Judging from the records in the history of music, there were often music events in ancient Greek arenas. Athletic competitions were originally used as an activity to worship and worship gods. Music performances gradually evolved from the rituals of worshiping the god of wine. Although the rituals are not related to the gods.

The scope of the two myths is not absolutely equivalent, but it is a way of reappearing myths.

In addition, outdoor activities such as religious ceremonies and folk weddings also have the nature of a music square. Although the degree of carnival is different, it is still a carnival.

In the fifth century BC, as the national power of ancient Greece became increasingly powerful, the ancient Greeks changed their past practical ideas in garden design and began to focus on enjoying life.

Of course, all this has to be paid. The purpose of the Delian League was to resist the Persians. The meeting stipulated which allies should pay money and which allies should hand over warships. However, some allies later felt that handing over warships was too troublesome, so they converted it into money.

It was handed over to the Athenian treasury. The Athenians used the money to strengthen their navy, which caused some allies to find themselves at their wits' end when they wanted to break away from the alliance.

When the First Peloponnesian War broke out, what made Athens and Sparta stop the war was the rebellion of members of their respective alliances. In order to suppress them and the eagerly eyeing Persia, Athens and Sparta had to sign an armistice agreement.

The early Delian League would review how much tribute the allies paid. Later, Athens reformed this model and replaced tribute with customs duties as the main revenue. This not only increased national tax revenue, but also

Reduce the burden on allies that are less reliant on commercial alliances.

Pericles not only held many festivals and celebrations, but also built buildings such as the Parthenon in Athens, which made the lives of Athenians rich and colorful. As long as you became an Athenian citizen, not only did you not have to pay tribute,

You can still enjoy all this, so everyone wants to become an "Athenian".

Pericles not only tightened the way to obtain Athenian citizenship, rituals can not only convey the authority of a country or organizational leader, but also show the rise of a person's status. The patron saint of ancient Greek city-states is the god of the territory, the god within the city walls, not

Like the God of the Hebrews, who is a "walking" God, the ancient Greeks did not have the custom of pilgrimage, but they would go to Olympia every four years to hold athletic games.

In addition, there are "Pan-Hellenistic movements" such as the Athena Festival and the Great Dionysus Festival. Since the patron saint of a city-state only protects the responsibilities of the state, "strangers" are not protected, so "strangers" cannot be sacrificed.

The patron saint of other countries.

This is like holding the Quidditch World Cup. Some people have a better position in the stadium, and some people didn't even buy tickets.

However, in the Great Dionysian Sacrifice, the differences between "foreigners" and natives were partially eliminated. For example, male strangers could carry bronze and silver plates for sacrificial cakes, their wives could carry water jugs, and their daughters could carry them.

Those Athenian women with sacred missions shielded the sun. However, these were the tasks of servants. The most important thing for the Dionysian priests was the conductor who directed the group dances, those who played the lyre in the orchestra, and those who sang specific songs in the choir.

For those with a good temper, their wives and daughters would cry after the ceremony was over; for those with a bad temper, they would start beating and beating the men when they got home, accusing the man of being incompetent and not even being able to gain the status of an Athenian citizen.

In order to prove that he is "competent", the man must find a way to "solve" Pericles who restricted the access of Athenian citizens, and then replace it with a "more generous" one.

But the problem is that the total tax revenue of Athens is only so much. As the number of citizens increases, the cost of organizing events will be higher, unless the navy's military supplies are cut.

How is this possible? Almost all ancient Greek colonies were garrisoned by the navy. As the empire expanded, the cost of maintaining this system became higher and higher.

According to Cicero's account, the land in Sicily was very fertile in his time. Although the Attica mountainous area where Athens is located is not the plain of the Argives, it was still full of covetousness for the fertile land. Then during the second war

The Sicilian War took place during the Peloponnesian War.

As soon as the news of Athens' defeat came out, the entire alliance, even the most powerless allies, rebelled against Athens with the help of Sparta. Within a year, all major regions rebelled, and it was impossible to suppress them.

Then without the support of its allies, Athens declined rapidly.

First of all, Pericles' policy was to never expand territory during the war. He proposed an expedition to Egypt on the premise of maintaining peace with Persia and Sparta through peace. Secondly, there was the power struggle within Athens. Although Pericles'

The successors were not like the aristocrats of Socrates' time who executed victorious generals for failing to save soldiers who fell into the water. At least they did not fully support those who went on an expedition, leading to a lack of morale in the army.

Trojan general Polydamas told Hector that as long as the city walls were defended, the Greeks would definitely encounter huge internal difficulties. This was the possibility of Troy's victory.

