来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第22集 第22集》

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  and had recently succeeded the King of Persia,
  眼睁睁地看着他的哥哥亚达薛西
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  Artaxerxes, his older brother, was in power.
  继承了波斯王位
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  Cyrus had always been ambitious for achieving the job of Shah in Persia
  赛勒斯一直雄心勃勃 想得到波斯王位
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  and his mother had worked in his behalf,
  他母亲也一直在为他四处活动
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  but it hadn't paid off.
  但收效甚微
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  He was not prepared to accept the verdict
  他不想就此接受命运的裁决
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  and so he set out in the year 401 to launch a scheme
  因此在公元前401年发动一场阴谋
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  that would bring him to the throne of Persia,
  打算借此把自己推上波斯的王位
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  and his scheme was to hire a good sized army of Greek mercenaries
  他的阴谋就是招募大批希腊雇佣军
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  and to trick them into becoming the army that
  使计让他们为自己所用
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  would defeat the army of his brother Artaxerxes,
  打败他哥哥亚达薛西的军队
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  and make him king. As it turned out,
  并拥立他为国王 结果