伯罗奔尼撒战争是以雅典为首的提洛同盟与以斯巴达为首的伯罗奔尼撒联盟之间的一场战争。这场战争从前431年一直持续到前404年,期间双方曾几度停战,最终斯巴达获得胜利。 这场战争结束了雅典的经典时代,也结束了希腊的民主时代,强烈地改变了希腊的国家。几乎所有希腊的城邦参加了这场战争,其战场几乎涉及了整个当时希腊语世界。在现代研究中也有人称这场战争为“古代世界大战”。
自从修昔底德指出权力从斯巴达转移到雅典的根本原因是伯罗奔尼撒战争,学者们看到这样的时刻不无忧虑。
Ever since Thucydides observed that the shift in power from Sparta to Athens was the fundamental cause of the Peloponnesian War, scholars have watched such moments with apprehension.
柏拉图生于伯罗奔尼撒战争期间,青年时期和其他贵族子弟一样受过良好的教育,并接触到当时的各种思潮。
Plato was born during the Peloponnesian War, youth and other children as well aristocratic education, and access to the various trends of thought at that time.
当修昔底德在《伯罗奔尼撒战争》的开篇纵览直到那时为止的希腊历史时,有一个引人注目之处,即它仅仅花了一两页的篇幅。
There's a striking moment at the start of Thucydides' "Peloponnesian War" when he surveys Greek history up to then. The striking part is, it only lasts a couple of pages.
Some of you will know that that trial follows very quickly upon the heals of the famous Peloponnesian War.
你们有些人知道该审判,是紧跟在著名的,伯罗奔尼撒战争过后不久上场。
Now at the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War Socrates was just under 40 years of age.
伯罗奔尼撒战争爆发时,苏格拉底才快要接近40岁。
It used to be thought before people were very careful- we know that they do every terrible thing in the world in the Peloponnesian War.
人们谨慎行事之前曾考虑过,我们知道他们在伯罗奔尼撒战争中,做尽了世上的恶事
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