Chapter 18 (1/2)
A fewdays later, Davos saw a huge wall in front of hi infinitely to the southeast…
”Oh! The Median Wall!! I still feel shocked, no hed aloud During these days of , he would often run into the troops of Menon and acco with Davos helps stiht that he was bored ether with the troops of Proxenus, because he had no coe with the others except Proxenus, so he cae to Davos
”It was said that this Median as doainst the Medes in the north But the kingdom of Babylon was destroyed by the Media…” Xenophon looked up at the tall walls and sighed, ”The Media were later destroyed by the Persians and Herodotus had a wonderful description in his book 《The Histories》 'Just as dom' Therefore, despite the vast territory of Persia, we still don't knoill destroy it in the future! I hope that I could see that day in my lifetime!”
Davos certainly remembers that in the past history, Persia was destroyed by Alexander the Great[1], King of Macedonia, who had been admired by Westerners for more than two thousand years He couldn't remember the exact timeline, but it is probably several decades later In his doe wall made of burnt bricks and bitu a Great Wall to defend against the barbarian isn't exclusively belongs to Huaxia[2] Now China should currently still be in the Spring and Autu States period[4]…
He turned to look at the East, standing for a long tiret in his eyes He is a Greek in this world and thousands of miles away from his native land, it's impossible for him to return…
”Davos! Davos!…” Davos returned to his senses after hearing Hielos calling hi still which affected the progress of the march He step up his pace and couldn't help but say, ”You knohat? Perhaps there is a country in the far east, which governs a er territory and more people than Persia Its manners and customs are totally different from Greece and Persia, and its political system is also different froorgeous clothes, elegant etiquette, nificentarmy and the people are wealthy…”
”Davos, you are dreadom in the East?” Xenophon interrupted Davos' speech and said seriously, ”According to Herodotus' record, India is to the east of Persia, Arabia is to the southeast, and the Scythians[5] and the Aridoiven you?”
”So what is beyond the east of the races you had just mentioned?” Davos asked
”It should be the ocean” Xenophon uncertainly said
”This is what Herodotus said Did he personally confirain
”He…it should be what he had heard froan to stutter
”Since he had just heard of it, then we can't be sure that it is true, nor can we deny that there is no such country in the distant East!” Davos retorted
Xenophon was unable to respond for aat how serious you react, it seems that there really is such a country”
Davos s
”Hoonderful it would be if one day I can go to the distant east to have a look!” Olivos, was attracted by the scene described by Davos, and he suddenly said it with a sigh
”Then you have to go through the Persian kingdoetaens[7], who coo like the wind, and was said to have cut off the head of the Persian king, Cyrus the Great…well, there are also the terrible Arih to not be killed or be captured as a slave, then you can see whether the distant East is an ocean or a powerful country…” Xenophon said half jokingly and half serious
Olivos shrank his neck and didn't speak anyh he didn't like Olivos, he even eable Athenian, ”What are you afraid of? If I have a strong aro anywhere!”