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Such a lively, diverse city needed strong leadership.
一个如此多姿多彩、生气勃勃的城市需要强有力的统治者BRd~ZPDZ7qzR^(t。
When Ptolemy V's father died suddenly, leaving the boy as king, the dynasty and its control of Egypt looked fragile.
而当托勒密四世骤然去世，年幼的男孩成为国王，他们的王朝与对埃及的管理开始显得脆弱不堪a-rX9&3QN#,THNVc7。
The boy's mother was killed, the palace was stormed by soldiers, and there were revolts throughout the country which delayed the young Ptolemy's coronation for years.
男孩的母亲遭到杀害，宫殿被士兵捣毁，全国范围内的叛乱此起彼伏，以至于托勒密五世的加冕仪式拖延了数年之久)e!hf+!xoEpt_.T*。
It was in these volatile circumstances that Ptolemy V issued the Rosetta Stone, and others like it.
托勒密五世颁布罗塞塔诏书及其他法令之时，社会便是如此动荡YTW5j]E_#%。
The Stone is not unique; there are another 17 similar inscriptions quite like it, all in three languages and all proclaiming the greatness of the Ptolemies.
这块石碑并非独一无二，另外还有十七块类似的石碑被保存了下来，每块石碑都用三种语言赞美了托勒密诸王的伟大成就^K3y%~MP(Z@RD7vN~^N。
These were put up in major temple complexes across Egypt.
它们被安置在埃及各地的大型神庙里Tt*MTgE;tU。
The Rosetta Stone was made in 196 BC, on the first anniversary of the coronation of Ptolemy V, by then a teenager.
罗塞塔石碑制作于公元前一九六年，为的是纪念托勒密五世加冕一周年，
It's a decree issued by Egyptian priests, ostensibly to mark the coronation and to declare Ptolemy's new status as a living god-divinity went with the job of being a pharaoh.
这道诏书由埃及的祭司颁写，表面上是为了周年纪念，宣布托勒密是埃及法老,人间之神：
The priests had given Ptolemy a full Egyptian coronation at the sacred city of Memphis, and this greatly strengthened his position as the rightful ruler of Egypt.
此前,祭司们在圣城孟菲斯为托勒密五世举行了一套完整的埃及登基仪式，极大地巩固了他作为埃及合法统治者的地位gds_A4S=%,7*5h1Kkg。
But there was a trade-off.
但这是一场交易3w,^d9nWcgVFaLw。
Ptolemy may have become a god, but to get there he'd had to negotiate some very unheavenly politics with his extremely powerful Egyptian priests.
托勒密答应了这些位高权重的祭司们许多政治条件，才被加冕为神t.*hd7@wZF1,+tnba。
Dorothy Thompson, Emeritus Professor at Cambridge University, explains:
剑桥大学的多萝西汤普森博士解释道[GUm.KU4LJoi.y6o*。

重点讲解

1.put up 提供；建造；举起；提高；推举

Let's put up a shed here for the time being.
我们暂时在这里搭个棚吧8fq(p(Q[5w]r6DP,3IY。

So I could put up movies or anything I like.
因此我可以上传电影或任何我喜欢的东西_l+n9#g9YD_l。
2.living god 活着的神

Straightforward is the best runner-why do not I run at once to the living God?
直跑，是顶近顶快的一条路nwks&f@6iR。 为什么我不立刻跑到活的神那里去呢？

It looked as if the servants of the living God were going to have a terrible defeat.
按事情看来，永活神的仆人将陷于一败涂地的光景中了8CX-p!i_TK=q=w4。