Then he flips upside down

接下来希波克列德从桌子上滑下来
and begins to dance on his hands, with his feet flipping around in the air,

开始头朝地脚朝天地跳舞
at which point Herodotus tells us.

这时希罗多德告诉我们
Cleisthenes speaks up and says,

克利斯提尼发话了
son of Tysander

蒂桑德之子
you have danced your bride away, he lost

你把你的婚事跳没了因此他输了
and Megacles got to marry Aragriste

而迈加克利斯娶了阿伽丽斯特
and the story goes on.

然后故事就这么发展下去了
Well, what are we to believe of that tale? I don't know,

这个传说是否有可信之处我不知道
but this much I think is clear. Such a legend does not come from nothing.

但是至少我认为这种传说不是空穴来风
The picture is first of all of a man who is fabulously wealthy.

首先它说到某个人非常富有
Think of the kind of entertaining he is said to have done.

想一下传说中他举办的那些娱乐活动