That's right, this is the original manuscript of Herodotus' Histories, as well as the diaries and materials he kept during his travels. When Turriyi was burned, his family fled the fire with nothing with them. Now they're donating it all to the library! Ansitanos said excitedly.

"I ...... Can I take a look? "Lysias did not ask for help when he was in Athens, even though his family was poor, but now he looked at Ansitanos with a wistful expression.

Ansitanos shook his head, "I'm sorry, Lysias. Herodotus' manuscripts and materials of the Histories were Dionia's most valuable treasures, and such precious materials were stored on them and kept under special care. Ansitanos pointed to the top of his head, which was the second floor of the library: "Only the senators of the Senate and the scholars of the Dionian Academy will be allowed to enter it for the sake of their duties and research, and they will not be allowed to take the books out."

"If you join Dionia, and you will become the Dean of the Faculty of Letters, as promised by Lord Davers, then it will be a breeze for you to check out any books and materials in the library."

Lysias stood in place, his face changing, and although he had only been in Dioonia for about two days, he was greatly struck by the fact that this alliance of city-states with a short history was not only vibrant and fast-growing, but also attached great importance to knowledge and culture, and many institutions and facilities were built to highlight its importance and ensure its development and inheritance, such as the Dionian Academy, the Panthéon, and the newly built library...... Even Athens, with its splendid culture, did not have such institutions and facilities, nor did it put respect for knowledge and scholars in such an important position as Dionia, which is a paradise for scholars to give full play to their talents!

After thinking about it, Lysias finally made up her mind: "When I return to Athens, I will discuss with my family before deciding when to come to Turiyi. ”

"That's great!" Ansitanos was overjoyed and stepped forward to put his arm on Lycias's shoulder: "When Lord Davers finds out, he will be very happy that Dionya has another scholar who is famous throughout Greece!" Trust me, you can only be better in Dionya than in Athens! ”

"Shh The librarian poked his head out from behind the registration desk and made a gesture of silence.

Ansitanos nodded apologetically.

At this time, Lysias said with a complicated expression: "Ansitanos, as far as I know, you are the dean of the Faculty of Letters. ”

"Studying history is what interests me. It was only because there was no one at the time to reluctantly agree to the consul's request that I was the head of the Faculty of Letters, which had wasted too much of my time on writing books. Now that you are more capable than me and have more literary attainments than me, I am too late to be happy......" Ansitanos said a lot without thinking.

"Thank you, my friend!" Lysias smiled and saluted Ansitanos, and when he finally made up his mind, his heart suddenly became extremely relaxed. He looked at the countless rows of bookcases in front of him stretching into the depths of the hall, and the air was filled with the strange aroma of wood and confetti, and he took a deep breath, a little intoxicated: he was going to spend the rest of his life here!

"Ansitanos, if it's convenient, please take me to meet the 'god favorite' in your mouth, the undefeated general Davers, I want to see what kind of great person a person who founded the Dionian Academy and built the library should be?" His eyes were full of curiosity and yearning.

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When the Carthaginian envoys sailed into Carthage's famous round military port throughout the Mediterranean, and the envoys came out of the docks, the Carthaginian people swarmed up and surrounded them to learn about the negotiations.

When the Carthaginian people learned that a peace agreement had been signed and that Carthage would continue to own several cities, including Lille and Erlux, as well as a small part of the western part of Sicily, for a certain amount of food, gold and silver, many people cheered and some shed tears......

The Sicilian War, which lasted for several years, not only cost Carthage a lot of gold and silver, but also killed thousands of citizens in this long and brutal war.

Especially in the first war with Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse, Suphite Shimirko led his army to a great victory at the beginning, and even attacked the city of Syracuse, but the strength was greatly damaged by the outbreak of the plague, and finally suffered a heavy defeat, leaving only a dozen ships struggling to sail back to the port.

At that time, the people of Carthage, who had heard of this terrible situation, gathered at the port to inquire about their relatives. When it became known that fifty or sixty thousand soldiers (not including mercenaries) had either died in Sicily or had been taken prisoner, the weepings and screams of the bereaved resounded throughout the coastline, and it was the darkest day of Carthage, and the whole city was plunged into mourning.

The people were covered in black veils, their homes were closed, commercial activities were suspended, and temples were closed......

