Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 639

[Chapter 58 Akademi Academy]

Davos’ remarks made Patroclus bit his lips.

Davos looked at him directly: “Then being my son-in-law will only make your future more rugged, are you still willing to marry Cynthia?” As soon as

Davos finished speaking, Patroclus blurted out: “I Yes! I am willing to go to Cynthia to be my wife! And I will make more merits to prove my ability and change the prejudice of others!”

Davers looked at the confident and high-spirited young man in front of him with admiration in his eyes. Color: “Tomorrow night, I will hold a private banquet at home, inviting you and your parents to a banquet to discuss your

engagement

with

Cynthia.”

Conquest, followed by governance of this newly conquered land.

In the Dionysian Senate, the chief executives of the towns of Downey were elected by the elders and approved by Davos. Only the most debated town, the chief executive of Lucena, Dai Firth never approved until Antaoris proposed a name that had been forgotten by everyone – Antonios, and got the support of most of the former mercenary elders, Lucanian elders, Bruti elders, etc., wise The elders realized that this was an order from Davos.

Antonios, who has been saying that he is sick at home and cannot see outsiders, received a letter of appointment signed by Davos from the court herald Aristillas.

During this time, he was accustomed to seeing the mansion that used to be very lively and then deserted. He was also accustomed to the wife whose father was imprisoned and his younger brother was executed, crying in his ear every day, complaining that he had not been of any help.

In the past few months, Antonios has gone through so much. Looking at the appointment letter in his hand, he can’t help feeling full of emotion, and the corners of his eyes are wet: After all, King Davos has not forgotten him. It can be seen from this appointment that Luce As the central town of Downey, the only people who can serve as its chief executive are the veterans who have made outstanding achievements and are highly valued by Davos.

“Your Majesty asked me to convey a word.” Aristillas said blankly: “‘I hope you will learn the lessons of the past, manage Lucena well, and let the Dauni people integrate into Dionia as soon as possible.'”

“I will not disappoint Your Majesty!” Antonios said emotionally.

He declined the invitation of the former mercenary elders such as Capus, Felixius, and Amyntas to hold a celebration banquet for his comeback, and in the early morning of the next day, he only brought two followers, and quietly rushes to Lucena to take up his post.

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The Spartan army, led by Teleutias, brother of the Spartan king Agesilaus,

marched northward without haste, until the spring of the following year ( That is, the eleventh year of the kingdom of Dionia, 382 BC), arrived at the Chalcedic Peninsula, and was warmly welcomed and greatly aided by the Macedonian king Amyntas, who provided a large number of cavalry, Telius After winning two battles, they pressed on to the city of Olympus.

However, during the siege, they were raided by reinforcements from the Calcidic allies who supported Olympus.

When the news reached Sparta, it was a shock.

Agesilaos was even more heartache, and even induced disease, bedridden.

After deliberation, the council of elders decided that they would never compromise with the Chalcedic League headed by Olympus, and would continue to attack it until it was destroyed, otherwise the prestige of Sparta in Greece could not be restored.

As a result, Sparta began to issue a war mobilization order to the Peloponnesian allies, preparing to convene a larger coalition to fight in northern Greece, and the commander of the army was another Spartan king, Agesipolis. .

The fall of Thebes during this period has always made the Athenians uneasy, so for the exiles of Thebes, they are fully assisted and established multiple shelters in the mountains between Attica and Pioxia.

But although Athens was wary of Sparta, they were reluctant to openly become an enemy of it, especially when Sparta was so tyrannical today, so they just paid close attention to the movements of the Spartans.

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There is an academy called Academia next to the holy grove of Academia on the Kefisos River in the northwestern suburbs of Athens.

This courtyard stands on the river bank with flowing water, green grass and blooming flowers.

A dozen young people sat around in a small pavilion in the academy, listening carefully to a middle-aged man’s lecture.

This middle-aged man has a broad forehead, deep eyes, and broad shoulders. Although he is not too tall, he is relatively burly, but he has an elegant and quiet temperament.

He is Plato, a famous scholar in all of Greece.

