Conan: The Mechanic

"Acropolis?" Sitting on the bus, Chiyu looked at the manual in her hand and raised her eyebrows. "Aren't you going to the temple?

"What temple?" Conan, who had read the manual, was a little puzzled.

"The Parthenon!" Qianyu spread her hands.

"After reading the manual..." Conan's mouth twitched. "The Parthenon is within the Acropolis..."

"Hmm..." Qian Yu was stunned, and only reacted after taking a look at the map. "Uh, yes..."

"By the way, today is also the best opportunity to see the Acropolis," Dr. A Li said slightly proudly. "It's free to see the Acropolis today!"

"Why?" Qianyu was surprised.

"Today is May 18th, a free open day stipulated by the Acropolis management. (This is true, May 18 is one of the free open days. 3.6, 4.18, 6.5, 10.28, the last one in September Weekends and the first Sunday of every month from November to March are also designated free days. Conan said speechlessly. "Did you not read the travel recommendation in the free movement section that was sent before departure?"

"Cough..." Qian Yu's face flushed slightly, and then returned to normal.

"It's almost there," Dr. Agasa said as the bus started again and left the bus stop. "The next stop, acropoli, is where we're going to get off, and then we just have to go west to get to the Acropolis."

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After getting off the bus, the three did not go directly to the ruins of the Acropolis, but first went to the Acropolis Museum in the southeast corner of the Acropolis - this museum established in 1878 (the current new museum was only built in 2008) preserved the bronze wares and all artifacts unearthed since 1834, except for the ancient Greek vase. Likewise, the history of the Acropolis is engraved in the presentation in the museum.

The history of the Acropolis dates back to the period of the Mycenaean civilization (1600-1100 BC), when the Acropolis was the residence of the Mycenaean monarchs and their families, guards, devotees, as well as craftsmen and commoners. However, the building at that time has not been verified.

Athens 2,500 years ago was a democratic city-state and the ally of the entire Greek city-state group. In order to prevent the invasion of foreign enemies, the Athenians built the original Acropolis in 580 BC. Among the earliest acropolis, there are the Temple of Athena, the Parthenon, the Theater of Dionysus, which can seat 17,000 people, and a large number of magnificent buildings - Athena is the goddess of war, wisdom, civilization and craftsmanship, and also Athens. The protector of the city, even the city of Athens is named after Athena. Athena is also the spiritual pillar of the Greek army's courage and victory, and the symbol of the city-state. This also makes Athens, which was originally just a military fortress and national center, into a religious holy place like Jerusalem and Rome later.

However, in Greece's war against the Persian invaders, in 480 BC, Athens fell and the Acropolis was completely destroyed by the Persian army. After the Persian army was driven back, the Athenian sculptor Phidias and the architects Iktino and Callicrates spent some twenty years (437 BC to 421 or 415 BC) in white marble It was rebuilt.

In 146 B.C., Greece began its Roman period, and many buildings were erected under the Romans—including the Atticus Hall, which now performs every night. In the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, Athens, as the focus of the Roman Empire at its peak, became a super city at that time.

However, the prosperity must decline. When the Eastern Roman Empire chose Constantinople as the capital, Athens gradually declined in the constant marginalization. From 1801 to 1803, Lord Elgin, a British nobleman, transported most of the remaining carvings away, and these precious cultural relics originally belonging to Athens were also scattered in the British Museum, the Louvre and other places.

"Give history to civilization, not civilization to history..." Qianyu sighed.

"Yeah," Conan looked at the last paragraph of the description with a somewhat sarcastic expression. "At that time, having the power really allowed you to do whatever you wanted."

"Isn't that the case now?" Qian Yu pouted.

"That's right..." Conan laughed dumbly. "Isn't that the case now..."

"Look behind you," Qianyu was standing opposite Conan because she wanted to take a look at the back of the Temple of Athena, but she seemed to see something and motioned Conan to turn back. "Look behind you."

"Behind me?" Conan turned his head, but saw an older blond kid grabbing something from a smaller blond kid - they were obviously brothers, because they were wearing the same clothes, which must be family clothes.

"Give it to me! Give it to me!" During the scuffle, something in the hand of the younger child spilled on the ground—it was some candy—the older child hurriedly took the opportunity to grab a few pieces, then ran aside and ate happily Arise, leaving only the smaller child sobbing softly as he clumsily collects the candy.

"..." Conan's lips pursed, and his expression was the same as Qianyu's, a little sad.

This is. . . The original sin of mankind?

"A devil who takes pleasure in hurting each other, a devil who progresses by hurting each other." Qianyu smiled wryly~www.NovelMTL.com~ Are we the spirit of all things appointed by Jehovah? I feel that we are the mad believers of Lucifer in the world. "

"We are both," Conan shrugged. "If the Lord was a good man, then the Garden of Eden wouldn't have changed owners, would it?"

"I think of The Internationale." Chiba agreed with Conan.

"The Internationale?" Dr. A Li, who was in the audience next to him, was bewildered. "What's the meaning?"

"Yeah," Conan also understood what Chiba meant. "There is no supreme savior, neither Caesar nor tribune." (This is the literal meaning of the original text of the Internationale, Caesar is one of three names for the emperor of the ancient Roman Empire, our translation is: There has never been a savior, nor Rely on the Immortal Emperor!)

"Wait," Dr. A Li still didn't understand the two people's riddles. "Does the Internationale say that?"

"Our Internationale doesn't have one," Conan said, spreading his hands. "But the original version, that is, the French version of the Internationale, does exist." (The Japanese version of the Internationale is no more than 20% similar to the original version in terms of song and lyrics.)

"Our Internationale..." Qian Yu coughed, her expression clearly trying to hold back her laughter with a hint of disdain. "I'd rather listen to Mikami Taku's "Song of the Showa Restoration"!"

"Don't worry about it for now," Dr. A Li glanced at his watch and showed a hint of urgency. "We have to hurry up, or it will be too late! We have more important things to do tonight!"

"Evening..." Thinking of the Champions League final tonight, Conan's mouth twitched. "It is said that the Italian fans are quite good..."

"Quite amazing..." Qian Yu also had a hopeless expression on her face. "Hehe...hehehehe...Italian hooligan...hehehe..."