Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1091

[Chapter 40 Address to Dionia]

“Well said!” Ancitalos’ loud exclamation did not interrupt Plato’s desire to continue: “Dear King Davos, you once criticized my point of view in “Republic”, saying ‘I only see city-states in my eyes Citizens, but despise slaves and aliens’, this time, whether I traveled south or north of Dionia, what I saw and heard gave me a great shock!

Romans, Phoenicians, Samonei People, even Wolseys who are not Dionian citizens, try to speak Greek (Dionian), although mostly bluntly. I have also met several children of different races I ask questions… These have made me realize that even completely ignorant and backward natives can be educated to be as wise as we are and to love Greek culture, while those Greeks who are illiterate and unwilling to make changes Talents should be despised by us!…”

Plato took another sip of wine and said again with a louder voice: “When I first met you, the king, I once praised you as the real king of philosophy, and now I find that This statement is not entirely true. This time, I spent some time in Rome, Benetum, and Lilibe, and carefully observed the governance of the towns under the jurisdiction of the Dionian officials, despite these The situation and environment of the towns are different, but one thing is the same – the Dionysian officials there are performing their duties very seriously and responsibly, and they are all governing the towns under their jurisdiction according to the laws of Dionia, And according to what I have observed, they are all well managed and the administrative efficiency is very high…

I once said, ‘When people are sick, they need to find a professional doctor, and when a businessman wants to ship goods by sea, he knows to find an experienced captain, and if he wants to How difficult it is to manage a city-state well, but with the participation of inexperienced and selfish citizens of the city-state, how can the city-state develop well! But that’s exactly what many Greek city-states do!

As far as I know, the senior officials of the various towns of Dionia are promoted through step-by-step experience, and they have enough experience and wisdom to deal with and solve various problems encountered by the towns. This is what you once Give me the ‘choosing and appointing talents’ that I said.

So, the original sentence I said should be changed, ‘Not only King Davos, you are a real philosopher, but many of your officials are also philosophers. It is under your governance that Dai Oniya will be as strong as it is today!

”

“Respected Plato scholar.”

“Davers, who is in a high position, has heard too many compliments in recent years, and has become accustomed to it, but he still feels a little proud to be praised by a great man who was called “the father of Western philosophy” in his previous life. With a pleasant smile on his face, he tried his best to say humbly, “Are you here to praise Dionysus today?

”

Since Dionysus has done well, why not praise it!”

“Plato raised his glass and exclaimed: “Come, let’s praise Dionysus together!”

Davos smiled and raised his glass.

After finishing

the glass with the others, Plato shook his head, as if to shake off the surging drunkenness. He squeezed his face and

continued: “Dear King Davos, do you remember Isocrates?

”

Of course I remember.”

Davos said suspiciously: “A famous orator and rhetorician in Athens, we invited him to speak at the 1st and 2nd Congress of Greek Scholars, but when we invited him again, he refused. Then again, I used to think it was because we didn’t take good care of her during the previous reception that he was resentful.

”

“Your Majesty, although Isocrates is a strict person and doesn’t like to talk too much, he is not a person who likes to care about this aspect.”

“Lysias, who has lived in Athens for many years and had close contacts with Isocrates, explained: “From what I know, he also built a school in Athens and has been busy teaching for several years. Students, may therefore not find time to come to Turii to attend the conference.

”

Oh, yes, he also built a school.”

Davos looked at Plato with interest and asked, “Isn’t that a competition with your school?”

”

Plato said frankly: “My school and Isocrates’ school have different goals. His school focuses more on teaching students how to choose words and sentences, how to speak, and how to better conduct public political life… It is more practical. And my Akademi is more focused on studying the polity of the city-state and how to build a more perfect country… But it is true that there is a certain competition between our two colleges. Just last year I had a meeting with him. A debate.”

“Oh?” Davers looked surprised, but in fact not only did he know about the debate, but he also kept a general record of the debate in his mansion.

