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  Thebes,Megara,probably Corinth;
  底比斯 迈加拉 可能还有科林斯
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  Thebes and Megara being both neighbors
  底比斯和迈加拉都是
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  abutting on Attica and old enemies of the Athenians
  阿提卡的邻邦 雅典人的老对头
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  and the Corinthians being just next door,
  而科林斯就在它们旁边
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  so to speak, not quite on their border
  虽说不算是接壤
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  but also a state that was undoubtedly challenged
  但是他们感到的威胁无疑也是近在眼前
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  by the emergence of Athens as a great naval power
  雅典不仅有着发达的海军舰队
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  and a great commercial power.
  还有着相当发达的商业
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  Corinth had had one of the biggest navies,
  科林斯曾拥有最为庞大的海军
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  and Corinth, for the longest time,
  而且长期以来
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  had been a great commercial power.
  一直都是商业大国
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  The archaeological evidence is that
  考古学证据表明