来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第13集 第13集》
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They are Zoroastrians;他们笃信索罗亚斯德教 -
they are sun worshippers of a certain kind,他们是其中一种崇拜太阳的信徒 -
but they don't impose their religion.但是波斯人不会强迫他人信奉索罗亚斯德教 -
They don't interfere with the religion.他们不会干涉他人的信仰 -
They get a very nice write up in the Old Testament,在《旧约》中波斯人的形象很友好 -
if you remember,because they don't mistreat the Hebrews,你们应该记得 他们对希伯来人很友好 -
and they particularly don't compel them to特别是他们并没有像其余的入侵者一样 -
abandon their own religious practices as the other invaders do.强迫希伯来人放弃他们宗教 -
So,what are the Persians saying by these actions?那么 波斯人对此是如何解释的呢 -
They are saying we are not at war with the Greek gods,他们说 我们并不与众神为敌 -
we're not even at war with the Greeks,我们甚至并不是与希腊为敌 -
we are simply punishing these two miscreant towns我们只是惩罚那些行为不端的城市