I'll bet you never heard of Tellus of Athens, neither had Croesus, neither had anybody else outside of Athens.

我打赌你们从没听说过雅典的特勒斯,包括克罗伊斯在内的,任何一个非雅典人都不知道

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Croesus asked Solon to tell him who is the happiest, the most fortunate--both of those things contained in the words he uses--that he had ever seen.

克罗伊斯问梭伦,谁是你见过的,最幸福,最幸运的人,他用了一个词来表示这两重意思

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Croesus was astonished and he asked Solon why did he select Tellus?

克罗伊斯很吃惊,他问梭仑为什么选特勒斯

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Of course, Croesus had shown his great wealth already to Solon.

当然,克罗伊斯已经向,梭仑展示了他巨大的财富

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We all know what was wrong with Croesus.

我们都知道克洛伊索斯错在了哪里

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So on goes the visit to Croesus.

继续说他拜访克罗伊斯的故事

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He said, "If I cross the Halys River, that's the boundary between Lydia and Persia, what will happen?" The oracle replied, "A great empire will be destroyed," And Croesus said, "Terrific that's what I have in mind."

如果我跨过了哈吕斯河,那是吕底亚和波斯的分界线,会有什么后果,神谕回答说,一个伟大的帝国将被摧毁,于是克洛伊索斯说,太棒了,正如我愿

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Well, the most famous early on, King Croesus of Lydia, the richest man in the world,you've heard all about him, decides it would be a nice thing to conquer the Persian Empire, his neighbor to the east.

最著名的就是吕底亚的克洛伊索斯国王,之前已经讲过,他是世上最富有的人,他觉得征服他东方的邻居,波斯帝国,是一个不错的事

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