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”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比，预言也就不会真了。

He marries the widowed queen and becomes king.

他娶了守寡皇后，比国王。

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

他住在巴黎，比住在比沙漠里隐士生活还要孤独。

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.

阿蒙祭司权力持续增长，当他们在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.

阿肯那顿是一位颇受争议法老，他使古埃及宗教产生了许多改变，包括使人们从崇拜众神转而崇拜太阳神，阿拖恩，并把首都从比移到了他所建阿玛那。

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 年对比留克特拉战役中，比人利用了巴达这些弱点，使巴达付出了沉重代价。

Who built the seven gates of Thebes?

比七门何人建起？

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

这是曾在比神殿里当过歌手赛潘姆特木乃伊。

Together, they built the magnificent city of Thebes.

他们一起建造了宏伟比城。

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，一个在下埃及赫拉克利奥波利，另一个在下埃及比。

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，比人释放了希洛人，突然间，巴达人在没有劳动力情况下专注于军事追求时间减少了。

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) 是伊利诺州比当地木桶制造商和铁匠。

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

而比和雅典也被迫屈服于马其顿统治。

So there's all sorts of things like that.

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

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

他们并非科林和比走狗。

So he has to conquer the town of Thebes.

因此，他不得不征服比城。

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一对木乃伊之一，他是波诺纳表亲， 从利比亚山脉中靠近阿勒菲乌一座墓穴中发掘，位于尼罗河上比相当远上游。 虽然此处洞穴不如比墓葬那般宏伟， 但由于提供了更多关于古埃及私人生活例证， 因此具有更高研究价值。

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.

我意思是， 如果你想用一个现代术语来形容比在希腊城邦中重要性，它就是一个大到不能倒城邦。

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， 他权力和影响力如此微弱，以至于埃及实际上由比阿蒙神庙大祭司统治。