What I'm suggesting to you is that this was the best information gathering and storing device that existed in the Mediterranean world.

我所想要告诉你们的是,特尔斐是地中海世界,收集和储存信息的最佳地点

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But the point is that this form of immortality is available to Tellus because of his place in the polis, because of the deeds he does for the polis, and that is the greatest possible payoff.

但是关键是,特勒斯之所以能成为永恒,是因为他在城邦中的地位,是因为他在城邦之中的功绩,这也许就是得以永存的最佳途径

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