If Oedipus had laughed off the prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother, instead of completely freaking out about it, he would have never left for Thebes and made the prophecy come true.

当年面对那个“弑父娶母”的预言，如果俄狄浦能付之一笑，而不是陷入极度恐慌，他也许根本就不会动身前往底比，预言也就不会成真了。

He marries the widowed queen and becomes king.

他娶了守寡的皇后，成为底比国王。

He lived in Paris more lonely than an anchorite in the deserts of Thebes.

他住在巴黎，比住在底比沙漠里的隐士生活还要孤独。

The power of the priests of Amun had continued to grow, and the New Kingdom ended when they asserted their power at Thebes and divided the country again, resulting in the 3rd intermediate period.

阿蒙祭司的权力持续增长，当他们在底比确立权力并再次分裂国家时，新王国时期结束了，导致了第三个中间时期。

Akhenaten was a controversial pharaoh—he made many changes to the religion of ancient Egypt, including switching from worshiping many gods to worshiping only Aten, the sun, and moving the capital city from Thebes to a new city, Amarna, which he built.

阿肯那顿是一位颇的法老，他古埃及的宗教产生了许多改变，包括人们从崇拜众神转而崇拜太阳神，阿拖恩，并把首都从底比移到了他所建的阿玛那。

At the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BCE against Thebes, the Thebans capitalised on these Spartan weaknesses, costing Sparta dearly.

在公元前 371 年对底比的留克特拉战役中，底比人利用了巴达的这些，巴达付出了沉重的代价。

Who built the seven gates of Thebes?

底比七门何人建起？

The mummy is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in the Temple of Thebes.

这是曾在底比神殿里当过歌手的赛潘姆特的木乃伊。

Together, they built the magnificent city of Thebes.

他们一起建造了宏伟的底比城。

The Old Kingdom fell as the central government declined, and from the ruins, two regional powers emerged, one in Heracleopolis in Lower Egypt, the other at Thebes in Upper Egypt.

古王国随着中央政府的衰落而衰落，从废墟中出现了两个地区性强国，一个在下埃及的赫拉克利奥波利，另一个在下埃及的底比。

When Sparta was defeated, the Thebans freed the helots and suddenly, the Spartans had less time to focus on military pursuits without their labour force.

当巴达被击败时，底比人释放了希洛人，突然间，巴达人在没有劳动力的情况下专注于军事追求的时间减少了。

Eventually, the Theban Kings of Upper Egypt conquered the north and ushered in the Middle Kingdom.

最终，上埃及的底比国王征服了北方，迎来了中王国时期。

Jack Storme was the local barrel maker and blacksmith of Thebes, Illinois.

杰克·托姆 (Jack Storme) 是伊利诺州底比当地的木桶制造商和铁匠。

And Thebes and Athens are kind of brought to submit to Macedonian overlordship.

而底比和雅典也被迫屈服于马其顿的统治。

So there's all sorts of things like that.

因此，诸如巴达的国王卫队、底比的圣队等精英部队，在古代战场上扮演着举足轻重的角色。这些精选兵和选拔兵不仅代表了各自军队的最高战斗力，更是士气与战术灵活性的象征。通过严格的选拔标准和独特的训练方式，他们往往能在关键时刻发挥决定性作用，或是通过卓越的战场表现激励全军士气，或是以一当十，扭转战局。例如，巴达的国王卫队由最精锐的战士组成，他们在温泉关战役中与列奥尼达国王并肩作战，以寡敌众，展现了无畏的勇气和卓越的战斗技巧。而底比的圣队则以其同性恋战士间的深厚情感纽带闻名，这种情感不仅增强了他们的团队协作能力，更在喀罗尼亚战役中与马其顿军队激战至最后一刻。这些精英部队的存在，不仅提升了军队的整体战斗力，更在战术层面上提供了多样化的选择。无论是作为突击队、防御核心，还是执行特殊任务，他们都能以其独特的战斗风格和无与伦比的忠诚度，为胜利奠定基础。

They're not, as it were, the lackeys of Corinth and Thebes.

他们并非科林和底比的走狗。

So he has to conquer the town of Thebes.

因此，他不得不征服底比城。

It was one of a pair brought several years previously by Captain Arthur Sabratash, a cousin of Pononar's, from a tomb near Alephius in the Libyan mountains, a considerable distance above Thebes on the Nile.

这是几年前由阿瑟·萨布拉塔什上尉带来的一对木乃伊之一，他是波诺纳的表亲， 从利比亚山脉中靠近阿勒菲乌的一座墓穴中发掘，位于尼罗河上底比相当远的上游。 虽然此处的洞穴不如底比墓葬那般宏伟， 但由于提供了更多关于古埃及私人生活的例证， 因此具有更高的研究价值。

I mean, if you want to use a modern term for what Thebes is in terms of how important a Greek city state it is, it is a city state too big to fail.

我的意思是， 如果你想用一个现代术语来形容底比在希腊城邦中的重要性，它就是一个大到不能倒的城邦。

By the time Pharaoh Ramesses XI came to the  throne, his power and influence were so weak that Egypt was de-facto ruled by the high  priests of the Temple of Amun at Thebes.

到法老拉美西十一世登基时， 他的权力和影响力如此微，以至于埃及实际上由底比阿蒙神庙的大祭司统治。