来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第7集 第7集》

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  Anyway, the Black Sea is not a Greek lake,
  不管怎样 黑海不是古希腊的湖泊
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  but there are Greek cities that are spotted along the coast.
  除了东海岸
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  Now not on the east coast,
  其他沿岸都有希腊城市
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  when you get to the Caucuses you are in barbarian territory.
  东海岸的考克塞斯地区 是蛮族的领地
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  So when the mythical mission of Jason
  因此当希腊神话中的伊阿宋
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  and his Argonauts go sailing out to that territory,
  跟他的阿尔戈英雄们航行至此地时
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  he is out there in Tarzan country,
  他完全像是到了泰山的国度
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  or as far as the Greeks were concerned,
  至少古希腊人是那么觉得的
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  it was just the wild out in that territory
  他们认为那个地区完全是个不毛之地
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  and remember he marries and brings home a wife, Media,
  但他结了婚 带了一个妻子回家 美狄亚
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  and she, of course, is like no Greek woman who ever lived;
  而她 当然不像一般希腊妇女那样
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  she is a witch.
  她是个女巫