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
and you go to the Delphic Oracle and the Delphic Oracle says fine,

然后你去了特尔斐神示所神谕说一切顺利
by all means, go where you want to go.

这意味着你想去哪都可以