Xerxes plan was simple: march into Greece through the north, and outflank any Greek defenders by landing his navy behind them along the Greek coast.

薛西斯计划很简单：从北方进军希腊，并通过在希腊海岸登陆他海军在他们身后包抄任何希腊防御者。

The idea of giving yourself for something is anathema to a Xerxes, to a transactional person, to a soulless person.

为某种事业奉献自己想法，对薛西斯、对一个只讲交易人、对一个没有灵魂人来说，都是极其反感。

The gold was rapidly drained from the Empire  and melted down for storage in Xerxes palace.

黄金迅速从帝国流出，熔化后储存在薛西斯宫殿中。

They fall by the hundreds. We send the severed bodies and the fragile hearts back to Xerxes' feet.

他们成千上百。我们把残破肢体和脆弱心送回到薛西斯脚。

Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.

王后瓦实提在亚哈随鲁王宫内，也为妇设摆筵席。

The Persians were defeated and Xerxes fled, never to return.

波斯战败，薛西斯逃跑，再也没有回来。

Xerxes, who must have heard from his spies that the allies were set on leaving, fell for it.

薛西斯一定从他间谍那里得知雅典者正准备离开。

But the battle was ultimately a loss after a Greek traitor showed Xerxes how to flank Leonidas' forces.

但在一位希腊叛徒向薛西斯展示如何从侧面夹击列奥尼达军队后，这场战斗最终以失败告终。

From a vantage point Xerxes was forced to look on while his smaller, lighter galleys were rammed and sunk by the Greeks' heavy ships.

薛西斯不得不看着他小巧战船被希腊人笨重战舰冲撞沉没。

Ten years later, the Persians returned, planning to conquer the whole of Greece under the leadership of Darius's son, Xerxes.

十年后，波斯人重返，计划征服整个希腊，统帅为达利斯儿子薛西斯。

And then, in 480 BCE, Xerxes took his Persians across the Hellespont and moved south, towards Sparta, gaining allies.

然后，在公元前 480 年，薛西斯带领他波斯人穿过赫勒斯蓬特河，向南移动，前往斯巴达，获得友。

According to Herodotus, when Xerxes arrived, his million man army was initially opposed by a Greek force led by 300 Spartans at the mountain pass of Thermopylae.

据希罗多徳记载，当薛西斯抵达时，他百万军队立刻遭到了由斯巴达300勇士带领希腊军队反抗，战役发生在塞莫皮莱山道上。

What hope had the Greeks in the face of such a host? This time Xerxes himself took command.

简直看不出，这支大军一到，希腊人还会有什么生路。这一回薛西斯御驾亲征。

The famed Battle of Thermopylae took place as Spartans and other Greek soldiers blocked Xerxes' advance.

著名温泉关战役发生在斯巴达人和其他希腊士兵阻止薛西斯前进时。

But in reality, the Persian empire, Xerxes left because he'd done his year, which is what you're supposed to do, and then he's got a whole empire to run.

但实际上， 波斯帝国大流士完成了他年度任务后便离开了，这是他应尽职责，随后他还要管理整个帝国。

That made the Persian king Xerxes mad, so he led two major campaigns against the Athenians, and the Athenians enlisted the help of all the other Greek city-states.

这让波斯国王薛西斯大发雷霆，因此他领导了两次针对雅典人重大战役， 雅典人争取到了所有其他希腊城邦帮助。

Simon profiled Jake Xerxes Fussell for the Monitor back when that artist's fifth album, " When I'm Called, " dropped to very positive reviews in July.

西蒙曾在七月份为“监视器”杂志撰文介绍杰克·泽克斯·法塞尔，当时这位艺术家第五张专辑《当我被召唤时》发布，获得了非常积极评价。

So the, the amazing thing about this story, because I'm gonna, I'm gonna give it away here, is that a year later, 2016, Xerxes, shuts down.

所以，这个故事最精彩部分是——我在这里要透露一——一年后，也就是2016年，Xerxes公司关闭了。