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The Acropolis now
如今的雅典衛(wèi)城
by Valia Katsis
Valia Katsis著
No one has had a greater influence on Western civilization than the ancient Greeks.
沒有人比古希臘人對歐洲文明產生的影響更大。
They made many advances in philosophy, science, mathematics, art, architecture, theatre, politics and sport.
他們對哲學、科學、數學、藝術、建筑、戲劇、政治和體育等方面的許多進步做出了貢獻。
The Roman alphabet is a Greek invention, as is the marathon,
羅馬字母表就是希臘人的發(fā)明，正如馬拉松賽跑一樣。
a long distance race created in honour of a Greek soldier who ran from Marathon to Athens to report the victory at the battle of Marathon in 490 BC.
馬拉松賽跑是一項長跑比賽，是為紀念一位希臘士兵而命名的。公元前490年，他從馬拉松一直跑到雅典去報告馬拉松戰(zhàn)役的勝利。
For a period of about 300 years (from 650 to 323 BC), the Greek civilization made advances in various fields
在大約300年（從公元前650年到公元前323年）間，希臘人在各個領域取得了進步。
that have influenced the world for more than 2,500 years and will continue to do so.
這些進步已經影響了世界2,500多年，并且會繼續(xù)產生影響。
In particular, we associate ancient Greek civilization with the capital city of Athens, the greatest symbol of which is the Acropolis.
我們尤其要把古希臘文明與其都城雅典聯(lián)系起來，而雅典最偉大的象征就是雅典衛(wèi)城。
The Acropolis is a large, flat rock in the centre of Athens, rising up high above the city.
雅典衛(wèi)城是雅典中心的一個大的巖石城堡，位于高于雅典城的一處地方。
In the 5th century BC, the greatest architects and artists of the time began building temples and monuments on this Sacred Rock.
公元前5世紀，當時最偉大的建筑家和藝術家開始在Sacred巖石上建造神廟和紀念碑。
On top of the Acropolis, there are three main temples to Athena, the goddess of the city: the Parthenon, the Erechtheum and the Temple of Athena Nike.
雅典衛(wèi)城在上面，有供奉城市女神雅典娜的三大神廟，它們是帕臺農神廟、厄瑞克修姆神廟，以及雅典娜勝利女神廟。
The Temple of Athena Nike is the smallest among the three.
雅典娜勝利女神廟是三座神廟里最小的一座。
It used to house a 13-metre-high gold-covered statue of Athena as the Goddess of the Victory.
它過去供奉著一座13米高的鍍金勝利女神像。
The Parthenon, the largest of all three, was built between 447 and 432 BC and contained a gold statue of Athena.
帕臺農神廟建于公元前447年到432年間，供奉著一座由黃金雕成的雅典娜神像。它是三座神廟里最大的一座。
The Erechtheum is famous for the six female statues which support part of its roof.
厄瑞克修姆神廟以其入口處六座用作支撐屋頂的女性雕像而著名。