Correspondingly, the aristocracy of the Carthaginian political circles, the Magonides family from the Carthaginian mother state and the Phoenician city of Tyre, monopolized the Carthaginian political scene for nearly 200 years, and finally came under real threat. Following the crushing defeat of the Carthaginian army organized by Hamilcar, the patriarch of the Magonides, and the tyrant Dillon of Syracuse in the great battle of Himera more than 70 years ago, the name of the Magonides family was once again associated with the defeat of the overseas expedition, and this time the situation was even more serious, the Carthaginian army was almost completely wiped out, and Shimirko did not die in battle like his ancestors, but abandoned his comrades and soldiers and fled back alone. Such an escape would have been punishable by "crucifixion" under Carthaginian law, and the magnum was temporarily exempt from criminal punishment because of the kingly status of the Magonides family in Carthage. But the storm was not over, and the Carthaginian elite, who had long been dissatisfied with the Magonides, took advantage of the grief and anger of the citizens to push for institutional reform.

Shimilko, the loser who had brought shame on his family, realized that the situation was extremely unfavorable for the Magonides, and every day he walked around the main temple of Carthage Melekat in cheap and shabby linen robes, complaining to the gods of his blasphemy and praying to Heaven to punish him, hoping to redeem something in this way. But in the end, the persecution of the situation and the ridicule and humiliation of the citizens finally caused him to have a nervous breakdown, and half a year later he locked himself in his home and committed suicide. This public act of atonement was still not enough to guarantee the power of the Magonides.

Soon after, a new Carthaginian political institution was established, the Court of 104, an institution composed of members of the aristocratic class whose role was to supervise the conduct of Carthaginian officials and military governors, as well as the duties of the High Court, to which no one from the Magonides family was selected.

In order to revive Magonids' declining power in Carthage and regain his prestige among the populace, Magonides' new patriarch, Margo, who was the younger brother of Shimilko, took advantage of the family's still great influence in the Senate to take advantage of the opportunity of Syracuse's tyrant Dionysius to attack the Carthaginian son Bonthus, and once again promoted Carthage's Third Sicilian War against Syracuse.

However, the Carthaginian army, which had been greatly weakened, resisted the attack of Syracuse after the army became stronger and stronger, but there were more defeats than victories. Marco was still holding on, but Carthage was tired of the war, and in the absence of a chance of victory, they were more afraid of a repeat defeat, so the "armistice negotiations" became the unanimous cry of the citizens.

In the end, an agreement was reached, but the responsibility for the defeat was still on Margo's shoulder. When Carthage's emissary from negotiating with Syracuse returned, the whole city cheered for peace, except for one that was deserted, even sad.

In a huge mansion not far from Mount Bilsa, the Carthaginian Acropolis, the Magonides family was paying their respects, because it was the day of Shimirko's sacrifice, but the constant loud music and cheers of the people outside the mansion clearly seriously damaged the mourning atmosphere.

Hasdruba knew that it was the Carthaginians who worshipped and celebrated Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest, and her daughter Parsephone.

The citizens of Carthage are worshipping Greek gods?! That's right, in Sicily, because the Greek city-states and Carthage had a deep relationship with the Phoenician colonial cities, they lived together for hundreds of years, and they had a deep influence on each other, and the two goddesses Demeter and Persephone were not only popular with the Greeks in Sicily, but also gradually accepted them by the Phoenicians, and even the Sicilians believed that Hades, the king of Hades, was Parsephone who was abducted in Sicily. This cultural influence penetrated into Carthage, where there were already temples of these two goddesses, but the reckless actions of Shimirko's army made their position among the Carthaginian gods even more prominent, because when Shimirko led his army to the city of Syracuse, his soldiers looted the temple of the two goddesses on the southern slope of Epipolai, and soon after, a plague broke out in the Carthaginian military camp, which led to the final defeat, so the Carthaginian people believed that this was the punishment of the goddesses for blasphemy against the Carthaginians. You must know that Persephone is the queen of the underworld.

The terrified Carthaginian people even strongly urged the Senate to formally pass a bill for a large-scale worship of the two goddesses. To this end, they also visited the Greeks who had settled in Carthage, and assigned them to serve the two goddesses, especially Parsephone, and stipulated that their worship must be carried out in the Greek way. As a result, this religious ritual continued year after year, and the two Greek goddesses became more and more important in the hearts of Carthaginian citizens.