When Davers bowed to the bust of Heracles, the people all bowed and wished that they would have such a god when they died.

As the idol was carried into the temple, it was already afternoon, and although the people were a little tired, they maintained a high level of interest in the holding of one after another unprecedented and novel ceremonies.

To this day, the last and most important one remains – to visit the temple and pray.

Under the command of Davers, the soldiers maintained order, and the populace consciously obeyed the order, entering the temple one by one......

After going through the previous rituals, Canios's perception of Hades had greatly improved, and now he was eager to enter the temple and find out.

Following the flow of people stepping on the entrance steps and stepping on the pedestal of the temple, you will see a statue of a god on each side of the main entrance of the temple: on the left is a handsome young man, holding a harp, playing with his heart; On the right is a beautiful woman, twisting her clothes by hand. With a smile on his face, he looked at the young man gently.

The two milky marble statues are sleek and lifelike. The affectionate gaze between the two creates a pleasant mood.

Carños' gaze lingered back and forth in front of the two statues, until someone exclaimed, "Could this be the hero Orps and his beautiful wife Eurydic?!" ”

When Canios was reminded of it, he looked at it more closely and found that it was indeed the case, because their names were engraved on the pedestal of the statue.

Orps, the son of Apollo, the god of the sun, and Calliopa, the goddess of literature and art, was a hero in ancient Greek legend who sang and played the harp. His wife Eurydic was bitten by a poisonous snake and died, and Orps, who loved her dearly, ventured into the underworld and touched Hades and Persephone with her beautiful singing, allowing him to take Eurydice's soul with him, but not to look at Eurydic until she left the underworld, otherwise she would remain in the underworld forever. Orps kept his promise and took his wife on a difficult trek, and was about to get out of hell, but he accidentally glanced at his wife, causing Eurydic to be recaptured and returned to hell, and Orps fell into remorse and died of depression.

But at this moment, the two statues show not sadness and resentment, but happiness and warmth.

Influenced by this emotion, Canios entered the temple in a peaceful state of mind, and was greeted by the three stone tablets that had been carried into the temple earlier.

This is Valhalla, and Canios saw the letters engraved on the eaves.

Valhalla is just a side hall of the temple, the area is not too large, and there are colorful paintings on the four walls. Canios took a closer look, and the main picture on it was: the former mercenaries crossed the ocean, rescued the people, fought the barbarians, built new cities, and created alliances......

Even Canios, an outsider, could not help but sigh at the hardships of Dionia's entrepreneurship, but instead of bowing as the Dionian people did, he walked to the brazier and bowed, and then came out through the side door.

On the right side is another side hall, which must be the sage temple that the people just said, and it seems that many people have stopped in it.

Kanios walked straight ahead, crossing the middle gate and entering the main hall of the temple.

This hall is more than 20 meters high, and as soon as people enter, they immediately realize their insignificance. In front of the main hall stands a bronze statue more than ten meters high, the huge body also gives people a strong sense of oppression, fortunately, this Hades statue does not show the legendary fierce and hideous face, but is a kind eyebrow, a kind and kind face of the elder image, and he is also next to another statue - the beautiful queen of the underworld Perpephone, she kissed her husband's arm, smiling at all beings. Hades, the most feared of the Greek gods, is now in harmony with the queen, which makes people feel close.

Looking at the ground again, it is a carefully selected striped and bright marble splicing, smooth as a mirror; The four walls are still colorful paintings, dense forests, verdant green mountains, green grasslands, all kinds of rare and exotic beasts, immortal gods, and human beings are also hip-hopping and complacent in the middle, and get along very harmoniously...... It makes people linger after seeing it, and the sunlight is projected in from the courtyard in the middle of the temple and the windows above both sides, which reflect the bright colors in the temple, and it makes the main hall magnificent, as if in a fairyland, so that many Dionian people are fascinated and murmur: "Elysée?!" This is Elysée Land!! ......" knelt down in front of the fire, unwilling to get up for a long time.

The soldiers who maintained order could only helplessly urge again and again.

Seeing this, Canios had to sigh: the Dioonians designed so boldly and ingeniously that they turned hell into paradise and evil gods into good gods! In such a warm place, there are still no people to come to worship!

As he walked out of the temple, Canios couldn't help but reminisce about the beautiful scene inside the temple.

"The temple over there is so scary! A lot of people are afraid to go in! ”

"Wouldn't it?! That's good! If it weren't for the soldiers urging me, I would have wanted to stay inside! ”

"Over there...... It's completely different from this side, you can go and see it if you don't believe it! ”

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The voices of the people reached Canios's ears, and he was stunned: there is still a temple? No, there's only one here, is it...... That's impossible?! ……

Quite a few people were as shocked as Kanios. It is normal to be surprised, after all, the temple of the ancient Greek city-state has been a temple dedicated to a main god since ancient times, and the appearance of the god of the queen of the underworld in the temple here is already a bold breakthrough, but fortunately, people regard the queen of the underworld as a subsidiary of the king of the underworld, and there is not much surprise! But they never expected that the designers would have a bolder approach, dividing a temple into two parts - one temple and two gods! No wonder the Temple of Hades is twice as long as a normal temple!