“This debate is also related to you Dionia.” Plato said seriously: “I think one of the main reasons why Isocrates did not agree to your invitation to attend the Conference of Scholars in recent years is that he He thinks that the existence of the Kingdom of Dionia is a huge threat to the Greek mainland—”

“How is this possible—” Lysias was a little surprised, but Ancitanos took over before he finished his words: “For This, I can also attest, in the fourteenth year of the kingdom (380 BC), our war with Carthage had just begun, and at the 99th Olympia Games, Isocrates gave a speech “The All Dedication to the Greek Gala, the main content is to call on the city-states of Greece to stop the war, unite and unite with the outside world, restore the glory obtained by the Greek ancestors in the Hippo War, complete their unfinished business, and liberate the enslaved under Persian rule. The Greek compatriots of Asia Minor, any Greeks who make peace with Persia, or even engage in civil war bewitched by Persia, should be cursed…

But later in this speech, he also mentions… well, that’s what the original text says…

‘Today we meet in Olympia to thank Zeus for the blessing of the Greeks, but we should be able to feel that compared with a few decades ago, this event has been deserted a lot, not only because of the war, but also because of the lack of many city-states. participate.

Tarantum, Crotone, Locri, Turii, Syracuse, Agrigento… These colonial cities of the Western Mediterranean, the vanity and shallowness of their people at past events It does make us despise, but without them at the event, it makes us feel alone again.

They were originally part of our big Greek family, but now they have all become towns under the kingdom of Dioria.

Is Dionia a country of Greeks?

They have never been seen in Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, and the Isthmus Games, and Delphi did not set up a holy treasury for them. It can be seen that the attitude of the priests representing the will of the gods towards this Western Mediterranean kingdom is not only because There are too many barbarian citizens in its country, and it is because it distorts our understanding of gods!

Dionia believed that Hades was the lord of the gods rather than Zeus, and he also allowed citizens to worship the gods of aliens. Can Dionia, who can do such terrible acts, still call it a Greek state!

Of course, the citizens of Dionia under the influence of this misconception cannot become Greeks of the same faith as us!

But why don’t we protest their wrong practices, or even send troops to intervene?

Because Dionia is very powerful, the powerful strength it has gathered by annexing many Greek colonial city-states can actually force Naples, which is still an independent city-state and has a relatively strong national strength, to dare not participate in this event, just because of fear of Dionia. will be dissatisfied with it.

Dionia, which had annexed our sub-states and colonial cities in the western Mediterranean, had swelled into a vast kingdom, though it had so far not been No malice has been shown to us, but it is so different from us and so close to us that in the event of a conflict, the consequences will be severe!

O wise Greek!

To our east are our enemies, the Persians, who have never given up their desire to enslave us, and to our immediate west is a mighty kingdom whose minds we cannot guess, and our situation is so dangerous that we should not abandon our prejudices , like the invading Persian army decades ago, reunite, defend our homeland, and regain the glory of our ancestors…'”

“How did I not know there was such a speech?

!

After Lycias heard this, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com was very surprised.

“Because Thebes and Athens were already at war with Sparta at that time, and neither side dared to offend Persia and us, so as not to cause changes in the war situation, Therefore, the popularity of this speech has been deliberately banned. This is a manuscript obtained by officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs when they were sent to Greece.

Ancitanos explained: “From this speech, it can be seen that Isocrates saw us in Dionia as a potential threat to the Greek mainland.

”

Since your victory over Carthage, since last year, Isocrates has regarded Dionia as a real threat to the Greek mainland, to Athens, not only often preaching this view to his students, but also several times. I gave a speech at the Citizens Assembly to remind the people. Since I attended the Greek Scholars Conference for the first time, I have written many articles on the political system of the Kingdom of Dionia, suggesting that the Greek city-states headed by Athens can learn from it. At one time, many citizens of Athens, and even people from other city-states such as Thebes and Corinth competed to copy and circulate…” Plato said seriously: “So Isocrates thinks that I am a fan of the Kingdom of Dionia, and I must Only by refuting me in public can the citizens of Athens be unified.

”

Please remember the domain name of the book’s first publication: .4 Novel Network Mobile Version Reading URL: