MTL - Inside and Outside World-Chapter 60 :bath

"Have I arrived, the biggest astronomy enthusiast of this era, a public gathering place?"

Yan Luo looked at everything in front of him.

This is a large square, with more than 500 strong men participating in the Olympic Games, bathing naked here—yes, bathing. The opening ceremony is actually a sacrificial activity for Zeus.

Keeping the body clean is the most basic requirement, otherwise, it will be considered disrespectful to the gods. In this era, Greece already had bathhouses, but none of them could accommodate 500 people, so the square near the temple became a bathing point.

Each athlete is given a linen cloth to wipe the body, a piece of grease to apply and remove stains, and a large bucket of water.

"Wow, wow..."

A man with thick, even knotted muscles washed his body with water, and someone scraped his body with small pieces of fat. After Yan Luo arrived, he immediately attracted the attention of many people.

"That's not Greek, right? Why do you also participate in the sports meeting?"

"do not know."

"what happened?"

Athletes from dozens of city-states in Greece are all very strange, and there is also a man with fire-breathing eyes among them: Cornelu, on his chest, there are still bright red marks from ten fingers, which still remain. When the clothes were washed, many people laughed.

Yan Luo calmly walked from among the group of naked athletes to the place where the items were collected.

Linen, grease, bucket of water.

With these, he found a corner, put the water down, and then took off his shirt, jeans, and underwear. Suddenly, the atmosphere in the square became quiet.

A series of gazes focused on him. His ivory-white skin, and his streamlined muscular body, completely different from that of Westerners, gave these people a great shock, even if each of them was a muscular man participating in the Olympics. .

The pupils of Yan Luo's eyes moved from left to right and looked around.

"Wow, wow..."

Hundreds of athletes resumed their movements and poured water on their bodies. After all, this place is near the Temple of Zeus. When taking a bath before the Olympic opening ceremony, they must maintain inner peace and piety, and they are not allowed to pay special attention to other people.

Seeing that everyone else was taking a bath, Yan Luo raised the bucket and poured the water on himself with a blank expression. Then, he picked up the grease—in this era, soap had not yet been invented. Small pieces the size of an egg.

He shook his hand, "Chi Liu..."

Bits of grease fell to the floor.

Yan Luo was about to bend down to pick it up, when suddenly again, he felt the air around him become quiet.

His pupils scanned from left to right again, and found that the muscular naked men in the bath stopped their original movements one by one and stared at him. Some of them looked eager to try, as if they wanted to help pick this piece Like grease.

You feel strong emotions:

Excited +1, +1, +1...

"Huh huh huh..."

Seeing that Yan Luo's bending posture stopped, hundreds of athletes immediately resumed their original movements, taking a shower, washing their bodies, wiping their bodies, and the commotion resumed in the quiet square.

The air seemed to be getting a little heavy. Yan Luo didn't bend down to pick up the small pieces of grease. He raised his right foot to step on it, then bent his toes to grab it, and used his left leg to stand alone. He raised his right foot , grabbed the grease ball and handed it to his left hand.

This operation is undoubtedly very handsome.

Keeping vigilant, Yan Luo, who was out of tune with the surroundings, washed his body amidst the sound of rushing water, and wiped off the water droplets with a linen cloth. At this moment, he saw Cornelu, who even counted The most muscular young man among a hundred people walked up to him.

"Is something wrong?" Yan Luo asked.

A majestic voice came from the side, "Take a bath before the sacrifice, and there must be no conflict!"

The speaker was an old man in a white robe. He was one of the priests of the Temple of Zeus in the city-state of Olympia. He belonged to the clergy.

"My lord priest, there will be no conflict."

Cornelu made a salute to the distance, and then looked at Yan Luo aggressively with resentful eyes: "You wait carefully during the wrestling match!"

He raised his hand on his neck threateningly, and made a "throat cut" gesture, and then the muscles in his body swelled and squirmed terribly. The muscles are jumping.

"Humph!"

Leaving a "death stare", Cornelu left.

The muscular naked men from all the city-states on the square were full of curiosity about this small disturbance. Cornelo, an Arcadian, was well-known throughout Greece—many people knew his bravery. One of the strong candidates for the "wrestling" championship.

How did this young man, who was obviously a Gentile, offend Cornelu?

It is undeniable that the fair-skinned youth's figure is amazing, and his muscles can be called "beautiful", but in the eyes of these Olympic athletes, such muscles cannot be strong, and a man without scars cannot be considered strong!

"It seems that this foreigner is going to be unlucky."

Some people had a mood of gloating.

After taking a bath, the original clothes will naturally not be worn again. A handsome boy aged 13 to 15 will hold white linen robes. Every athlete will receive them, and then put on the sacrificial robes similar to Ximashen, and go to Temple of Zeus.

Yan Luo also put on a white robe, and the black and white shirt, black jeans, and even the belt were taken away—ordinarily, these clothes will be sealed up until after the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, and then reissued. UU Reading www.uukanshu. In fact, his clothes were quickly sent to the chief priest.

Several priests, wearing shirts and jeans made of modern textiles, exquisite metal belt heads and calfskin belts, exclaimed and praised sincerely. It seems that Yan Luo's clothes are going to be blacked out...

A line of athletes lined up and walked towards the temple.

Soon, the place was reached.

This is a temple that has only been built for less than 30 years. The huge and pure white stone stands tall on the ground, and it is even comparable to the Parthenon in its grandeur! Yan Luo saw the 13-meter-high statue of Zeus in the main hall at a glance.

Like the statue of Athena in the Parthenon, this statue of Zeus is also extremely gorgeous. The muscles on the body surface are carved out of ivory! How much ivory does such a statue use?

This is the creation of Phidias, the most famous artist and sculptor in ancient Greece.

Gold, ivory, ebony, and all kinds of precious gemstones, decorated with these statues of Zeus, wears a golden olive wreath on its head, raises its right hand, and on the palm stands a beautiful statue one person tall—the goddess of victory with a pair of wings like an angel!

In his left hand, he holds a golden scepter with a golden eagle resting on top of the scepter.

Nine hundred years later, due to the rise of a **** who ruled Western thought, this temple was converted into a church, and the statue of Zeus was also destroyed under the "pagan idol destruction order". If some Western archaeologists learned that Yan Luo actually saw the statue of Zeus with his own eyes, they would be so jealous.

In front of the statue, there is a huge brazier slightly similar in shape to a tripod, and a raging flame rises above the brazier.

This is the altar where the flames of the Olympic Games are placed.

What is burning on it is the world in this place—

Olympic flame!