Harry Potter’s Morning Light

Chapter 3076 Libation Bearer (7)

Before the outbreak of the Greco-Persian War, the most powerful city-state in the Greek world was Sparta, so Thucydides said, "Because Athens was too powerful and this power caused fear in Sparta, the Peloponnese The Nyssa War cannot be avoided”.

Pomona knew that she shouldn't think about this at this time, but since she and Severus had different opinions now, it was best for them to keep the same opinion.

During the First Greco-Persian War, the rest of the Greek city-states surrendered after hearing the name of Darius. Only the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta and Athens were still resisting desperately. Although the Athenians also made great contributions, such as the famous Battle of Marathon, only Pugatia dared to form a coalition with the Athenians at that time. This army of 10,000 people had to resist a hundred thousand Persian troops. In order to tell the Athenians the good news of the victory as soon as possible, a soldier was sent out and ran from Marathon to the central square of Athens as quickly as possible.

However, this battle caused Plataea to attract the revenge of Xerxes. During the Second Greco-Persian War, Plataea, which guarded the Isthmus Road, was destroyed by the Persians. The Spartans soon led the coalition to defeat Persia. people.

Since then, the Greeks have held the "Festival of the Fallen" here every year to offer sacrifices to the liberator Zeus, while the Spartans, on behalf of all the allies outside the Temple of Delphi, have erected a bronze monument with inscriptions on it. Allied forces were named, but the Spartans were at the top of the list.

The Athenians seemed unhappy about this. Anyway, when Alexander offered sacrifices for the victory over Persia on behalf of "all Greeks" at the Parthenon, he used his own name and that of all Greeks except the Spartans. head.

The Spartans were also very unhappy. During the Second Greco-Persian War, the entire Athenian population abandoned the city and ran to the ships. After the Persians evacuated, they returned to the city-state and began to rebuild the city and city walls. The Spartans did not want the Greeks to build the city wall. They wanted the Athenians to use the Peloponnese as a retreat. However, at that time, the Greek navy had already demonstrated its naval strength in the Greco-Persian War. They were not like the Spartans who were "all soldiers". According to Spartan law, even farming the land was illegal for the Spartans. Yes, they must learn military knowledge in school from an early age, and when they become adults, they must live in a group for a period of time and eat in public cafeterias.

Eating in the cafeteria not only solves the problem of food, but also represents "citizenship". If a Spartan couple has too many children, they may face the problem of being unable to pay for their own meals. The inability to go to the public cafeteria represents Without full citizenship, there is no glory and reputation.

War was the way for Spartans to obtain wealth. Some wealthy Spartans would help these Spartans who could not afford their share. They were called "Friends". They were always eager for war and wealth, so much so that Any middle-of-the-road strategy that achieves no results is unacceptable to them.

When Xerxes sent an envoy to demand the surrender of Sparta and Athens, the Athenians threw the Persian envoy directly into a pit, while the Spartans threw the world into a well, saying that there was what Xerxes wanted in it. "Water and Earth".

It was this group of people who defended Thermopylae, and a Spartan king even died in this battle.

At that time, Athens had already made up its mind to become a maritime city-state. They not only built the city wall of Athens, but also built two long walls leading to a city called Piraeus, which was a natural port. In 431 BC When the Spartans attacked Athens, the Athenians retreated to this wall to defend themselves.

This wall was rushed out during the construction period. It is said that all kinds of stones were used, and it is not as good as the wall of Troy.

However, a plague broke out in Athens at this time, and Pericles, the consul who supervised the construction of the Parthenon, also died in the plague.

Unlike the previous consuls Solon and Cleisthenes who absorbed new groups of citizens, he narrowed the scope of obtaining Athenian citizenship. Only "Athenians" whose parents were both Athenian citizens had citizenship rights.

For example, when the Persians came and the whole city had to be evacuated, the first people to evacuate were the Athenian citizens by boat, then the foreigners who married the Athenians, and finally the slaves. The reason why they were taken away was because they used oars at that time. The "hollow ships" of the Greek Navy were all manned by free men.

 Without citizenship, you cannot participate in any good things. For example, you are not eligible to participate in various national festivals and sports games.

However, Pericles was a very competent consul in the eyes of many Athenians at that time, and none of his successors could compare with him. Athens during his reign was already very powerful. Thucydides believed that the rise of Athens was related to the change of command of the coalition forces. The naval battle of Salamis was considered to be the turning point of the second Greco-Persian War. The new alliance was formed on the island of Delos. Established on the 1st, later historians called it the "Delian League". Many members of the alliance had conflicts with Sparta and the Peloponnesian League, but they all faced the threat of Persia. Therefore, at this alliance meeting, the Athenians proposed a rule to clarify which alliances should pay money and which alliances should pay warships. Then Athens would use these tributes to build its own public facilities.

When the Peloponnesian War broke out, Sparta had already formed the hegemony that destroyed Athens in the Aegean Sea. Only the victorious Spartans could gain wealth and glory. As their "appetite" grew during the war, Sparta had Rise up to replace Athens and become the military and trade hegemon of the Greek world.

　　"Equality before the law for all" led many allies to hand over lawsuits to Athens for trial. Before Pericles, it was the Ares Council that was responsible. Before Solon's reforms, Athens practiced Dragut's law, and even stealing fruit or being lazy would be sentenced to death. According to the Spartan law, stealing is not a crime. As long as it is not discovered, it will be fine. If someone is discovered, he will be severely beaten. This is not a punishment for stealing, but because his stealing skills are not good...

 “What are you thinking about?” Severus asked.

“Steal something.” Pomona said, staring at the silver snake on Kelly’s head. It seemed to be a silver hairpin.

 “Stealing what?” Severus asked.

“You get its attention,” Pomona said.

"Have you ever stolen anything?" Severus asked in disbelief.

“There’s a first time for everything.” Pomona took a deep breath. “Have you figured out what it’s going to do?”

"Do you remember that there was a Three Sisters bell in the school?" Severus said. "It placed the other two outside the castle. You only need to ring the one in the castle..."

“Just three broken bells are so powerful?” Pomona couldn’t help but ask.

"It has done other tricks. Now we only need Miss Wharton to knock it out with wind magic. She is resisting." Severus took a deep breath. "But it seems to be almost winning."

Pomona suddenly realized, no wonder it wanted to find a Ravenclaw.

 No one stipulates that students with an affinity for the wind element will "certainly" be assigned to Ravenclaw, but who said that Ravenclaw is represented by the wind element.

The fire is driven by the wind, and there is no air circulation in this room at all. It may be a bad sign that the fire in the brazier will go out.

“We need to get out before we run out of oxygen,” Pomona said.

"I agree," Severus said, and he cast the Disillusionment Charm on himself and disappeared.

 “What!?” Pomona’s eyes widened in surprise.

 “Follow your plan,” he said in the darkness.

"But my plan is that you are responsible for attracting its attention!" Pomona wanted to scream, but was afraid of alerting the enemy.

 Then he stopped replying.

She stamped her feet in frustration, then looked back at the center of the "stage".

That place is actually very suitable for placing a podium, such as the one used by the principal for his speech at the opening banquet. When it is used for amplification, the decorative owl will spread its wings.

 “It’s a good thing you can find a place like this.” Pomona muttered, then slowly walked down the steps, thinking about what expression he should use to “appear.”

 (End of this chapter)