This work of art is prodding at the awkward underbelly of Greek culture.

这件作品直击希腊化的软肋。

The Greeks were prospering as a culture, the economy, the books, the thinking, everything was on the rise, for a couple of 100 years, really until the 5th century BC.

希腊人在化、经济、书籍、思想方面都在繁荣发展，一切都在蓬勃发展，这种繁荣持续了几百年。

Through the medium of the Syrians Greek culture penetrated Persia.

通过叙利亚人作为媒介，希腊化渗透到波斯。

Around the time of the Renaissance, people began to get interested in ancient Greek culture.

大约在兴时期，人开始对古希腊化产生兴趣。

And the Hellenistic period saw Greek cultural influence reach its height across the Mediterranean.

希腊化时期，希腊化的影响力在整个地中海达到了顶峰。

Greece's rich cultural history often results in conflicts of interest during building projects.

希腊丰富的化历史经常导致项目建设产生利益冲突。

But Byzantine culture lived on in the West, as Greek scholars grabbed their precious manuscripts and fled to Italy, where wealthy merchants and nobles sponsored them spawning the rebirth of Greek Learning in the West.

但是拜占庭化却一直在欧洲流传，因为希腊学者带着珍贵的手稿逃往意大利，在那里富足的商人和贵族资助，使希腊的学术化在西方重生。

However, if you use a new app from Greece's culture ministry, you can see what the building and grounds looked like more than 2,000 years ago.

然而，如果你使用希腊化部的一个新应用程序，你就能看到这座建筑和庭院在2000多年前的样子。

And although every inch a Roman, he wanted them to know that he was also the equal of Alexander and heir to the legacy of Greece.

虽然是个地道的罗马人，却希望百姓知道也是希腊化的继承者，功绩堪亚历山大大帝比肩。

And we want to tell the British Museum, but they cannot anymore say that Greek cultural heritage is more protected in the British Museum.

我想告诉大英博物馆，不能再说希腊化遗产能在大英博物馆得到更多保护。

Before crumbling into the sea, the Egyptian port city was a hub for international trade where Greek and Egyptian cultures merged.

在坠入大海之前，这座埃及港口城市是希腊和埃及化融合的国际贸易中心。

She also visited local libraries to read the works of Shakespeare and to study about the ancient Greeks.

她还去了当地的图书馆查阅莎士比亚的作品，了解古希腊化。

In the far less urbanized west the Roman culture did not have to compete with Hellenistic ways it therefore established deeper roots and did so more quickly.

在欠城市化的西部地区，罗马化不需要希腊化竞争，因此扎根更深，也更快。

Microsoft worked with the Greek culture ministry to create a digital tour of Olympia, the home of the first Olympic Games.

微软希腊化部合作来创建首届奥运会举办地奥林匹亚的数字之旅。

Greece's Culture Ministry said recently that the structure is unlike any other from Crete's ancient Minoan civilization.

希腊化部最近表示，这座建筑克里特岛古代米诺斯明中的任何其建筑都不同。

First the Romans willingness to embrace Greek culture had made it easy to rule the Greek speaking peoples of the Empires eastern half.

首先，罗马人愿意继承希腊化，这让更容易统治东部地区，那些使用希腊语的人。

From the time of Socrates, Athens was the center of Greek culture.

自从苏格拉底之后，雅典成为希腊化的中心。

The very word music comes from Greek, as does so much else in contemporary culture.

音乐这个词来自希腊语，当代化中的许多其词也是如此。

Hellenistic culture could well be compared to the world of today.

希腊化化可以当今世界相提并论。

The Amazons were so pervasive in Greek culture, there were even action figures.

亚马逊女战士在希腊化中如此深入人心，甚至还有她的玩偶。