are as odd and strange, and crazy as they can be

对于当时世界的所有人来说
for everybody else in the human race,

都是诡异疯狂不能接受的
so far as I can see.

至少我所知的都是这样
There are exceptions.

当然也有些例外
I am missing some eastern religions which have ideas

有一些东方的宗教思想
that are not altogether in anathema to what I am saying,

不符合我所说的那种情况
but what I'm trying to say is

我的意思就是
nobody in the ancient would have ever had such an idea.

在古代的人们是绝对不会这么想的
Of course,if you can conquer somebody who's your neighbor, you do

如果你能征服你的邻国你理应征战
and so there was every reason to know

这样你们就明白
that the Persians were coming.

为什么波斯人要大举进攻了
How many? We don't know.

波斯大军有多少人呢我们不清楚