古德明英语军事小故事：乌 复 仇 记(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。乌 复 仇 记
in 273 bc, king areus of sparta was away with most of the army when his unpopular uncle cleonymus invited king pyrrhus of epirus to invade sparta. areus's son acrotatus was having an open affair with cleonymus' beautiful young wife, chilonis, so cleonymus brought pyrrhus' large army to sparta to avenge a cuckold's wounded vanity.
the night pyrrhus arrived before sparta, chilonis tied a noose around her neck, resolving that if sparta were taken she would commit suicide rather than live another day with cleonymus.
the battle began the next day. prince acrotatus collected 300 spartans, sneaked around behind the enemy, and killed many of pyrrhus' men. all the city saw what he had done, and the old men shouted: "go on acrotatus, be happy with chilonis, and give sparta brave sons."
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