STUPID ANCIENT HISTORY
Book ID/图书代码： 00450012B54027
English Summary/英文概要： New York Times best-selling author Leland Gregory is one of Andrews McMeel Publishing’s most successful noncartoon humorists. Silly, shocking, weird, hilariously funny--and outrageously true--the short anecdotes inside his anthologies of human stupidity are culled from print, online, and broadcast media from all over the world. Inside Stupid Ancient History, Gregory chronicles Greek philosophers, Roman conquerors, and historic mythconceptions, including:* To fight off Roman ships in 300 BC, Carthaginians catapulted live snakes at them.
* The Athenian lawmaker Draco died of suffocation when gifts of cloaks were showered upon him by grateful citizens at an Aegina theater in 620 BC.
* In ancient Rome, long before the advent of the Christian Bible, Roman men swore to "tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth" by placing their right hand on their testicles. It is from this ritual that we derived the term "testimony."
* Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus burned to the ground in 356 BC. The arsonist was executed; and to make sure his wish for everlasting fame wouldn’t come true, it was ordered that his name be stricken from all records and never mentioned again. But people will talk. Despite all efforts, his name leaked, and Herostratus is remembered as one of the most notorious firebugs in history.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 纽约时代畅销书作家Leland Gregory也是安德鲁斯麦克米尔出版社中最成功的幽默小说家。那些愚蠢的，令人震惊的，不可思议的，欢乐有趣的，但绝对真实的故事都在他的笔下活灵活现，这些短篇有关人类在历史上做过的蠢事是从世界各地，包括书籍，网络和广播媒体等途径收集来的。在《人类历史上做过的蠢事》中，Gregory记录了希腊哲学家，罗马征服者，和历史上一些其他的奇闻异事。其中包括：
* 公元前300年，为了击退罗马的侵略船只，迦太基人把活蛇投掷到船上。 * 公元前620年，雅典立法者Draco在安吉娜剧场内死于窒息，原因是，那些对他感恩戴德的市民们把自己的大衣当做礼物全都披在他身上。
* 在古代罗马，当时基督教的圣经还没有传入，当罗马的男人们要发誓“说真相，全部的真相，只有真相”的同时，他们还要将自己的右手放在睾丸上。“证词”这一术语便是从这个古老仪式中而来的。
* 古老世界的七大奇迹之一，阿蒂米斯神庙于公元前356年被一把大火毁于一旦。纵火者被处决，而且为了确保他希望自己的名字被代代相传的愿望完全破灭，有关这个纵火犯的所有资料都被销毁，而且人们也不被允许提起他的名字。但是人们依旧会议论。尽管做了那么多的努力，最终他的名字还是被泄露了，从此之后 Herostratus便成了历史上最臭名昭著的纵火犯。(XAT)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Leland Gregory 迄今为止已经写了十多本幽默小说，其中包括《911数字的含义》，以及纽约时报畅销书《美国最愚蠢犯罪》和《愚蠢的美国历史》。Leland Gregory是一个不知疲倦的写手，他曾做客数百场电视广播节目，其中包括多次做客NBC今日访谈节目。Leland Gregory目前居住在田纳西州，纳什维尔。 Leland Gregory has authored more than a dozen humor titles, including What’s the Number for 911? and the New York Times best-sellers America’s Dumbest Criminals and Stupid American History. A tireless promoter, he has made hundreds of radio and television appearances, including multiple appearances on NBC’s Today show. Gregory resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
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