if Herodotus were writing the history

要是换了希罗多德来写这段历史
instead of a very, very--

而不是
I want to say atheistic Thucydides.

我称之为无神论者的修昔底德
I'm not sure he was an atheist

我不确定他是不是
but he was certainly very, very skeptical.

但他的确很有怀疑精神
Herodotus would have been talking about hubris all over the place,

希罗多德会通篇都在谈论藐视神灵
because that's the kind of a situation that we have.

因为那时候的人们的确也是如此
Well, let's forget about that Athenian force in Egypt for the time being

把雅典在埃及的状况先放一边
and let's look at what the situation is in the year 457.

现在来看看公元前457年的情况
We have a wonderful piece of evidence,

有个非常好的证据
rare piece of evidence,

非常稀有的证据
actually an inscription from that year which is a part of a dedication,

事实上是当年某献词的一部分