乌复仇记(英中对照)

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."

公元前二七三年，斯巴达国王阿鲁斯率领大部分军队在外，他不得人心的伯父克里欧尼莫斯邀伊庇鲁斯国王皮拉斯入侵斯巴达。阿鲁斯的儿子阿克罗塔图斯和克里欧尼莫斯年轻貌美的妻子基洛尼斯公然欢爱，克里欧尼莫斯于是把皮拉斯大军带到城下，要雪做乌的耻辱。
皮拉斯兵临城下那一晚，基洛尼斯在脖子上系了个活绳结，准备城陷就自经，决不和克里欧尼莫斯一起多活一天。
第二天，战争开始。阿克罗塔图斯王子征集三百人，悄悄绕到敌后，杀了不少皮拉斯的手下。斯巴达人都看到他杀敌，城中老人高喊：「阿克罗塔图斯，继续吧，和基洛尼斯一起快活，给斯巴达生一些勇敢的孩子。」