensional, and his face was even more angular than that of the Greeks, and the huge hooked nose was particularly eye-catching.
But if you look closely, you will see that his eyes are slightly different.
His left eye is a prosthetic eye.
Every student knows that there is a saying in the academy that Teacher Nidern is so kind, even if it is a false eye, it is full of warmth.
However, Mr. Nedern rarely laughs, and his reputation for kindness comes from the fact that he always takes the trouble to deal with every student's question.
He often put on his lips a famous quote from Socrates: There is no stupid question, and there is no stupid answer.
Neden looked at Su Ye quietly.
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Note: That sentence was spoken by Socrates in the world of the gods.