Alexander defeated the Persian Army, which at that time controlled all of Asia Minor, Modern Turkey, and had even threatened to control Greece.

亚历山大大败波斯军队，波斯人当时控制了整个小亚细亚，现代土耳其，甚至扬言要占领希腊。

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He defeated the Persian Army in Asia Minor at Granicus, the Battle of Granicus, in 334.

他在小亚细亚的格拉尼库斯击败波斯军队，也就是公元前334年的格拉尼库斯河战役。

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The Persians broke through the middle but just before that, the Athenian wings crushed the Persian wings and set them running for their ships.

波斯军差点就从中路突破了,但就在千钧一发之际,雅典军的两翼击溃了波斯军的两翼,波斯人逃向自己的船只

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The countries that really matter are the ones that -the Arabian--are the Persian Gulf countries; I was just talking to people at the World Economic Forum about that.

有问题的国家是那些,阿拉伯的。。。是那些波斯湾附近的国家;,我才在世界经济论坛跟人讨论过这个。

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So he would identify himself as a Greek god with a Persian god.

比如他自称某希腊神，与波斯神联系来。

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The Persian infantry did not have heavy armor, they did not have that kind of a shield, they had wicker shields; fortunately, we have vase paintings that show us Persians.

波斯步兵没有重装甲,他们没有那种盾,他们只有藤条盾,很幸运,我们找到了展示波斯人图景的花瓶

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Well, the Persian Wars begin in 499 B.C.

希波战争是公元前四百九十九年爆发的

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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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Another fact is that we are told that when Alexander the Great went out to conquer the Persian Empire, and as far as he was concerned,to conquer everything he could reach, he carried with him a copy of the Iliad which it is alleged he put under his pillow.

另一个事实是,据说当亚历山大大帝,出征去征服波斯帝国时,对他而言,就是去征服他能达到的一切,他随身带着一本《伊利亚特》,据说放在他的枕头底下

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