古希腊人举办这样的运动会是因为那时城邦之间战争不断，他们想通过努力实现停火。

The reason why the ancient Greeks organized such games was there were always wars between the city states in ancient Greece and they wanted to cease fire through their efforts.

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上历史课的时候，讲到古希腊和罗马时，我们谈到的是战争﹑文学﹑艺术﹑还有那些经典文明所创造出来的发明。

In history class, when we learnt about ancient Greece and Rome, we were taught about the wars, literature, art and invention of those classical civilisations.

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本论文从思考修昔底德对“最伟大战争”的定义入手，认为这位古希腊史家判断伟大的主要标准是苦难。

This dissertation starts the consideration from Thucydides' definition of "the greatest war" and argues that the main criterion of greatness for this ancient Greek historian is human suffering.

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The Carthaginians, in fact, and the Greeks will have to fight the Carthaginians over the years for control of the island of Sicily.

实际上,迦太基人,而在接下来的历史里,为了争夺西西里岛,古希腊人与他们进行了长年的战争

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