and consulted the priest and could you please put us down on the list,

会对祭司说您能把我们的名字写在表里吗
we want to consult the oracle, the priest said sure have a beer,

我们想询问神谕祭司说有啤酒就行
let's talk about your hometown,

我们先说说你的家乡
what's going on out there.

那儿发生了什么事
What I'm suggesting to you is that

我所想要告诉你们的是
this was the best information gathering and storing device

特尔斐是地中海世界
that existed in the Mediterranean world.

收集和储存信息的最佳地点
These people knew more than anybody else about these things,

这里的人比别地的人知道得多
and so consulting that oracle was a very rational act indeed.

所以请示神谕实际上是有一定道理的
Okay, now suppose

好吧现在假设
you are the Oikistes,

你被选为Oikistes
you've gotten the permission from your city to go forward,

你得到了向前行进的许可