Plato’s family background is prominent, so he received a good education since childhood.

When I was young, I loved the creation of poetry and drama, until one day I met Socrates and others at a poetry competition. Plato was enlightened and enlightened. Many problems that I had been thinking about and could not find an answer seemed to be solved at once. .

So he threw his poems into the fire and burned them on the spot, and took Socrates as a teacher, and turned from being keen on literary creation to philosophical research.

That year, Plato was 20 years old.

After Socrates was tried and finally executed, Plato, who was extremely disappointed with the Athenian government, began his travel life. He successively visited Megara, Asia Minor, Persia, Egypt, Cyrenaica, and Sicily. Finally, because of an accident event and returned to Athens.

Due to his family, Plato was actually still interested in politics, but since Athens lost Thrasybulus, the political conservativeness and the strife among the factions made him disappointed again.

After a long-term investigation of other Greek city-states and countries outside Greece, in addition to increasing his experience and knowledge, he also deeply felt that it was not easy to manage city-states. Nothing will be accomplished, and it may cost lives.

So after returning to Athens, with the support of his friends, Plato founded the Akademi Academy, trying to cultivate a group of talents who understand philosophy, natural science, and govern the country through it, and use them to change Athens and other Greek city-states. the status quo, and indirectly realize their political ideals.

It has been five years since the establishment of the college.

Not only many young Athenians became his students, but also some young foreigners gradually came to worship him, and the Akademi Academy gradually became famous.

At this time, Plato said in a calm but magnetic voice: “…Yesterday I talked about why I think the royal government of the ancient times is the best government. Today I will talk about why such a king’s government declines?

” They immediately raised their spirits and listened attentively.

“Although the king’s legislators always try to give the rulers of the city-state the best possible education, so that they may be wise enough to discern things with the true knowledge they have acquired, and to act rightly. But, as with animals and plants, Just as the growth and development of human beings are affected by time, human marriage and childbearing are also restricted by time. The legislators of the city-state cannot always rely on sensory observation and rational thinking, and always correctly select a good time for the rulers of the city-state to give birth. They sometimes get it wrong and have children inappropriately…

The rulers chosen from these degenerate descendants cannot be the best, after taking over the power of their fathers, they will despise the city-state The wise lovers despise music education and physical exercise, so that the young people in the city-state are becoming more and more uneducated… As a result, they and their descendants gradually lost the qualities that a real ruler should have, and lost the ability to distinguish golden seeds, The abilities of the silver seed, the bronze seed and the iron seed, and the mixing of iron and copper with gold and silver creates imbalance, inconsistency, and disharmony. Once disharmony and inconsistency arise, war and hatred arise…”

Students They were lost in thought.

After a while, a student asked, “Mister Plato, do you mean that… unseasonable marriages, mixing of blood, and loss of purity are the main reasons for the decline of the royal government?”

“Aureas, Your understanding is correct.” Plato praised the student, and then said: “Once a conflict occurs, the two groups within the ruler will have different development directions. www.sonicmtl.com converges gold and silver treasures; while the gold and silver groups, because of the real wealth in their hearts, still tend towards virtue and traditional order. These two groups fight each other and then reach some kind of compromise… So they put The land and houses of the city-state were taken privately, and the former friends and supporters were turned into frontiers and slaves. .

The students are thoughtful.

A student asked suspiciously: “Mr. Plato, how can we achieve a timely marriage?”

“Spiesipus, this is a good question. You are embarrassing me.” Plato said that, But he said with a smile: “In fact, even the gods can’t get married at the right time, otherwise there would not have been so many powerful monsters in ancient times. But after my long-term thinking, I have a problem with this issue. Some of my own understandings, which I also expounded in the book “Utopia”, is to marry the excellent with the excellent, and give birth at the best time.

What is the excellent? Not only for men in the city-state, but also for women The same is true. The city-state should treat men and women equally, and let women receive a good education. Let them receive physical training, learn literature, music, mathematics… In the process, we can find out whether she is a gold, silver, or Iron seeds and copper seeds, choose the best ones and combine them with the best ones, but don’t give birth too early.