Herodotus

that found a parallel in the works of authors such as herodotus, whose attention was likewise on the land bridge that connects east and west.

这与古希腊作家希罗多德（Herodotus）等人的作品有些相似，希罗多德将注意力放在了连接东方和西方的大陆桥上。

According to Herodotus, after 18 years the famine wasn't getting better, so the king decided they would play one final dice game. They divided the entire kingdom in half.

据希罗多德所着，在18年后大饥荒没有任何改善、变好的迹象，因此，国王决定全国人玩最后一次骰子游戏。他把全国人平均分成两组。

Herodotus says that games, particularly dice games, were invented in the kingdom of Lydia during a time of famine.

希罗多德说游戏，特别是骰子游戏是由Lydia（小亚细亚西部的富裕古国）王国在一次大饥荒中发明的。