When Alexander gets to Persia, or let's say when he gets to Egypt, he knows that there is this god Isis, this female god Isis, that's very important.

亚历山大抵达波斯时，这么说吧，他来到埃及后，发现当地有个叫艾西斯的神，这位艾西斯女神地位非常崇高。

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But we quickly see that the people referred to as Basileus in Homer are not like the great King of Persia.

但回溯一下那些在《荷马史诗》中被称为,巴赛勒斯的人,却并不像波斯王那样强大

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It's very common to find stories of the extraordinary events that surround the birth of someone who will later become great: Cyrus of Persia, Oedipus, Jesus, and so on.

经常有关于非同寻常事件的故事,围绕着那些后来很伟大的人们的出生：,如波斯的赛勒斯，俄狄浦斯，耶酥等等。

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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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For instance, in historical times when the Greeks referred to the great King of Persia, who was a real king and a powerful figure, a king in every sense, the word they used for him was Basileus.

比如说,在历史上,希腊人把伟大的波斯王,一个真正在各种领域,具有绝对权力的君主,称之为巴赛勒斯

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