来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第4集 第4集》

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  that when Alexander the Great
  据说当亚历山大大帝
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  went out to conquer the Persian Empire,
  出征去征服波斯帝国时
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  and as far as he was concerned,to
  对他而言
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  conquer everything he could reach,
  就是去征服他能达到的一切
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  he carried with him a copy of the Iliad
  他随身带着一本《伊利亚特》
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  which it is alleged he put under his pillow.
  据说放在他的枕头底下
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  This is a problem when you consider that books in the days
  这里有点奇怪 因为考虑到那个时期的书本
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  were not likely to be codices as they are today,
  和现在我们看到的抄本不同
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  but scrolls that took up quite a lot of space.
  是比较占地方的卷轴
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  I don't know quite how Alex managed it
  我不太清楚亚历山大是怎么塞到枕头底下去的
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  but that's what they say,
  但他们确实是这么说的
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  but the principle is established.
  准则就是由此建立的