来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第17集 第17集》

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  and nothing decisive happened.
  不过并没有什么转折性的事件
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  Then we get down towards the year 457--
  接着就到了公元前457年
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  I keep warning you that the dates here are uncertain.
  不过这个时间并不准确
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  These are sort of consensus dates
  这是大部分人的观点
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  although we don't have certainty.
  我们不能确定
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  The Athenians received an invitation from a ruler in Egypt
  雅典收到了埃及统治者的邀请
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  who wanted to launch a rebellion against the Persian Empire,
  他想反抗波斯的统治
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  and he invited the Athenians to send a force to help.
  因此请求雅典调兵援助
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  The Athenians agreed to do it
  据修昔底德的记载
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  and according to Thucydides
  雅典答应了
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  they sent a fleet of two hundred ships for the purpose.
  并派遣了一支有两百只战船的舰队
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  That's an enormous fleet up to this point.
  这在当时是一支很庞大的舰队了