Chapter 208 Athena Festival
In Greece, every Athena Festival is highly anticipated.
A grand festival held every four years.
On this day, representatives from the territories of Athens must come to Athens to participate in the celebration. No matter how far away they are, they must come on this day.
And these representatives will also present brand new embroidered robes and animal sacrifices to Athena during the festival.
After the sacrifice, Athens will also hold a week-long grand sports competition and music competition, in which the scale of sports competition is comparable to the Olympic Games, and sometimes even exceeds the latter.
You must know that the Olympic Festival was established by the God King Zeus, and to a certain extent represents the gods of Mount Olympus.
Athena's festival alone can be vaguely compared with the gods. It is conceivable how popular she is. Similarly, because of this grand occasion, some people spread that Athena would overthrow Zeus' rule.
However, Ino didn't care much about all this.
Or even if Athena showed off, he didn't care much.
Of all the myths, he was least afraid of Greek mythology.
Of course, this does not mean that he wants to challenge the Greek gods head-on, but a strategic contempt. If he can't beat them, can he run away?
Today is different from the past. Whether it is the Phantom Displacement or the Phoenix that has been released from the suitcase, they are all his biggest trump cards.
After all, I have only heard that the Greek gods are brave and have power, but I have never seen any god who can move instantly.
Even the king of gods Zeus uses the most to turn into an eagle to fly.
For the Greek gods, Ino only respects them, but is not afraid. This is the most intuitive result brought about by the difference in power system.
If you have the ability, come and chase them. He doesn't care about three or five years. He will return when the time is up. Besides, the Greek gods are not a monolithic entity. There are many factions inside, and there are also the Abyss Titans left over from the last era outside.
However, although he thought so, he was unwilling to tear his face with any of them unless he had to.
Looking at the little Helena beside him, he really saw his own shadow in the other party, the same orphan, the same helpless.
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Time always passes unnoticed.
As the Athena Festival approaches, Ino also closes the store.
Money is endless. Similarly, if he really annoys Athena, no matter how much money he has, it will be useless. After all, this store has been left to Helena from beginning to end.
In the morning, the sun chariot crossed the sky as usual, announcing the beginning of a new day.
On the day of Athena Festival.
Helena got up early, which was rare, and rummaged in her old wooden box.
In the living room, Ino sat aside, quietly watching the busy little figure.
He understood Helena's behavior too well. Almost every lonely wandering child is like this. They always have one or two things that they treasure, or beautiful candy wrappers, or an inconspicuous button.
Soon, he also saw the item that Helena cherished, a rectangular piece of thin black gauze.
"This is what my mother left for me!" Helena raised the black gauze in her hand and said proudly.
"Great!" Looking at the scarf, Ino also admired it from the bottom of his heart.
To be honest, he has always envied those children who have things left by their parents, which is an extension of family affection.
Once upon a time, he also had this family affection...
As if feeling sad, Helena quietly walked to Ino.
"I'll give you half! So you have it!"
As she spoke, the two tender little hands grabbed together and were about to tear the scarf apart.
Seeing this scene, Ino opened his arms and gently hugged the petite figure.
To be honest, Helena's ability to do this was beyond his expectation, which made him sigh and have nothing else to do.
It is rare for a child who grew up wandering to be willing to share the most precious items.
What's more, this item was left by her mother.
"This is what your mother left for you. You must keep it well. I will also leave you something in the future."
Ino lowered his head and whispered in Helena's ear.
...
In Athens.
The four-yearly Santa Festival makes the whole city crowded.
Ino walked through the crowd with difficulty, and Helena sat on his shoulder with a smile on her face.
"Ino, there are jugglers over there, walk to the side, there is a tree just blocking me!"
Helena held candy in one hand and tied a black scarf tightly in the other hand.
"How many times have you told me to go left or right, to the side? What is to the side?"
Ino was a little helpless, he finally realized the hardship of raising children.
It was okay in the past, but today, under the festive atmosphere, Helena finally showed a side that matched her age, the liveliness and innocence that children should have.
"Left and right?" Helena looked at her hands blankly.
After a moment, she leaned out half of her body and stretched out her arm tied with a black scarf.
"Look, this is the direction of this hand."
"Sit still, don't move!" Ino patted the arm stretched out in front of her.
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The lively celebration lasted from early morning to dusk.
Especially after sunset, the bustle of the entire city of Athens did not subside with the arrival of night, but became even more lively.
After all, the daytime belonged to the goddess's sacrifice, and the joy of mortals lasting a week from night.
Not far from the temple, there was a closed bakery.
There were two figures, one big and one small, sitting in the store.
"Are you sure you don't want to go with me? Then you have to promise to stay here and not run out alone."
Ino looked at Helena with some concern. He didn't know what was wrong with this child, but she just didn't want to go to the Temple of Athena.
"Yeah! You go, I won't run around." Helena blinked, her violet eyes full of seriousness.
Seeing Helena's expression, he couldn't force anything to say, so he could only remind her again and walk towards the temple opposite.
...
The bakery is not far from the temple, half a street away.
It took a few minutes for Ino to arrive at the door of the temple.
However, to his surprise, there was a familiar figure standing outside the door.
"The goddess ordered me to pick you up! Please follow me." The girl in white linen spoke slowly.
Hearing the voice and expression that were different from before, Ino also realized that the person in the temple should be Athena herself.
In fact, it is normal to think about it. The grand festival held once every four years cannot be dealt with by the gods.
It is inevitable to avoid the disaster. Ino sighed and followed the girl in front of him into the temple slowly.
Forty-six huge stone columns are like solid guards, white marble pavement, exquisite fountains, and gorgeous reliefs.
Everything shows the culture and art of Greece in the classical era.
But no matter how exquisite and luxurious the surroundings are, Ino can't get excited.
If possible, he really doesn't want to be involved in the right and wrong of this big family.
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Xiaodi shares today: Panathenaea (also known as Panathenaic festival) is a religious festival in ancient Greece, mainly used to commemorate Athena, the goddess of Athens. The following is detailed information about the Panathenaea:
Festival time:
Originally, the Panathenaea was held once a year in Athens.
From 566 BC, the Great Panathenaia was held every four years, replacing the regular Panathenaia of the year.
The festival was held in January of the Athenian calendar, which is equivalent to July to August of the Gregorian calendar.
Origin of the festival:
The Panathenaia was formed to commemorate Athena, the goddess of the city of Athens.
There are many myths and legends about the origin of the festival, including stories related to Ericthonius, the legendary ancestor hero of Athens, and Theseus, the hero who unified the city-state of Athens.
Festival activities:
During the festival, representatives from all the territories of Athens will go to Athens to participate in the celebration.
People will offer Athena a brand new embroidered robe and animal sacrifices.