That kind of noisy situation where a group of people expressed their opinions and made a lot of noise gave Pomona a headache. People who didn't know it thought it was a vegetable market, not a meeting of 500 people - the Mars Hill meeting that originally occupied an important place in Athens.

The Council was also replaced by Pericles' reforms.

The Wizengamot is more like a people's court. It does not promulgate laws like parliament, but is more like a jury listening to the speeches of both the prosecution and the defense and deciding the case.

Pomona waited until midnight to make sure no one was coming, then decided to wash up and go to bed. The girls' tents were all inside the Quidditch pitch, and there were not so many mosquitoes compared to outside.

There is a word "Demoractia" in Herodotus' "History", and its meaning is relatively abstract. First of all, the oarsmen on the warships are lower-class civilians. They are important members. They are not only able to sail on the sea

It provided power when there was no wind, and also meant that if a close battle aboard a ship occurred, they could always take up arms and fight with other Athenian soldiers, instead of taking the opportunity to jump into the sea and escape like slaves.

When this system was first established, it was based on dividends from silver mines. Later, civilians believed that they needed to be paid for serving at sea, which gave them a certain amount of power.

Then, with the reforms of the consuls, except for a very small number of official positions that relied on talent, all official positions were gradually opened to civilians. In the past, these positions were unpaid and were "obligated" to be performed by the wealthy class. After becoming paid,

They can participate in more public affairs, especially festivals and military affairs.

The wife of a poor Athenian citizen could perform "sacred work" in the Dionysus sacrifice, but the daughter of a wealthy "stranger" could only hold an umbrella for her, and his wife had to pour her water.

This model is quite different from what Sulla and Pompey believed when they planned to resume the Council of Centuria: "The decisions of wealthy and cool-headed people are more reasonable than those of rash poor people." Although the Roman Republic had certain "morality"

Moraktia" nature.

The army of the early Roman Republic used free peasants, who were citizen soldiers like the Athenian navy. However, due to slavery and other reasons, the number of free peasants decreased, and the number of citizen soldiers also decreased.

Mercenaries have no loyalty. Even if Machiavelli didn't write this, it can be observed. The greatest advantage of both the Roman Republic and the Athenian Democratic Empire is the loyal citizen soldiers. All the people of Sparta were soldiers, and they could not obtain citizenship if they could not obtain it.

Glory and reputation.

Pomona has always felt that she is a person who does not like to fight. Even if she loses her job as the dean, even if she does not open a restaurant, she can actually spend her life in her study without fighting against the world.

But one day, if she really has to face an inevitable battle, she will not back down.

Even if the opponent seems invincible.

Rita Lestrange is remembered as the hero who prevented Grindelwald from destroying Paris, remembered as an Auror rather than the unfortunate scandal surrounding her mother, and not just Yosef Karma.

Although her body was reduced to ashes in the magical flames created by Grindelwald, she could not be buried.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

The horse people said that if humans could learn to treat everything as borrowed and sooner or later return it, instead of "owning it forever", they would become different.

Using the same wood as the wand wood, the Bowtruckle has a different attitude towards centaurs and humans.

In fact, now that I think about it, although Odysseus, a mortal, did not have the power to defeat Hydra like Herakles, he did not choose to sleep soundly in the arms of the goddess.

What he wants to defeat is another kind of "monster".

And Calypso did not stay on this island far away from the world voluntarily. Before Hermes came to her residence, she was humming and weaving in the cave. In addition to using a golden shuttle, she also worked with

Mortal women are no different.

"Why?" She couldn't help but ask softly, tears streaming down her face unknowingly, like Odysseus on the seashore.

He had nothing to cry about, he was obviously living so happily.

Hermes said that Odysseus should not stay away from his relatives and flee to a foreign country. It is fate that he can see his relatives.

Where is the foreign country and where is the hometown?

Who are relatives? Who are strangers?

Gods, you are too cruel, you only know how to bully a helpless orphan girl.

Calypso has a father, but Atlas is holding up the sky, and they are not afraid of him giving up.

Pomona wiped away her tears.

Since Calypso is the daughter of Atlas - the tall man who held up the sky when it fell in the legend - she shouldn't cry like a mortal.

'Didn't you say that people are not statues, so they can cry?'

Pomona turned back and looked at the empty void, as if he saw a ghost.

No, she has seen real ghosts too.

"What a hell." She murmured, mistaking the sound she just heard as an illusion or a mishearing. Maybe it was coming from the tent next door.

But when she thought about it carefully, the Quidditch pitch was full of girls' tents. Could it be that a boy had sneaked in? And he was speaking French.
Chapter completed!