Socrates ran through the camp. After the tribe had reached the river they had set up camp. Pericles had sent out scouts to look for other food sources. Two weeks ago they had come back with tidings that there was rice within three days of travel. When Pericles had heard this he had immediately called the tribespeople together. Socrates was still in awe of that evening. All the people had gathered facing a large rock. Everyone was excited because Pericles had never called upon the whole tribe, normally he just gave is orders to his adjudants who passed them through. When all were present Pericles had climbed the rock and started speaking. “Men and women, brothers and sisters, friends! I have called upon you today to share with you a dream. A dream for you and me. A dream of a better future, a dream were everyone is safe and has enough to eat. I this dream we don’t have to walk all day to find enough food. A dream were our people will advance in knowledge and were we won’t live in fear for wild animals and other tribes. We will build places to storage our food for lesser times, we will build places were we can store our knowledge, tales and were we can teach our children. We will build walls around our settlement to protect us and traininggrounds for our warriors and we will build places were we and trade with nomads and learn what they know. We few, we will build a civilization that will attract people to join us and we will grow and know prosperity. We will bring wood down from the northern forests to build our permanent shelter and we will use the clay from the river to our south to make them wind and watertight. Ever family will have there own shelter and all families will have a peace of land which they can work. And right here around this rock we will build al large shelter dwarfing all others to commemorate the founding of our civilization. There we can gather as a people to celebrate, socialize and discuss.” Here Pericles had pauzed and looked around to face all, then he had taken a breath en continued in a lower voice: “My friends, we will grow old, be peacefull, have knowledge, be powerfull and rich. My friends..” Here his voice had become like rolling thunder: “We will be GREEKS!!” What a sensation that had been. All the gathered tribespeople broke out in cheering. Everyone cheered at the top of there voice. They hadn’t understood all that Pericles had said but they recognised the passion whit which he had said it and they all were excitement at the forsight of no longer being hungry.
Pericles addressing the tribe
Socrates had cheered as much as the others. He however had understood more of the speech than most an was particulary excited by the idea of increase in knowledge and teaching. And now the build of the houses, as Socrates had called the permanent shelters, was proceeded steadily.
“Socrates! Watch out!” someone chouted and Socrates came back to the present and halted. He had been so lost in his thoughts that he had almost ran into te wall of a newly constructed house. Relieved, that he was warned in time, he look around searching who had called out to him. It was his father, Alexander and Pericles second in command, who had just came around a corner carrying wooden poles on his shoulder. Socrates smiled en hurried to his father. Alexander looked on his son whit fondness and patted the boy on his head with a free hand. “Lost in thoughts again, were you?” he asked his son. Socrates looked up with a guilty look in his eyes: “Yes father, I was thinking of Pericles speech and what the future”. “Now what did I tell you about getting lost in your thoughts?” Alexander asked. “I shouldn’t do it while running, I know, I’m sorry, I won’t do it again.” “Good, now come and help me finish the last wall of our house” He said winking to Socrates. “aahw, do I have to?” Socrates replied “I wanted to go to Plato and help him with his experiments”.
The day after the speech Pericles had called upon his adjudants. During that meeting he had announced that all of his adjudants from that time forth would become advisors. They would all receive a certain area of expertise on which they had to advise him. This way, Pericles had explained, every one could focus there attention and they, as a tribe, could reach exxellence in every aspect. Plato, a bright young man who was in the habit of thinking everything through and then coming up with ideas nobody had thought of, was appointed Advisor of Advanced Knowledge. He would working side-by-side the other advisors and would come up with solutions for the problems they had. At this point he was working with Alexander, who stayed second-in-command and was also appointed Advisor of Weaponry&Protection. He had told Plato that he needed a sort of weapon that could keep his men out of danger while being able to deal damage to the opponent.
Alexander thought it over and said: “Very well, you’ll be my eyes, go to Plato and inform me at the end of the day of the progress he’s making and ask him if he needs any help.” Socrates ran away almost knocking a tribeswoman, who was just taking some food to her home, over. Alexander shook his head with slight amusement and went back to work.
Alexander carrying lumber to the newly build village
It had been three weeks since the Pericles Speech and in those last three weeks the tribe was in a buildingfrenzie. There one’s nightcamp had been transformed in a small village of houses of wood and clay and at the edge of the village, around the rock on wich Pericles had given his speech, the tribespeople had erected an large building. Now, with every family the proud owner there own house, Pericles had called the tribe together again at the same place as three weeks ago. “My friends, three weeks ago we gathered here in this exact same place. Then we were a traveling tribe, ragged and hungry, wounded and thirsty. Now we are an nation, a small nation but we will grow. We will work the surrounding lands, we will train men to guard us and build magnificant buildings and one day we will settle other villages that follow our nation. I pledge this to you, my friends and brethren, one day we will be grand! One day we will be the grand greek NATION!!!
The new Greek nation
(just noticed while waiting on the 30 sec between posting)
who needs a clear mind to play Diety
