Historical accounts of mad honey go as far back as the 6th century BCE. Ancient Greek mythology suggests that the sweet substance was used in fortune-telling. In another account, a Greek historian wrote about a Greek army passing through Turkey in 401 BCE. After eating the local wild honey, the soldiers experienced severe discomfort and were forced to stop for a few days to recover. In 65 BCE, a king named Mithridates came up with a clever plan to trick the Roman army that was pursuing him. His army left behind honeycombs of mad honey for the Roman soldiers to find. After the Romans ate them and fell ill, Mithridates’ army then returned and destroyed the weakened Roman force.
瘋狂蜂蜜的歷史記載可追溯到西元前六世紀。古希臘神話中提到，這種甜美的物質曾用於占卜中。在另一則記載中，一位希臘歷史學家描述了在西元前 401 年，一支希臘軍隊行經土耳其。士兵們在吃了當地的野生蜂蜜後，感到極為不適，被迫停下來休息幾天以便康復。西元前 65 年，一位名叫米特里達梯的國王想出了巧妙的計畫來欺騙追捕他的羅馬軍隊。他的軍隊留下瘋狂蜂蜜的蜂窩讓羅馬士兵發現。在羅馬士兵食用並因此生病後，米特里達梯的軍隊隨後折返並摧毀了虛弱的羅馬軍隊。
生活必備字詞：
substance n. 物質
severe a. 嚴重的
pursue vt. 追捕，追蹤
destroy vt. 毀滅，摧毀
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