So, goes to -- he's a barbarian, but the barbarians came to the Delphic Oracle too, because you want to know what the gods want.

因此,他去了,虽然他是个暴君,但是暴君也得去神示所,因为他想知道神想要什么

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So, you go to the oracle and what do you ask the oracle?

所以你去了神示所,会问什么呢

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Because there the god Apollo had established an oracle.

因为太阳神阿波罗的旨意,人们建立了神示所

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Okay, now suppose you are the Oikistes, you've gotten the permission from your city to go forward, and you go to the Delphic Oracle and the Delphic Oracle says fine, by all means, go where you want to go.

好吧,现在假设,你被选为Oikistes,即被选出来建设城邦新殖民地的首领 你得到了向前行进的许可,然后你去了特尔斐神示所,神谕说一切顺利,这意味着,你想去哪都可以

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