古德明英语军事小故事：天 神 之 战(中英对照)
古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。天 神 之 战
after the battle of salamis in 480 bc, in which athens under themistocles used their navy to defeat the much larger persian navy and forced the persian king to retreat, a number of athenian allies were irked by themistocles' frequent demands for money. the andrians were the first to refuse to pay tribute.
themistocles laid siege to the island of andres, and sent the islanders a message: "i bring with me two powerful deities-persuasion and force."
"and we," replied the intrepid islanders, "have two deities equally powerful on our side-poverty and despair."
the andrian deities eventually triumphed, and the siege was raised without effect.
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