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.

西计划很简单：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，对西、对一个只讲人、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，熔化后储存在西宫殿中。

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

他们成千上百倒下。我们把残破肢体和脆弱心送回到西脚下。

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.

波战败，西逃跑，再也没有回来。

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

西一定从他间谍那里得知雅典同盟者正准备离开。

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西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.

西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，波人重返，计划征服整个希腊，统帅为达利儿子西。

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，西带领他波人穿过赫勒蓬特河，向南移动，前往巴达，获得盟友。

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，当西抵达时，他百万军队立刻遭到了由巴达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。这一回西御驾亲征。

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巴达人和其他希腊士兵阻止西前进时。

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.

这让波国王西大发雷霆，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·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——我在这里要透露一下——一年后，也就是2016年，Xerxes公司关闭了。