来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第20集 第20集》

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  the free man and the citizen.
  重要特征
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  Pericles' strategy of passivity, therefore,
  所以 伯里克利被动的应战策略
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  ran counter to the teachings of the Greek tradition.
  与希腊的传统教条背道而驰
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  But most Athenians were farmers,
  还有 大多数雅典人都是农民
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  whose lands and homes were outside the walls.
  他们的田地和房屋都在城外
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  The Periclean strategy required them to look on idly
  伯里克利的战略要求他们
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  while their houses, crops, and vines, and olive trees
  在自己的房屋 庄稼 葡萄树和橄榄树
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  were damaged or entirely destroyed.
  遭受蹂躏和摧残时 不管不顾
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  In the face of these facts,
  考虑到这种现实情况
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  as well as of the power of tradition,
  以及传统力量
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  and the cultural values of the Greeks,
  和希腊文化价值观的阻碍
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  it is hard to understand even in retrospect
  即使在回顾这段历史时 我们也很难理解