Harry Potter Morning Light

Chapter 3080 Libator ([-])

Judging from the records in music history, there were often music events in ancient Greek arenas.Athletic competitions were originally an activity for worshiping and worshiping gods, and music performances gradually evolved from rituals of worshiping Dionysus. Although the scope of rituals and myths is not absolutely equal, they are a kind of myth reproduction. Way.

In addition, outdoor activities such as religious ceremonies and folk weddings also have the nature of music squares. Although the degree of carnival varies, they are also carnivals.

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

Of course, there is a price to pay for all this. The purpose of the establishment of the Delian League is to resist the Persians. The meeting stipulated which allies should pay money and which allies should pay warships. However, some allies later felt that handing over warships was too troublesome, so they converted it into money. to the Athenian treasury.And the Athenians used the money to expand their navy, which led to the fact that when some allies wanted to get rid of the alliance, they found that they had nothing to do.

When the first Peloponnesian War broke out, it was the rebellion of members of their respective alliances that stopped the war between Athens and Sparta. In order to suppress them and Persia, which was eyeing them, Athens and Sparta had to sign an armistice agreement.

The early Delian League would review the amount of tribute paid by the allies. Later, Athens reformed this model and replaced the tribute with customs duties as the main income.Doing so would not only raise national taxes, but also reduce the burden on allies that were less dependent on commercial alliances.

Pericles not only held many festivals, but also built buildings such as the Parthenon in Athens, which enriched the lives of Athenians.And as long as you become an Athenian citizen, you not only don't have to pay tribute, but you can also enjoy all this, so everyone wants to become an "Athenian".

Pericles not only tightened the way to obtain citizenship in Athens, the ceremony can not only convey the authority of the leader of the country or organization, but also express the rise of a person's status.The patron saints of the ancient Greek city-states were the gods of the territory and the city walls, unlike the gods of the Hebrews, they were "walking" gods. The ancient Greeks did not have the custom of pilgrimage, but they would go to Olympia every 4 years Hold competitive 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 Dionysus Sacrifice, the differences between the "foreigners" and the locals have been partly eliminated. For example, male foreigners can hold the bronze and silver plates with sacrificial cakes, their wives can be responsible for carrying the water jars, and their daughters can be responsible for carrying the water jars. Those Athenian women on a holy mission shaded the sun.But these are the things that servants do. The most important part of Dionysus is the conductor who instructs the group dance, the lyre in the band, and the specific hymns in the choir.

Those with a good temper will see their wives and daughters crying after the ceremony is over; those with a bad temper will start beating and beating when they get home, accusing the man of being incompetent and not even earning the status of an Athenian citizen.

In order to prove that he is "capable", the man has to find a way to "solve" Pericles, which restricts the access of Athens citizens, and then replace it with a "generous".

But the problem is that there are only so many taxes in Athens in total. If you increase the number of citizens, the cost of holding events will be higher, unless the navy's military supplies are cut.

How is this possible?Almost all the colonies of ancient Greece 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 of Sicily was very fertile in his time. Although the mountainous area of ​​Attica where Athens is located is not the plain of the Argos, it is also full of fertile land. The Sicilian War took place during the Peloponnesian War.

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

Then without the support of 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's successors were not like the aristocrats of Socrates' time who executed victorious generals for failing to save soldiers who fell into the water, they at least did not fully support those who went on an expedition. , leading to the disorganization of the military.

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

Pomona was troubled by the hustle and bustle where a group of people expressed their opinions and quarreled. People who didn’t know thought it was a vegetable market, not a meeting of 500 people. Also replaced under Pericles' reforms.

The Wizengamot is more like a people's court. It doesn't promulgate laws like a parliament, but it's more like a jury hearing the speeches of both the prosecution and the defense and deciding the case.

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

In Herodotus' "History", there is a word "Demoractia", which has a more abstract meaning.First of all, the rowers on the warship are all low-level civilians. They are important members. Not only can they provide power when the sea is calm, but it also means that if there is a melee boarding, they can take up weapons at any time and join other Athenian soldiers. Fight instead of jumping into the sea and fleeing like a slave.

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

Then, with the reform of the consuls, except for a very few official positions that depend on talents, all official positions have gradually been opened to civilians.In the past, these positions were not paid, and were "obliged" by the wealthy class. After being paid, they can participate in more public affairs, especially festivals and military affairs.

The wife of a poor Athenian citizen can take on the "sacred work" in the Dionysian sacrifice, while the daughter of a rich "foreigner" can only hold an umbrella for her, and the wife also pours water for her.

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 a 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 did not write this, it can be observed. The biggest advantage of both the Roman Republic and the Athenian Democratic Empire is the loyal citizen soldiers.All Spartans were soldiers, and glory and fame could not be gained without citizenship.

Pomona has always thought of herself as a non-combatant person. Even if she loses her job as the dean, even if she doesn't open a restaurant, she can actually spend her life in her study without competing with the world.

But one day, if she does have to face an inevitable battle, she won't back down.

Even if the opponent seems invincible.

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

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

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

The centaurs say that humans would be different if they could learn that everything is borrowed and will be returned sooner or later instead of "everything".

Using the same wandwood wood, Bowtruckle's attitude towards centaurs and humans is different.

In fact, now that I think about it, although Odysseus, a mortal, did not have the power to defeat Hydra like Hercules, 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 Mortal women are no different.

"Why?" She couldn't help asking softly, tears streaming down her face unconsciously, just like Odysseus by the sea.

What is there for him to cry, he is obviously living so happily.

Hermes said that Odysseus should not be far away from his relatives and go into exile. It is fate that he can see his relatives.

Where is the foreign country and where is the hometown?
Who are the relatives?Who is the stranger?

Gods, you are too violent, 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 that he will quit.

Pomona wiped away 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 her head and looked at the empty void, as if seeing a ghost.

No, she has seen ghosts too.

"What a hell." She whispered, thinking that the sound she just heard was an hallucination or a mishearing. Maybe it came from the tent next door.

But when she thought about it carefully, the Quidditch pitch was full of girls' tents. Could it be that some boys had sneaked in?And also speaks French.

(End of this chapter)