contemporary, a man named Thucydides who wrote

他叫修昔底德他的《伯罗奔尼撒战争史》
the history of the Peloponnesian War, a war that took place between the

记述了一场发生在希腊世界两大力量
two great powers of the Greek world between the Spartans and their

即斯巴达同盟与
allies and Athens and its allies.

雅典同盟之间的战争
The Athens that fought this war against Sparta was an Athens at the

雅典对战斯巴达时其政治力量与威望
height of its political power and prestige under the leadership of its

在其首位公民伯利克里领导下正值巅峰
first citizen Pericles, whose name is also up there at the very top.

他名字也在这里的顶端
Under Pericles, Athens had built the famous acropolis.

在伯利克里的领导下雅典建立了著名的卫城
It had established Athens as a mighty and redoubtable naval power

建立了强大且可畏的海上霸权
and it created an unprecedented level of artistic and cultural life,

它也创造了空前灿烂的艺术与文化生活
even today known simply as Periclean Athens.

至今伯利克里的雅典仍闻名于世
But Athens was also something completely unprecedented in the world,

但雅典也有其他空前创举