我认为，这个国王是凶残的，虽然年轻，
当他宣告，“你们要把底比斯城夷为平地。”时
这个老酋长以这座城为自豪，
他常常被看见，那在叙事诗中被吟唱的。
把一切付之一炬！这位国王列举出另外的
塔楼，大门，寺庙--富庶和繁荣...
而且都沉没于思想中，面露喜色的说，
“你只是提供给诗人荷马永世长存。”
I think, the king was fierce, though young,
When he proclaimed, “You’ll level Thebes with ground.”
And the old chief perceived this city proud,
He’d seen in times that are in sagas sung.
Set all to fire! The king listed else
The towers, the gates, the temples – rich and thriving…
But sank in thoughts, and said with lighted face,
“You just provide the Bard Home’s surviving.”
