He invaded and he was clobbered, and then you read the splendid story Herodotus tells of how he was captured.

他大举入侵波斯,但惨遭重创,接着,你就读到希罗多德,讲述他如何被俘的故事了

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I mean, I can tell you about something really cool that I recently read in Herodotus,

我是说，我可以跟你说说我最近读希罗多德读到的很酷的东西。

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Here we are talking about Tellus all these many years later thanks to Herodotus.

在这儿,我们在那么多年之后,仍然能谈论特勒斯,这多亏了希罗多德

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So we're reading things that people have written about Herodotus much more recently.

所以我们在阅读年代近得多的人写的关于他的东西。

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But Herodotus talks about these ancient people.

但是希罗多德谈到了这些古代人。

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It's not clear that this event ever really took place, but it's really not very important, because what Herodotus is doing is telling how he, I think, and how the Greeks in general viewed the questions at issue.

我们无法证实这件事是否真的发生过,但是这并不重要,因为我认为希罗多德是为了,告诉我们,他以及几乎所有的希腊人,是如何看待这个引人争议的问题的

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And also we're reading Herodotus's work itself and talking about that.

我们还读希罗多德自己的作品，并且探讨它们。

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So, right now, I'm reading "The Histories" by Herodotus,

现在我在读希罗多德的《历史》，

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Well now, before we go any further-- in your Herodotus readings and elsewhere, you will come across many a story in which an oracle is consulted and gives an answer.

现在,在我们深入这个问题之前,当你们阅读希罗多德或其他作品时,里面有大量的故事,都跟某些请示神谕,寻求答案有关

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Here's what Herodotus says: First, because his city was flourishing, that is his polis, that is the word to read, it's flourishing in his time and he himself had sons both beautiful and good.

下面是希罗多德记录的,首先,根据资料,他的城邦,在那个年代非常繁荣昌盛,他的城邦在他那时非常繁荣,他的儿子们既英俊又善良

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