来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第9集 第9集》

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  competitions that were part of the great games,
  大型庆典活动中的竞技项目
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  and those were always carried out in the nude.
  一般来说男人们都是赤身裸体的
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  Women did not engage in these sports activities
  女人们是不参加这种体育运动的
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  and it would have been the greatest conceivable shame
  因为如果一个女人在公众场合赤身裸体
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  for a woman to be seen in the nude,
  对她来说是莫大的耻辱
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  it was just absolutely unthinkable for the ordinary Greeks.
  这是普通希腊人所不能接受的
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  But the Spartans do things their own way,
  但是斯巴达人有他们独特的习俗
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  and their women engage in dancing and athletics,
  斯巴达女人参与体育竞技和舞蹈活动
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  and in competition and they did so in the nude,
  并且她们和男人们一样
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  just as the boys did,
  也是赤身裸体
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  and so they were not shut away from the boys all the time
  所以在斯巴达 男女之间的接触
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  in the way that Greek girls were kept away from the boys.
  要比在希腊其他地方频繁的多