In 490, the Persian King, Darius, sent his army to take revenge on Athens.

公元前490年，波斯皇帝达利斯出兵报复雅典人。

But at the Battle of Marathon, the Athenians won an unexpected victory.

但在这场持久战中，雅典人意得了胜利。

Athenians had fewer reasons to be afraid and they didn't live under the same pressures.

雅典人却没有多少理由害怕，他们生活在不同压力。

The Athenians fought back at the famous Battle of Marathon two years later.

两年后 ，雅典人在著名马拉松战役中进行了反击。

But Pheidias' plans are far more radical by Athenian standards.

但菲迪亚斯计划在雅典人眼中是相当极端。

But knowing how to live is, perhaps, even harder. And this is what the Athenians aimed to do.

但是知道如何活着，也许更艰难。这就是雅典人力求。

This was not the best feature of the Athenians, yet it was part of their nature.

这无疑不是一种雅典人好品性，但是这是他们一种性格。

The allies panicked, and were all for taking to their ships and leaving the Athenians to their fate.

雅典人同盟者开始害怕了，他们要乘自己船逃离而去雅典人不管。

With the aim of destroying Athens and conquering Greece, he equipped a large fleet.

这些雅典人干涉了他事务。为了消灭雅典人占领希腊，他装备一支庞大舰队。

Like many Athenians, the family owns slaves.

和许多雅典人一样，这个家庭拥有奴隶。

See, rumor has it the Athenians have already turned you down.

据传雅典人已经拒绝了你。

He always asked challenging questions to everyone he met, upsetting many people in Athens.

凡是他遇到人，他都会问一些挑战性问题，这让很多在雅典人焦虑。

He's an 'eathen an' bows down to wood an' stone.

他是一个“雅典人”，向木头和石头鞠躬。

The Athenians can’t match the formidable Spartan army on land.

雅典人在陆上无法与强大斯巴达军队相提论。

In fact, Syracuse eventually defeated the Athenians in battle in this very bay.

事实上，锡拉丘兹最终在这个海湾战斗中击败了雅典人。

In this way the Athenians grew rich and could at last afford to make use of their great gifts.

这样，雅典人就富了起来，就能够开始凭他们才干做一番大事业了。

So there at Marathon they formed ranks, and fell upon the startled Persians. And they were victorious.

所以他们在马拉松集结向受惊波斯人发起攻击。雅典人打了胜仗。

This didn't mean that everyone who lived in Athens was entitled to vote in the Assembly.

当然非每一个居住在雅典人都有权在大会上有表决。

But Becky was rather inclined to prefer to believe that the new neighbor was " an 'eathen" .

但贝基更倾向于相信新邻居是“一个‘雅典人’”。

Descartes decided to travel around Europe, the way Socrates spent his life talking to people in Athens.

笛卡尔决定环游欧洲，就像苏格拉底一生都在与雅典人交谈一样。