Fueled by doubts and curiosity, Canios quickly passed through the outer corridor of the temple, supported by a dozen massive Doric stone columns, to the other side of the temple.

Sure enough, there was another temple entrance here, and it was also full of people.

There are also two stone carvings on both sides of the main entrance, but they are black, they are the ferryman of the Yellow Spring River, Luo Rong, and the three-headed dog Cerpalos, the guardian of the gates of hell, and their hideous appearance makes Canios feel a chill in his heart.

Entering the entrance is a side hall on which the letters "Prison of the Wicked" are engraved, and in the center is the murderous statue of Thanatos, the god of death holding a sharp sword, with black letters engraved on both sides: "Traitors will go to this prison!" Murderers will go to this prison! The rapist will go to this prison! ……”

At the end of each sentence, there are blood-colored skeletons painted, which makes people feel chilled. And the four walls are painted with all kinds of terrible pictures of ghosts torturing souls, which is even more creepy.

Canios staggered out, and the horrific sight made him hesitate: Do you want to go in?

At this time, he saw that the side hall on the right side was engraved with the words "Confessional Room", and there was a string of eye-catching large characters next to it: "If there is a mistake, God will forgive!" ”

Still, Kanios walked through the confessional and into the main hall.

It's a black world. The black marble floor, the black walls, the lack of patios, and the absence of windows, so there was no sunlight, only the brazier burning in front of the statue brought some light to the temple, but it did not add much warmth to the temple, but the flickering flames left a haze on everyone's face.

There is not only one statue in front of him, there is no longer a beautiful and gentle queen next to the statue of Hades, who is dressed in a black robe, holding a double-strand fork, with a majestic face, and his compelling eyes seem to be able to see the good and evil of people.

In front of him there were three eight-meter-tall statues, namely Minos, Radamantos, and Aiagos, the three judges of hell, all with grim faces, one holding a paper scroll, the other shouting, and the one in the middle holding up a scale, with a weight on one tray and a bright red heart on the other tray, which was the only red color in the entire temple, but it made all the believers in the temple nervous and sweaty, because it was so eye-catching, as if asking: How is your conscience?!

Kaneos walked out of the temple in a trance, and the fresh air didn't make him feel easy: it was a test of the soul!

As he walked down the hill, Canios couldn't help but look back at the majestic temple.

The people who came out of the side of the temple were smiling and happy; The people who came out from the other side looked solemn and thoughtful. Heaven and hell are extremely opposed, but they are perfectly housed in a temple, and the genius of the Dioonians has built this strange temple, and I wonder what kind of impact it will have on the Dioonians in the future!

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At dusk, the hustle and bustle of the city of Turriy has not yet dissipated, and the people in the streets are still talking about the daytime temple celebrations, including the famous Kristoo's restaurant.

Kanios munched bread and drank mutton soup as they talked.

He learned that the strange design of the temple of Hades had originally come from the suggestion of the consul Davers, and even every unprecedented ritual in the celebration was arranged by him, which made him even more curious: what kind of person was the consul of Dionia?

At the ceremony, Canios only saw from a distance that Davos in front of the temple looked young, but his bearing was extraordinary. The thought that he had not yet been received by the Ionian ruler made Canios feel a little frustrated.

"Can I sit here?" A person came across the wooden table and asked politely.

Canios nodded.

"Here's a big plate of tripe!" The man shouted loudly, and not long after he sat down, the steaming food was served, and he hurriedly scooped a large spoonful of sauce from the clay pot on the table with a wooden spoon, and put it on the plate, it was a sauce made of shellfish from the sea, and it tasted very strange, and Canios was not used to it, but the man opposite used tripe dipping sauce, and ate it with relish.

"Well, it's still delicious! I haven't eaten for months, and I think about it every day, but I'm hungry! The man's look of intoxication made Canios smile.

The man glanced at Canios and said, "Do you know that when the Greek mercenaries were in Persia, Davers was just an ordinary soldier at first, and it was with this tripe that he conquered the mouths of other soldiers, which attracted everyone's attention, and later became the leader of the mercenaries. ”

Note: The idea of one temple with two gods is not the original invention of Davers, hundreds of years later, Hadrian, one of the five wise emperors of Rome, designed and presided over the construction of the temple of Venus, which is dedicated to the goddess Venus on one side and the goddess of Rome (i.e., the deified Rome) on the other side, and the ruins of the temple are in front of the amphitheater in Rome.